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Plans and cost

What does Brigade cost?

Brigade is free when teammates run on your own computer. Brigade Cloud is $99 a month per workspace (€99 in the euro zone) and gives them a computer of their own that keeps working when yours is off. On top of that, you bring the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for: Brigade never bills you for AI usage. See Your computer or Brigade Cloud.

Which AI plans work?

Claude plans through Claude Code, and ChatGPT plans through Codex. Max or Pro gives the most room. You pick a model for each teammate. You can add several accounts of each in Settings → AI Accounts. When one runs out of usage, the thread carries on with your next account of the same provider on the same computer, in the middle of the task. With none left, the thread pauses and you get an Out of usage ticket.

Can I use an API key instead of a subscription?

No. Teammates run on a Claude or ChatGPT plan, signed in on the vendor’s own page. The runner removes API keys from the teammate’s environment so the work never runs on a key that bills per use.

What if I cancel Brigade Cloud?

Cancel from Settings → Billing → Manage billing whenever you want: Cloud stops at the end of the month you paid for. Your workspace stays, the cloud computer keeps its disk until you subscribe again, and your teammates can keep working for free on your own computer.

Using Brigade

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You describe a job in a message, the way you would to a new hire. For a task in a website or an app, take control of a teammate’s cloud computer and show it once with Teach a task.

Why several teammates rather than one agent?

One agent with every tool and no owner gets vague fast. Each teammate holds one job, with its own Apps, memory and rules, so you see who did what and fix the one that is off.

Does it work on Windows?

Not as a computer for teammates: the runner works on macOS and Linux. On Windows, use Brigade Cloud, or link a Linux machine. The dashboard works in any browser, including on Windows and on your phone.

What happens when my laptop sleeps?

Teammates on it stop until it wakes. A thread whose computer is offline offers Continue on the cloud computer, and Continue on… in the composer’s + menu moves a thread at any time. To keep a Mac from sleeping, turn on Keep screen awake in Brigade.app’s menu.

Can my team see the work?

Yes. Every member of your organization sees every thread, list and file in its workspaces, so nothing sits in one person’s chat history. Threads on the cloud computer run on the workspace’s AI accounts there. Invite people in Settings → Members: see Members and roles.

Can a teammate have its own email address?

Yes. Turn on the Email App and each teammate gets an address of its own. It sends from it, and replies come back to the teammate that started the conversation, not to your inbox. See Apps.

Can teammates start work on their own?

Yes. A trigger starts a thread when something happens in an App (a failed payment, a new issue, an email) or a webhook arrives, and a routine starts one on a schedule. Routines and triggers run on time only while their computer is on: with Brigade Cloud, that’s always.

Control and security

How do I stay in control?

For each teammate, you choose which Apps it can reach and whether it may write, what waits for your yes, and daily caps on its threads, computer hours and writes to each App. Every step it takes is in its thread, for you to read. See Apps.

Where do my passwords go?

In your workspace’s vault, encrypted. When a teammate signs in to a website on its cloud computer, Brigade types the login for it: the teammate never sees the password, and it never ends up in a thread. See Security and your data.

Is my data used to train AI models?

Not by Brigade. The work runs on the AI plan you bring, so your data goes to the provider you picked, under the terms of your plan.

Where is my data stored?

In Europe: Brigade’s database is in Frankfurt, files are in Cloudflare R2 in Western Europe, and cloud computers run in the EU. See Security and your data.

Open source

Is Brigade open source?

Yes. The whole product is on GitHub under the MIT license, with no gated features. Read every line, or run it yourself.

Can I host Brigade myself?

Yes. It runs on one server with Docker Compose, or on Cloudflare Workers. The repository’s README has the steps.

How do I get help?

Write to support@brigade.lol, or open an issue on GitHub.