Grok Bot comes with The X Subscription from $30 a month (or an existing paid Cursor plan), Dots needs ChatGPT Pro from $100 and is not on Pro in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, and Muse has a free tier but only in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore. That access difference decides it for most people before features do. The two-way answers are just below.
What changed, last verified 10 Nov 2026: Grok Bot is now sold through The X Subscription (Premium $30, Super $100, Ultra $200), and new buyers can no longer start on Cursor Pro at $20. Dots can now draw on GPT-6.1 Terra as well as GPT-6 Astra (OpenAI update of 3 Nov). Muse launched in Japan on 23 Oct and Singapore on 27 Oct. Claude Duet (21 Oct) is added as a fourth column.
Grok Bot on 11 August. Meta Muse on 8 September. OpenAI Dots on 29 September. Three always-on AI agents, each with its own cloud computer, each promising to finish work while you sleep.
We build BetterClaw, a managed AI agent builder, so we read every launch post, help page and pricing table for all three. Here is how Grok Bot vs Dots vs Muse shakes out, without the keynote glow.
The 30-second answer
If you only read one thing, read this table. We added Claude Duet as a fourth column, since Anthropic's proactive agent is the newest rival to all three.
| Grok Bot | OpenAI Dots | Meta Muse | Claude Duet | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launched | 11 Aug 2026 (beta) | 29 Sept 2026 | 8 Sept 2026 | 21 Oct 2026 (research preview) |
| Who can get it | The X Subscription Premium, Super and Ultra; existing paid Cursor plans and Cursor Teams | ChatGPT Pro (not EEA, UK, Switzerland), Business Premium, Enterprise | US, Canada, Japan and Singapore | US Claude Pro, Max and Ultra, by waitlist |
| Entry price | $30/month (Premium) | $100/month (ChatGPT Pro 100) | Free; paid tiers $20 and $100/month | $20/month (Claude Pro), no extra charge |
| Model | Picked per task, no model picker | GPT-6 Astra, plus GPT-6.1 Terra since 3 Nov | Muse Spark | Opus 5.5, no model picker |
| Where it runs | Desktop app on macOS, Windows, Linux; companion app on iOS and Android | ChatGPT web, desktop, mobile, plus Slack and Teams | Muse apps on iOS and Android, muse.ai; WhatsApp and a Mac app in the US | iPhone and Android apps, plus claude.ai |
| Best for | Coding and computer tasks | Work across your apps | Shopping, bookings, personal errands | Inbox, calendar and admin |
Muse is the cheapest to start and the cheapest paid plan. Grok Bot is the cheapest work agent for new buyers at $30. Dots is the most expensive, and the only one you cannot buy on a personal plan in the UK or EU.
Grok Bot vs Dots: the short answer
In the Grok Bot vs Dots choice, pick Dots if your work lives in ChatGPT, Slack or Teams, and Grok Bot if it lives in Cursor and browser dashboards. Grok Bot is the cheaper entry at $30 a month on The X Subscription Premium, against $100 for Dots on ChatGPT Pro. Dots works through 4,000+ app connections. Grok Bot signs into your tools and clicks through them, and you can save a workflow as a routine. Neither lets you choose the model, and only Dots excludes personal plans in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland.
| Grok Bot | OpenAI Dots | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $30/month (Premium) | From $100/month (ChatGPT Pro 100) |
| Model | Picked per task, no picker | GPT-6 Astra and GPT-6.1 Terra, chosen by OpenAI |
| Best for | Coding and computer-use tasks | Work across your apps |
Full plan details for each are in our Grok Bot vs BetterClaw and OpenAI Dots vs BetterClaw comparisons.
Dots vs Muse: the short answer
In the Muse vs Dots choice, pick Muse for personal errands and Dots for work. Muse has a free tier and handles shopping, bookings, email and calendar, but only in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore. Dots starts at $100 a month inside ChatGPT Pro, connects to 4,000+ work apps and follows you into Slack and Teams. Dots on ChatGPT Pro is not available in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, though a Business Premium seat gets it in every supported ChatGPT region. Both lock you to the vendor's models.
| OpenAI Dots | Meta Muse | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $100/month, no free tier | Free, then Power $20 or Max $100/month |
| Where you can get it | Pro outside EEA, UK, Switzerland; Business Premium in all supported regions | US, Canada, Japan, Singapore |
| Best for | Work across your apps | Personal errands and shopping |
One shopping caveat for Muse: Amazon has been blocking it from buying on Amazon.com since 21 September. If you are weighing Muse against other personal agents, our Muse vs Instinct comparison covers that side.
