Keep Claude Cowork. Add a standing team beside it.

Cowork is Claude’s agent for work, inside the Claude app. Murage runs Claude through Claude Code on the same plan, as part of a standing team with other engines.

The short answer

Keep using Claude’s app. When a job needs a team, Murage puts Claude on one, next to whatever else suits the work.

Which should you choose?

Murage

Open source
On your computer
The AI you choose

Who does the work: A Chief of Staff and a team

Claude (Cowork)

Pro $20 a month
Your folders plus Anthropic’s cloud
Claude models only

Who does the work: One main agent with helpers

Download Murage

Checked October 2026 (October 9, 2026) against Anthropic’s Cowork page, support articles and pricing. Anthropic is folding Cowork into Claude itself, so names and plan access move.

Murage sits above Claude Code.

You talk to one Chief of Staff. It builds the team, and each bot runs the engine that suits its job, on the plan or key you already have. An engine is the AI that does a bot’s thinking. To run teams and use tools, pick a tool-capable one: the built-in Fuigo engine with a supported model, Claude Code, Codex or Hermes. A plain OpenAI-compatible endpoint works for chat and drafting only. Portraits made with Murage’s own avatar generator. See every engine

Murage runs Claude through Claude Code, not through Claude (Cowork) itself

Keep Claude. Murage makes it a whole team.

Cowork stays in Claude’s own app, and you can keep using it. Murage works one level up: your Chief of Staff and its teams run Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own Claude plan, next to whichever other engines suit the job.

What Murage adds on top

A Chief of Staff that takes the brief, plans the job and hands out the work
Teams of named bots, each with its own face, voice, personality and memory on your computer
1,600+ apps (Gmail, Slack, Notion, GitHub) through Flux Router credits or your own connected-apps key
Voice calls with any bot. Your Chief sends voice notes to Telegram, Slack, Discord and WhatsApp when you ask, and on WhatsApp it hears yours
New bots start on Ask, and on Full access a stop line holds back the few outside actions that wait for your yes, unless you allow it for the task or turn it off. On Hermes and other ACP engines, Ask and the stop line cover only what the engine asks Murage about
Swap engines whenever you like. Your team, memory and approvals stay put

Why Murage is open source Every engine Murage runs

At a glance.

Ten things buyers weigh up, including the ones where they’re ahead.

What matters

Murage

Claude (Cowork)

The app needs no extra subscription
It runs on the AI plan or key you already have
Yes
Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is optional and paid
Source
No
Needs a paid Claude plan, from Pro at $20 a month
Source
You choose which AI company does the work
Per bot or per task, from different vendors
Yes
Per bot: Fuigo, Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, a local model and more
No
Claude models
Source
Named agents that keep their memory
A standing team that lasts beyond one task
Yes
Named bots, each with its own memory, kept on your computer
Not stated
Not stated on the Cowork product page
Source
Asks before acting outside, by default
Messaging someone new, posting, paying, deleting
Yes
New bots start on Ask; on Full access the stop line judges what each engine asks
Source
Partly
Manual, Auto and Skip modes; deleting needs approval
Source
Memory stored on your computer
Not in a vendor’s cloud
Yes
Memory, files and chats on your computer
Partly
Your files stay in your folders; memory is in Anthropic’s cloud
Source
Open source
A license you can read
Yes
AGPL-3.0
Source
No
Closed source
Reach it from your phone
Briefs and approvals away from the desk
Yes
An iPhone and Android app, plus your Chief in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp
Yes
Start tasks from the Claude mobile app; phone-started tasks keep running in the cloud
Source
Keeps working with your computer off, today
Hosted or on a server
Yes
On any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will run one for you
Yes
“Close your laptop, it keeps going”
Source
Native phone app
An iOS or Android app, not a web app or chat bot
Yes
iPhone and Android
Yes
Claude’s mobile app; Cowork there is in beta
Source
SOC 2 report
What a procurement team will ask for
No
No SOC 2 report
Yes
Anthropic’s SOC 2 report

Each of Claude (Cowork)’s marks links the page it comes from, checked October 9, 2026. “Not stated” means we couldn’t find it on the page named, not that it’s missing.

