Comparisons · Checked November 11, 2026
Brigade vs Sintra
Sintra gives you ready-made helpers with fixed roles and a monthly credit allowance. In Brigade you give each teammate the job, Apps and rules you want, it works on your own Claude or ChatGPT plan, it can also write code, and the App actions you choose wait for your yes. Brigade is open source.
What Sintra is
Sintra sells a bundle of preset "AI employees" (helpers for marketing, social media, support, sales and more) on a monthly plan with a monthly credit allowance.
Side by side
| Brigade | Sintra | |
|---|---|---|
| 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 bundle of preset AI helpers with fixed roles. |
| Jobs it covers | Support, marketing, sales and code, each teammate with one job. | Marketing, social media, support, sales and other preset roles. |
| Who pays for AI | Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. Brigade never bills you for AI usage. | Sintra’s own credits: a monthly allowance (250 reported) that does not roll over. |
| Price | Free on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan. | Reported from about $39 to $97 a month, with promotional annual prices; check sintra.ai. |
| Code | Teammates write, test and ship code, with pull requests and previews. | No. |
| Open source | Yes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself. | No. |
Pick Sintra if
- You want preset helpers for social media and marketing, with nothing to set up.
Pick Brigade if
- You want teammates shaped to your company, with your own Apps, rules and memory.
- You want your Claude or ChatGPT plan to do the work instead of a second bill.
- You also need code written and shipped.
Where Brigade is weaker
- On the free plan, teammates work only while your computer is on. Brigade Cloud gives them one that stays on.
- Teammates run Claude Code or Codex; other harnesses and models are not supported yet.
- You talk to teammates in Brigade’s app and by email, not in WhatsApp or Telegram.
Try it
Click around the live demo (no sign-up), read the docs, or read the code on GitHub.
Sources
What this page says about Sintra comes from these pages, checked on November 11, 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, open an issue on GitHub.