# visualize or Claude Design?

> Choose between a portable open-source skill inside your agent and Anthropic's hosted collaborative design product.

## The difference

Anthropic introduced Claude Design as a hosted research-preview product for creating and collaborating on designs, prototypes, slides, and one-pagers. Its announcement describes private, organization-link, and edit-sharing options plus group conversation. [Anthropic's announcement](https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-design-anthropic-labs) is the source for those claims.

visualize is a free, open-source Agent Skill. It works with several skill-capable agents, reads project context, and writes portable HTML to your filesystem. It has no visualize account or hosted canvas.

## Choose visualize when

| Capability       | visualize                   | Claude Design               |
| ---------------- | --------------------------- | --------------------------- |
| Working surface  | Installed agent skill       | Hosted design product       |
| Source ownership | Self-contained HTML         | Product-managed workspace   |
| Project memory   | Reviewable local files      | Product context             |
| Best fit         | Repeatable visual direction | Collaborative hosted design |

- you want the working method and brand context committed with the project;
- your document starts from repository or long-running agent context;
- portable, inspectable HTML is the desired output; or
- you want to use Codex, Cursor, Claude Code, OpenCode, Hermes, or Pi.

## Choose Claude Design when

Choose Claude Design when a hosted visual workspace, shared editing, and collaborative conversation with Claude are the product you want. Availability and plan requirements can change; check Anthropic before deciding.

Claude and Claude Design are trademarks of Anthropic. This comparison is independent and not endorsed by Anthropic.