Grok Bot vs Muse: the short answer
In the Muse vs Grok Bot choice, pick Grok Bot if you code or work in web dashboards, and Muse if you want something free for everyday life. Grok Bot comes with The X Subscription from $30 a month, or with a paid Cursor plan you already have, and works your apps like a person would on its own cloud computer. Muse is free to start, with paid plans at $20 and $100, but it is limited to four countries and built around errands rather than computer tasks. Outside those countries, Grok Bot is the one you can actually use.
| Grok Bot | Meta Muse | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | From $30/month (Premium), no free tier | Free, then Power $20 or Max $100/month |
| Where you can get it | Any market where The X Subscription is sold | US, Canada, Japan, Singapore |
| Best for | Coding and computer-use tasks | Personal errands and shopping |
Both give the agent its own cloud computer. Every Grok Bot on your account shares one persistent cloud computer, so Bots can pass files and logins to each other. Muse runs in its own Muse Secure VM, with a separate Sentinel agent that must approve anything Muse sends out.
What each one costs, and who's allowed in
This is where the three split hardest.
OpenAI Dots: a $100+ ChatGPT plan
Dots is not in ChatGPT Free, Go or Plus. Your first Dot comes with ChatGPT Pro, which has three tiers at $100, $200 and $500 a month, or with a Business Premium seat at $100 a month billed annually ($125 monthly). Every plan, limit and region is in our OpenAI Dots vs BetterClaw comparison.
OpenAI says you will later be able to add more Dots, but as of 10 November it has not published a price for extra Dots on Pro or Business Premium. Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare workspaces get Dots through an admin preview that is free until 18 November 2026; OpenAI's help center says billing starts that day for all enabled Dots.
Here is the catch for half our readers. Pro users in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland are still excluded. Business Premium works in all supported regions, but a Business workspace starts at two seats.
Meta Muse: free first, then pay by usage
Muse has a free tier with a usage limit, then two paid plans: Power at $20 a month (500 million Muse tokens a week) and Max at $100 a month (3 billion a week), per Meta's subscription help page. The paid tiers buy more headroom rather than different features.
The limit is not price. It is geography. Muse launched in the US, reached Canada on 18 September, Japan on 23 October and Singapore on 27 October. Meta has not named a date for the UK or EU. The full plan-by-plan breakdown is in our Meta Muse vs BetterClaw comparison.
Grok Bot: included with The X Subscription
Grok Bot has no price of its own. Since 12 October, xAI sells it through The X Subscription, which bundles Grok, Grok Bot, Cursor and X Premium. Grok Bot is included on Premium ($30 a month), Super ($100) and Ultra ($200), but not on Plus ($8) or Free. Team seats cost the same per seat.
If you already pay for Cursor, nothing changes unless you switch: xAI's docs say Grok Bot stays included with every paid individual Cursor plan and with Cursor Teams, and individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy or X Premium+ subscriptions can still be linked for usage. Plans and links do not stack; Grok Bot uses whichever grants the most.
On The X Subscription, Grok Bot draws from one weekly pool shared with Grok and Cursor, and usage past that pool is billed as Additional Usage. xAI does not publish how much Grok Bot work the pool covers. We dug into heavier-use costs in our Grok Bot vs BetterClaw comparison.
Models: who picks the model?
This is the question no one's launch post leads with, and it matters more than the mascot.
Dots launched on GPT-6 Astra, and since a 3 November update OpenAI says a dot can also draw on GPT-6.1 Terra for different parts of its work. OpenAI makes that choice, not you. Muse runs on Muse Spark, Meta's own model family. Neither launch announcement offers you a model picker.
Grok Bot goes a step further and says it plainly. xAI's docs don't name the model, model selection is managed for you, and there's no picker and no bring-your-own-key. SpaceXAI announced in August that Grok 4.6 was available in Grok Bot, and said its Grok 4.7 release on 21 September was trained to natively understand the Grok Bot harness. Still, the product docs don't commit to a specific model: Cursor's Grok Bot help page says the model is chosen per task and doesn't show which one handled a request.
