Claude vs WorkBuddy

Claude is Anthropic's general assistant on web, desktop and phone; WorkBuddy is Tencent's desktop agent that builds reports, decks and spreadsheets from files on your Mac or Windows PC. The closer rival to WorkBuddy is Claude's agent mode, formerly Claude Cowork, which Anthropic is folding into the regular Claude app for Pro and Max. If you meant Claude Code, that's a coding agent and a different comparison.

Free plans and what paying gets you

Claude's free plan includes memory across chats, web search, file creation, running code and app connectors, on web, desktop, iOS and Android. Pro is $20 a month ($17 a month billed annually) and Max starts at $100. The Cowork experience is rolling out to Pro and Max; the Team plan lists both Claude Code and Claude Cowork.

WorkBuddy gives free users 100 credits a month, and new accounts get 250 more for 14 days. Pro is $10 a month or $96 a year for 2,000 credits, with a $7 first month for new subscribers; Team is $40 per seat. Credits run out, and extra packs are 500 for $15. On the free plan WorkBuddy picks the model for you.

Where your work happens

WorkBuddy is a download for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Windows (x64 and ARM64), with no Linux or phone app. You can still send it tasks from Slack, Telegram, Discord, WeChat Work, Feishu, DingTalk or QQ, but only while your computer is on and the app is running. It needs an internet connection to reach its model services, and Tencent's docs don't say which models those are.

Claude runs Anthropic's own models, and because the chat lives in the cloud you can start a draft on your laptop and pick it up on your phone. For someone whose company runs on WeChat Work or Feishu, WorkBuddy's chat-app control is the more practical fit. For mixed writing, analysis and research outside that world, Claude covers more ground.