Superconductor vs Viktor: which one is right for your team?
Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform. Viktor is an AI employee that works in Slack and Microsoft Teams. Both products run cloud-based agents from a prompt and can deliver a pull request or artifact. Superconductor and Viktor serve different job roles, accept different agents and subscription plans, and offer different places for the team to review results.
Support for different types of teams
| Task | Superconductor | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| Plan a feature from a specification or a planning call | Can. Create a ticket from the app, Slack, Linear, or the Superconductor meeting assistant during a call. Ask the agent about the codebase before it starts. | Partly. You tag @Viktor in Slack or Microsoft Teams with the brief. Viktor reads Linear and GitHub through connectors. Viktor does not join the call. |
| Implement a feature or bug fix | Can. Each agent works on its own cloud computer that runs your whole app. The agent opens a pull request when done. | Partly. Viktor writes code in its sandbox and opens a pull request through the GitHub connector. There is no running copy of your app to test against. |
| Gather feedback on the implementation | Can. Anyone on the team can open a live preview link from the web app, Slack, or the iPhone app. Chat sessions include the agent's screenshots and videos of the change. | Partly. Viktor does not include a live preview of your app. The Viktor thread holds the result. Reviewers comment in the thread or in GitHub. |
| QA an implementation | Can. The QA check agent reviews the change against requirements, runs linting and tests, and uses the browser to exercise the feature and take screenshots. | Cannot. Viktor reports what it changed in the thread. No separate agent tests the change or checks it against the request. |
| Review the code before it merges | Can. Guided Review explains each group of changed files in review order. Reviewers read the diff next to the running app in the session. | Partly. The thread holds the pull request link. Code review happens in GitHub, not in Viktor, like any other pull request. |
| Deploy and monitor | Partly. Deployment runs through your software pipeline rather than Superconductor. An automation can run a check on merge or on a schedule. Agents read production errors from tools such as Sentry. | Partly. Deployment stays with your pipeline. Viktor can trigger a GitHub Actions run, run a scheduled check, or start work from a webhook event. |
| Use your existing coding agent subscription plan | Can. Connect your existing Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscription. Each harness uses tokens from that subscription. Superconductor bills only for compute. | Cannot. Viktor cannot connect a subscription or an API key. You pay for model usage with Viktor credits. |
| Benchmark agents on your own codebase | Can. The built-in benchmark scores Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and other agents by running them against pull requests your team has merged. | Cannot. Viktor runs a single agent and publishes no benchmark on your own pull requests. |
| Task | Superconductor | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| Turn customer email into tracked work | Can. Forward customer email to Superconductor. An agent maps each message to a new or existing ticket and starts work on it. | Partly. Viktor reads mail through a connected Gmail or Outlook account and files issues in Linear or Jira when asked, on a schedule, or from an event trigger. |
| Capture action items from a customer call | Can. The Superconductor meeting assistant joins the Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call and files or links tickets as people speak. | Partly. Viktor does not join calls. After the call, Viktor reads Granola or Fireflies notes, summarizes decisions, and assigns owners. |
| Task | Superconductor | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| Fix a bug even when no engineer is available | Can. When you file a bug report in Superconductor, Superconductor assigns an agent to fix the bug. While the agent works, anyone can open a live preview of the fix and submit the pull request from the session. | Partly. Tag @Viktor to request code changes and a pull request through GitHub. Sensitive actions require approval first. The fix is reviewed and approved in GitHub, not in Viktor. |
