49 Agents IDEvsSuperset
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
49 Agents IDE
49Agents · Agent harness
Panel
6.34 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 6.0
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 5.0
“A heads-up display shows Claude API usage per machine, so now you can watch the money leave from several rooms at once.”
Superset
Superset · Agent harness
MCP
Panel
6.44 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.5
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 6.3
- Longevity
- 6.7
“Superset-arm64.dmg or Superset-x64.dmg: the first orchestration decision is which Mac you bought.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | 49 Agents IDE | Superset |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local, cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, web | macos, linux |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | Yes |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | YesFiles are changed by the CLI agents running in the canvas terminals; 49 Agents adds Monaco editor panes and a git graph on top. | No |
| Git operations | YesThe canvas shows a git graph and Beads issue tables; commits and pull requests are made by the agent in its terminal. | Yes |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude Code, Codex, any CLI agent | via managed agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Kimi Code, Mistral Vibe, OpenCode, Droid, Amp) |
| Bring your own model | Yes | No |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | seat |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $15/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | BUSL-1.1 | Elastic License 2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 620 | 14,809 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | 49 Agents IDE | Superset | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 7.0 | Superset — Pick Superset if you run Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Copilot or Kimi Code side by side and want a browser next to the diff; pick Orca if you want the same thing under MIT. |
| El Crítico | 6.0 | 6.3 | Superset — Remote access is beta, the mobile app is coming soon, and the tagline promises 100-plus agents in parallel on a host with no sandbox; the ambition outruns the shipped parts. |
| El Profesor | 6.8 | 6.5 | 49 Agents IDE — The layer contributes display rather than inference, and it retains no terminal traffic server-side, which is a design decision rather than a policy. |
| La Inversora | 5.8 | 7.0 | Superset — YC-backed with Pro at $15 a seat billed yearly, a logo wall with Microsoft, OpenAI and Amazon on it, and a licence that keeps clouds from reselling it; the pricing power is real. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 6.5 | Superset — SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs, a SOC 2 Type II report and IP restrictions all sit in an Enterprise tier priced by sales on annual billing; approved with conditions. |
| El Hacker | 7.3 | 5.3 | 49 Agents IDE — BUSL-1.1 with a use grant, converting to MIT on 2030-02-26, and my own logins in every pane; what is missing is anywhere to hang an MCP server. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.