What you build around the agent
type.com
Nothing. Triggers, connections, delivery to Slack or email, and run history are part of the product.
Duet
The agent's instructions, skills, and memory, on a dedicated VM for each workspace.
Comparison
type.com vs Duet
type.com is the best Duet alternative for teams that want automations with shared connections and run history instead of a credits-based VM workspace. Duet gives each workspace a single-tenant server with unlimited seats and models chosen by quality tier. type.com runs Claude or Codex automations with built-in triggers, shared connections, and a thread the whole team can read and continue. Plans start at $50 a month.
14-day free trial. Runs on Claude and Codex.
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Short answer
Duet is a managed agent workspace for consultants and small businesses. Each workspace gets a dedicated single-tenant VM, a private cloud server, with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more chosen by quality tier. Plans are Starter at $20 a month for 20 credits, Pro at $50 for 60, and Max at $200 for 250, with unlimited seats on all plans and credits-based billing with a paid reserve for overage.
type.com is a managed agent platform for a team's own work. You describe a job or write it in TypeScript, start it from a schedule, Slack, GitHub, Linear, a webhook, or email, and type.com runs it with Claude or Codex on the team's shared connections. Every run lands in a thread the team can read and continue. Plans start at $50 a month for 2 team members, with AI usage metered at the provider's API rates.
What decides it
The three differences that decide it
Both products run agents for your team. These are the choices around them.
Who works with it
type.com
The whole team. Runs land in shared threads that anyone in the Space can read and continue.
Duet
Consultants and agencies, and the clients and teams they share agents with. Unlimited seats on all plans.
Which models
type.com
Claude or Codex, set for each Space, including team members' own Claude or ChatGPT subscriptions.
Duet
Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more, chosen by quality tier behind one gateway.
What it is
What is Duet?
Duet is a managed agent workspace built for consultants and small businesses. Each workspace gets a dedicated single-tenant VM, described by Duet as a private cloud server, with models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more routed behind one gateway by quality tier. Skills and reusable playbooks let consultants package their expertise as agents.
Duet offers role-based access controls and audit logs, and its 10,000-plus integrations connect through server-side provider connections. Plans include unlimited seats, so the whole team or client base can work with the agents without per-seat charges.
Triggers
How do runs start?
Duet supports schedules, events, and webhooks. These let agents run on a recurring basis, react to external changes, or receive calls from other systems.
type.com starts automations from schedules (every minute to once a month), Slack messages, GitHub and Linear events, webhooks, emails sent to a Space, and RSS items. Instruction automations need no code: you describe the job, run a private test, and enable it.
Credentials
How do credentials reach the agent?
Duet connects through server-side provider connections across its 10,000-plus integrations. Credentials are managed at the workspace level and shared with agents running on the single-tenant VM.
type.com connects apps once, through OAuth sign-in, API keys, service accounts, hosted MCP servers, or custom APIs, and assigns each connection to the Spaces that need it. Each run gets a short-lived token, and automation code never holds a provider credential.
Cost
What does each cost?
Duet plans are Starter at $20 a month for 20 credits, Pro at $50 for 60, and Max at $200 for 250. All plans include unlimited seats. Credits reset monthly, and a paid reserve covers overage.
type.com plans start at $50 a month for 2 team members, and Enterprise is $250 a month for 20. Each plan includes AI usage, metered at the provider's published API rates, and admins get a notice at 80% of the allowance. Team members can connect their own Claude or ChatGPT subscriptions, and eligible requests run through them instead.
Full comparison
type.com and Duet, side by side
Grouped by the decisions a team makes when it picks where agents run.
What it is3 comparisons
Product
type.com
A managed agent platform for a team's automations, with a web app, a desktop app, Slack, a CLI, and MCP.
Duet
A managed agent workspace for consultants and small businesses, with a single-tenant VM per workspace.
Built for
type.com
Teams automating their own work, such as reports, triage, reviews, and handoffs.
Duet
Consultants and agencies packaging expertise as agents for clients.
How you build
type.com
Describe the job in a Space, or write a TypeScript automation and deploy it with the type.com CLI.
Duet
Build skills and reusable playbooks on a dedicated single-tenant VM.
Running the agent4 comparisons
Agent
type.com
Claude or Codex, the same managed agent that works in the Space's threads.
Duet
Models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more, routed by quality tier.
Models
type.com
Claude and Codex models, set for each Space.
Duet
Multiple providers behind one gateway, chosen by quality tier.
Sandbox
type.com
An isolated Linux sandbox for shell commands, Git, the GitHub CLI, and scripts.
Duet
A dedicated single-tenant VM per workspace.
Reusable knowledge
type.com
Skills in the SKILL.md format, with version history and suggested changes.
Duet
Skills and reusable playbooks that package expertise.
Starting and checking runs3 comparisons
Triggers
type.com
Schedules, Slack, GitHub, Linear, webhooks, email, and RSS.
Duet
Schedules, events, and webhooks.
Testing
type.com
A private test run in a thread only you can see. Code automations run fixtures on every deploy.
