Vybe vs Gumloop vs Claude Cowork

Specialized coworkers with their own responsibilities and tools.

Reusable agents with skills and tool access.

Claude handles tasks in a working session.

Shared conversations and Slack threads with people and AI.

Shared agents with owner, editor, viewer, and use-only access.

Personal working sessions. Shared Slack-channel work is handled by the separate Claude Tag product.

In-app chat, Slack, and email; other channels require setup.

Web chat, Slack, and API access to shared agents.

Desktop, web, and mobile; availability depends on plan and rollout.

Delegate work to other AI coworkers.

Agents can hand tasks to other agents.

Task dispatch routes development work to Claude Code sessions; knowledge work runs in Cowork.

Persistent memory, company knowledge, and reusable skills.

Reusable skills and playbooks that evolve with use.

Role-based plugins, skills, and connected tools.

Schedules, events, and follow-ups with run history.

Recurring or one-time scheduled runs plus event triggers from Gmail, Slack, Teams, and more.

Cloud tasks can run while devices are offline; local sessions use your computer.

Hosted browser with persistent sessions; browser service required.

Interactive browser automation via the Website Scraper's Web Agent mode, an AI browsing node, and the Chrome extension.

Built-in browser or Claude in Chrome, subject to admin controls.

Supported meeting recording, transcripts, and follow-up; meeting service required.

No native recording or transcription; meeting work centers on Gumball pre-meeting briefs from a connected calendar.

Not offered: sessions work with files, the web, and connected tools; no meeting recording or transcription documented.

Prebuilt connectors and custom integrations.

Connectors, shared credentials, and MCP support.

Connectors for Slack, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and other tools.

Build apps with AI, inspect code, and iterate in a live preview.

Not offered as a business-app builder: the platform ships agents, workflows, and hosted agent pages.

Works with files in a chosen folder; evaluate your app deployment workflow separately.

Private, individual, and organization-wide app sharing.

Hosted agent pages on gumloopagents.com with sign-in and role-based access.

Not offered: outputs are documents, files, and deliverables in your Claude account; no internal app-publishing surface documented.

Role-based access for owners, admins, editors, and members, with apps kept private, shared, or organization-wide.

Not offered: access control uses organization and team roles plus custom feature roles, not per-row data permissions.

Not offered: access is account- and admin-scoped; no per-row data permissions documented.

SSH tunnels and custom connections for private resources.

Not offered: tools connect through cloud connectors, MCP, and webhooks; no private-network or SSH access documented.

Not offered: cloud sessions reach tools through connectors and MCP; no private-network or SSH access documented.

29 models across 11 providers.

35+ models advertised.

Claude product experience, rather than a cross-provider model catalog.

Auto routes tasks to Cheap, Balanced, or Smart tiers.

Auto picks the model for each agent message, with mid-run escalation and fallbacks.

Not offered: runs on Claude models with no automatic cross-model routing documented.

Choose tier models, map task categories, or pin a model.

Admins restrict models, pin per-agent presets, and set fallbacks; task-category mapping not offered.

Not offered: admins control feature availability, not task-to-model routing rules.

Separate conversation and coding routing policies.

Not offered: AI model governance restricts and pins models platform-wide; no separate coding policy documented.

Not offered: one Claude experience spans chat and coding work; no separate coding model policy documented.

Bring your own provider keys as part of an enterprise setup.

BYOK on Pro and above; organization-wide keys on Enterprise.

Not offered: runs on Anthropic-managed credentials; no customer provider keys documented.

OpenRouter and Vercel AI Gateway.

Provider proxy URL, custom headers, and model name mapping per provider on Enterprise.

Not offered: no bring-your-own AI gateway documented.

SAML single sign-on for enterprise.

SAML SSO and SCIM for enterprise identity.

Claude Team and Enterprise organizations support SAML SSO and JIT provisioning via WorkOS.

Access, agent activity, and tool usage for enterprise review.

Agent activity, tool-call tracking, and analytics.

Admins can monitor Cowork activity via OpenTelemetry; Cowork activity is not yet in the Compliance API.

Action-specific permissions and contact controls on every channel; explicit approval gates not documented.

App guardrails, spending approvals, and scoped policies.

Per-task permission approvals; admins control auto-approve mode and connector-tool always-allow.

Usage visibility and per-agent credit budgets.

Spend caps by agent, team, or organization.

Usage analytics for admins on Team and Enterprise plans.

Free plan with $10 in credits every month; paid plans from $20/month. $1 = 100 credits; top-ups available.

Pro starts at $37/month; credits and an orchestration fee apply.

Available through paid Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise plans.

Unlimited builders and viewers in your organization.

Unlimited seats listed on Pro and Enterprise.

Per-seat pricing: Team standard seats $20/seat/mo billed annually ($25 monthly); Premium $100; Enterprise custom.