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Bloks vs Claude Cowork

Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent for knowledge work, run in its cloud or through the Claude desktop app. Bloks agents live on your own machine, on Claude Code or the other engines you pick, with memory in files you can read.

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The short answer

Which one is for you

Choose Bloks ifOur pick

  • You want to pick the engine: Claude Code on your Claude plan, Codex on your ChatGPT plan, or Gemini CLI, Cursor and more.
  • You want undo, and conversations you can rewind or branch.
  • You want a team you can watch work: rooms, a lead, and agents that message each other.
  • You want agents on Telegram, Signal, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp or email, and started by watchers or webhooks.
  • You want your agents, their conversations and their memory on your own computer.

Choose Claude Cowork if

  • You want work that carries on in the cloud while your computer is off, scheduled tasks included.
  • You want it inside the Claude apps you already use, on the web, desktop and phone.
  • Your company needs inference routed through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud or Microsoft Foundry, with compliance exports.
  • You only want Claude, and want it in the same box as your chats.

At a glance

Topic by topic

Bloks ahead · 7Even · 5Claude Cowork ahead · 3

Topic
What it isA desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Each agent is a contact; a team is a room.An agent for work outside coding: you set an outcome, and Claude plans and runs the steps across your files and tools.
Getting startedInstall the app; it installs and signs in the engines with one button each.Part of the Claude apps on paid plans, on the desktop, the web and the phone.Better
Engines and modelsClaude Code on your Claude plan, Codex on your ChatGPT plan, Gemini CLI, Cursor, the Grok CLI and more, any OpenAI-compatible host, and Ollama.BetterClaude models only, from the usual picker; companies can route them through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry or a gateway of their own.
When your computer is offAgents pause, unless they run on a server of yours or on managed hosting.Cloud tasks and schedules carry on with your computer off or asleep; local work needs the desktop app open.Better
ApprovalsAsk first, Accept edits, Auto or Full access; rules in a sentence; commands that can delete work are flagged.Manual, Auto (which screens actions and blocks unsafe ones) or Skip; permanent file deletion always asks; settings per connector tool.
UndoUndo any change an agent made, rewind a conversation, or branch it from any answer.BetterNone; Anthropic advises keeping backups.
MemoryMarkdown files you can read and edit, with a journal of every change and an undo.View, edit or delete topics in Settings, pause or reset; projects keep their own, and memory can be off for a task.
Teams of agentsRooms with a lead who speaks last; agents message each other and hire help with your yes.BetterSub-agents work in parallel inside a task. Agents messaging each other is not published, and sessions cannot be shared.
Scheduled tasksRoutines and check-ins on a calendar, run on your computer or a server that stays on.Hourly, daily, weekly, weekdays or on demand, run in the cloud.Better
Triggers and webhooksWatchers on folders, pages and feeds, app watchers, and signed webhooks.BetterEvent triggers and webhooks are not published.
Chat appsTelegram, Signal, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp groups and email.BetterNot published; Slack is a connector, not a channel.
PhoneAn iPhone and Apple Watch app, at home or anywhere with Bloks Cloud; Android is coming.The Claude iPhone and Android apps, in beta; Dispatch, phone to desktop, is closed to new users.
Your dataConversations, memory and files stay on your computer, in plain files. Bloks has no backend that holds them.BetterCloud sessions run on Anthropic's servers, local files they open included; a third-party mode keeps conversations on your disk.
PriceFree with your own AI. Paid plans add reach from anywhere, people and an included AI.Paid plans only: Pro $20 a month, Max $100, Ultra $200; Team from $25 a seat.
LicenceSource available (FSL): free for any use except selling Bloks; each release becomes MIT after two years.BetterPart of Claude; no code or licence is published.

Your Claude plan, two ways

Bloks

Bloks runs Claude Code as an engine, and Claude Code always uses your own Claude plan or key, so a Claude subscription you pay for is the plan your agents use. The same agent can switch to Codex on your ChatGPT plan, or to Gemini CLI, Cursor and the rest, and a backup engine takes over when one hits a limit. You can also add a second Claude Code account, and the workspace moves to it when the first runs out.

