Bonus shelf · Always-on agents

Kimi Work Goal Mode and Kimi Claw

Moonshot's desktop agent Kimi Work can chase one goal for up to 24 hours in Goal Mode, and Kimi Claw is a hosted OpenClaw agent in the cloud you can chat with in groups.

No-code

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Our take Kratuva

Best for: People with long, checkable jobs on their own machine, like turning a pile of PDFs into an organized knowledge base or migrating code.
Not for: Teams that need a stable, supported tool today, or anyone who will forget to delete an idle Claw host.

Price

From: $39/month(Pro, or $31/month billed annually), the cheapest plan with Goal Mode and Kimi Claw; Max $99/month; Ultra $199/month
Model: monthly or annual membership with one shared credit pool; Extra Usage packs pay as you go
Free plan: No
Checked: 9 Oct 2026

Prices change. Check the vendor page before you buy.

What Kimi Work Goal Mode and Kimi Claw is good at

Goal Mode sets a success standard from your goal and loops until it is met; you can interrupt and steer at any time.
Runs on your own Mac or Windows computer with scheduled tasks, a built-in browser tool, plugins such as Canva, Notion and WPS, and Agent Swarm of up to 300 sub-agents.
Three permission levels: Default asks before modifying, overwriting or running code on local files; Manual approval asks every time; Fully automatic never asks.
Kimi Claw gives you a cloud OpenClaw deployment without running your own server.

Where Kimi Work Goal Mode and Kimi Claw breaks

Kimi Work is in Beta and Moonshot says execution stability and delivery quality are still improving; the Mac app needs Apple silicon.
All features share one credit pool, so a long goal can use up the credits for everything else.
A deployed Kimi Claw cloud host deducts about 0.6% of your membership credits every day, even when idle, until you delete it.
Fully automatic mode runs actions on your computer without asking for authorization.

When a custom build beats Kimi Work Goal Mode and Kimi Claw

When the long job is a known transformation (convert and tag every PDF the same way), a script runs it once at near zero cost instead of hours of agent credits.

Setup

No-code. Someone comfortable with spreadsheets can set it up. No code needed.

Sources

Price checked 9 Oct 2026. If something here is out of date, email indra@kratuva.com and we will fix it.

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Checked 9 Oct 2026

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