Here's the weird part. All three are "your" agent, yet none of them lets you decide what thinks for it.
That's fine if you trust the vendor's model for everything. It's less fine when you'd rather run a cheap model for inbox triage and a stronger one for the contract review, or when the vendor quietly swaps models under you.
In all three, the model comes with the subscription. You're buying a brain you can't change.
Where each one lives
Where you talk to an agent decides whether you'll actually use it.
Dots lives inside ChatGPT on web, desktop and mobile, and you can message it in Slack and Microsoft Teams. You create it on desktop, and texting is a limited beta for US Pro users.
Muse lives in its own iOS and Android apps, a Mac app added on 17 September, an iPad app added on 7 October, muse.ai and inside WhatsApp in the US. In Japan and Singapore, Meta lists the iOS and Android apps and muse.ai. For a consumer agent, WhatsApp is a smart place to be. It's where errands already get discussed.
Grok Bot is a separate desktop app for macOS, Windows and Linux, with a companion app on iOS and Android. Every Bot you create shares one persistent cloud computer, so Bots can pass files and logins between each other. If macOS says Grok Bot "is not supported on this Mac", see the Grok Bot not supported on this Mac decoder.
Dots vs Muse vs Grok Bot: what each is actually best at
Stay with me here, because "always-on agent" covers three quite different jobs.
Dots is a work agent. It connects to 4,000+ apps through OpenAI's plugins, follows you into Slack and Teams, and is built for the developer turning feedback into fixes or the sales lead updating a proposal as requirements change. If your work already happens in ChatGPT, it fits.
Muse is an errands agent. Email, calendar, bookings, dining and shopping are front and centre, with a free tier generous enough to try it on real life. Meta's own promo shows it comparing strollers and asking before it buys. Our Muse breakdown against BetterClaw goes deeper on the personal-agent side.
Grok Bot is a computer-use agent. It signs into your tools and works them like a person, and you can teach it a workflow once and save it as a routine. xAI's examples lean on bug reproduction, outbound and account health, and if you live in Cursor already, it's the natural pick.
If we were choosing for a friend: errands, Muse. Work inside ChatGPT, Dots. Coding and clicking through dashboards, Grok Bot.
And if what you really want is an agent without the lock-in, that's the gap we built BetterClaw for. Pick the model per agent, bring your own key, from $19 a month. Start with BetterClaw whenever you're ready. But read the privacy section below before you connect any agent to your email.
Privacy and data: what each company actually says
We're only repeating what each company publishes here, not guessing.
| OpenAI Dots | Meta Muse | Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Its own cloud computer; your laptop stays separate unless you connect it | Its own Muse Secure VM, with a separate Sentinel agent that must approve anything Muse sends out | One shared cloud computer per user, encrypted in transit and at rest |
| Passwords | Can use saved passwords without exposing them to the model | Meta says Muse has no visibility into passwords or payment methods | Uses Cursor's sign-in and privacy mode |
| Model training | Business, Enterprise and Edu content not used by default; personal plans can opt out | Users must opt out; otherwise Meta says it scrubs critical personal details before use | Training opt-out available |
| Approvals | Built-in rules plus Custom Rules for what needs your approval | Asks before sensitive steps like checkout | Sensitive actions can go through Auto Review |
The relevant documents are OpenAI's Dots safety post and ChatGPT data controls, Meta's Muse launch materials and privacy policy, and xAI's Grok Bot FAQ with Cursor's privacy settings.
One Muse detail to know: Meta says a Muse Confidential VM, encrypted with a key you hold so even Meta can't read it, arrives later in 2026. It isn't the default yet.
The Amazon dispute over Muse
On 21 September, Amazon started blocking Muse from shopping on Amazon.com. Users saw a popup saying continued access by an unauthorized AI agent violates Amazon's Conditions of Use.
Amazon alleged three things. Meta didn't tell Amazon that Muse would access its store. The agent doesn't identify itself while browsing. And it appears to capture and store customer credentials. Amazon says it asked Meta to remove Amazon from Muse and that the two companies are in direct talks.
Meta's reply is that Muse has no visibility into people's passwords or payment methods, which sit in secure storage the agent can't see. Neither side's account of the credential question has been independently verified.
