The short answer
On 16 September 2026, Anthropic merged Claude Cowork into ordinary Claude chat. Claude now decides for itself whether a request needs a conversation, a document, a slide deck or a longer-running task, and it can work with your files, connected apps and the web while you are away. For one person on a Pro or Max plan, it is an excellent coworker.
Smalt is built around the same idea, handing over the outcome instead of prompting each step, but for a company rather than a person: sales, marketing, operations and people teams handing it their recurring work, with a team behind it that can build the systems around it.
Where Claude is the right tool
If you already work in Claude, the merged product is strong. Documents you write together and share by link, then export to Word or Google Docs. Slides you can present directly or export to PowerPoint. Claude Code alongside it for developers. For individual writing, analysis and research it is hard to beat, and it improves quickly.
Where Smalt is the right tool
- Not tied to one model vendor. Each step goes to whichever model suits it, open-source or frontier, and we change the line-up as better models arrive. Your workflow does not change when we do.
- Contact lookup built in. Finding the right person at a company, with their title and work email, is part of the product, which matters for sales, recruiting and outreach.
- Enterprise self-hosting. For teams whose data has to stay on their own infrastructure.
- A team that builds with you. When a process needs more than one coworker can do, our services team scopes it and builds it, starting with the data. See services.
Plans are credit-based: a Free tier with 500 credits and no card, and paid plans from USD 18 a month.
Honest caveats
- Claude’s merged features are rolling out to Pro and Max first, with Team and Free plans following, so what you see depends on your plan and when you read this.
- If you are one person who already pays for Claude, you may not need Smalt. It earns its place when a team wants one coworker across its tools, or when self-hosting matters.
- Both products move fast. Check Anthropic’s own announcements for the latest on Claude.
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