| Work from Slack or Microsoft Teams | Partly. Mention @Superconductor in a Slack channel to file a ticket. Superconductor posts results and pull request links in that thread. DMs and autonomous posts are not supported yet. Only the Superconductor meeting assistant connects to Microsoft Teams. | Can. Channels, DMs, and file exchange work in Slack and Microsoft Teams. Scheduled or triggered tasks post results on their own when finished. |
| Work on the go | Can. The iPhone and iPad app files tickets, launches agents, reviews diffs and live previews, and opens pull requests. Android runs it as a web app, and there are desktop apps for macOS and Linux. | Can. Viktor runs in the Slack and Microsoft Teams apps on a phone and has desktop apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Its own phone apps are coming soon as of October 28, 2026. |
| Keep your bill predictable | Can. You pick a monthly tier of Superconductor credits to pay for compute. The meter stops while a cloud computer is idle. Tokens come from your model provider subscriptions such as Claude and ChatGPT. | Can. One monthly pool of Viktor credits covers everything, including model usage. Unused credits roll over for one month. You cannot use a fixed-rate subscription from a model provider. |
| Decide which agent harness to trust | Can. Run two agents on the same ticket with different harnesses to compare results side by side. | Cannot. Viktor is one agent. The !fast and !deep chat commands change the model for a single reply. Two agents cannot run the same task. |
| Avoid depending on a single model provider | Can. Agents use Claude, GPT, Grok, Meta, and open models. A provider outage or price change means choosing another model on the next ticket. | Partly. An admin can change the workspace provider by setting the default to an Anthropic or OpenAI model. Each task uses one model without a per-task choice. |
| Replace ChatGPT or Claude as your team's AI assistant | Can. Anyone on the team can open a chat with any model using the project's attached repos, docs, connectors, and skills. Nobody needs a separate chatbot app. | Partly. Viktor answers questions and runs tasks across its connected tools from Slack or Microsoft Teams on the workspace's default model. |
| Task | Superconductor | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| Keep agents inside the network perimeter | Partly. On every plan a project can block external access, allow a list of domains, or allow everything. Running in your own cloud requires the Enterprise plan. | Cannot. Each task runs in Viktor's sandbox. Private cloud environments are not supported. |
| Pass a security review | Partly. Superconductor offers role-based access, repository scoping per project, and encryption in transit and at rest. SOC 2 Type II is in progress as of October 2026. | Partly. Viktor holds SOC 2 Type I. SOC 2 Type II is in progress as of October 2026. Audit logs and SSO require the Enterprise plan. |
| Use your existing version control and project management systems | Partly. Superconductor supports GitHub. As of October 2026, GitLab and Bitbucket are not yet supported. Linear is built in. Jira is available through a connector. | Can. Viktor connects to GitHub, Linear, Jira, and thousands of other tools. |
| Deploy and manage company-wide rollouts | Can. Projects have their own credentials, network rules, and connectors inside a workspace. Members are unlimited on the Enterprise plan. | Can. One Viktor instance serves the whole Slack or Microsoft Teams workspace with no per-seat charge. Admins allow-list who can use Viktor. |
| Control token spend | Partly. Each workspace has one pool of credits billed per second. Tokens come through company plans or keys. There is no per-person spend control. | Can. Usage reports show spend by person and task. Enterprise admins can cap each person's credits. |
| Avoid depending on a single model provider | Can. Agents use Claude, GPT, Grok, Meta, and open models. A provider outage or price change means choosing another model on the next ticket. | Partly. An admin can change the workspace provider by setting the default to an Anthropic or OpenAI model. Each task uses one model without a per-task choice. |
| Replace ChatGPT or Claude as your team's AI assistant | Can. Anyone on the team can open a chat with any model using the project's attached repos, docs, connectors, and skills. Nobody needs a separate chatbot app. | Partly. Viktor answers questions and runs tasks across its connected tools from Slack or Microsoft Teams on the workspace's default model. |
How their capabilities differ
The table marks each capability as built in, partial, or not offered for Superconductor and Viktor.
