Compare ClawIDE
Agent orchestrators come in three shapes: desktop apps (Orca, Conductor, Emdash, Superset), terminal UIs (Herdr) and web apps you host yourself (ClawIDE).
The right pick depends mostly on where your agents should run and how you want to reach them. Each page below says plainly when the other tool is the better fit.
ClawIDE vs Orca
An MIT-licensed Electron desktop app with 27+ agents, an embedded browser and mobile companions, versus a self-hosted binary you open from any browser.
MIT 路 Free with no limits; Enterprise on request
Read the comparisonClawIDE vs Herdr
An Apache-2.0 Rust terminal UI where a server owns your agent terminals, versus the same always-on idea in a browser, with an editor, reviews and tasks.
Apache-2.0 路 Free; Herdr Cloud has a waitlist and no published price
Read the comparisonClawIDE vs Conductor
A closed-source macOS app for parallel agents with Pro at $50/mo, versus the same local workflow self-hosted in any browser with Pro at $5/mo.
Closed source 路 Local parallel agents free; Pro $50/mo; Teams $60/user
Read the comparisonClawIDE vs Emdash
A free Apache-2.0 desktop app with 20+ agents and many tracker integrations, versus a self-hosted browser app with gateways, tmux sessions and Symphony-compatible runs.
Apache-2.0 路 Free
Read the comparisonClawIDE vs Superset
A source-available desktop app for 20+ agents with Pro at $20 per user per month, versus the same local workflow self-hosted in the browser with Pro at $5/mo.
Elastic License 2.0 路 Free for 1 user locally; Pro $20/user/mo ($15 billed annually)
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Everything side by side
Every capability we track, including the ones where another tool is ahead. A half-filled circle means partial support; a dash means we couldn't find it.
| Capability | ClawIDE | Orca | Herdr | Conductor | Emdash | Superset |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| License | Closedfree binary | MIT | Apache-2.0 | Closed | Apache-2.0 | ELv2 |
| Paid plan starts at | $5/mo | NoneEnterprise on request | NoneCloud waitlist | $50/mo | None | $20/user/mo |
| Unlimited projects on the free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial1 user |
| Git worktree per task, free | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Browser UI from any device, nothing to install on the client | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Single binary or headless server | Yes | Partialorca serve | Yes | No | No | No |
| Sessions persist when you disconnect | Yestmux | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Agent CLIs supported | Unlimited17 presets | 27 | 21 | 4 | 20+ | 20+ |
| Model gateways (OpenRouter and others) | Yes13 + custom | No | No | Partial | No | Yes |
| File editor | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Diff and merge review | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI code review | Pro | Partial | No | Partial | No | Partial |
| Markdown task board in your repo | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Linear, Jira or GitHub Issues | Pro | Yes | No | Partial | Yes | Partial |
| Symphony WORKFLOW.md orchestration | Pro | No | No | No | No | No |
| Scheduled loops and automations | Pro | Yes | No | No | Yes | No |
| Usage and cost analytics | Yes | Partial | No | No | No | No |
| Checkpoints and rollback | Yes | Yes | No | Partial | No | No |
| Push notifications to your phone | Pro | Yesmobile app | Partialplugin | Noannounced | No | Partial |
| MCP server manager and debugger | Yesdebugger is Pro | Partial | No | No | No | Partial |
| Embedded browser with an element picker | No | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| Detects when an agent is working, blocked or done | Partial | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Partial |
| Plugin, socket or CLI API | No | CLI | Yes | API | No | SDK |
From each product's public site, docs and repository, checked September 2026. These tools ship quickly; if something here is out of date, email support@clawide.app and we'll fix it.
Your agents, on your hardware, in any browser.
Install the binary, run clawide, and open localhost:9800. The setup wizard finds your agent CLIs and projects. Every install includes a 14-day Pro trial.
curl -fsSL https://www.clawide.app/install.sh | bash