All comparisonsChecked November 13, 2026
Brigade vs Instinct
Instinct is a personal assistant for one person’s errands, reached by text or phone. Brigade is a team for your company: support, marketing, sales and code, each teammate with its own job, Apps and memory, and your team in the same threads. Brigade runs the official Claude Code and Codex on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, the App actions you choose wait for your yes, and you can sign up today and read every line of its code.
Side by side
| Feature | Brigade | Instinct |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An open-source app that gives your company a team of AI teammates, each one the official Claude Code or Codex with a job, its own computer, the Apps you give it and a shared memory. | A personal assistant you text or call, which uses a phone and a computer for you. |
| Jobs it covers | Support, marketing, sales and code, each teammate with one job. | One person’s tasks and errands, such as groceries or a train booking. |
| Your team | Invite your team: threads, lists and files are shared. | Built for one person. |
| Who pays for AI | Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. Brigade never bills you for AI usage. | Included in the service; its models are not named. |
| Price | Free on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan. | Not published; its terms say some features require payment. |
| Open to sign up | Yes: sign up and start today, free on your own computer. | Reported as invite-only; its terms mention a waitlist. |
| Code | Teammates write, test and ship code, with pull requests and previews. | Not what it is for. |
| Open source | Yes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself. | No. |
Which one is for you
Pick Brigade if
- You want teammates for your company’s work (support, marketing, sales, code), not one personal assistant.
- You want to start today, without waiting for an invite.
- You already pay for Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro and want your teammates to use it.
- You want to read the code that holds your logins and your customers’ email.
Pick Instinct if
- You want one personal assistant for your errands, reached by text or a phone call.
What Instinct is
Instinct, from Spear Street Technology, describes itself as “a personal assistant that understands what you’re working on and what’s important to you”. You text or call it, and it uses a phone and a computer to run errands such as ordering groceries or booking a train. When we checked, access was reported as invite-only, its terms mentioned a waitlist, and it published no prices.
Meet your AI teammates
Start free on your own computer. Brigade runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Sources, checked on November 13, 2026
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