What a year costs.

The Murage app is

Open source

Your Claude Pro plan costs $240 a year either way. Murage adds nothing to that bill, and gives you a Chief of Staff and a team.

A year, one person, entry plan

Claude (Cowork) on its own · Claude Pro, billed monthly$240

Claude Pro with Murage · same plan, plus a team$240 + the Murage app

Cowork is rolling out to Pro and Max and included on Team and Enterprise. Murage uses the same plan through Claude Code. Murage runs it the way you’ve set it up, so that cost stays the same. Prices from official pricing pages, billed monthly, checked October 9, 2026.

Where your work lives.

Murage

Your computer

MemoryFilesChats

Your memory, files and chats are stored on your computer. What a bot sends to your AI, and to any app or service you connect, goes to them.

Claude (Cowork)

You

Files

Their cloud

MemoryChats

Your files can stay in your folders; memory and cloud tasks live on their servers.

Who does the work.

You brief one Chief of Staff. It builds a team of specialists for the job, and the team keeps its memory for next time. You can put a reviewer on any team to check work before it reaches you. Portraits made with Murage’s own avatar generator.

Claude (Cowork)

One main agent that hands parts of a task to helpers, inside the Claude app.

What Murage adds for a Claude (Cowork) user.

The brief

“Go through my inbox before I get in. Draft replies in my voice. Send nothing.”

What came back

Twelve emails came in. The team drafted eight replies, set four aside, and left two questions only the owner could answer. Nothing was sent.

Needs from you, in the team’s own report

Dana Brooks, Acme Studio · RenewalThe prior contract terms
Jordan Lee, Brightline Design · Pricing for 20 seatsThe per-seat price, and whether we offer a pilot
Priya S. · Export to PDF?Confirm the exact steps
Ben C. · Refund requestMoney. Check the billing record first

Replay of a real run on demo data. The company is made up. Engine: Flux Auto, worked 1m 41s. Watch the run

A standing team

Brief a Chief of Staff once. It builds a team of named bots, each with its own face, voice, personality and memory, and they’re still there tomorrow. Cowork’s subagents work inside a single task.

Claude, and every other engine

Murage runs Claude through Claude Code on your own Claude plan, and puts Fuigo, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build or an API key on the other bots. Cowork runs Claude only.

Reach it from your chat apps

Message your Chief from Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp. Cowork’s phone tasks start from Claude’s own mobile app.

Open-source, memory at home

The app costs nothing, the code is public, and what your team remembers is stored on your computer.

Talk to it

Call any bot and just talk. Your Chief sends voice notes to Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp when you ask, and on WhatsApp you can talk back in a voice message. Voice runs on Flux credits or your own keys.

Same bot, on any engine

Switch a bot to a different AI engine and it is still the same bot. Continuity carries who it is to you, how you work together and what it has committed to into every conversation, and only you can change it.

Where Claude (Cowork) is ahead.

Fair’s fair. If one of these matters most to you, it may be the better choice today.

1
Nothing extra to install
It’s part of the Claude app on every surface, from the same company that makes the model.
2
Cloud and scheduled tasks
Scheduled tasks run remotely: “Close your laptop, it keeps going.” Murage runs on whichever computer it is installed on, so for work around the clock you put it on a machine you leave on, such as your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will run one for you.
3
Compliance
Anthropic publishes a SOC 2 report. Murage has no SOC 2 report yet.
4
Nothing extra on its plans
It is included on Team and Enterprise and rolling out to Pro and Max, so a Claude subscriber may already have it.

Which should you choose?

Keep using Claude’s app. When a job needs a team, Murage puts Claude on one, next to whatever else suits the work.

