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AQ compared with Elbow
DetailAQ logo AQElbow logo Elbow
What it doesMultiplayer coding harness for teams to chat, build and run bots with every AI coding agent More intelligence per engineer
StageStartup Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNot given Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Paid
PricingFree: A personal sandbox with chat, build and bots, every agent CLI, and integrations included, no credits. Pro: $50 per user per month (early-access promotional pricing; standard price is $200), billed monthly, with unlimited seats, team sharing, your own cloud or dedicated machine, $10 of AQ credi Not given
Key features
  • Chat with agents about code, data and tools with answers as tables, charts and pages
  • Isolated worktrees per task with live preview and pull request review
  • Standing bots that wake on schedule or event with monthly spend caps
  • Crews with independent agent review
  • Live multiplayer terminals and previews shared with the team
  • Support for 11 coding agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Kimi Code, Grok, Antigravity, Devin, Muse Code, OpenCode, Command Code and Pi
  • Integrations with Linear, GitHub, Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar, Granola, Sentry, Mercury, Vanta and Stripe
  • Memory shared across agents searchable by the whole team
  • API, webhooks and MCP server for automation and third-party tools
  • Run on private AQ-managed sandbox, dedicated machine, or your own cloud infrastructure
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Conductor, T3 Code
  • Fast, Balanced and Thinking modes with automatic optimization
  • Monthly budgets for organization, teams and individuals
  • Alerts at 80% and 100% budget by email and Slack
  • Spend tracking by repository, team and session
  • Session history with steps, duration and cost
  • Failover between providers when one slows down
  • Audit log and device management
  • Self-updating CLI for engineers
  • Transcript control and compliance options
What makes it different
  • No setup required: start free in a sandbox AQ creates, or move to your own cloud with one click
  • Keep subscriptions unmetered: your team's Claude, OpenAI and Cursor accounts are never marked up
  • Shared live workspace: the whole team sees the same terminal and preview, not a replay
  • Independent agent review: a second agent reviews code without seeing the builder's work
  • All agents in one place: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and 8 more, each signed in with your accounts
  • Four times the work per dollar compared to Opus 5.5
  • Engineers keep their existing tools, prompts and settings
  • Intelligent cost optimization that picks thinking mode for each step
  • Complete visibility into team AI spending and usage
  • Engineers never hold provider keys, reducing security risk
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)14 +1 (up) since last check3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)50
Citation Flow (Majestic)3312
Referring domains (Majestic)851

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