Aside vs Murmell: Features, Pricing & Which Is Better (2026)

A side-by-side comparison of Aside and Murmell — features, pricing, and ideal use cases — to help you decide which AI tool fits your workflow.

Aside

Aside Computer Inc.

Freemium

A Chromium desktop browser with a built-in agent that signs in and completes real work across your logged-in sites.

Agentic Browsing: The agent operates your logged-in websites directly - clicking, typing and navigating - so tasks that need no public API still get done.
Local Memory: Browsing history is distilled into on-device memory files so the agent already knows which tools and accounts a recurring task involves.
Agent Password Manager: Credentials are autofilled into pages through hardware-backed encryption and Secure Enclave storage, never handed to the model.
Human Approval Gates: Sensitive steps such as payments, posts and outbound messages pause for your confirmation before the agent proceeds.
Access Audit Log: Every credential use and scoped permission grant is recorded so you can see exactly what the agent touched and when.
Routines: Scheduled recurring tasks, such as a 9am daily briefing, run on their own and drop results back into the browser.
Bring Your Own Model: Connect an existing ChatGPT or Claude subscription or your own API key rather than paying twice for inference.
Sandboxed Execution: Filesystem and network access are isolated with guardrails so agent runs cannot reach beyond what the task needs.

Operations Backfill: Push the same record update through several internal dashboards that have no shared API.
Recruiting Prep: Reopen a candidate profile viewed yesterday and assemble interview notes from the sites already visited.
Inbox and Comment Triage: Draft replies, follow-ups and comment responses across email and social accounts under review.
Daily Briefing: Schedule a routine that gathers overnight metrics and trending topics into one morning summary.
Sales Research: Work through prospect sites and CRM screens to collect context before an outreach sequence.
Spreadsheet and Document Work: Have the agent edit local files and web spreadsheets as part of a longer task.

Freemium

Cloud canvas that runs Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents together in one repository with real-time team collaboration.

Multi-Agent Canvas: Runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini, Kimi, Hermes, and OpenCode together on one shared repository.
File-Level Claim Locking: Each agent claims the files it is about to write so parallel agents and humans never overwrite each other.
Murmell Orchestrator: A built-in agent that reads your intent, opens the needed agent terminals, and hands each one its slice of the repo.
Shareable Live Link: Send teammates a URL to watch every change land on the canvas in real time — no install required.
Bring-Your-Own Agent Accounts: Uses your existing Claude, Codex, Cursor, etc. credentials and your own repository — Murmell adds orchestration, not another model.
Cloud Terminals: Agent sessions run in Murmell's cloud so laptops can be closed while long tasks continue.

Parallel Feature Delivery: Split a large task across Claude Code and Codex on the same repo without merge conflicts.
Pair-Coding With Agents: A human and one or more AI agents co-edit files in a shared canvas visible to the whole team.
Team Handoffs: Share a live canvas link so a reviewer or PM can watch the AI implementation happen in real time.
Model Bakeoff: Give the same task to two different agents on the same branch to compare approaches side by side.
Long-Running Refactors: Kick off a multi-hour agent job in Murmell's cloud and check in from any device.