Comparison
Astru vs building it yourself
Plenty of teams want to wire the Anthropic SDK + an orchestrator + agents themselves. Here's what we've already built so you don't have to.
| Criterion | Astru | Build it yourself with Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Orchestrator + 11 specialists, production-ready | ✓ Yes | ~ Partial (~6 months from scratch) |
| Verifier with HTTP probe / Lighthouse / SQL / LLM-judge | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| L1 / L3 memory (per-customer + industry patterns) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Per-customer onboarding (12 tasks) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Outcome-based credit engine + auto-refund | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Cycle scheduler with per-IANA-timezone math | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Eval-gated CI (Braintrust) | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Bento dashboard + Live Agent Feed | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| Self-host docker + cloud deploy templates | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
Bottom line
The "Claude Code with extra steps" answer takes 6 to 12 months and a team of 3+. We did the work. The code is Apache-2.0. Read it before you sign up.