Brigade

All comparisonsChecked November 13, 2026

Brigade vs Rakazo

Rakazo and Brigade share an idea: open-source AI teammates with jobs, a computer and memory. The difference is what does the work. Rakazo runs its own agent loop on the server, with models paid through API keys or a ChatGPT plan; its own docs say Anthropic’s rules don’t let it use a Claude subscription, so Claude means paying per token. Brigade starts the official Claude Code and Codex, signed in with your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, so the Claude Max you already pay for does the work. And Brigade Cloud is one flat price with no allowance of computer hours, where Rakazo’s hosted plans stop work on the computer once the month’s hours are used up.

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FeatureBrigadeRakazo
What it isAn 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.An open-source platform for AI bots that each take on a job, with a computer, Apps and memory.
The agent doing the workThe official Claude Code and Codex, built by Anthropic and OpenAI, on your own logins.Rakazo’s own agent loop (Pi), running on the Rakazo server, with the model you connect.
Claude planWorks: Brigade runs the official Claude Code on your login.Not covered: its docs ask for an Anthropic API key and advise against the Claude sign-in it offers, which Anthropic’s rules forbid.
ChatGPT planWorks: Brigade runs the official Codex on your login.Works, through ChatGPT sign-in.
PriceFree on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan.Free to host yourself. Rakazo Cloud (in beta): $15, $49 or $99 a month for 25, 100 or 200 computer hours, or a credits plan from $10 a month.
Computer timeNo allowance of hours on Brigade Cloud: its computer sleeps when idle and wakes on the next message, routine or trigger.Counted in hours; once a month’s hours are used up, work that needs the computer stops until you upgrade or the plan renews.
CodeEach teammate is Claude Code or Codex: it writes, tests and ships code, with pull requests and previews.A coding bot template; repository tasks can be handed to T3 Code or, when self-hosted, to Cursor’s cloud agents.
Where you talk to itBrigade’s own app (web, or installed on your phone with push notifications), and with Cloud an email address per teammate.Web, desktop, iOS and Android apps, and chat apps such as Slack; WhatsApp, Telegram and iMessage only when you host it yourself.
Open sourceYes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself.Yes, Apache-2.0.

Which one is for you

Pick Brigade if

  • You pay for Claude Max or Pro and want your teammates to work on it, through the official Claude Code.
  • You want teammates that are the coding agents Anthropic and OpenAI build, not a separate agent loop.
  • You want one flat price for the cloud computer, with no monthly allowance of hours.
  • You want every decision that needs you in one Needs you list, shared with your team.

Pick Rakazo if

  • You want to choose any model, including local ones, and pay for it through API keys.
  • You want your bots in WhatsApp, Telegram or iMessage, and you are ready to host it yourself.

What Rakazo is

Rakazo is an open-source (Apache-2.0) platform for AI bots that each take on a job, such as sorting email or researching sales prospects, with a computer, Apps, memory, routines and approvals. You reach them from its web, desktop, iOS and Android apps or from chat apps. Its bots run on Rakazo’s own agent loop (Pi) with the model you connect. You can host it yourself, or use Rakazo Cloud (in beta), whose plans cost $15, $49 or $99 a month with 25, 100 or 200 computer hours.

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Start free on your own computer. Brigade runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.

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Sources, checked on November 13, 2026

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