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Onlay vs Agent HUD

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Onlay compared with Agent HUD
DetailOnlay logo OnlayAgent HUD logo Agent HUD
What it doesPublish documents for feedback, pull edits and comments back into your agent Monitor quotas, tokens and coding agent sessions from your screen edge on Mac, iPhone and Apple Watch
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PricingFree plan: $0, up to five active documents, documents up to 4 MB, 1 GB storage, last ten versions restorable, invite up to ten people per document. Pro plan: $10 USD per month (billed as $120 per year) or $12 USD per month (billed monthly), unlimited active documents, documents up to 16 MB, 50 GB st Agent HUD (Mac app): Free. Agent HUD Remote: From $2.99 a month (1 Mac early-bird price), $4.99 regular; yearly plans from $29.99 early-bird to $49.99 regular. 2 Mac plans: $4.99/$7.99 monthly, $49.99/$79.99 yearly. 3 Mac plans: $5.99/$9.99 monthly, $59.99/$99.99 yearly. First week free on all plans
Key features
  • Publish HTML or Markdown files with shareable links
  • Readers can leave comments and edit text with author permission
  • Pull edits and comments back as structured data
  • MCP server for agents without file or command access
  • Custom share links with passwords and expiry dates on Pro
  • Version history with restore capability
  • Publish entire folders as sites on Pro plan
  • Connect to external APIs and embed sites on Pro
  • Quotas, balances and reset times displayed at screen edge with color-coded status indicators
  • Approve or deny tool calls and answer agent questions directly from the HUD
  • One-click navigation back to any session's thread, tab or terminal pane
  • Three display modes: Notch, Simple and Dynamic for different screen layouts
  • Detailed token usage analysis by time, agent, model, session, turn and call
  • Built-in MCP server for agent-to-agent communication
  • iPhone and Apple Watch apps with iCloud sync for remote access
  • Voice input on Apple Watch to create new sessions
What makes it different
  • Documents stay active at stable links across multiple published versions
  • Works natively with AI coding agents without requiring manual context management
  • CLI does not require Node, Python or other runtime dependencies
  • Screenshots in comments are listed by ID and only fetched on request
  • Unified view of quotas and sessions for 18 agents on one screen edge
  • Built-in MCP server allows agents to communicate with each other and customize the UI
  • Works offline on iPhone with cached data and requires no separate account
  • End-to-end encrypted iCloud sync for Agent HUD Remote with no server access to data
Community votes00
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Citation Flow (Majestic)020
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