Choose Murage if

You want Claude on a team next to Fuigo, Codex, Hermes or a local model, with named bots that are still there tomorrow
You want your Chief in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and memory stored on your own computer
You want standing teams with memory that lasts
You want everyone on your staff to have it, with no Murage seat fees

Download Murage

Choose Claude (Cowork) if

You want scheduled work that runs with your laptop closed, today (“Close your laptop, it keeps going”)
You want it inside Claude’s own apps, including web, mobile (beta) and a Chrome side panel, with nothing else to install
Your company runs on Claude Enterprise

Still deciding? Read how we check that a job is finished, then try one of your own.

Every detail.

Getting in

Price to start
MurageOpen source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service
Claude (Cowork)A paid Claude plan: Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly), Max from $100, Team and Enterprise. Not on Free
Install
MurageDownload Murage. Pick Claude Code for a bot and its card in Settings installs it in one press
Claude (Cowork)Nothing extra: it is part of the Claude app. Local files and browser use need the desktop app open
Account needed
MurageYour own Claude sign-in through Claude Code, done on Anthropic’s screen. Murage never sees the login
Claude (Cowork)A paid Claude plan. Plan access is rolling out to Pro and Max first, with more plans to follow

Where it runs

Runs on
MurageOn your computer
Claude (Cowork)Anthropic’s cloud in an isolated environment, reaching your files and apps through the desktop app
Keeps working with your laptop closed
MurageYes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you
Claude (Cowork)Yes: scheduled tasks run in the cloud, so your computer doesn’t need to be on
Platforms
MurageMac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone
Claude (Cowork)Desktop app on Mac and Windows, plus web and mobile in beta and a Chrome side panel
Who can use it on which plan
MurageAnyone who can install Murage. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan; other engines don’t
Claude (Cowork)Included on Team and Enterprise (if an admin turns it on) and rolling out to Pro and Max; desktop on Mac and Windows

Brains

Engines
MurageThe engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys
Claude (Cowork)Anthropic’s Claude models
Mix engines on one team
MurageYes: Claude on some bots, Fuigo, Codex, Hermes or a local model on the rest
Claude (Cowork)Claude models only
Pick the model per helper
MurageChoose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put
Claude (Cowork)Not offered per helper in the pages checked
Usage
MurageNothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead
Claude (Cowork)Plan limits; Cowork uses them faster than regular chat, and Auto mode uses more of your limit

The team

Who leads
MurageEmber, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job
Claude (Cowork)You, with Claude working through a task and its sub-agents
Helpers that last
MurageNamed bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines
Claude (Cowork)Plugins bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents so Claude can act as a specialist for a role
Projects with boards
MurageYes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done
Claude (Cowork)Projects group related tasks into persistent workspaces with their own files, links, instructions and memory
Standing teams for business jobs
Murage79 ready-made teams you can import, with named bots for sales, ops, research and more
Claude (Cowork)Role plugins such as Brand voice, Legal and Finance

Hands

Apps
Murage1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP
Claude (Cowork)Connectors to the tools you already use; Claude tries connectors before a browser or your screen
Your own signed-in browser
MurageMurage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share
Claude (Cowork)A Chrome side panel on Max and Team, with Pro rolling out, and browser and computer use through the desktop app
Files
MurageBots build slides, docs and web pages as files in your folders
Claude (Cowork)Reads, edits and creates files in the folders you choose, and can’t reach anything else
Memory
MurageDesktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds
Claude (Cowork)Cloud sessions start with what Claude remembers from your chats; you can turn Memory off for a single task

Control

Asks before acting
MurageNew bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.
Claude (Cowork)Manual (the default) asks for each action, Auto reviews actions with a check, and Skip checks nothing. Deleting needs your approval
Lessons you can see, edit and undo
MurageYes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it
Claude (Cowork)Memory from your chats, with a per-task switch
Open source
MurageYes, AGPL-3.0
Claude (Cowork)No
Sharing work
MurageExport a team and everyone imports it; logins never travel
Claude (Cowork)Sessions can’t be shared with others, though individual artifacts can be

