Claude Code agents vs Open Claw - which ones are better for fully autonomous work?

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Summary

A user compares Claude Code agents, Open Claw, and MoClaw for fully autonomous work, questioning whether switching to Open Claw would improve autonomy and capabilities.

I've created multiple Claude Code agents over the past 6 months and just a few weeks ago realized that I could just make them autonomous (huge time waste in the meantime clicking on all those "Allow" buttons). They are working autonomously now with their own dashboard through which I control them, and they are performing quite well with all the APIs and connections. Today, I talked to a friend of mine who said that Open Claw agents are the real deal. That the autonomy, freedom, and access capabilities these agents have are on another level, and that if I really want agents who act like "real" employees, this is the way to go. I've never used Open Claw because I was scared of those "gone wrong" stories considering all the important company data is on my PC (I work as a GTM Director at Expandi and I'm building a few apps with Claude in my free time). The only similar tool I tried was MoClaw because a friend recommended it to me (he knows the developers and gave me some free credits to try) and I really liked what it could do, but never pushed it to its full potential (in contrast to how far I pushed my Claude agents). I have just one researcher agent and the rest are done through Claude. I guess the main question is - will switching to Open Claw agents bring any measurable improvement to my structure and will they allow the agents to have more autonomy because even with all the APIs and accesses, my current Claude agents still have limits in browsing/researching. This is actually exactly why I use MoClaw for research. If yes, I would be more than happy to buy a Mac Mini and fully move to this new structure. Tbh I've been eyeing this for some time, but never understood the benefit of the Open Claw agents enough to justify the switch (and the costs, of course). Much thanks in advance!
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