clawd.run vs a local browser vs a cloud sandbox

If you want Claude or Grok to use a real browser and keep files, there are roughly three ways to do it: run a browser and an MCP server on your own machine, rent a generic cloud sandbox, or use a computer built for this like clawd.run. This page sticks to what clawd.run does and the questions worth asking of the other two. It does not make claims about any specific product.

What clawd.run is

• One computer per account, with a browser that stays logged in, files that stay between chats, and a shell.
• It connects to Claude or Grok as a custom connector from one link, over remote MCP. You sign in through clawd.run, and we never ask for your Anthropic or xAI password.
• It sleeps when idle and wakes on the next call. In our recording it stopped after 5 idle minutes and woke in 2.5 seconds.
• Shell commands run inside the computer's home directory, with a 30 second default timeout and up to 120 seconds.
• $10 a month for 60 active hours, counting awake time only. 5 hour free trial, no card. Waitlist open now.
• ChatGPT support comes after Claude and Grok.

A browser on your own machine

Running it yourself means the computer is yours, which is the main appeal. Questions to ask before you go this way:

• Does your machine need to be on and online whenever the AI wants the browser?
• Who sets up, secures and updates the MCP server, and how does a hosted chat app like Claude reach it?
• Is the AI driving the same browser profile you use every day, with all of your own sessions in it?

A generic cloud sandbox

Cloud sandboxes are often built for running code in a fresh environment. Questions to ask:

• Do files and browser sessions survive after the session ends, or does each run start clean?
• Does idle time count toward the bill, and does it stop on its own?
• Can you add it to Claude or Grok as a connector, or do you have to build that layer yourself?

When clawd.run fits

clawd.run fits when you want Claude or Grok to do browser and file work across many chats without running a machine yourself: watching a page for changes, filling a form from a spreadsheet, or keeping research notes that grow over time. The recorded demo shows the first of those, with every tool call and timing. Read the transcript.

Ready to try it? Start with how to give Claude a computer.