A managed Windows desktop that keeps Claude Code, Cowork, Dispatch, and your scheduled tasks running 24/7 — in a data center, on a machine that never sleeps.
your_standby_desktop
Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Chrome, Git, Node — all pre-installed, signed in to your own Anthropic account, working on your projects 24/7.
// Illustrative mock-up. The actual desktop is a stock Windows Server 2022 install with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Chrome, Git, and Node pre-configured — your projects and Claude account replace these examples.
what_it_does
A scheduled task scans your inbox, news, Slack, and Substack queue at 5 AM. On your laptop it doesn't fire — the machine was asleep. On Standby it fires every day. You wake up to a brief, not an empty alarm.
Kicked off a 4-hour refactor at 11 PM. Closed the RDP window. Went to bed. Branch pushed, PR opened, tests green. Five-minute review and you ship before 9 AM.
iPad on the seatback. Spotty wifi. Open the Claude app, tap Dispatch, prompt your live Cowork session running on a real Windows desktop somewhere in Texas. It just works.
You left the laptop home. Hotel wifi + iPad + Microsoft Remote Desktop is enough — your real workstation is in a data center, still doing the heavy work while you walk back to the cabana.
privacy
We host the infrastructure. We don't peek at what runs on it. Single-tenant VMs. No monitoring agents. No screen recording. No Claude activity logs. Your Anthropic credentials never touch our systems.
We see what we have to see to run the business — your email, the plan you bought, the region you picked, support tickets you send us. That's it. Everything else stays on your desktop, which only you can sign into.
Read the Privacy Policy →One Windows Server instance per customer. Nobody else's processes run on your VM.
No monitoring agents installed. No screen recording. No Claude prompt or output logging — ever.
RDP traffic is TLS-encrypted end-to-end by Windows. We can't read it in transit. Neither can anyone else.
Cancel and the VM is destroyed, the disk wiped within 7 days. Then you're a closed Stripe customer record. Forever.
vs_everything
We honestly lose on raw dollars to a Mac mini you already own. We win on time, hands-off operation, uptime, and phone-first access. The only path that's all four at once.
// the honest line — Standby is the only option that's always-on, hands-off, phone-first, and truly private at the same time. If you value your time at more than ~$25/hr, we're the cheapest path once setup + maintenance hours are loaded in. Full math →
how_it_works
We provision a private Windows cloud desktop in your region. Credentials in your inbox within hours.
Open Claude Desktop (already installed). Log in with your own Anthropic account. We never see it.
Scan the QR with your phone. Close the RDP window. Cowork, Code, scheduled tasks, Dispatch — all keep running.
pricing
Infrastructure only. Bring your own Claude Pro, Max, or Team — your subscription stays yours. We never resell.
Solo · one agent at a time.
Power users · multiple agents · phone bridges.
Heavy agents · small teams · large repos.
60-min screenshare. We sign you into Claude on your Standby desktop, configure your first Cowork workflows, pair Dispatch, and wire up Telegram (or Slack / Discord on request). You leave the call with a working 24/7 AI workstation and zero to-dos.
We're pre-launch. These are example use cases drawn from the workflows real customers tell us they want. Real testimonials from named customers replace these the moment we have them — first cohort is onboarding now.
"My 6 AM brief actually fires every day now. I stopped checking my laptop before bed. Cheapest peace of mind I've ever paid for."
"I run Claude Code overnight on 3-4 hour refactors. Wake up to PRs already opened, tests green, branch pushed. This is the new norm — I can't go back."
"200+ travel days a year. With Standby I stopped carrying a laptop. iPad + Microsoft Remote Desktop is enough — my real machine lives in Texas and does the heavy work."
We email when new features ship — bigger tiers, new regions, war stories from real customers. Subscribe and we'll drop your LAUNCH15 code in the welcome.
faq
Yes — that's the headline feature. Scheduled tasks only run when Claude Desktop is alive. Standby keeps it alive 24/7 on a data-center machine that doesn't sleep, so your 6 AM brief runs at 6 AM — Bali, Brooklyn, or your bed.
Yes. Kick off a 4-hour refactor at 11 PM, close the RDP window, go to bed. Standby keeps the agent running, branch pushed, PR opened. Five-minute review and you ship before 9 AM.
Three ways. (1) Pair Dispatch in the Claude phone app for quick prompts. (2) Use any RDP app — Microsoft Remote Desktop, AnyDesk, Jump Desktop — for full screen control of the desktop. (3) Set up the pre-installed Telegram MCP on Pro and text Claude like a friend. Slack and Discord MCPs available on request — both have clean official APIs.
No. Single-tenant VMs, no monitoring agents, no screen recording, no Claude activity logs. RDP is TLS-encrypted end-to-end by Windows. We can see what we have to to run the business — your email, your plan, support tickets — and nothing else. Full details in the Privacy Policy.
Yes — you're the audience. Standby is the real Windows workstation that lives in a data center so you don't carry one. Hotel wifi + iPad + Microsoft Remote Desktop is enough on the road. Cancel us when you're home if you stop needing it. Spin up again next trip.
3 days, no questions. Don't like it? Email hello@trystandby.com within 72 hours. Full refund. No setup required to qualify. No retention pitch.
Install anything that runs on Windows. We pre-install Claude Desktop because most people want it; the box is yours. Cursor, Aider, Continue, VS Code with any extension — all fine.
No. Claude Desktop is Windows and macOS only — there's no Linux build. Cowork, Dispatch, and Claude Code's desktop integrations all require it. Full breakdown here.
contact
Every email lands in Kamber's inbox — not a ticketing system, not a tier-1 filter. Median reply during US business hours: under 4 hours.
Our Claude-powered assistant is fully trained on every detail of Standby — pricing, refund terms, setup, privacy. Answers in seconds. Hands off to Kamber via email when she can't help.
Prefer email? hello@trystandby.com for anything pre-sale or general.
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