OffivelleOffivelle vs Claude Cowork
Claude Cowork (Anthropic): Claude’s own agent for files and tasks, on your Claude plan.
Pick Claude Cowork if…
- you already pay for Claude and want Anthropic’s own agent with nothing else to install;
- you want phone and web apps;
- you want scheduled tasks to run with your laptop shut.
Pick Offivelle if…
- you want a team of agents with roles, in an office you can watch;
- you want to mix ChatGPT, Claude and free local models;
- you want your work to stay on your own Mac.
| Question | Offivelle | Claude Cowork |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free app. Agents use your own ChatGPT plan (through Codex) or Claude plan (through Claude Code, which draws on your plan’s monthly agent credit, then extra usage), or free models on your Mac. Offivelle sells no AI credits. | Paid Claude plans only.1 |
| Where you can get it | Every country. The app speaks 11 languages, and agents answer in yours. | Not published |
| Where it runs | Your Mac (macOS 13 or later). Chat and approvals from your phone through Telegram, or the phone app on your Wi-Fi or Tailscale. Your own Linux server with Docker. Windows is coming. | Anthropic’s cloud by default for Pro and Max since October 6, 2026; your local files only while the desktop app is open. Mac, Windows, web, iPhone, Android and Chrome.1, 2 |
| Which AI does the work | Your choice: ChatGPT (through OpenAI’s Codex), Claude (through Anthropic’s Claude Code) or free local models through Ollama. Pick several and they back each other up. | Claude only, on your Claude plan.1 |
| One agent or a team | A team: a CEO who plans the work and hires from 46 roles in 13 departments. Several people can share a company, with roles from viewer to admin. | One agent that can use subagents.2 |
| Approvals | Emails, publishing and spending wait for your OK, on the Mac or by Telegram. “Always allow” rules for what you trust, a daily budget, and one tap pauses everyone. | Manual, Auto or Skip permissions; asks before permanently deleting files.2 |
| Your data and training | Stays on your Mac. Prompts go only to the AI you chose (nowhere, with a local model). Offivelle doesn’t train on it or show ads; anonymous usage counts only if you say yes. | On consumer plans you choose whether chats train models; business plans are excluded.3 |
| Memory you can see and edit | Yes: plain Markdown notes in a folder you own (an Obsidian vault, kept with git). Read, edit, move or delete them. | Not published |
| Works with your computer off | While your Mac is on, or around the clock on your own server. | Yes: scheduled tasks run with your laptop closed.1 |
| Its face | A 3D office of people whose looks you choose; bring your own 3D characters. | Not published |
| Open source | Yes: the code is published under AGPL-3.0 at launch. | No. |
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Facts checked on October 8, 2026 from the public sources listed above. Products change quickly: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Claude Cowork is a trademark of Anthropic; Offivelle isn’t affiliated with Anthropic.