| Capability | Superconductor | Viktor |
|---|---|---|
| Choose the agent harness per task | Built in. You pick the agent harness for each ticket, from Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and others, and can run several on one ticket. | Not offered. Viktor is one agent on one harness. Starting Cursor's cloud agents through a connector hands work off. The handoff does not change Viktor's harness. |
| Benchmark agent harnesses on your own codebase | Built in. The built-in benchmarking tool scores harnesses on pull requests your team has merged. | Not offered. Viktor has no benchmark and works with a single agent. |
| Remember context across tasks | Partial. A project-level agent can search past tickets. Personal memory is not available. | Built in. Personal preference skills and shared team and company skills keep context between tasks. The Teach Viktor feature turns a screen recording into a reusable skill. |
| Connect to your company's tools | Partial. GitHub, Slack, and Linear are built in. Connectors cover Notion, Jira, Sentry, Gmail, and custom MCP servers. Anything else needs an MCP server you host. | Built in. Viktor connects to more than 9,800 tools as of October 2026. Each person signs in with their own OAuth login. An admin sets permissions per tool. |
| Run a task on a schedule or when an event fires | Partial. Automations run on a schedule or when a pull request is merged. Tickets start from forwarded email, a Slack mention, a Linear issue, or the meeting assistant. | Built in. Any task can run on a schedule. An event trigger starts work from a connected app, a webhook, or a chat message. |
| Publish a report or an internal app with its own link | Built in. Reports, spreadsheets, and HTML pages ship as artifacts that open at their own links. The live preview of the running app has its own URL. | Built in. Published docs have stable links with access set per doc. Small internal apps get their own URLs. |
| Approve a sensitive action before it runs | Partial. Reviewers approve the pull request, and network rules limit what an agent reaches. There is no per-action approval. | Built in. Actions marked sensitive require an approval card and a person's approval before proceeding. An admin marks sensitive actions per tool. |
| Run in your own private cloud | Partial. Only the Enterprise plan runs the cloud computers in your own cloud. Free and Pro run in Superconductor's cloud. | Not offered. Viktor runs only in Viktor's cloud. |
What happens when you @-mention Viktor
Viktor calls itself "a hire, not a tool": one AI employee the whole company shares. Viktor works in Slack, Microsoft Teams, a web app, and desktop apps for Mac, Windows, and Linux. Phone apps are coming soon as of October 28, 2026. An admin connects the tools the company runs on. More than 9,800 are available as of October 2026. Anyone can @-mention Viktor in a channel or DM it to assign a job.
Each job runs in Viktor's sandbox. Viktor uses the sandbox to write and run whatever code the task needs and call connected tools. Viktor returns the result in the chat thread as a spreadsheet, a PDF, a published doc, a small internal app with its own URL, or a pull request. Before taking a sensitive action, Viktor posts an approval card and waits for a person to approve it. Any Viktor task can run on a schedule or when a Sentry, GitHub, or webhook event fires. Viktor posts the result in Slack or Microsoft Teams on its own.
What happens when you file a ticket in Superconductor
Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform where work starts from a ticket. You write a prompt and choose one or more harnesses and a model. Superconductor runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Factory Droid, Grok Build, Amp, OpenCode, Pi, and Devin. Each agent works on a dedicated cloud computer that runs your whole app.
Each Superconductor ticket has an attached session. The session shows the agent's chat, diff, live app preview, any recorded screenshots or videos, and a terminal into the environment side by side. Anyone on the team can open the Superconductor session, ask the agent a question, or redirect the agent from the app or Slack. When the work is ready, the agent opens a pull request on GitHub.
Support for work beyond code
Work in Superconductor can start outside the app. The Superconductor meeting assistant files new tickets or links existing ones as people speak during a Zoom, Google Meet, or Microsoft Teams call. You can forward customer emails to Superconductor to create or link tickets. In Superconductor, teammates who don't use an editor can review the running app from a phone or Slack.
Most of Viktor's work is outside code. Viktor starts work from a Slack or Microsoft Teams message, a DM, a schedule, or an event trigger. Viktor does not join calls.
Where you'll end up reviewing the work
Your team reviews Viktor's work in a chat thread. The whole channel reads a report or dashboard in the thread. You request changes in a reply, and Viktor posts the updated version under the original. For code tasks, the Viktor thread contains only a link to the pull request. Viktor has no diff, terminal, or running app next to the conversation. Code review happens in GitHub afterwards.
In Superconductor the whole team reviews in one multiplayer session. Superconductor's Guided Review and QA Checks run inside the session. Everyone sees the diff and the running app without pulling a branch.
Model choice and who pays for tokens
In Viktor, an admin sets a default model for a workspace. As of October 2026, Viktor's model options include Anthropic and OpenAI models. Scheduled tasks can use a cheaper model. Each Viktor task runs on one model. Viktor deducts model usage from Viktor credits.
