OpenAI's ChatGPT Work and Anthropic's Claude Cowork are both agents for longer tasks that keep going when you close your laptop. Work gets its own cloud browser and hands back finished files; Cowork works on your files and browser through the Claude Desktop app. Both start at $20 a month.
Checked October 22, 2026, against OpenAI's help center and business pricing, claude.com/pricing, Anthropic's Cowork help article and its Claude in Chrome announcement. Plans change; re-check before you buy.
Both are AI agents for longer tasks that keep going after you close your laptop, and both start at $20 a month. Pick ChatGPT Work if you want an agent with its own cloud browser that hands back a finished report, spreadsheet or deck. Pick Claude Cowork if you want an agent that works on the files and browser on your own Mac or Windows computer, with a choice of how often it asks for approval.
| ChatGPT Work | Claude Cowork | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | OpenAI (launched July 2026) | Anthropic |
| Browser | Its own cloud browser on a separate computer (paid plans, supported regions) | Your browser through Claude in Chrome, with your existing logins |
| Local files | Connected apps; builds documents, spreadsheets and decks | Your files through the Claude Desktop app for macOS or Windows |
| Recurring work | Runs once, on a schedule or trigger (Gmail, Slack, GitHub), or monitors for changes | Scheduled tasks that run in the cloud with no device online |
| Approvals | You approve or decline actions; asks before accessing a new site by default | Manual, Auto or Skip modes; asks before a purchase |
| Phone | Inbound only via 1-800-CHATGPT; no outbound calling found | Not mentioned (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Teams | Business and Enterprise workspaces | Team plans for 2 to 150 seats |
| Price | Plus $20, Pro $100 to $500, Business Standard $25/user (monthly billing); metered | Pro $20, Max from $100, Team premium seat $125 (monthly billing) |
OpenAI launched Work in July 2026. In OpenAI's words: "Research a topic, analyze information, or create a document, spreadsheet, presentation, report, or Site."
Before you buy: the cloud browser is not on the Free or Go plans, availability can vary during rollout, and usage is metered like Codex, so OpenAI does not promise a fixed number of tasks a month.
Cowork is the agent mode in Claude, and the pricing page now says "Claude Cowork is now just Claude." It is "available to paid Claude plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise) only."
Before you buy: for local files, browser use and computer use you need "The Claude Desktop app for macOS or Windows, open and connected."
ChatGPT Work comes with paid ChatGPT plans (some features differ by plan). ChatGPT Plus is $20 a month. Pro comes in $100, $200 and $500 a month tiers. ChatGPT Business Standard is $25 per user a month billed monthly ($20 billed annually). Work is metered like Codex, and OpenAI does not publish a fixed task count for it.
Claude Cowork (claude.com/pricing, October 22, 2026): not on the Free plan. Pro $20 a month billed monthly, or $17 a month billed annually. Max from $100 a month. Team, for 2 to 150 people: the premium seat, which includes Claude Code and Claude Cowork, is $125 a month billed monthly or $100 billed annually.
Neither Work nor Cowork offers outbound calls to your customers on the pages we checked. A small business usually needs leads called back, appointments confirmed and customers answered on several channels, with staff able to see and approve the work.
That is what Dooza Crew does. A master agent creates a team of AI employees, each with its own computer, a real browser, a phone number and a card for purchases you approve. Your staff and AI employees work in one group chat, and nothing is sent or paid until a person you choose approves it. Free for 7 days, then $49 a month for your whole crew, with $20 of AI usage included.
More comparisons: Dooza Crew vs ChatGPT Work, Dooza Crew vs Claude Cowork and Gemini Spark vs Claude Cowork.
ChatGPT Work is OpenAI's agent for longer, multi-step work and finished deliverables, with its own cloud browser on a separate computer. Claude Cowork is the agent mode in Anthropic's Claude for knowledge work; its sessions continue in the cloud, but local files, browser use and computer use go through the Claude Desktop app on your Mac or Windows computer.
ChatGPT agent was retired. OpenAI's help center says ChatGPT agent is no longer available and points to ChatGPT Work for longer, multi-step tasks and finished deliverables (checked October 22, 2026).
Both start at $20 a month billed monthly: ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro. ChatGPT Pro comes in $100, $200 and $500 tiers; Claude Max starts at $100. For teams, ChatGPT Business Standard is $25 per user a month billed monthly, and a Claude Team premium seat with Cowork is $125 a month billed monthly. ChatGPT Work is metered like Codex, so OpenAI does not publish a fixed task count.
Yes. ChatGPT Work can keep working after you close your computer and pauses when it needs your input, a sign-in or a confirmation. Anthropic says Cowork work continues if you close your laptop and scheduled tasks run in the cloud, but tasks that need your local files or browser need the Claude Desktop app open.
Yes. In ChatGPT Work you approve or decline actions, and by default it asks before accessing a new website. Claude Cowork has Manual, Auto and Skip approval modes, and Anthropic says Claude still asks before irreversible or costly actions like making a purchase.
Neither offers outbound calls to your customers on the pages we checked. If you want AI employees with a business phone number and a card for purchases you approve, working in one chat with your staff, look at Dooza Crew: free for 7 days, then $49 a month with $20 of AI usage included.
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Google's Gemini Spark and OpenAI's ChatGPT Work are both AI agents that keep working when you close your laptop. Spark lives in Gmail, Docs and Chrome and comes with Google AI plans; Work gets its own cloud browser, hands back finished files and comes with paid ChatGPT plans from $20 a month.
OpenAI retired ChatGPT agent and points users to ChatGPT Work. Work is a strong agent for one person's documents, research and browser tasks. Dooza Crew gives a business a team of AI employees with a phone number, a card and your staff in one chat.
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