OpenClaw
The agent does, unless you write code. Fixed steps are scripts or plugins someone writes.
Malleable vs. OpenClaw
OpenClaw is a free, open-source AI assistant you host yourself and message from chat apps. Malleable is hosted for you and built for team operations, where your team sets the steps in plain English.
In common: Both work where people already talk, in chat apps like Slack and Teams.
The main difference
Who decides the steps?
Malleable
Your team does. You describe the work in plain English, and Malleable lays out the steps every run follows. The AI uses judgment only at the steps where you allow it.
Side by side
How they compare
Each row is something you can check in a demo, or in the other tool's docs.
OpenClaw
Malleable
Fixed steps and AI judgment
OpenClaw
The AI follows its instructions. Fixed steps are code you write.Malleable
An AI agent runs the whole operation and works out cases nobody planned for. Your team locks the steps that must run the same way every time.Who runs it
OpenClaw
Someone technical hosts it and keeps it running.Malleable
Malleable hosts and runs it. Your team changes it in plain English.People outside your company
OpenClaw
Only people you approve can reach it.Malleable
Anyone can answer from a secure link, with no account.When to choose Malleable
- The work crosses teams and waits on people, inside or outside your company.
- The same work comes up again and again, and parts of it need judgment.
- The people who run it need to change it themselves.