In Superconductor you pick an agent harness and a model for each ticket. You can run one ticket on several harnesses or models and compare the results. Superconductor's built-in benchmark scores agent harnesses against pull requests your team has already merged. Model tokens in Superconductor come from your existing subscriptions or API keys. Superconductor charges only for the cloud computers.
Security, compliance, and integrations
Viktor connects to tools through each person's own OAuth login. User credentials never pass through the model. The Viktor Enterprise plan adds SSO through your identity provider, audit logs kept for 400 days, and a spend cap per person. Data retention in Viktor is not configurable. In the September 2026 evaluation video, Viktor's sandbox had no network firewall on by default. Check Viktor's current default before connecting tools that reach internal systems.
Superconductor has a built-in Linear integration and connectors for Notion, Jira, Sentry, Gmail, and custom MCP servers. Each Superconductor implementation runs on its own cloud computer under the project's network rules. On the Superconductor Enterprise plan, the cloud computers run in your own cloud. Connecting Superconductor to GitHub requires a GitHub account admin.
Superconductor vs Viktor pricing (Viktor credits vs Superconductor credits)
Both products bill in credits with different units. Viktor credits pay for model usage, so a task that uses more tokens costs more credits. Superconductor credits pay only for cloud computer time. Superconductor tokens come from your own model subscription or API key.
Superconductor
Superconductor charges for compute in credits. A Superconductor workspace pools credits across the team. Superconductor charges no per-seat price. In Superconductor, 100 credits buy one cloud computer hour on a 1 vCPU / 2 GB machine. Larger machines use credits in proportion to their size. Superconductor bills usage per second. The meter stops while a cloud computer is idle. In Superconductor, model tokens come from your own Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscription, or from API keys for Anthropic, OpenAI, Cursor, OpenRouter, and others.
- Free. 20,000 credits to start. Connecting Slack and inviting teammates adds bonus credits. Up to 4 vCPU / 8 GB RAM, 4 team members, 4 concurrent agents. Start here
- Pro, from $50 a month. 20,000 to 400,000 credits a month ($50 to $1,000), up to 8 vCPU / 32 GB RAM, 40 team members, unlimited concurrent agents, and the benchmark on your own pull requests. Usage past the monthly credits is $25 per 10,000 credits, and unused credits roll over for one month.
- Enterprise, custom. Unlimited credits, up to 16 vCPU / 64 GB RAM, unlimited members, private infrastructure, SLAs, dedicated support.
Superconductor pricing figures match the pricing page as checked on October 27, 2026.
Viktor
Viktor sells a monthly pool of credits that the whole workspace shares. Viktor charges no per-seat fee. The Viktor Team plan costs $25 per 10,000 credits. Viktor estimates task costs at 100 to 300 credits for a quick task, 500 to 1,500 for a multi-step workflow, and 2,000 to 5,000 for a full project. Scheduled tasks consume credits on every run. Viktor credits include model usage across Anthropic, OpenAI, and other providers as of October 2026. Viktor does not support your own subscription or API keys.
- Free. Up to 40,000 starter credits ($100 value) that never expire. No card is required. There are no top-ups or rollovers, and audit logs, SSO, and per-person spend caps are Enterprise features.
- Team, from $50 a month. 20,000 credits a month at $50, and tiers up to 20 million credits at $50,000. The whole workspace shares the credits. Unused credits roll over for one month, top-ups are available, and auto top-ups carry a monthly spend cap.
- Enterprise, custom. Volume pricing, per-person spend caps, audit logs, SSO through your identity provider, invoicing, a data processing agreement, and dedicated onboarding.
Viktor pricing figures match viktor.com as checked on October 28, 2026. Current pricing is available at viktor.com/pricing.
Which one should I choose?
Choose Superconductor if your team wants rich review UI, live app previews, and native mobile and desktop apps. Choose Viktor if your team wants reports, dashboards, and links to artifacts in Slack or Microsoft Teams.
Go with Superconductor if
- You want to pick the agent harness per ticket and use your existing Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor/Grok, or Meta subscriptions.
- You want a multiplayer AI platform where technical and non-technical people can collaborate in the same sessions.
- Someone on your team needs to review and approve the agent's work with a live preview of the app in front of them.
