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Maxiful compared with Claude Team.

Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant, and Team is its plan for businesses. Maxiful is a team of AI assistants installed on your own computer. Every fact about Claude comes from Anthropic's own public pages, with the date we checked them. Where Claude fits better, we say so.

Maxiful
Claude Team
Max, your Chief of Staff

Claude Team does this. So does Maxiful.

Claude Team Maxiful
YesMemory and projects YesMemory across conversations, kept on your computer
YesResearch YesAsk your assistants to look something up, and they come back with what they found and where
YesConnectors YesThe tools you connect, such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack, and 85 more work apps
YesClaude Code and Claude Cowork YesYour team hands coding work to Codex or Claude Code on your computer
YesClaude in Chrome YesYour assistants have a browser of their own on your computer: they open any page you give them and look things up for you
YesClaude for Microsoft 365 YesWorks in your Outlook mail, calendar and OneDrive files
YesWeb, desktop and mobile apps YesIn the desktop app, the phone app, Microsoft Teams and Slack
YesVoice mode YesTalk with your assistants out loud, and hear each reply in their own voice
YesSingle sign-on and admin controls YesSingle sign-on in every plan, at no extra charge
YesNo model training on your content by default YesNo training on your content by default

Only Maxiful

Not on Anthropic's own pages for Claude Team when we checked them.

  • One price, colleagues included

    One monthly price for your team workspace, the AI included. Invite as many colleagues as you like.

  • Your data on your computer

    Your files, your conversations and what your assistants remember stay on your own computer.

  • Hundreds of AI models

    Frontier, efficient open and specialist models, included in your plan. Each assistant runs on the right one.

  • Local models for sensitive work

    Run an assistant on a model on your own computer or your company's server: its prompts go to that model, not to an AI company.

    What still goes online

  • Shape each colleague's team

    Choose each colleague's assistants and how far they reach. Big decisions still come to the right person.

    Anthropic lists central administration, connector controls and spend controls for each user on Team, and role-based access on Enterprise.

  • A Chief of Staff who delegates

    Max hands each part to the right specialist, brings back one answer and proposes new specialists.

  • Always on, on your company's server

    Run Maxiful always on, on your company's server, paired with your computer as its owner.

    New in 1.0

Choose Claude Team if

  • Your team writes code and wants Claude Code and Claude Cowork in the same plan
  • You want Claude in Chrome and Claude for Microsoft 365
Max, your Chief of Staff

Choose Maxiful if

  • You want a team of assistants for the whole business, with a Chief of Staff who hands out the work
  • You want one monthly price for your team workspace, the AI included, however many colleagues you invite
  • You want your files, your conversations and the assistants' memory kept on your own computer
  • You want anything that sends, pays, books or deletes to wait for your yes by default

You can use both: a Maxiful assistant can run on your own Claude subscription.

What one assistant can't do

Assistants that check each other's work

With Claude Team each person has one assistant. With Maxiful, one writes, another checks the numbers, and a colleague finishes in the same chat.

Finn, the AI assistant for numbers, with a monocle

Side by side

Claude Team Maxiful
What it is Anthropic's AI assistant, on a plan for teams of 2 to 150 people A team of AI assistants installed on your own computer
What it works in YesConnectors, including Claude for Microsoft 365, Anthropic says YesThe tools you connect, such as Google Workspace, Microsoft 365 and Slack, and 85 more work apps
Price Anthropic lists a standard seat at $20 a month billed annually, or $25 billed monthly €99 or €299 a month for your team workspace, its AI allowance shared by the team

Checked 1 November 2026 against Anthropic's own pages.

The facts

  • What is Maxiful?

    Maxiful is a desktop app for macOS and Windows that installs a team of AI assistants on your own computer. Max, your Chief of Staff, and the specialists you add sign in to your tools and do the work you hand them. Maxiful AB, a Swedish company based in Lidingö, makes it.

  • What is Claude Team?

    Anthropic's plan for teams of 2 to 150 people using Claude, its AI assistant. Anthropic's pricing page lists memory, projects, research and connectors on Team, with Claude Code and Claude Cowork, Claude in Chrome, and Claude for Microsoft 365.

  • How does Claude Team handle data and administration?

    Anthropic's pricing page lists no model training on your content by default, single sign-on, central billing and administration, and admin controls for remote and local connectors on Team.

  • What does Claude Team cost?

    Anthropic prices Team per seat. Anthropic's pricing page lists a standard seat at $20 a month billed annually or $25 billed monthly, and a premium seat at $100 a month billed annually or $125 billed monthly.

  • Where does Maxiful differ from Claude Team?

    Claude is an assistant each person on the team works with. Maxiful installs a team of assistants, Max, your Chief of Staff, and the specialists you add, on a computer that stays on, where your files and their memory stay. They sign in to the tools you connect, and you reach them in the desktop app, in the phone app, in Microsoft Teams and in Slack. The AI is included in one monthly price for the whole team workspace, never per seat. In your mail, calendars and money, anything that sends, pays, books or deletes waits for your yes on an approval card by default, unless you choose Always allow for that kind of action.

  • Can Maxiful run on a server?

    Yes. Maxiful can run always on, on your own Linux server, paired with your computer as its owner. The computer each person works at can be that team's hands: actions run there at that person's own permission level, and consequential ones wait for their yes by default. Colleagues can connect their own accounts, such as their own Google account, to work with the team; that is on by default.

  • What does it cost?

    Professional is €99 a month and Business €299 a month, each for your whole team workspace, never per seat: invite as many colleagues as you like. In Sweden the prices are 1 099 kr and 3 299 kr a month excluding VAT. The AI is included, with no API keys and no separate subscriptions. Cancel any time.

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