It works the apps that have no API — Office, Shopee, LINE, a bank portal — while you watch every click and approve anything that matters. Pay per job, not per month.
An AI agent that works on a real computer — a cloud one to start, or your own PC or phone. Unlike a cloud-only agent boxed in its provider’s sandbox, it can work with your logged-in apps, your files, your accounts — the ones no cloud VM can reach. You command it from WhatsApp or LINE, and it messages you back its progress in your chat — no separate app to keep open.
Compute meters by the second and stops the moment you do — but your files and setup never vanish between sessions. Pick your work back up tomorrow exactly where you left it.
Works the portals & software that have no API — export docs, forms, data entry.
See every click. It pauses before Submit for your one-tap OK. No black box.
Pay-per-job pricing, done in minutes. Compute billed by the second; your files persist.
The Android option has the real Google Play Store — install anything, driven from chat, with no computer in the loop.
Most agents start every job from zero, and a bigger model is the only lever. fastco's agent keeps a memory of what actually worked — so a task it fumbled once, it gets right the next time — and when it hits a wall it switches tactics instead of spinning. The harness does the improving, not just the model.
When a run recovers from a dead end, it remembers the step that worked and skips the dead end next time. It gets better with use — not only with a pricier model.
If an action has no effect, it notices, switches to a different model, and finds another way — instead of repeating the same mistake until it gives up.
A CAPTCHA or a 2FA code? You step in on the same screen for ten seconds and it carries on. The wall that stops other agents becomes a quick handoff — not a dead end.
The same agent that runs your desktops and phones speaks an open protocol (AG‑UI) — so it isn't trapped in one app. Drive it from the web app, from WhatsApp or LINE, or embed it in your own product (React/CopilotKit, or any client) over one streaming endpoint. One backend, many faces, no lock‑in. See the live AG‑UI demo →
Pick the machine that fits the task — your files and AI credit are the same across all three. Switch any time; nothing is locked to one. Your own Android phone can join as a machine too (pair it with one code), and if you’d rather own than rent: Lifetime — $159 one-time per VM, 2 vCPU · 4 GB RAM for Windows on a dedicated 6 GB unit, unlimited hours, never sleeps — your agent keeps working with your laptop closed.
Real apps and portals that have no API — Excel, broker terminals, government sites. Opens right in your browser, same view as every other machine (classic RDP one click away if you prefer it).
A throwaway shell + browser for coding, research and quick automation. Always free, unmetered, spins up in seconds.
A genuine Android phone with the real Google Play Store — install any app and drive it from chat, no computer in the loop.
See the full side-by-side vs every category → — cloud · desktop · coding · harnesses · agent computers · Railway.
Cloud agents lock you to their cloud. Desktop agents lock you to one vendor's model. fastco.work is the harness that unifies both — your machine or our cloud, any model, no lock-in, all driven from the chat you already use.
| Can it… | Cloud agents Grok · ChatGPT | Desktop agents ChatGPT · Claude Desktop | Agent computers Otto | fastco.work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run an AI on a real computer | Yes (cloud) | Yes (your machine) | Yes (a box you buy) | Yes — both |
| Run on your own PC / phone (BYO) | No | Yes | Only its own box | Yes |
| No machine? use a cloud one instead | Yes | No | No | Yes |
| Any AI model — no vendor lock-in | No — their model only | No — their model only | Yes | Yes — OpenRouter, Claude, or your own key |
| Command it from WhatsApp & LINE | No | No | No | Yes |
| Windows + Linux + a real Android phone, at once | No | No | No — one Linux box | Yes |
| Watch every click, approve before it acts | Partial | Partial | Partial | Yes |
| Work the apps that have no API — Shopee Seller, LINE OA, a bank portal | No | Partial — on that one PC | No — API connectors only | Yes — that is the point |
| Keeps working with your laptop closed | Yes | No | Yes — scheduled jobs | Yes — any cloud or Lifetime machine is always on; scheduled jobs: coming |
| Price of entry | ~$200–300/mo | bundled in their sub | hardware purchase | Free → $159 |
And the coding agents? Cursor’s cloud agents and their kind ship pull requests from a repo — excellent for software teams. fastco is for the work that has no repo and no API: Office, LINE, Shopee, a bank portal, a phone app — done on a real machine, including one you own.
