Head to head
Orcid vs SSH — policy-gated remote access
Same numbers we show everywhere else, lined up. Ratings come from users, the grade comes from our scanner, adoption comes from public registries.
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Researcher profiles, works, affiliations, funding, and peer reviews from the ORCID registry.
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Policy-gated, audited SSH for Linux and Windows hosts: roles, approvals, and an audit log.
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Neither has been reviewed yet, so the comparison rests on the scan and the public usage numbers. Both score close on the safety scan (86 and 83 out of 100). Orcid is hosted and callable through the gateway; SSH — policy-gated remote access runs on your own machine. SSH — policy-gated remote access has noticeably more public adoption.
| Orcid | SSH — policy-gated remote access | |
|---|---|---|
| User rating | No reviews yet | No reviews yet |
| Safety grade | A86/100 | B83/100 |
| Adoption | Growing | Established |
| GitHub stars | 3 | 745 |
| Downloads / week | 566 | 9.3k |
| Runs where | Hosted (remote) | Your machine (local) |
| Gateway-ready | Yes | No |
| Tools | 9 | — |
| Write actions | 1 | — |
| Price per call | Free | Free |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last release | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-17 |
| Category | Everything else | Everything else |