How do I get Claude Duet?

Join the waitlist on the Claude Duet page with a US Pro, Max or Ultra plan; Anthropic emails you when it is ready. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet. MausBot has no waitlist: download it free.

Does Claude Duet cost extra?

There is no separate price. It uses your Claude plan's usage limits, and its background checks count toward them. MausBot is free; its bots run on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account, or the API key, you already have.

Can MausBot work on its own like Claude Duet?

MausBot bots run automations on schedules, webhooks and app events, and on a Cloud plan or your own server they keep working with the laptop closed. A bot can be Chief of Staff and hand work to teammates.

Is Claude Duet the same as Claude Cowork?

No. For now Duet lives in its own app, separate from the main Claude app, while Cowork has been merged into the main Claude app.

Comparison as of November 15, 2026, with both products as they were that day · Anthropic

Claude Duet alternative: MausBot

A Claude Duet alternative with no waitlist: MausBot runs one team of the AI agents you already have, Claude Code beside Codex and Grok, on your own machine.

Claude Duet is Anthropic's proactive agent: one Claude on Opus 5.5 that watches your connected apps from its own cloud computer and messages you first, in a US-only research preview. MausBot is the open source alternative you can download today: one team of the AI agents you already have, each bot with its own model and computer, working on schedules, webhooks and app events.

What Claude Duet is

Claude Duet opened as a research preview on October 21, 2026, by waitlist, for US Pro, Max and Ultra subscribers. It lives in its own app for iPhone and Android, with claude.ai on a computer. Built on Claude Opus 5.5, it runs in a cloud computer with its own browser, checks your connected accounts every few hours, sends a morning brief, and messages you when something needs attention. It works with more than 6,000 connectors and plugins, carries over your Claude memory, skills and apps, and asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes anything.

Launched: October 21, 2026 (research preview, waitlist). Sources: Claude Duet; Anthropic: Introducing Claude Duet; TechCrunch: Claude Duet is Anthropic's bet on agents; Claude pricing.

Why people look for a Claude Duet alternative

Waitlist only, US only, for Pro, Max and Ultra; Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet.
Claude only: one agent on Opus 5.5, with no other model or vendor.
It shares your plan's usage limits with the rest of Claude, and its background checks count against them.
It checks in every few hours, and Anthropic says it can miss something that arrives between check-ins or misjudge what is urgent.
No desktop app yet: on a computer you use the web version at claude.ai.
Closed source: nothing to read or self-host.

Claude Duet vs MausBot

The Claude Duet column comes from the vendor's own pages and the press cited above, checked on November 15, 2026. Where the vendor has not said, the cell says so.

	Claude Duet	MausBot
Price	Included in Claude Pro ($20 a month), Max ($100) and Ultra ($200), US only; shares the plan's limits	Free and open source. Bots run on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account, or the API key, you already have
How you get in	Waitlist; research preview	Free download, no waitlist
Models	Claude Opus 5.5 only	16 agent engines (Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and more), API and local models; chosen per bot, switchable mid-conversation
Agents	One agent in one thread	As many bots as you like, in group chats, with a Chief of Staff that hands out work
Where it runs	Its own cloud computer at Anthropic	Your own computer or server; cloud computers with a live desktop on a Cloud plan
Before it acts	Asks before sending, paying, signing or deleting; never trades securities or moves money between accounts	Full access by default, or Ask, Auto-accept edits or Approve for me per bot; sends can be set to ask every time
Apps	More than 6,000 connectors and plugins	Gmail, Slack, Notion, LinkedIn and hundreds more apps, any MCP server, and bots' own numbers and inboxes
Memory	Carries over your Claude memory, skills and apps	Editable Markdown notes per bot, plus an About me every bot reads
Platforms	iPhone and Android apps; claude.ai on a computer	macOS, Windows, Ubuntu; iPhone and Android apps
Open source	No	Yes. Apache 2.0 on GitHub, apart from an enterprise/ folder

What MausBot is

MausBot is a free, open-source app that runs a team of the AI agents you already have. Each bot has its own model, computer and connected apps, on Claude Code, Codex, Grok, Cursor, Copilot and other agent engines, API models or local models, using the accounts you already pay for. A Chief of Staff bot hands work to the others, bots share group chats, and every bot reads your About me. It runs on Mac, Windows and Ubuntu with iPhone and Android apps, keeps your data in ~/.openmausbot on your own machine, and is published on GitHub under Apache 2.0. You can self-host it free on your own server, and Cloud plans from $15 a month keep bots working with the laptop closed.

What Claude Duet still does better

Proactive by design: it reads your connected apps, sends a morning brief and messages you first.
More than 6,000 connectors and plugins, including QuickBooks, Gusto, Docusign, Shopify and Stripe, and purchases through Link with a virtual card.
Runs in its own cloud computer, so it keeps working with your phone and laptop off, on the Claude plan you already pay for.
Made by the company that makes the model, with a classifier that checks every message for sensitive data and a public bug bounty.

Other Claude Duet alternatives

MausBot is the open-source option. The other agents in this category, each with its own comparison page:

Grok Bot by xAI: Grok Bot opened as a beta on August 11, 2026 and reached version 1.0 on November 2, 2026.
OpenAI dots by OpenAI: Dots launched on September 29, 2026.
ChatGPT Work by OpenAI: ChatGPT Work is an agent inside ChatGPT that OpenAI launched on July 9, 2026, built on Codex technology.
Meta Muse by Meta: Muse launched on September 8, 2026.

Every other comparison page: Grok Bot, OpenAI dots, ChatGPT Work, Meta Muse, Claude Cowork, Gemini Spark, Perplexity Computer, Manus, Cue by Manus, Instinct, Poke, Viktor, Lindy, Squad, Turnstone, Bops, Hark Pro, OpenClaw, Hermes Agent, Vellum, Open Dots, OpenBot, Rakazo, OpenMuse, OpenInstinct.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get Claude Duet?: Join the waitlist on the Claude Duet page with a US Pro, Max or Ultra plan; Anthropic emails you when it is ready. Team and Enterprise plans are not included yet. MausBot has no waitlist: download it free.
Does Claude Duet cost extra?: There is no separate price. It uses your Claude plan's usage limits, and its background checks count toward them. MausBot is free; its bots run on the Claude, ChatGPT or Grok account, or the API key, you already have.
Can MausBot work on its own like Claude Duet?: MausBot bots run automations on schedules, webhooks and app events, and on a Cloud plan or your own server they keep working with the laptop closed. A bot can be Chief of Staff and hand work to teammates.
Is Claude Duet the same as Claude Cowork?: No. For now Duet lives in its own app, separate from the main Claude app, while Cowork has been merged into the main Claude app.

This comparison is based on Claude Duet and MausBot as they were on November 15, 2026. Both products change. If something here is out of date, tell us and we will correct it.