Your data

Where memory lives
MurageDesktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds
Claude (Cowork)Saved with your Claude account; your files stay in your folders
Using your plan with Murage
MurageMurage runs Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own plan. Cowork stays in Claude’s app and you can use both
Claude (Cowork)Built for use inside Claude’s own apps

Reach

Chat apps
MurageMessage your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp
Claude (Cowork)Start tasks from your phone in Claude’s mobile app; the Team plan includes the Slack connector
Voice
MurageCall any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own
Claude (Cowork)Not described on the Cowork pages checked
Phone
MurageiPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team
Claude (Cowork)Claude’s mobile app, where Cowork is in beta
For your staff
MurageEach person runs Murage on their own computer, with no Murage seat fees
Claude (Cowork)Team seats (2 to 150 people) and Enterprise with admin controls and usage analytics

Question	Murage	Claude (Cowork)
Getting in
Price to start	Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service	A paid Claude plan: Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly), Max from $100, Team and Enterprise. Not on Free
Install	Download Murage. Pick Claude Code for a bot and its card in Settings installs it in one press	Nothing extra: it is part of the Claude app. Local files and browser use need the desktop app open
Account needed	Your own Claude sign-in through Claude Code, done on Anthropic’s screen. Murage never sees the login	A paid Claude plan. Plan access is rolling out to Pro and Max first, with more plans to follow
Where it runs
Runs on	On your computer	Anthropic’s cloud in an isolated environment, reaching your files and apps through the desktop app
Keeps working with your laptop closed	Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you	Yes: scheduled tasks run in the cloud, so your computer doesn’t need to be on
Platforms	Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone	Desktop app on Mac and Windows, plus web and mobile in beta and a Chrome side panel
Who can use it on which plan	Anyone who can install Murage. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan; other engines don’t	Included on Team and Enterprise (if an admin turns it on) and rolling out to Pro and Max; desktop on Mac and Windows
Brains
Engines	The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys	Anthropic’s Claude models
Mix engines on one team	Yes: Claude on some bots, Fuigo, Codex, Hermes or a local model on the rest	Claude models only
Pick the model per helper	Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put	Not offered per helper in the pages checked
Usage	Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead	Plan limits; Cowork uses them faster than regular chat, and Auto mode uses more of your limit
The team
Who leads	Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job	You, with Claude working through a task and its sub-agents
Helpers that last	Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines	Plugins bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents so Claude can act as a specialist for a role
Projects with boards	Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done	Projects group related tasks into persistent workspaces with their own files, links, instructions and memory
Standing teams for business jobs	79 ready-made teams you can import, with named bots for sales, ops, research and more	Role plugins such as Brand voice, Legal and Finance
Hands
Apps	1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP	Connectors to the tools you already use; Claude tries connectors before a browser or your screen
Your own signed-in browser	Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share	A Chrome side panel on Max and Team, with Pro rolling out, and browser and computer use through the desktop app
Files	Bots build slides, docs and web pages as files in your folders	Reads, edits and creates files in the folders you choose, and can’t reach anything else
Memory	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Cloud sessions start with what Claude remembers from your chats; you can turn Memory off for a single task
Control
Asks before acting	New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.	Manual (the default) asks for each action, Auto reviews actions with a check, and Skip checks nothing. Deleting needs your approval
Lessons you can see, edit and undo	Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it	Memory from your chats, with a per-task switch
Open source	Yes, AGPL-3.0	No
Sharing work	Export a team and everyone imports it; logins never travel	Sessions can’t be shared with others, though individual artifacts can be
Your data
Where memory lives	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Saved with your Claude account; your files stay in your folders
Using your plan with Murage	Murage runs Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own plan. Cowork stays in Claude’s app and you can use both	Built for use inside Claude’s own apps
Reach
Chat apps	Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp	Start tasks from your phone in Claude’s mobile app; the Team plan includes the Slack connector
Voice	Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own	Not described on the Cowork pages checked
Phone	iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team	Claude’s mobile app, where Cowork is in beta
For your staff	Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with no Murage seat fees	Team seats (2 to 150 people) and Enterprise with admin controls and usage analytics

Same job, both ways.

