All comparisonsChecked November 13, 2026
Brigade vs Relevance AI
Relevance AI is built for enterprises that run an AI workforce with a vendor’s team behind it, metered per action and per model credit. Brigade gives any company a team you can start today: each teammate is the official Claude Code or Codex with a job, its own computer, Apps and memory. It runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for, writes and ships code too, and is open source and free on your own computer.
Side by side
| Feature | Brigade | Relevance AI |
|---|---|---|
| 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 hosted platform for building AI agents and workforces for enterprise teams. |
| Who pays for AI | Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. Brigade never bills you for AI usage. | Relevance AI’s Actions and Vendor Credits, or your own API key for the model. |
| Price | Free on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan. | An Enterprise plan through sales; no public prices. |
| Getting started | Sign up and start today, free on your own computer. | Talk to sales. |
| Code | Each teammate is Claude Code or Codex: it writes, tests and ships code, with pull requests and previews. | Python steps in its tool builder; not a coding agent. |
| How you stay in control | For each teammate, you choose whether its writes to Apps (an email through Gmail, a change in Stripe, a merge on GitHub) go on their own or wait for your yes, and each mailbox can be set to approve every email. Every request lands in one Needs you list, also on your phone. Commands and files on its own computer don’t ask. | Human-in-the-loop approvals, with agents set anywhere from assisted to fully autonomous. |
| Open source | Yes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself. | No. |
Which one is for you
Pick Brigade if
- You want to start today, without a sales call.
- You already pay for Claude or ChatGPT and want that plan to do the work.
- You want the same team to write and ship code as well.
- You want to read the code, or host it yourself.
Pick Relevance AI if
- You are a large company that wants an AI workforce built with a vendor’s team, under a sales contract.
What Relevance AI is
Relevance AI, based in San Francisco and Sydney, calls itself “the home of the AI Workforce”: a hosted platform where companies build agents for sales, support and operations, with tools, triggers (a schedule, a new email, a Slack message, a webhook), human approvals and over 2,000 integrations. Its pricing page lists one Enterprise plan, through sales; usage is metered in Actions and Vendor Credits, with models such as Claude, GPT and Gemini, or your own API key.
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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