Settings, Engines and keys in Bloks: Claude Code connected, the other engines one button away

Claude Cowork

Cowork is part of Claude itself, on every paid plan from Pro up, and it is merging with chat into one message box. It runs on Claude models only, and Anthropic says it uses your limits faster than chat does. Companies on their own cloud can route it through Amazon Bedrock, Google Cloud, Microsoft Foundry or a gateway of their own.

Safety and undo

BloksBetter

An agent in Bloks asks before it acts, unless you tell it not to, and you can write a rule in a sentence ("never push to main"). Commands that can delete or overwrite work are flagged and get no shortcut. Anything an agent changes in your files can be undone, a conversation can be rewound with its files, and any answer can be branched to try another way.

A changes card in Bloks: the files an agent changed, each one with Undo

Claude Cowork

Cowork has mature approvals: Manual, Auto, which screens each action and blocks unsafe ones, or Skip. Permanent file deletion always needs your say, files are limited to the folders you connect, and each connector tool can be allowed, held for approval or blocked.

There is no undo, and Anthropic's own advice is to keep backups. A way of handling secrets is not published.

Memory and where it lives

Bloks

An agent's memory in Bloks is Markdown: MEMORY.md and a folder of notes, in a folder on your computer you can open, edit and back up. Memory, on the main rail, shows every agent's files, a shared memory every agent reads, and a journal of every change with an undo. Each workspace keeps its own.

An agent's memory in Bloks: MEMORY.md and its notes, plain Markdown you can read and edit

Claude Cowork

Cowork shares memory with chat for cloud tasks, while tasks that stay local keep their own. You can view, edit and delete what it remembers in Settings, pause or reset it, give each project its own, and turn it off for a task. Cloud sessions, and the local files they open, are processed on Anthropic's servers.

Where Cowork is ahead

Bloks

Bloks agents pause when your computer does, unless they run on a server of yours with bloks-server, or on managed hosting. Routines run where Bloks runs. Bloks for Android is coming, but not out yet.

Claude CoworkBetter

Cowork reaches both ways: cloud tasks and scheduled tasks keep going with your computer off, and the desktop app gives it your local files, a browser and computer use. It is already in the Claude apps on the web, desktop and phone, and Team and Enterprise add role-based access, group spend limits and compliance exports. Those are real reasons to choose it.

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Questions

Bloks and Claude Cowork: questions

Is Bloks a Claude Cowork alternative?

Yes. Both run agents that work across your files and tools. Cowork runs in Anthropic's cloud or through the Claude desktop app; Bloks keeps agents on your own machine, on the engines you pick, with undo and memory in files you can read.

Can I use my Claude subscription with Bloks?

Yes. Bloks runs Claude Code as an engine, and Claude Code always uses your own Claude plan or key. A Codex sign-in brings your ChatGPT plan the same way.

Can Cowork undo what it did?

No; Anthropic advises keeping backups. In Bloks, anything an agent changes in your files can be undone, and a conversation can be rewound or branched.

Does Cowork keep working when my laptop is closed?

Its cloud tasks and scheduled tasks do. Local files, the browser and computer use need the desktop app open. Bloks agents pause with your computer, unless they run on a server of yours or on managed hosting.

Can I use models other than Claude?

Not in Cowork: other makers' models and local models are not published. Bloks runs Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, the Grok CLI and more, any OpenAI-compatible host, and Ollama.

Can agents in Cowork work as a team?

Cowork runs sub-agents in parallel inside one task; agents messaging each other is not published. In Bloks, agents share rooms with a lead, message each other, and hire help with your yes.

Sources

Every claim about Claude Cowork on this page was checked against its own pages on 6 November 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us at bloks.dev/support and we will fix it.

  1. Help: get started with Cowork
  2. claude.com: Cowork
  3. Help: Cowork and chat are one Claude
  4. Blog: Cowork on web and mobile
  5. Help: using Cowork safely
  6. Help: memory
  7. Help: scheduled tasks
  8. Help: Dispatch
  9. Docs: Cowork on third-party platforms
  10. Blog: Cowork for Enterprise
  11. Claude pricing

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