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Alternative to Capy

Capy coordinates agent threads. Podium keeps the plan in shared issues.

Both let you discuss work, split it across agents and steer it as it develops. Capy organizes work in persistent threads, with child agents, managed machines and PR follow-up. In Podium, you ask an agent to coordinate a plan held in shared issues. Those issues keep the brief, dependencies and review results together while you work directly with each coding-agent session.

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Choose Podium if…

  • Your work splits into tasks that wait on each other, and you want agents to track those links.
  • You'd rather describe a change in conversation and have your agent turn it into tasks you can edit.
  • You want one agent to hand tasks to others, say Claude Code to Codex, and still open any of them yourself in chat or its own CLI.
  • You want agents on your machine or on a VPS you maintain, reachable from a browser.

Choose Capy if…

  • You want managed machines that keep working after your laptop closes, with project setup and snapshots.
  • Your team delegates work from Linear or Slack and wants progress back in the same conversation.
  • You want CI failures and review comments to wake the coding thread and a dedicated agent to review PRs.
  • You want scheduled or event-triggered work to run a saved prompt in a fresh or standing thread.

One change, followed through both

Say you're building Folio, a form builder, with agents already on the editor, publishing and responses, and you want to add conditional questions that only appear after a yes.

  1. Step 1: Add it to the plan

    Podium

    You ask the coordinator in chat. It creates the task under the form builder, records that it waits for the editor and publishing tasks, and makes the end-to-end check wait for it.

    Podium capture The coordinator's reply, with each task linked. podium.do

    Capy

    Start a thread in the form builder project and describe conditional questions. Its visible todos hold the working plan; ask the agent to draft child work before starting it, so you can inspect and refine the prompts.

    Capy capture A new thread beside existing work. Capy release sample, separate from the Folio example. capy.ai

  2. Step 2: Run it in parallel

    Podium

    The new task waits in the backlog, marked blocked, while agents finish the tasks it depends on. Sessions run in parallel across worktrees and paired machines, and you can open any agent and switch it between chat and its own CLI.

    Podium capture Conditional questions waits in Backlog, marked blocked and blocking. podium.do

    Capy

    Ask the parent to split independent changes into child agents on fresh machines. For pieces that depend on the same files, ask it to finish the first PR and start the next child from that branch. Each child needs its full instructions in its own prompt.

  3. Step 3: See what's waiting on what

    Podium

    Open the conditional-question task to check its recorded blockers, parent and dependent work. Keep it waiting while the editor and publishing tasks are unfinished.

    Podium capture Every task in the plan with its state; the new task is blocked by two. podium.do

    Capy

    Check the thread buckets for work needing attention or ready for review. Children send final summaries and blocked questions to their parent; the parent reads interim progress on request. Send a steering message when the plan changes.

    Capy capture A coordinator summary with work states and a targeted reply. Capy release sample. capy.ai

  4. Step 4: Review the result

    Podium

    Ask the agent to attach the prototype and check notes to the end-to-end check task, then post a review offer so you can accept the work or request changes. The files remain readable after the session ends.

    Podium capture The finished check, with its artifacts on the task. podium.do

    Capy

    Review the PR diff, checks and findings in Capy. A dedicated reviewer checks the exact PR head, and comments or failed CI wake the coding thread for follow-up. Capy documents a specific explicit request before it merges a PR.

    Capy capture File-by-file review in Capy. Vendor release sample. capy.ai

Where Capy is the better pick

  • Managed execution and recurring work

    Choose a managed machine with setup scripts and snapshots, then run a stored prompt on cron or an event. Capy provisions the cloud execution; your team configures the project and pays for awake machine time.

  • PR feedback that brings the agent back

    A failed check or human review comment wakes the thread that owns the PR. Capy can run a separate review agent on every push, carry findings across rounds and send the verdict to the coding thread.

  • Work from the tools your team already shares

    Delegate a Linear issue or mention Capy in Slack. Progress returns to that issue or conversation. Every plan includes unlimited members, and the current release lets you share private threads with selected people and transfer ownership.

