Quilt vs Kylon vs AQ
Three products put AI agents to work alongside a team. They solve different problems. Here is how they line up.
| Compare | Quilt | Kylon | AQ |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Live collaboration on one codebase, where everyone keeps their own AI tool. | A company workspace where people and AI agents share rooms, context and connected business tools. | Coding agents running on a cloud machine, opened in a browser tab, with teammates in the same live session. |
| Built for | Developers and their agents building one project together. | Small and midsize businesses running finance, sales, hiring and operations work with agents. | Engineering teams that want agents running in the cloud around the clock. |
| Where the code lives | In each person's own project folder, on their own computer, kept in sync live. | Kylon is not built around a codebase; agents work from connected accounts and shared context. | On a dedicated VM, in your own cloud or one AQ runs for you. |
| Which AI tools you can use | Any. Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Windsurf and more, mixed in one session, plus chat AIs like ChatGPT and Grok through a chat link. | Kylon's own agents, and you can bring Claude Code, Codex or Devin into rooms. | Claude Code, Codex, Cursor Agent and other agent CLIs, plus AQ Composer, AQ's built-in agent. |
| How parallel agents avoid collisions | Files merge character by character, and claims stop two AIs from editing the same file, with a queue and handoff notes. | Agents share a room's context and hand work to each other. | Every task gets its own git worktree, so agents never touch the same checkout. |
| Seeing what teammates' AIs are doing | A live feed of each partner's prompts, replies and actions, next to who is editing which file. | Shared rooms show what was asked, what an agent did and what is waiting for approval. | Teammates watch the same live terminal and can take over the keyboard. |
| Model usage | Bring your own AI tools. They run on the accounts and subscriptions you already have. | Credits shared across the workspace pay for agent work. | Your own subscriptions stay unmetered. AQ Composer uses included credits, then per token prices. |
| Business tool integrations | Focused on code: GitHub through the session, plus an MCP server any agent can use. | More than 3,000 integrations, such as Gmail, Slack, Salesforce and Stripe. | Linear and GitHub. |
| Where you use it | Desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux, plus a command line for servers and cloud agents. | Web, a Mac app, and iPhone and Android apps. | Any browser, on desktop or phone. |
| Price to start | Free while in beta. Planned paid plans are $12 a month, or $10 per seat for teams. | Core from $50 a month per workspace with 500 credits, after a 7 day trial that needs a card. | Free solo sandbox. Pro is $50 per user a month at an early access rate (standard $200). |
Pick Quilt if
You are building software with other people and everyone has an AI tool they like. Quilt lets each person keep their editor and their agent, on their own machine, while the project stays in sync for everyone in real time. Agents see what the other agents are doing, claim files before they change them, and pass work along instead of overwriting it.
Pick Kylon if
Most of the work you want agents to do is not code. Kylon is aimed at running parts of a business, like chasing invoices, keeping a CRM current or building a hiring board, with agents connected to the tools a company already uses.
Pick AQ if
You want coding agents to live on a cloud machine instead of anyone's laptop, with one isolated workspace per task and teammates watching the same terminal from a browser.
Can you use them together?
Yes. Quilt syncs files and nothing else, so any agent that reads and writes a project folder can join a Quilt session, wherever it runs.
Kylon and AQ details come from their public websites and pricing pages, checked on 21 October 2026. Quilt prices are placeholders while Quilt is in beta; see pricing. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.