Vybe vs Gumloop vs Claude Cowork vs Zapier

Specialized coworkers with their own responsibilities and tools.

Reusable agents with skills and tool access.

Claude handles tasks in a working session.

Zapier Agents can act independently or respond in chat.

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.

Shared agents, folders, and pods.

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.

Agents chat on the web and run from app triggers; Slack and Teams touchpoints run through Zap triggers and actions.

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.

Not offered: work runs inside a single agent or AI step; no delegation between specialized agents documented.

Persistent memory, company knowledge, and reusable skills.

Reusable skills and playbooks that evolve with use.

Role-based plugins, skills, and connected tools.

Connected knowledge sources; persistent learned memory not verified here.

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.

Agents run from configured triggers and instructions.

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.

Not offered: agents act through app actions and tools; no controlled-browser capability documented.

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.

Not offered: meeting tools connect through Zaps; no native 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.

Thousands of connected apps and actions.

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.

Forms and Tables alongside workflows; a different app-building approach.

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.

Forms and Tables sharing varies by product and plan.

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.

Not offered: Tables sharing uses per-table and per-view roles (Owner, Editor, View only), not per-row permissions.

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.

Not offered: a cloud platform connecting through prebuilt app integrations and webhooks; 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.

Agents uses a managed model; workflow AI integrations are separate.

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.

Model tiers (Standard, Advanced, Premium) selected per step with an Auto default; automatic task-category routing not 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.

Manual tier and model selection per step; task-category routing rules not offered.

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.

Not offered: one model policy per step; no separate coding 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.

Bring Your Own Model connects organization AI provider accounts on Enterprise.

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.

Not offered: bring-your-own-key connects provider accounts directly; no custom gateway or proxy endpoint 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.

SAML SSO on Team and Enterprise plans, with SCIM provisioning on Enterprise.

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.

Agent activity can be reviewed; audit coverage depends on product and plan.

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.

Approval steps can be added to agent instructions.

Usage visibility and per-agent credit budgets.

Spend caps by agent, team, or organization.

Usage analytics for admins on Team and Enterprise plans.

In-app plan usage views and Enterprise usage alerts.

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.

Workflows use tasks; Agents has activity-based 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.

User allowances depend on the selected plan and product.