Anthropic ships four products.
Malik is one AI employee.
Claude Chat, Cowork, Code, and Tag each give you a different way to work with Claude. Compare their surfaces and responsibilities with one AI employee that works across your team's tools.
You don't open Malik. You hand him the work.
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Add Malik to TelegramOAuth · live in minutesSlack and Telegram, in the same thread where the work already gets discussed. No new app for the team to adopt, no context living on one person's laptop.
Anyone can tag Malik. He shares context across the workspace, so what one person teaches him helps the whole team.
Brief him once. He uses your tools, builds the report, deck, or app, and brings the finished work back to the thread.
Two questions decide the whole category.
Where does the work happen, and how much of the job does the tool own? Explore the 4 products in this group alongside Malik.
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Claude Tag
↗In-channel
Anthropic's AI assistant that you tag inside Slack channels to answer questions and help with tasks.
Claude Chat
↗Chatbot
Anthropic's chat app for answers, drafts, and artifacts, with per-user memory and projects.
Claude Cowork
↗Agent
Anthropic's autonomous agent that works across your files and tools and returns finished, reviewable work.
Claude Code
↗Coding
Anthropic's coding agent that maps codebases, writes code, runs tests, and opens pull requests.
Malik vs Anthropic
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| — | MalikAI Employee |  Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Surface | Slack and Telegram, in the channel where the work is already discussed. | Chat in claude.ai, tasks in Cowork, development in Code, and channel requests in Tag. The right surface depends on the work. |
| Works for | The whole team. Anyone can tag Malik; context belongs to the workspace. | Individuals, developers, and teams, with different workflows and administration across products and plans. |
| Who owns the job | Reads the request, uses connected tools, produces the deliverable, and reports back in the thread. | Chat helps with answers and drafts. Cowork and Code can carry out tasks; Tag brings Claude into Slack. Scope differs by product. |
| Memory | Shared workspace context. What one person teaches Malik can help the team. | Conversation and project context, local development context, or channel context, depending on the Claude product. |
| Tools | Native integrations, browser access, code execution, and published docs and apps. | Connectors, MCP, development tools, and channel integrations, depending on the product and configuration. |
| Price shape | Shared workspace credits from $100/month, without a subscription for each teammate. | Check Anthropic's current plans for pricing, included usage, and availability. |
| Best for | Ongoing team work across your connected tools. | You want Claude's writing and reasoning experience for individual work. |
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1Team-native by default
Brief Malik in Slack or Telegram. The request, the work, and the result stay connected to the conversation your team can follow.
2Breadth of the whole stack
Connect your tools, use a real browser, and run code. Malik can bring information together and deliver reports, documents, and apps.
3A price that fits a team
Your workspace shares one credit pool, starting at $100/month. Add teammates without adding a per-person subscription.
When to choose Malik vs Anthropic
You want to delegate work in Slack or Telegram.
Your team needs shared context rather than isolated individual conversations.
Your work spans several business tools and needs a finished deliverable.
You prefer a managed employee with a shared workspace credit pool.
You want Claude's writing and reasoning experience for individual work.
You need a dedicated coding environment or a task workflow over local files.
Your team prefers to choose a separate Claude surface for each kind of work.
FAQ
This group includes Claude Tag, Claude Chat, Claude Cowork, Claude Code. Each product has its own comparison, with its working environment, context, and connected tools.
You want Claude's writing and reasoning experience for individual work. You need a dedicated coding environment or a task workflow over local files. Your team prefers to choose a separate Claude surface for each kind of work. Choose Malik when you want a managed AI employee working across your tools in Slack or Telegram.
No. Chat helps with answers and drafts. Cowork and Code can carry out tasks; Tag brings Claude into Slack. Scope differs by product. Open an individual comparison for the product you are considering.
Yes. Start with free credits, connect the tools you want Malik to use, and give him a task in Slack or Telegram. No credit card is required to start.
Start free. Pay only when you're ready.
Every feature. Every integration. Up to $100 in credits on the house. No credit card, no sales call, no catch. When you need more, it starts $100/month.
Up to $100 in free credits
Every feature, every integration. When you need more, it starts $100/month.
- Native integrations
- Slack and Telegram
- Reports, dashboards, apps
- Code and PR reviews
- Approval on anything irreversible