Five real jobs, walked through with Murage and with Claude (Cowork).

1
Turn a folder of notes into a client brief
With Murage
Ember sends a researcher and a writer through your folder. They share a project board, and the brief lands as a file in your folder. New bots ask before they act.
With Claude (Cowork)
Point Cowork at the folder; it reads, drafts and creates the document in the folders you chose.
2
Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice
With Murage
Ember sends a sales bot through your connected mail and CRM and a finance bot after the invoice. Each drafts, and new bots ask before they message anyone.
With Claude (Cowork)
Cowork uses your connectors first, then a browser or your screen, and shows its plan before significant actions when permissions are on.
3
Send a weekly report
With Murage
Set a routine on a bot and it runs while your computer is on. Murage Cloud (coming soon) runs your team with your computer off.
With Claude (Cowork)
Schedule it on any cadence; scheduled tasks run in the cloud, so your laptop can be closed.
4
Use Claude next to another engine
With Murage
Claude runs through Claude Code on one bot, Codex or a local model on another. Both sit on one team under Ember.
With Claude (Cowork)
Cowork runs Claude; plugins add skills and connectors, not other engines.
5
Approve something while you’re away
With Murage
A bot pauses at the stop line, the iPhone or Android app shows the ask, and you answer yes or no.
With Claude (Cowork)
Start or check a task from Claude’s mobile app; Manual mode asks you to allow or deny each action.

Already using Cowork: your first day with Murage

Keep using Claude’s app. Murage runs the same Claude through Claude Code on your own plan, so you start next to Cowork and move jobs over one at a time.

1
Install Murage on your Mac, Windows or Linux computer.
2
Pick Claude Code as a bot’s engine. If it isn’t installed, its card installs it in one press, and you sign in on Anthropic’s own screen with your Claude plan.
3
Meet Ember, your Chief of Staff, and describe a job you run in Cowork today.
4
Connect the apps that job touches, and import a ready-made team if one fits.
5
Keep Cowork for what lives best in Claude’s app, such as scheduled tasks with your laptop closed. Murage Cloud (coming soon) runs your team with your computer off.

Questions about Murage and Claude (Cowork).

Does Murage run Cowork itself?

No. Murage runs Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own Claude subscription. Cowork stays in Claude’s app, and you can use both.

Can I use my Claude subscription with Murage?

Yes, through Claude Code: you sign in to it with your own Claude plan, and any bot can use it. Murage adds no fee on top.

Is this allowed under Anthropic’s terms?

Yes. Murage never signs you in, and never sees, stores or passes on your Claude login. It helps you install the official Claude Code, you sign in to Claude Code yourself on Anthropic’s own screen, and Murage runs it as a bot’s engine. Anthropic’s policy says its rules don’t “prevent an end user from signing in to the unmodified Claude Code binary with their own Claude subscription” (Claude Code legal and compliance, checked September 26, 2026).

Your usage counts against your own plan, as it would if you ran Claude Code yourself. A team of bots gets through that allowance faster than one chat, so for heavy work you can give any bot an Anthropic API key instead. Murage is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

Does Murage make slides, documents and websites?

Yes. Murage bots on Claude Code or Codex build slides, docs and web pages as files in your folders, and make images with Flux or your own OpenAI key. Video isn’t built in, but a bot can use a video service you connect.

Can I switch engines later?

Yes. A bot’s engine is a setting you can change at any time. Its memory, skills, routines and approvals live in Murage, not in the engine, so they stay put when you switch.

Can my staff use it too?

Yes. Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with their own AI sign-in. Build a team once, export it, and everyone imports the same bots, skills and routines; logins never travel. Bots can post drafts to your team’s Slack channels through connected apps, with your approval. Shared workspaces for teams are coming soon to Murage Cloud.