Go with Viktor if
- The work you would hand to an agent lives in the company's tools rather than in a codebase.
- Your team already works in Slack or Microsoft Teams and wants one coworker everyone can tag.
- You want one bill, a shared pool of Viktor credits that covers model usage.
Frequently asked questions
Is Viktor better than Superconductor?
Viktor and Superconductor do different jobs. Viktor is an AI employee in Slack and Microsoft Teams that connects to more than 9,800 tools as of October 2026. Viktor returns reports, dashboards, ad spend changes, and CRM cleanup in the thread, and for an occasional code fix it posts a pull request link. Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform that runs agents on cloud computers. The whole team reviews the diff and the running app in one session.
Is Viktor just for operations teams?
No, Viktor is not just for operations teams. Viktor serves operations, marketing, and finance teams and founders. Viktor's GitHub connector supports code changes and pull requests for the team to review in GitHub. Superconductor is a multiplayer AI platform built for software teams and the people around them. In Superconductor, engineers run the agents. Product managers, designers, and support staff write tickets and check the running app before anything merges.
Can Superconductor run Viktor, or Viktor run Superconductor's agents?
No, neither product can run the other. Viktor and Superconductor do not integrate with each other. Viktor runs inside Slack, Microsoft Teams, and its web and desktop apps. Viktor can start and stop Cursor's cloud agents through a connector. Superconductor supports Cursor as an agent harness. Neither product calls the other.
How does Viktor's credit pricing compare with Superconductor's?
Viktor's credits cover model usage. The Viktor Team plan costs $25 per 10,000 credits at every tier. Enterprise has volume pricing. Viktor estimates task costs at 100 to 300 credits for a quick task and 2,000 to 5,000 for a full project. Superconductor's Free plan starts with 20,000 credits. Pro starts at $50 a month. In Superconductor, 100 credits buy one hour on a 1 vCPU / 2 GB machine. Tokens come from your team's existing plans or API keys. Viktor credits and Superconductor credits are not comparable because a Viktor credit includes model usage and a Superconductor credit does not.
Can I choose the model in Viktor?
Partly. An admin sets the workspace default model, and as of October 2026 can give the !fast and !deep chat commands their own models, which change the model for a single reply. Each task runs on one model, and there is no way to use your own subscription or API keys. In Superconductor you choose a harness and a model for each ticket, and you can run one ticket on several harnesses and compare the results.
What are the Viktor alternatives for teams?
Chat-based alternatives to Viktor include the single assistants Claude Tag, ChatGPT in Slack, Microsoft Copilot, and Lindy. For software work, Superconductor is the multiplayer AI platform alternative. Superconductor runs Claude Code, Codex, Pi, and other agents on cloud computers for teams that review code before it merges. Viktor fits a team whose work is reports, dashboards, and tasks across the company's tools.
How much does Viktor cost in 2026?
Viktor publishes Free, Team, and Enterprise plans as of October 28, 2026. The Viktor Free plan includes up to 40,000 starter credits that never expire. The Viktor Team plan starts at $50 a month for 20,000 credits. Viktor provides Enterprise pricing on request. The Viktor Team plan costs $25 per 10,000 credits at every tier with model usage included. Viktor Enterprise has volume pricing. Unused paid Viktor credits roll over for one month. Current Viktor pricing is available at viktor.com/pricing.
Superconductor publishes this page and is one of the two products compared. Facts are from each vendor's public pages as of the dates listed in the Sources section.
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Viktor's facts come from viktor.com and its docs, checked October 28, 2026, and from the multiplayer-ai.com team's hands-on evaluation video from September 2026.
- Viktor website (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor pricing (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: plans and credits (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: chat commands (!fast and !deep) (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: scheduled tasks (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: event triggers (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: data and privacy (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: audit logs (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: files and email (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: personalize Viktor (memory and skills) (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: hosted pages (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor docs: approvals (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor security (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor integrations: GitHub (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor integrations: Cursor (checked October 28, 2026)
- Viktor integrations: Granola (checked October 28, 2026)
- multiplayer-ai.com: Viktor evaluation (hands-on video, September 2026) (checked October 13, 2026)
- Superconductor pricing (checked October 27, 2026)
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