Claude Code vs goose
Claude Code is a terminal agent by Anthropic. goose is a terminal agent by Block / Agentic AI Foundation. Every cell below is read from the directory data and points back to a vendor page.
 Claude Code |  goose | |
|---|---|---|
| General | ||
| Layer | Terminal agent, Editor extension, Cloud agent | Terminal agent, Desktop app |
| Vendor | Anthropic | Block / Agentic AI Foundation |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows, Web | macOS, Linux, Windows |
| License | Proprietary Proprietary | Apache-2.0 Open source |
| Status | active | active |
| Pricing | ||
| Free tier | No | Yes |
| Entry price | $20/mo | Free |
| Top individual plan | $200/mo | Free |
| Team seat | $25/user/mo | — |
| Included usage | — | — |
| Beyond the plan | API list price | — |
| Part of a plan | Claude | — |
| Models | ||
| Providers | Anthropic | Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, OpenRouter |
| Bring your own key | BYOK | BYOK |
| Local models | No | Yes |
| Features | ||
| Parallel agents | Yes | Yes |
| Subagents | Yes | Yes |
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| ACP client | No | Yes |
| ACP agent | Yes | Yes |
| Browser automation | Yes | No |
| Sandboxing | Yes | Yes |
| Remote execution | Yes | No |
| Mobile companion | Yes | No |
| Scheduled tasks | Yes | Yes |
| Checkpoints | Yes | No |
| Plugins | Yes | No |
| Hooks | Yes | No |
| Works with | ||
| Runs | — | Claude Code, Codex CLI, Pi |
| Runs inside | Claude desktop app, Claude Squad, cmux, Conductor, dmux, Emdash, goose, Herdr, JetBrains AI, Nimbalyst, opcode, OpenHands, Orca, Paseo, Sculptor, Superset, T3 Code, Vibe Kanban, Vibe Notch, Visual Studio Code, Warp, Xcode, Zed | Warp |
| Pricing verified | 2026-08-23 | 2026-08-23 |