Meanwhile Shopify went the other way and confirmed Muse will be able to complete purchases on its platform. As of 10 November we have found no public resolution with Amazon. If Muse shopping matters to you, that split is the thing to watch.
If you want one agent that runs any model
Here's the bit where we talk about us, briefly.
All three agents above tie you to one company's model, one company's apps and, for two of them, one company's subscription. That's a reasonable trade for a lot of people. It's the trade we built BetterClaw to avoid.
BetterClaw is a managed AI agent builder. You pick the model per agent from 28+ providers, bring your own key, and pay your provider directly with zero markup. One agent can run Claude on contract review while another runs a cheap model on inbox triage.
And you don't have to leave OpenAI or xAI behind. You can run OpenAI and Grok models inside BetterClaw too, with an API key from either, or by signing in with your ChatGPT subscription for OpenAI models. You talk to your agents in the web app, Slack, Telegram, Discord or Gmail, and they connect to 500+ connectors with one-click sign-in. If you would rather run Grok in an open-source agent you host yourself, see how to connect Grok to Hermes Agent.
What we don't do: we don't give your agent its own computer that clicks through websites like a person. BetterClaw works through connectors and skills. If browser-style computer use is the job, Grok Bot or Dots will suit you better.
The real fight isn't Dots vs Muse
It's bundled versus open.
Seven weeks, three launches, and every one of them says the same thing about the next few years: the agent is becoming part of the subscription you already pay for. That's great for convenience. It also means the company that sells you the agent decides the model, the apps it can reach, and, as Muse just found out at Amazon's front door, which stores will even let it in.
Pick the agent that fits your life today. Just know which doors it can open, and who holds the key.
If any of this resonated, give BetterClaw a try. Starter is $19 a month for one agent, Pro is $49 for five, Business is $149 for 25, and your first workspace starts with a 7-day free trial. Bring any model, pay your provider directly, zero markup. See full pricing. We handle the infrastructure. You handle the interesting part.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Grok Bot better than Dots?
It depends on where your work happens. Grok Bot suits coding and clicking through web tools, and starts at $30 a month on The X Subscription Premium, or comes with a paid Cursor plan you already have. Dots suits work in ChatGPT, Slack and Teams, and starts at $100 a month on ChatGPT Pro. Neither lets you pick the model.
Is Dots or Muse better?
Dots is better for work and Muse is better for personal errands. Dots connects to 4,000+ apps through OpenAI's plugins and works in Slack and Teams, but starts at $100 a month. Muse handles shopping, bookings, email and calendar, has a free tier, and is available only in the US, Canada, Japan and Singapore as of 10 November 2026.
Which is cheapest: Grok Bot, Dots or Muse?
Muse is the cheapest. It has a free tier, and its paid plans cost $20 and $100 a month. Grok Bot starts at $30 a month on The X Subscription Premium, or comes with a paid Cursor plan you already have. Dots is the most expensive, starting at $100 a month on ChatGPT Pro or a Business Premium seat.
Is Muse available outside the US?
Yes, in a few countries. After launching in the US on 8 September 2026, Muse reached Canada on 18 September, Japan on 23 October and Singapore on 27 October. Meta has not announced a date for the UK or the EU, and its help center says Muse is still in limited testing and not available in all locations.
Does Dots work in the UK?
Not on a personal ChatGPT Pro plan. OpenAI excludes Pro users in the UK, the European Economic Area and Switzerland. A ChatGPT Business Premium seat gets Dots in all supported ChatGPT regions, including the UK, but a Business workspace needs at least two seats, and Premium seats cost $100 a month each on annual billing.
Can I run one agent with any model?
Not with these three. Dots runs on OpenAI's models, Muse runs on Muse Spark, and Grok Bot picks a model for each task with no picker. Claude Duet is fixed to Opus 5.5. If you want to choose the model per agent, BetterClaw supports 28+ providers on your own API keys with zero markup.
Can Muse shop on Amazon?
Not as of 10 November 2026. On 21 September, Amazon began blocking Muse from shopping on Amazon.com, saying it violates Amazon's Conditions of Use, and the two companies said they were in direct talks. We have found no public resolution since. Shopify has confirmed Muse will be able to complete purchases on its platform.
