How AgentTeams compares.
Every tool below is good at something specific. This page says what, and points you elsewhere when the other one is the better fit.
- Terminal agent
vs Claude Code CLI
Anthropic's terminal-first coding agent.
- AI IDE
vs Cursor
An AI-first code editor with background agents.
- CLI orchestrator
vs Gastown
Terminal-first multi-agent orchestration.
- Agent control plane
vs Paperclip
Self-hosted board and governance for agents.
Full table
| Feature | AgentTeams | Claude Code CLI | Cursor | Gastown | Paperclip |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Live team collaboration | Agents plan, delegate, build and review together | Experimental teams, known recovery limits | Parallel agents under one parent | Persistent teams with coordination | Scheduled agents, less live teamwork |
| Kanban board | Five columns, updates in real time | Terminal only | No board | Dashboard, not a board | Seven columns, drag and drop |
| Code review in app | Diff per task, accept, reject, comment | Agent review, no review UI | Accept or reject individual changes | Merge queue, no diff UI | Approvals, review happens elsewhere |
| Visual team progress | Tasks, blockers, hand-offs, activity, logs | Terminal panel, no graphical map | Agents window, no shared team map | Agent tree and feed panels | Org chart, not a task map |
| Agent to agent messaging | Direct messages and shared task links | Not available | n/aNot applicable | Mailboxes and hand-offs | Comments and mentions |
| Budget controls | Alerts plus hard caps on scheduled runs | Usage command and workspace limits | Usage view and spend limits | Cost tiers and digests, no hard cap | Per-agent budgets with hard stops |
| Built-in terminal | Team and local shells with history | It is your terminal | Full IDE terminal | Terminal-first, none built in | Runs commands, not interactive |
| Built-in code editor | With Git support | Bring your own | Full IDE | Bring your own | Control plane, not an editor |
| Separate agent workspaces | Optional workspace per teammate | Built in for sessions | Agents window worktrees | Core primitive | Worktrees and branches |
| Linked and blocking tasks | Tasks can block and unblock each other | Shared task list | Not available | Dependencies and grouped work | Goals, parents and blockers |
| Mixed runtimes in one team | Nine runtime and provider paths together | Claude only | Multi-model, no shared team | Many providers, terminal-first | Bring your own runtimes |
| Setup effort | Install and go, no signup or API key | CLI plus flags | App install plus account | Assemble the stack yourself | Self-host plus infrastructure |
| Runs locally by default | Coordination state stays on your machine | Local process | Cloud agents available | Local process | Self-hosted server |
| Price to start | Free, open source, free model included | Claude plan or API usage | Free tier then paid usage | Open source, runtime plans needed | Open source, self-host costs |
Ratings reflect how well live agents divide work, communicate and finish complex tasks together. Competitor capabilities are summarised from their public documentation and may change — check their docs before deciding.
Get started
Try it against your own repo.
The comparison that matters is the one you run yourself. It costs nothing to check.