Sauna vs Wordware (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Sauna if

• Fits if you want to message an agent from iMessage, Slack or email
• Works for briefings and follow-ups that should run while you're offline

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you want to choose your AI model, because all LLMs start at Basic for $99 a month
• Skip it if you're on Android or want a desktop app, as the only apps are web and iPhone
• Not for you if you like to budget, since credits are metered with no published rates and nothing rolls over
• Watch out: shared folders need Pro at $299, and Brain Access and browser automation only come with Team at $999
• Watch out: billing is monthly only, with no yearly option and no trial on paid plans, and the guide and terms disagree on Pro's credits

Pick Wordware if

• Fits if you want to describe a workflow in plain English and run it
• Makes sense if you want to start free and see how far it goes

Look elsewhere if

• Watch out: the main site now leads with Sauna and links the editor as Wordware v1
• Not for you if you want a price, as the pricing link returns a not-found error
• Watch out: the company's own story, dated October 2025, describes a shift in focus
• Tight if you need limits spelled out, since the free sign-up lists none

Sauna

• The Lite plan runs only on the Sauna Lite model; access to all LLMs starts at Basic for $99 a month.
• Billing is monthly only, with no annual option and no trial period on paid plans.
• Usage is metered in credits with no published per-operation rates, and unused daily and monthly allowances do not roll over.
• Shared folders need Pro, and Brain Access and browser automation are listed only on the $999 Team plan.

Wordware

• The pricing link on the product page returns a not-found error, so no plan prices could be read and none are listed.
• The main wordware.ai site now leads with Sauna, a separate assistant product, and links the original Wordware editor as Wordware v1.
• The company's story page, dated October 2025, describes a shift in focus; check that the editor is still sold before building on it.

Sauna

One agent on several surfaces

The same agent and memory are available in the web app and iOS app and by iMessage, Slack, email and Superhuman, including by forwarding a message or copying Sauna on a thread.

Persistent memory

Keeps workspace notes for lasting preferences and conventions alongside a searchable history of past conversations, so a new session starts with context.

Scheduled tasks

A saved prompt can run once, hourly, daily, on weekdays or weekly, with the result delivered to the web dashboard, iMessage or email.

Connections

A library of thousands of apps that allows several accounts per app, plus custom connections added with an API key or an MCP server URL.

Spaces, Brain Access and Shared Folders

Spaces are shared project workspaces. Brain Access opens your whole Sauna to one person, and Shared Folders share one slice of your knowledge, read-only or read and write.

Apps

Sauna builds small custom apps, such as a CRM or an expense approvals tool, on top of your connected data, with a docked chat for changes and sharing through Spaces.

Wordware

Prompt-based editor

Everything typed into the editor is a prompt. Typing a slash adds a node, and each flow is both the documentation and the program.

Flow nodes

The docs list Generation, Structured Generation, Loop, If-Else, Code execution, Tool, Ask a Human and other node types for building a flow step by step.

Triggers and actions

Flows can start from a trigger such as a new form response and then act in connected apps, for example posting a message to Slack.

Publish and deploy

A finished flow can be published and called through an API, and flows can call other flows.

Many model providers

The product page example flow mixes Perplexity, Claude and GPT models inside one workflow.

Sauna

• Free$0

  100 credits per day, or 200 with a verified payment card on file, and no monthly allowance.

• Lite$29

  per month, billed monthly

  Runs on the Sauna Lite model, with iMessage and Slack connect, 3,000+ integrations, cloud storage and persistent memory.

• Basic$99

  per month, billed monthly

  Everything in Lite plus access to all LLMs. Sauna's guide and terms both list 6,000 credits a month.

• Pro$299

  per month, billed monthly

  Everything in Basic plus shared folders and custom models. The guide lists 24,000 credits a month; the terms list 18,000.

• Team$999

  per month, billed monthly

  Everything in Pro plus Brain Access, expanded custom models and browser automation, with 60,000 credits a month shared across the team.

Wordware

Pricing could not be confirmed. See wordware.ai.

Sauna

• Other savings

  1,000 credits for each accepted invite

  Sauna's terms say that when someone you invite creates an account and accepts, you and the recipient each receive 1,000 credits in your balance.

Wordware

No public discounts listed.