Duet
Skills and playbooks tested on the workspace's single-tenant VM.
Run history
type.com
A thread for every run with the agent's messages and tool calls, plus run history with outputs and errors.
Duet
Run results visible to workspace members with the appropriate role.
Access and credentials4 comparisons
Credentials
type.com
Each run gets a short-lived token. Automation code never holds a provider credential.
Duet
Server-side provider connections managed at the workspace level on the single-tenant VM.
Connecting apps
type.com
OAuth sign-in, API keys, service accounts, hosted MCP servers, and custom APIs, each assigned to the Spaces that need it.
Duet
10,000-plus integrations through server-side provider connections.
Who sees runs
type.com
Everyone in the Space, unless a thread is private.
Duet
Workspace members with role-based access controls.
Seats
type.com
Plans from $50 a month for 2 team members, and Enterprise for 20.
Duet
Unlimited seats on all plans.
Cost3 comparisons
Pricing
type.com
Plans from $50 a month for 2 team members, with AI usage metered at the provider's API rates.
Duet
Starter $20 a month for 20 credits, Pro $50 for 60, Max $200 for 250. Credits reset monthly.
Subscriptions
type.com
Eligible requests can run on a team member's own Claude or ChatGPT subscription.
Duet
Credits-based billing with a paid reserve for overage.
Spend controls
type.com
AI cost by Space in the analytics dashboard, with notices at 80% and 100% of the plan's allowance.
Duet
Monthly credit allowance with paid reserve for overuse.
Where Duet is the better choice
Duet is a strong workspace, and some teams should pick it. It is probably the better fit if:
- You are a consultant or agency packaging your expertise as agents for clients, with skills and reusable playbooks.
- You want a single-tenant VM per workspace, a private cloud server dedicated to your team.
- Unlimited seats at a fixed monthly price matters more than per-member plans with metered AI usage.
What are the best alternatives to Duet?
Duet is a managed agent workspace for consultants and small businesses. The alternatives are other managed agent platforms with different pricing, model, or team models, or developer APIs you build around.
| Option | Best fit |
|---|---|
| type.com | Best when a team wants its own automations with built-in triggers, shared connections, and a thread for every run, on Claude or Codex. |
| Claude Managed Agents | Fits developers building agents into their own products, with Anthropic's managed harness and per-session sandboxes. |
| Grep | Fits compliance and research teams that need deep research agents with models chosen per step. |
| Amazon Bedrock AgentCore | Fits developers on AWS who want any model, with AWS's managed harness or their own framework. |
Summarized from each vendor's own documentation on October 15, 2026. Check them for current features and pricing.
FAQ
Questions people ask about type.com and Duet
Is type.com an alternative to Duet?
Yes, for automating a team's own work. Duet is a managed agent workspace with a single-tenant VM per workspace, unlimited seats, and models chosen by quality tier. type.com is a managed agent platform with built-in triggers, shared connections, and a thread for every run, on Claude or Codex.
Does Duet use Claude?
Duet routes work to models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and more, chosen by quality tier rather than by name. type.com lets you set the model for each Space: Claude or Codex, including team members' own Claude or ChatGPT subscriptions.
How does Duet pricing compare with type.com?
Duet plans are Starter at $20 a month for 20 credits, Pro at $50 for 60, and Max at $200 for 250, with unlimited seats and a paid reserve for overage. type.com plans start at $50 a month for 2 team members, with AI usage metered at the provider's published API rates.
Can Duet run on a schedule?
Yes. Duet supports schedules, events, and webhooks. type.com starts automations from schedules, Slack, GitHub, Linear, webhooks, email, and RSS.
Is Duet single-tenant?
Yes. Each Duet workspace gets a dedicated single-tenant VM, described as a private cloud server. type.com runs automations in isolated sandboxes on shared infrastructure.
Can non-technical people use Duet?
Duet is aimed at consultants and small businesses, with skills and reusable playbooks that package expertise. type.com instruction automations need no code: you describe the job, run a private test, and enable it.
What are the best alternatives to Duet?
Duet is a managed agent workspace for consultants and small businesses. The alternatives are other managed agent platforms with different pricing, model, or team models, or developer APIs you build around. type.com: Best when a team wants its own automations with built-in triggers, shared connections, and a thread for every run, on Claude or Codex. Claude Managed Agents: Fits developers building agents into their own products, with Anthropic's managed harness and per-session sandboxes. Grep: Fits compliance and research teams that need deep research agents with models chosen per step. Amazon Bedrock AgentCore: Fits developers on AWS who want any model, with AWS's managed harness or their own framework.
When is Duet the better choice?
When you are a consultant or agency packaging expertise as agents for clients, when you want a single-tenant VM per workspace, or when unlimited seats at a fixed monthly price matters more than per-member plans.
Sources
Managed agents for your team's own work.
type.com runs Claude and Codex automations with built-in triggers, shared connections, and a thread for every run, with no application to build around them.
Get started for free14-day free trial. Plans for 2 to 60 team members. Bring your own Claude or Codex subscription.