And the new “agent computers” and “agent harnesses”? Boxes like Otto give an agent a dedicated computer so it keeps working while your laptop is closed — through API connectors. Harnesses like TrueForge and Claude Managed Agents decide how an agent thinks and which model it uses. fastco is where the agent acts: a real Windows, Linux or Android with the apps already signed in — Shopee Seller, LINE OA, the bank — that no connector reaches. It is also always on, on a machine you can own for life, and it is model-neutral by design — so bring your own harness if you have one; we bring the hands.
And the powerful open-source agents like oh‑my‑pi? Genuinely impressive — model‑neutral, with their own cross‑session memory, and they can even drive a real desktop. But they run in your terminal, on your machine, for someone who lives in a CLI. fastco is that same power delivered as a product: a hosted real computer (or your own), commanded from WhatsApp or LINE, that a non‑technical person can watch and approve — no terminal required.
The cloud one is the easy way to start. The reason to stay is that it also runs where a cloud agent structurally can't — on the machine and the data that are already yours. See how it works, step by step →
Bringing your own? Compare cloud VM prices → — nearly 4,000 offerings, so you can price the cheapest machine that fits before you buy one.
Freight quotes, Certificate of Origin, export document sets, portal submissions.
The Upwork/Fastwork middle: data entry, research, forms, listings — done by AI. See the live demand data →
An IDE on Windows, a Linux shell and a browser — open at once, each a real desktop, not a tab. Builds and test runs keep going after you close the laptop, and you can pick them up from your phone.
Several broker and charting terminals side by side, each isolated — including the ones that only ship a Windows client. Leave them running; check in from anywhere.
Every plan runs 4 desktops at once — free included. Not browser tabs: four independent machines, tiled on one screen or switched between as tabs. What the plan sets is how many of those 4 may be Windows — 1 on Free, 2 on Starter, 4 on Pro and Max — the rest are Linux, and Linux is always free. See plans →
Wondering what the business behind this is? Read the plan in full →
The thing most people ask about, drawn plainly. Your plan credit and your compute time are separate; neither eats the other.
A monthly USD balance that only the AI draws down. Unused credit accumulates month to month — it is never spent on desktop time.
The machine meters per second while you use it and stops the instant it goes idle — an abandoned desktop suspends itself and costs nothing.
Two separate meters, on purpose. Your plan ($0–$159/mo) buys Windows access and a monthly USD credit — that credit pays for AI usage only and is never touched by desktop time. Compute (the desktop itself) bills by the second, separately, and only while a desktop is actually running and watched — an idle desktop doesn't rack up charges. Unused plan credit accumulates rather than resetting to zero each month.
Every account gets 4 concurrent desktops, on every plan including Free — not browser tabs, four independent machines you can tile or switch between. What your plan sets is how many of those 4 may be Windows (1 on Free, 2 on Starter, 4 on Pro and Max); the rest are Linux, and Linux desktops are always free and unmetered.
No. The agent always pauses before an irreversible action — Submit, Pay, Send — and waits for your one-tap approval before continuing. You can also take over the desktop yourself at any point and hand control back when you're done.
Your desktop suspends, not deletes — memory and storage persist with your subscription, so picking it back up later is exactly where you left off. Only the compute time you actually used gets billed; storage isn't a separate line item.
No — the Free tier needs no card, includes a Windows desktop (4 hours/day) plus unlimited Linux, and starts with credit already in your wallet.
Yes — attach a Linux terminal or WSL shell you already own ("BYO device") and run commands on it the same way you would on a fastco desktop. It's free and unmetered, and you can attach as many devices as you like.
Private. Every customer gets their own dedicated VM — never a shared machine — so there's no cross-tenant visibility into your files, sessions, or history.
Gigs are project-based listings a cowork can realistically bid for and complete. Permanent roles are salaried job-board postings — shown as market context (what these skills are worth, where demand is) but not something a cowork can take, since it isn't an employee. See both at live demand →
Yes, from your account after signing in — no lock-in, no notice period.
Yes — start, stop, status and live gigs demand work from a WhatsApp chat, and every reply quotes the message it answers. Linking uses WhatsApp's own "Linked devices" with an 8-character code (no QR, no extra app). Honest status: this runs for the first linked account today; self-service linking for every customer is the next build. Details in docs §11.
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