Is Murage made by Anthropic?

No. Murage is an independent open-source project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic.

Sources, checked October 9, 2026

Murage is made by Ferrox Labs, a small team. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.

Claude, Claude Code and Cowork are trademarks of their respective owners. Murage is not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic; the names and logos are used only to identify the products compared.

Get started in four steps

1
Download Murage
For Mac, Windows and Linux.
2
Pick Claude Code
Use the Claude plan you already pay for, signed in on Anthropic’s own screen.
3
Meet Ember
Your Chief of Staff, who builds the team for each job.
4
Give it the first job
Start small. New bots ask before they act.

Download Murage All downloads and install notes

Give your first job to Murage.

Download the app, connect the AI you already pay for, and tell your Chief of Staff what needs doing. Plan on about ten minutes from install to a working team.

Download Murage

No account needed · Runs on the AI plan you already pay for

Keep Claude Cowork. Add a standing team beside it.

Cowork is Claude’s agent for work, inside the Claude app. Murage runs Claude through Claude Code on the same plan, as part of a standing team with other engines.

The short answer

Keep using Claude’s app. When a job needs a team, Murage puts Claude on one, next to whatever else suits the work.

Which should you choose?

Murage

Open source
On your computer
The AI you choose

Who does the work: A Chief of Staff and a team

Claude (Cowork)

Pro $20 a month
Your folders plus Anthropic’s cloud
Claude models only

Who does the work: One main agent with helpers

Download Murage

Checked October 2026 (October 9, 2026) against Anthropic’s Cowork page, support articles and pricing. Anthropic is folding Cowork into Claude itself, so names and plan access move.

Question	Murage	Claude (Cowork)
Getting in
Price to start	Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service	A paid Claude plan: Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly), Max from $100, Team and Enterprise. Not on Free
Install	Download Murage. Pick Claude Code for a bot and its card in Settings installs it in one press	Nothing extra: it is part of the Claude app. Local files and browser use need the desktop app open
Account needed	Your own Claude sign-in through Claude Code, done on Anthropic’s screen. Murage never sees the login	A paid Claude plan. Plan access is rolling out to Pro and Max first, with more plans to follow
Where it runs
Runs on	On your computer	Anthropic’s cloud in an isolated environment, reaching your files and apps through the desktop app
Keeps working with your laptop closed	Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you	Yes: scheduled tasks run in the cloud, so your computer doesn’t need to be on
Platforms	Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone	Desktop app on Mac and Windows, plus web and mobile in beta and a Chrome side panel
Who can use it on which plan	Anyone who can install Murage. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan; other engines don’t	Included on Team and Enterprise (if an admin turns it on) and rolling out to Pro and Max; desktop on Mac and Windows
Brains
Engines	The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys	Anthropic’s Claude models
Mix engines on one team	Yes: Claude on some bots, Fuigo, Codex, Hermes or a local model on the rest	Claude models only
Pick the model per helper	Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put	Not offered per helper in the pages checked
Usage	Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead	Plan limits; Cowork uses them faster than regular chat, and Auto mode uses more of your limit
The team
Who leads	Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job	You, with Claude working through a task and its sub-agents
Helpers that last	Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines	Plugins bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents so Claude can act as a specialist for a role
Projects with boards	Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done	Projects group related tasks into persistent workspaces with their own files, links, instructions and memory
Standing teams for business jobs	79 ready-made teams you can import, with named bots for sales, ops, research and more	Role plugins such as Brand voice, Legal and Finance
Hands
Apps	1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP	Connectors to the tools you already use; Claude tries connectors before a browser or your screen
Your own signed-in browser	Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share	A Chrome side panel on Max and Team, with Pro rolling out, and browser and computer use through the desktop app
Files	Bots build slides, docs and web pages as files in your folders	Reads, edits and creates files in the folders you choose, and can’t reach anything else
Memory	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Cloud sessions start with what Claude remembers from your chats; you can turn Memory off for a single task
Control
Asks before acting	New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.	Manual (the default) asks for each action, Auto reviews actions with a check, and Skip checks nothing. Deleting needs your approval
Lessons you can see, edit and undo	Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it	Memory from your chats, with a per-task switch
Open source	Yes, AGPL-3.0	No
Sharing work	Export a team and everyone imports it; logins never travel	Sessions can’t be shared with others, though individual artifacts can be
Your data
Where memory lives	Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds	Saved with your Claude account; your files stay in your folders
Using your plan with Murage	Murage runs Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own plan. Cowork stays in Claude’s app and you can use both	Built for use inside Claude’s own apps
Reach
Chat apps	Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp	Start tasks from your phone in Claude’s mobile app; the Team plan includes the Slack connector
Voice	Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own	Not described on the Cowork pages checked
Phone	iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team	Claude’s mobile app, where Cowork is in beta
For your staff	Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with no Murage seat fees	Team seats (2 to 150 people) and Enterprise with admin controls and usage analytics

