Claude SquadvsSuperset
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Claude Squad
smtg-ai · Agent harness
OSS
Panel
6.52 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.3
- Usefulness
- 5.7
- Cost
- 7.7
- Longevity
- 6.2
“The entire manual is a keybinding table, and the key for help is a question mark.”
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 | Claude Squad | Superset |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Agent harness | Agent harness |
| Runs | local | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux | 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 | No | No |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | Yes |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | No | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | via managed agents (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Aider, OpenCode, Amp) | via managed agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Kimi Code, Mistral Vibe, OpenCode, Droid, Amp) |
| Bring your own model | No | No |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | seat |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $15/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | Elastic License 2.0 |
| GitHub stars | 8,561 | 14,809 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Claude Squad | Superset | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 7.0 | 7.0 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 6.3 | 6.3 | no preference |
| El Profesor | 6.8 | 6.5 | Claude Squad — A tmux session per agent and a git worktree per session isolates work on separate branches; integration is left entirely to the user, which is honest and incomplete. |
| La Inversora | 4.5 | 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 | 6.0 | 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 | 8.3 | 5.3 | Claude Squad — AGPL-3.0 Go, config in ~/.claude-squad/config.json with named program profiles, no MCP and no model layer because it wraps whatever agent I point it at. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.