Capy capture Sharing and ownership controls from the 9 October release. capy.ai

The details

Alternative to Capy, grouped by area
QuestionPodiumCapy
Issues and planning
BacklogNative issues with priority, labels and search; start a task now or later.Threads with statuses, folders, tags and search; child drafts can wait before starting.
Shared recordsYou and your agents edit the brief and notes on a durable issue.Durable thread history, visible todos and editable child prompts.
Sub-tasks and dependenciesSub-tasks and blocking links keep dependent work together.Three child levels; independent writers run in parallel, dependent changes use stacked PRs.
PlansIssue briefs, notes and todos hold the plan across sessions.The agent updates visible todos; child drafts hold titles and full prompts.
Orchestration and visibility
DelegatingYour agent coordinates on request, starting other harnesses' agents and messaging their sessions.Parent agents draft and start children with explicit prompts, placement and model choice.
Seeing it allParallel sessions across worktrees and paired machines; task stages and session states appear on the board.Threads group by attention, review, active, waiting and idle; child activity affects parent status.
Knowing it's doneChild agents report results to the coordinator; a task that needs your decision is flagged.Final child summaries wake the parent; blocked questions surface for a decision.
Remote execution
Where agents runYour machine, or a VPS you set up and maintain.Managed cloud VMs or local folders on a paired computer.
SetupHeadless installer, then configuration in the browser.Project scripts, startup services and snapshots prepare managed cloud machines.
Long-running jobsClosing the browser leaves agents running while their host stays on. Idle sessions may hibernate under policies you set.Cloud sleep keeps disk, stops processes; after 30 idle days the filesystem is deleted.
Human collaboration
Working with peopleSmall teams can share an instance; the interface centers on one operator.Shared threads and Slack discussions; specific-person sharing and ownership transfer.
Specifications, review and shipping
Results and reviewScreenshots, HTML and documents attach to the task and stay there.PR pages show diffs, checks and review findings; Drive saves files outside Git.
Access, pricing and security
AppsYour own instance, accessible from desktop or a phone browser.macOS, Windows, Linux and browser; phone browsers can use a paired online computer.
Agent billing and costsYour Claude or local ChatGPT/Codex login, or supported Anthropic and OpenAI API keys.Codex, Copilot or SuperGrok subscriptions; keys/gateways need Lite+. Threads show cost rollups.
Price, checked 12 October 2026Apache 2.0 source. Agent usage runs on your own provider account.Lite $20/month, Pro $100, Max $200+; unlimited members. Credits cover hosted models and cloud compute.
SecuritySelf-hosted, so the host and its security setup are yours.Capy states SOC 2 Type II; report via Trust Center. Enterprise SSO and audit options.

Trying both

Try a fresh change against the same repository in each tool. Podium runs coding agents in worktrees; Capy connects GitHub repositories to a project and publishes changes on PR branches. Keep the changes separate while you compare the planning and review steps.

Podium uses your Claude or ChatGPT/Codex login or supported API keys. Capy accepts Codex, Copilot and SuperGrok subscriptions, plus keys on Lite or higher. Capy does not accept a Claude subscription login, so check how your preferred model will be billed.

Create the next piece of work in each product rather than assuming a shared task history. Capy can import selected local Codex and Claude Code sessions during desktop setup; that import is separate from Podium issue records.

Questions you might have

Does Podium start coordinating agents on its own?
No. Ask your agent to coordinate when the work calls for it. You can create tasks without starting agents and open individual sessions directly.
Can Capy run on my computer?
Yes. The desktop app pairs your computer so a thread can work in a local folder. You can direct it from another browser, computer or phone while that computer stays online and Capy is running.
Does using my own subscription make Capy free?
A Personal local thread using a connected subscription needs no Capy credits or local machine-time charge. Your provider subscription still costs money. Cloud machine time draws credits, and connecting your own API keys or gateways needs Lite or higher.
Can both products coordinate dependent work?
Yes, through different records. Podium has shared issues with parent-child and blocking links. Capy drafts child agents and supports sequential stacked PRs for dependent changes, with results returned to the parent thread.
What survives when a Capy cloud machine sleeps?
Its filesystem survives sleep, but processes and network connections stop. After 30 idle days the filesystem is deleted. Push changes or save files in Drive before relying on them outliving the machine.
Sources and method

Evidence, by section

Product captures

  1. Podium: chat.png
    From podium.do · Retrieved 2026-10-08 · first-party-marketing · SHA-256 b980a3ea0b7da86b…

  2. Capy: 0.2.0.webp
    From capy.ai · Retrieved 2026-10-12 · first-party-documentation · SHA-256 af75dbf8e1267ee9…

  3. Podium: board.png
    From podium.do · Retrieved 2026-10-08 · first-party-marketing · SHA-256 66517c7ae87390ae…

  4. Podium: flightdeck.png
    From podium.do · Retrieved 2026-10-08 · first-party-marketing · SHA-256 7b1e647b0aee35ba…

  5. Capy: 0.4.6-chat.webp
    From capy.ai · Retrieved 2026-10-12 · first-party-documentation · SHA-256 a3c14a9f3801ba1b…

  6. Podium: evidence.png
    From podium.do · Retrieved 2026-10-08 · first-party-marketing · SHA-256 9505a033af7f5705…

  7. Capy: 0.4.0-reviewed.webp
    From capy.ai · Retrieved 2026-10-12 · first-party-documentation · SHA-256 a530703cc043b3ae…

  8. Capy: 0.4.6-share.webp
    From capy.ai · Retrieved 2026-10-12 · first-party-documentation · SHA-256 a77ea00ec0ebb842…

Written by Podium from official documentation, pricing, release notes and public Podium source. Podium sources were checked on 9 October 2026; Capy sources on 12 October. This compares documented behavior, with no installed-product benchmark. Folio is fictional Podium demo data; Capy captures show separate vendor release samples. A separate agent checked the evidence and copy.

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