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Claude Duet vs Claude Code

Compare Claude Duet and Claude Code - features, pricing, and which is better for your workflow.

What is Claude Duet?

A new Claude app where Claude works as a proactive agent: a morning brief, tasks you hand it, and work that continues when you step away.

Price: Paid

  • Morning brief on what needs attention across connected apps
  • Takes tasks in one thread, by typing or voice, and keeps working when you step away
  • Runs on a virtual machine with its own browser, so your device does not have to stay on
  • Asks for approval before it sends, pays, signs, or deletes anything
  • Included with Claude Pro and Max on iOS, Android, and claude.ai
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What is Claude Code?

Anthropic's agentic coding tool — Claude in your terminal, IDE, desktop app and browser, reading and editing your codebase, running commands, opening pull requests and working on tasks in the cloud.

Price: Paid

  • Works in the terminal, VS Code and JetBrains, the Claude desktop app, and on the web
  • Reads and edits across your whole codebase, runs commands and tests, and opens pull requests
  • Cloud sessions keep working after you close the laptop; hand off between local and cloud
  • Skills, hooks, MCP servers and plugins to shape how it works on your projects
  • Subagents and workflows for parallel, multi-step tasks
  • Included with Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans, or pay as you go on the API
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