Google's Gemini Spark and Anthropic's Claude Cowork 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; Cowork works on your files and browser and comes with paid Claude plans from $20 a month.
Checked October 22, 2026, against Google's Gemini Spark announcements and release notes, 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 that keep working after you close your laptop. Pick Gemini Spark if your work lives in Gmail, Docs and Chrome and you pay for Google AI. Pick Claude Cowork if you want an agent for documents, files and browser work on your own computer, with paid Claude plans from $20 a month. Neither page mentions phone calls, and both are built mainly for one person.
| Gemini Spark | Claude Cowork | |
|---|---|---|
| Made by | Google (announced May 19, 2026) | Anthropic |
| Where it runs | Google Cloud virtual machines | Cloud sessions; local files and browser use through the Claude Desktop app |
| Where you use it | Spark tab in the Gemini app; Gemini macOS app | Claude on web, desktop (Mac, Windows) and mobile |
| Works with | Gmail, Docs, Slides; Chrome with your logins; connectors like Canva, OpenTable and Instacart | Your files, your browser through Claude in Chrome, connectors to your apps |
| Recurring work | Recurring tasks and triggers | Scheduled tasks that run in the cloud with no device online |
| Approvals | Asks before spending money or sending emails | Manual, Auto or Skip modes; asks before a purchase |
| Phone calls | Not mentioned (Oct 22, 2026) | Not mentioned (Oct 22, 2026) |
| Age | 18 and over | 18 or the local minimum age, whichever is higher |
| Price | Google AI Ultra ($100 and $200 a month at launch); later Google AI Pro in over 160 more countries | Pro $20/month; Max from $100/month; Team premium seat $125/month (monthly billing) |
Google introduced Spark at Google I/O as an agent inside the Gemini app. It launched "in Beta to Google AI Ultra subscribers aged 18 and over in the United States".
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."
Gemini Spark comes with a Google AI subscription. At launch Google listed "Gemini Spark (AI Ultra $100 and $200; U.S. only)", and on July 30, 2026 it said "We're rolling out access for Google AI Pro subscribers in over 160 additional countries starting today". Check Google's plans page for your country.
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.
Spark and Cowork are built mainly for one person's own work, and neither mentions phone calls. 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.
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Gemini Spark is Google's 24/7 personal AI agent inside the Gemini app. It runs on Google Cloud and is built around Gmail, Docs, Slides and Chrome. 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.
Claude Cowork comes with paid Claude plans, starting with Pro at $20 a month billed monthly (claude.com/pricing, October 22, 2026). Gemini Spark comes with Google AI plans: it launched under AI Ultra at $100 and $200 a month, and in July 2026 Google began rolling it out to Google AI Pro subscribers in over 160 additional countries. Which Google plan includes Spark depends on your country.
Yes for both, with a limit for Cowork. Google says Spark keeps working in the background even when you close your laptop or lock your phone. 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 and connected.
Both ask first. Google says Spark is designed to ask you before high-stakes actions like spending money or sending emails, and in Chrome it hands payments back to you. Anthropic says Claude still asks before irreversible or costly actions like making a purchase.
Phone calls are not mentioned on Google's Spark pages or Anthropic's Cowork, Chrome and pricing pages (checked October 22, 2026). Dooza Crew sets up a business phone number for AI employees who call leads back and confirm appointments.
Both are built mainly for one person's work. Claude has Team plans for 2 to 150 seats, with Cowork in the premium seat. 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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