Sauna vs Claude Cowork
Cowork waits for you to ask. Sauna gets there first.
Claude Cowork acts when you ask, in a desktop app on your machine. Sauna works in the cloud across your whole stack. It notices what changed, prepares the work that needs you, and has it ready before you ask. And your team shares the same one.
Looking at Sauna vs Claude Cowork? Cowork is a capable agent in a desktop app on your machine, for one person, acting when you ask. Sauna runs in the cloud across your whole stack, prepares the work before you ask, and is shared with your team.
Claude Cowork is Anthropic's agent inside the Claude desktop app — capable on your machine and your local files, acting when you ask, for one person.
The difference: One waits for instructions. One shows up with the work ready.
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Built around your work.
Proactive
Works before you ask
Sauna watches the tools you connect, surfaces what needs you, and has the draft or reply ready for your approval. You review instead of starting cold.
Everywhere
Not bound to one machine
It runs in the cloud, so it's the same Sauna on Slack, iMessage, email, Superhuman, and the web. Nothing to install, nothing to keep open.
Team
Shared, not single-seat
Spaces, Brain Access, and Shared Folders let the whole team work with one coworker.
In context
It knows your work, and acts on it.
Sauna remembers your projects and the people in them, connects to the tools your team runs, and finishes the task — across the web app, Slack, email, iMessage, and Superhuman.
Good to know
Questions, answered.
How is Sauna different from Claude Cowork?
Claude Cowork is a desktop app that works on your machine and your local files. Sauna runs in the cloud, on Slack, iMessage, email, and the web, connected to your whole stack and shared with your team.
Do I need to keep an app open?
No. Sauna runs in the cloud and can work on a schedule, even when your laptop is shut.
Is my data safe?
Sauna reads only what you connect, and acts only after you approve. Your workspace and its memory are yours, not training data.
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