# The Claude Cowork alternative for running your whole business

If you want more than a single Claude Cowork session - an agent that remembers your business, runs the recurring work and hands you the decisions - you do not need to leave Claude. Corey is an AI operating system that runs on top of Cowork, turning it from a task tool into a co-founder that runs your whole company.

## FAQ
Q: What is Claude Cowork?
A: Cowork is Anthropic's agentic mode in the Claude desktop app - you point Claude at a folder and it works there, running multi-step tasks on your files and connected tools. It is a powerful engine for getting a job done in a session. What it is not, on its own, is a persistent operator that remembers your whole business and runs the recurring work week after week.

Q: Is Corey an alternative to Claude Cowork, or does it use it?
A: Both, honestly. Corey runs on top of Cowork - it uses the same "work in a folder" surface inside Claude. The difference is what sits on top - Corey adds a memory of your whole business, a structure it sets up for you, the recurring work already wired up, and a live Command Center. So if you searched for a Cowork alternative because a bare session is not enough to run a business, Corey is the layer that makes it enough - not a different app to learn.

Q: Why use Corey instead of just Claude Cowork on its own?
A: A raw Cowork session is a blank capable agent - you still have to brief it every time, decide the structure, and remember what happened last week. Corey is set up as your operator: it remembers your customers, numbers and decisions, does the finance, marketing, sales and admin on a schedule, only brings you what needs approval, and keeps one screen that tells you what to do next. Same engine, an operating system on top.

Q: Do I need a different subscription?
A: You keep your paid Claude plan (Cowork runs on it). Corey is a separate subscription - £49 a month or £490 a year - that adds the operating-system layer. The first 28 days are on us, no card, so you can see whether it earns its place before you pay.

Q: How do I try it?
A: Add Corey to Claude, turn on Cowork and point it at a fresh folder, then run the kickoff. Corey onboards you, sets up your workspace and builds your Command Center in a couple of minutes. There is nothing new to install beyond the connector.

Corey does this for you. Start with Corey, 28 days on us: https://getcorey.ai/get-started