Claude Cowork
Anthropic
Why it is on the list
Files, spreadsheets, documents without a terminal; sessions run in the vendor's cloud.
Facts with sources
- It reaches local folders through the Claude Desktop app, with permissions scoped to specific folders. Source (in Russian)
- The same technology is sold by Microsoft inside Microsoft 365 as Copilot Cowork. Source (in Russian)
- Unavailable from Russia, along with Claude. Source (in Russian)
What it can do for you
- Pull together a project summary from a folder of reports and emails
- Merge three spreadsheets into one and flag the discrepancies
- Draft a presentation from a set of documents