Murage

Claude (Cowork)

Getting in

Price to start

Open source desktop app; Murage Cloud is an optional paid hosted service

A paid Claude plan: Pro $20 a month ($17 billed yearly), Max from $100, Team and Enterprise. Not on Free

Install

Download Murage. Pick Claude Code for a bot and its card in Settings installs it in one press

Nothing extra: it is part of the Claude app. Local files and browser use need the desktop app open

Account needed

Your own Claude sign-in through Claude Code, done on Anthropic’s screen. Murage never sees the login

A paid Claude plan. Plan access is rolling out to Pro and Max first, with more plans to follow

Where it runs

Runs on

On your computer

Anthropic’s cloud in an isolated environment, reaching your files and apps through the desktop app

Keeps working with your laptop closed

Yes, on any computer you leave on, including your own remote server. Murage Cloud (coming soon) will look after one for you

Yes: scheduled tasks run in the cloud, so your computer doesn’t need to be on

Platforms

Mac, Windows and Linux, plus an iPhone app and an Android app; Telegram on your phone

Desktop app on Mac and Windows, plus web and mobile in beta and a Chrome side panel

Who can use it on which plan

Anyone who can install Murage. Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan; other engines don’t

Included on Team and Enterprise (if an admin turns it on) and rolling out to Pro and Max; desktop on Mac and Windows

Brains

Engines

The engine you choose for each bot: Fuigo (built in), Claude Code, Codex, Hermes, Grok Build, OpenCode, local models or your own API keys

Anthropic’s Claude models

Mix engines on one team

Yes: Claude on some bots, Fuigo, Codex, Hermes or a local model on the rest

Claude models only

Pick the model per helper

Choose the engine and model for each bot, and change it later; memory, skills and approvals stay put

Not offered per helper in the pages checked

Usage

Nothing from us. Your AI provider bills as usual. Flux Router, Ferrox Labs’ optional credit-billed service, covers AI models, connected apps, voice, images and web search if you use it; your own keys work instead

Plan limits; Cowork uses them faster than regular chat, and Auto mode uses more of your limit

The team

Who leads

Ember, your Chief of Staff, takes the brief and builds the team for each job

You, with Claude working through a task and its sub-agents

Helpers that last

Named bots with faces, voices and memory, still there tomorrow and on routines

Plugins bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents so Claude can act as a specialist for a role

Projects with boards

Yes: a lead splits the goal into cards on a board and you sign off when it’s done

Projects group related tasks into persistent workspaces with their own files, links, instructions and memory

Standing teams for business jobs

79 ready-made teams you can import, with named bots for sales, ops, research and more

Role plugins such as Brand voice, Legal and Finance

Hands

Apps

1,600+ apps through Flux Router or your own connected-apps key, plus any public API and any MCP

Connectors to the tools you already use; Claude tries connectors before a browser or your screen

Your own signed-in browser

Murage for Chrome works in your own signed-in Chrome, in the tabs you share

A Chrome side panel on Max and Team, with Pro rolling out, and browser and computer use through the desktop app

