Why confirmation before action matters
An assistant that can click, type, and browse on your behalf can also make confident mistakes on your behalf. The defining question for this category is not how much an assistant can do, but whether you see and approve what it is about to do.
Below is what each product's own documentation says — not marketing claims. Where a maker does not state something, we say so instead of guessing.
ChatGPT Work (OpenAI)
OpenAI's Help Center now directs users to ChatGPT Work for longer, multi-step tasks. Its cloud browser gives ChatGPT a separate computer in the cloud that can read pages, click, and fill forms on supported websites, including some signed-in workflows.
On control: OpenAI says tasks pause when ChatGPT needs your input, sign-in, or confirmation. It is available on paid ChatGPT plans in supported regions. OpenAI advises checking results before relying on them.
Claude Cowork (Anthropic)
Anthropic introduced Cowork as a research preview bringing Claude's agentic abilities to the desktop. Separately, its computer-use tool is a developer-facing API capability: Claude can use screenshots, mouse, and keyboard inside an environment the developer's application controls.
On control: Anthropic's documentation does not describe a universal built-in confirmation prompt before every action — how approval works depends on the surrounding application. Anthropic recommends security precautions such as running in a dedicated virtual machine with minimal privileges. Cowork's pricing and eligibility are not publicly settled as of this writing.
Sai (Simular)
Simular's product is called Sai — a computer-use agent that operates a cloud computer or your own device by interacting with real interfaces, including browsers and desktop apps. It can keep working after you close your laptop and notifies you when it needs you.
On control: Sai's product pages do not state that it asks for approval before every action, so we won't claim either direction. Pricing is public: a free Explore tier with daily credits, Pay as you go at $50/month, Sai Unlimited at $500/month, and custom Enterprise pricing.
ORION (iMpact)
ORION is our own product, so judge this section against what you can try yourself. Today, ORION runs a free public workspace on this website: it generates a visible multi-step plan from your goal and carries out site actions — navigating pages, switching theme or language, searching, copying links — only after you confirm each one. Every action is recorded in a local history you can export or delete.
Desktop-wide automation, controlling other apps, and account access are in development and labeled as such. ORION's design rule is the one this guide is about: show the plan, ask before acting, one visible step at a time, and keep a readable record.
The honest summary
All four products are converging on assistants that do real work. They differ in where they run (cloud browser, desktop, API), how much they cost, and — most importantly — how they handle your approval. No product's documentation supports a blanket claim of being 'the safest'; the differences are in the details of each design.
Our advice: whichever assistant you try, test it first on a task where a mistake costs nothing, and prefer the one whose plan you can read before it acts.
FAQ
- Which AI assistant is the safest?
- No official documentation supports ranking one as universally safest. Look instead for visible plans, explicit permissions, a stop control, and a readable action record — then test on low-stakes tasks first.
- Is ORION a desktop app like Cowork or Sai?
- Not yet. ORION currently works inside the iMpact website; desktop-wide control is in development and labeled as such on our roadmap.
- What does each cost?
- ChatGPT Work requires a paid ChatGPT plan; Sai lists free, $50/month, and $500/month tiers; Cowork's pricing is not publicly settled; ORION is free during early access.
- Where do these facts come from?
- Each product's official pages and documentation, checked in October 2026: OpenAI's Help Center, Anthropic's announcements and computer-use docs, Simular's site and pricing page, and this website for ORION.