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title: "Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness"
description: "Claude Code and DeepSeek Harness are both terminal agents. Claude Code comes with Claude plans, DeepSeek Harness is free to install."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/compare/claude-code-vs-deepseek-harness"
---
# Claude Code vs DeepSeek Harness

> Claude Code is a terminal agent by Anthropic. DeepSeek Harness is a terminal agent by DeepSeek. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.

## General

|  | Claude Code | DeepSeek Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Layer | Terminal agent, Editor extension, Cloud agent | Terminal agent |
| Vendor | Anthropic | DeepSeek |
| Website | [code.claude.com](https://code.claude.com) | [deepseek.com/harness/en](https://www.deepseek.com/harness/en/) |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | macOS, Windows |
| License | Proprietary (Proprietary) | MIT (Open source) |
| Status | active | preview |

## Pricing

|  | Claude Code | DeepSeek Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry price | $20/mo | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | Free |
| Team plan | $25/user/mo | — |
| Included usage | — | — |
| Beyond the plan | API list price | — |
| Part of a plan | Claude | — |

## Models

|  | Claude Code | DeepSeek Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Providers | Anthropic | DeepSeek, Anthropic, OpenAI |
| Bring your own key | BYOK | BYOK |
| Local models | No | No |

## Features

|  | Claude Code | DeepSeek Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Git worktrees | Yes | No |
| Parallel agents | Yes | No |
| Subagents | Yes | Yes |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| ACP agent | Yes | No |
| Browser automation | Yes | No |
| Sandboxing | Yes | No |
| Remote execution | Yes | No |
| Mobile companion | Yes | No |
| Scheduled tasks | Yes | No |
| Checkpoints | Yes | No |
| Plugins | Yes | No |
| Hooks | Yes | No |

## Works with

|  | Claude Code | DeepSeek Harness |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Runs | — | — |
| Runs inside | Claude Desktop, Claude Squad, cmux, Conductor, Devin Desktop, dmux, Emdash, goose, Herdr, JetBrains AI, Multica, Nimbalyst, opcode, OpenHands, Orca, Paseo, Sculptor, Superset, T3 Code, Vibe Kanban, Vibe Notch, Visual Studio Code, Warp, Xcode, Zed | — |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-23 | 2026-09-08 |

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