Files

Bots build slides, docs and web pages as files in your folders

Reads, edits and creates files in the folders you choose, and can’t reach anything else

Memory

Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds

Cloud sessions start with what Claude remembers from your chats; you can turn Memory off for a single task

Control

Asks before acting

New bots start on Ask. On Full access, a bot stops before messaging anyone new, posting publicly, paying, or deleting outside its folder, unless you have allowed it for that task. Replies in an existing conversation go ahead on Auto and Full access. No limits turns the stop line off for your own chats; routines still stop at it.

Manual (the default) asks for each action, Auto reviews actions with a check, and Skip checks nothing. Deleting needs your approval

Lessons you can see, edit and undo

Yes: correct a bot once and the lesson shows up where you can edit or undo it

Memory from your chats, with a per-task switch

Open source

Yes, AGPL-3.0

Sharing work

Export a team and everyone imports it; logins never travel

Sessions can’t be shared with others, though individual artifacts can be

Your data

Where memory lives

Desktop: on your computer, open to read and edit. Cloud: on your EU-hosted server, encrypted with a key Ferrox Labs holds

Saved with your Claude account; your files stay in your folders

Using your plan with Murage

Murage runs Claude through the unmodified Claude Code, signed in with your own plan. Cowork stays in Claude’s app and you can use both

Built for use inside Claude’s own apps

Reach

Chat apps

Message your Chief of Staff on Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp

Start tasks from your phone in Claude’s mobile app; the Team plan includes the Slack connector

Voice

Call any bot in the app and just talk; bots leave voice notes. Ask your Chief for a voice note in Telegram, Slack, Discord or WhatsApp, and on WhatsApp send it one of your own

Not described on the Cowork pages checked

Phone

iPhone and Android app that opens your workspace: approvals, questions and calls with your team

Claude’s mobile app, where Cowork is in beta

For your staff

Each person runs Murage on their own computer, with no Murage seat fees

Team seats (2 to 150 people) and Enterprise with admin controls and usage analytics

Keep Claude Cowork. Add a standing team beside it.

Murage sits above Claude Code.

Keep Claude. Murage makes it a whole team.

At a glance.

What a year costs.

Where your work lives.

Who does the work.

What Murage adds for a Claude (Cowork) user.

A standing team

Claude, and every other engine

Reach it from your chat apps

Open-source, memory at home

Talk to it

Same bot, on any engine

Where Claude (Cowork) is ahead.

Which should you choose?

Choose Murage if

Choose Claude (Cowork) if

Every detail.

Getting in

Where it runs

Brains

The team

Hands

Control

Your data

Reach

Same job, both ways.

Turn a folder of notes into a client brief

Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice

Send a weekly report

Use Claude next to another engine

Approve something while you’re away

Already using Cowork: your first day with Murage

Questions about Murage and Claude (Cowork).

Get started in four steps

Download Murage

Pick Claude Code

Meet Ember

Give it the first job

Read next.

Give your first job to Murage.

Search murage.ai

Keep Claude Cowork. Add a standing team beside it.

Murage sits above Claude Code.

Keep Claude. Murage makes it a whole team.

At a glance.

What a year costs.

Where your work lives.

Who does the work.

What Murage adds for a Claude (Cowork) user.

A standing team

Claude, and every other engine

Reach it from your chat apps

Open-source, memory at home

Talk to it

Same bot, on any engine

Where Claude (Cowork) is ahead.

Which should you choose?

Choose Murage if

Choose Claude (Cowork) if

Every detail.

Getting in

Where it runs

Brains

The team

Hands

Control

Your data

Reach

Same job, both ways.

Turn a folder of notes into a client brief

Answer new leads and chase an unpaid invoice

Send a weekly report

Use Claude next to another engine

Approve something while you’re away

Already using Cowork: your first day with Murage

Questions about Murage and Claude (Cowork).

Get started in four steps

Download Murage