Agents Deck vs Claude Code Agent Teams
Comparison built from the comparison reference as of September 28, 2026, with official sources. No benchmark was run between the two tools. Corrections welcome.
Agent Teams is Anthropic’s native multi-agent mode for Claude Code: a lead session can spawn teammates with shared tasks and dependencies that prevent claiming a task that is already blocked. It is an experimental feature, unavailable in headless -p mode. Subagent definitions are a separate feature, with their own model, tool and memory options.
What the comparison shows as of September 28, 2026
| Criterion | Agents Deck | Claude Code Agent Teams |
|---|---|---|
| Reusable roles across missions | Built in | Built in |
| Role → ticket → session → delivery | Built in | Assemble |
| Acceptance reserved for the Team Leader | Built in | Assemble |
| History by subject, with linked tickets | Built in | Assemble |
| Multiple runtimes in one project | Built in | Not established |
| Content encrypted per organisation (hardware master key) | Built in | Not established |
“Built in”: found as-is in the product or its documentation. “Assemble”: possible from documented primitives, but needs extra integration or work. “Not established”: not confirmed by the sources reviewed, which does not mean impossible.
Agent Teams natively manages reusable subagent roles inside Claude Code. A business registry, delivery criteria and a third-party acceptance workflow still need to be defined: resuming a session does not restore in-process teammates.
Pricing as of September 28, 2026
Agents Deck: Free (1 project, 3 collaborators + Team Leader); Pro at €19/user/month, subscribe online; Enterprise on request. Official site
Claude Code Agent Teams: usage follows your subscription or the provider’s billing; an experimental feature, with no standalone pricing established in the sources reviewed. Claude Code costs · Agent Teams documentation
Agents Deck limits to know
- One active Team Leader per project.
- No guaranteed automatic restart: resumption depends on the local service and the machine’s availability.
- Apps for Mac and Windows; any MCP client can connect to Agents Deck.
- No fully self-hosted offering and no open-source status for this product.
When to choose each
Agent Teams is worth a look if you work entirely inside Claude Code and want native coordination built into the tool, with nothing extra to install.
Agents Deck is worth evaluating when tracking, responsibilities, review and access rights need to form one coherent path beyond a single session, with tickets and an acceptance decision reserved for the Team Leader.
These pointers follow from the features described above, without ranking quality or claiming a quantified gain between the two tools.
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Reference review: September 28, 2026. Sources for the Agent Teams side: Agent Teams documentation and costs documentation. If we got something wrong, tell us and we will fix it.