AgentBell vs Coral
Coral: An open-source “inbox for your agents” desktop app that wraps Claude Code, Codex and others, with a needs-you list.
Last updated 9 November 2026 · by the AgentBell team at Surge Software
| AgentBell | Coral | |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Windows, macOS, Linux; any phone through the web app | Desktop on macOS, Windows (unsigned) and Linux; phone client by QR code |
| Price | Free for 1 computer; Pro $5/month; Team $6/user/month | Free, open source (Apache-2.0); hosted remote access is an invite-only beta |
| Phone alerts when an agent waits or finishes | Yes (web push, Telegram on Pro) | Yes |
| Approve permission prompts from phone | Yes (opt-in, falls back to terminal after 90 s) | Yes |
| Works with agents you already run (no wrapper) | Yes: hooks for Claude Code, Cursor; notify for Codex; run for anything | No, start agents through it |
| Cost and tokens per session | Yes (estimate, counted on your computer) | Not found |
| Team board | Yes (Team plan) | No |
| Daily digest | Yes (Pro, Team) | No |
What Coral does well
- Free and open source
- Answer agents from one inbox
- Cross-platform desktop
Where AgentBell is different
- Agents must be started inside Coral
- You host and run it yourself
- No team board
- No cost or token tracking found
Which should you pick?
Pick Coral if you want a free, self-hosted inbox and do not mind starting agents inside it. Pick AgentBell if you run agents on more than one computer or on Windows or Linux, want alerts wherever you are, want to know what each session cost, or want one board for your team.
Source for Coral: https://github.com/subgentic/coral/wiki. Checked 9 November 2026. Tell us at [email protected] if something changed.