Grok Bot vs Muse vs Dots: three personal agents, from the official docs
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Grok Bot vs Muse vs Dots is a question many people ask on X now that xAI, OpenAI and Meta each have an always-on personal agent. This page puts the three side by side using only what each company has published.
We have not tested Dots or Muse, and this page has no winner. Where the companies' own pages disagree or say nothing, we say so.
The short version
All three are always-on agents that work on a cloud computer, keep going when you close the app, and ask before risky steps. They differ most in who can sign up today, whether you get one agent or a team, and how each one decides what needs your approval.
- Grok Bot from xAI gives you several Bots, each with one job, sharing one cloud computer.
- Dots from OpenAI is one agent, "your dot", inside ChatGPT, launched on September 29, 2026.
- Muse from Meta is a separate app and agent, launched on September 8, 2026, in the US and then Canada.
Side by side
| Grok Bot (xAI) | Dots (OpenAI) | Muse (Meta) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Status | Available now | Rolling out gradually; Enterprise in beta | Rolling out; Meta calls it "limited testing" |
| Who can sign up | The X Subscription's Premium, Super and Ultra plans, paid Cursor plans and Cursor Teams | Pro and Business Premium, Enterprise when an admin turns it on | Anyone 18 or over in the US and Canada; free tier plus paid tiers |
| Regions | No country list for the product; tagging @bot on X is not available in the EU, UK and a few other places | Pro excludes the EEA, UK and Switzerland; business plans rolling out worldwide | US and Canada |
| Where you use it | Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux, plus iPhone and Android | Inside ChatGPT on desktop, desktop web, iOS and Android; also Slack and Teams | Its own iOS and Android app, muse.ai, WhatsApp and a Mac app |
| Where the work runs | One persistent cloud computer per account, in the United States | Its own cloud computer with Linux and Chrome; your own computer is optional and off by default | Muse Secure VM, an isolated Linux computer with a browser |
| One agent or several | Several Bots, one job each | One primary dot; more planned | One Muse that can launch sub-agents |
| Connections | Plugins from Connect Apps, such as Gmail and GitHub | "Over 4,000 apps" through plugins | "Dozens of partners" plus the Shopify catalogue; you can ask it to build a custom connector |
| Approvals | An independent review model checks risky actions; your rules mark actions Ask first or Allow automatically | Four behaviours per action type: act without asking, act if pre-approved, ask first, or hand off to you | A separate Sentinel agent allows, denies or asks; you choose how often it asks |
| Payments | X Money, Stripe Link, Shop Pay | Cards already saved on the merchant's site, with approval | Link one-time cards; Shop Pay and PayPal announced |
| Model | Chosen by Cursor; no model picker | GPT-6 Astra | Muse Spark; Muse Wonder coming to subscribers |
| Usage | Weekly allowance; on The X Subscription, one pool shared with Grok and Cursor | Talking to your dot does not count; tasks it starts in Codex or ChatGPT Work do | Free limit that refreshes; paid tiers get a weekly allowance |
Sources for every row are listed at the end of this page. We link pricing pages instead of quoting prices.
Where they disagree with the talk on X
Two claims travel widely on X, and the official pages only partly back them up:
- "Dots and Muse are not available in the EU or UK." For Muse, Meta lists only the US and Canada, which fits. For Dots, it is true of the personal Pro plan only: OpenAI says Business Premium and Enterprise are rolling out worldwide.
- "Dots has essentially unlimited usage." OpenAI says conversations with your dot do not count toward ChatGPT limits. But tasks it starts in Codex or ChatGPT Work count as usual, and deeper work has an allowance.
How to choose
- Can you sign up where you live? That narrows it fastest. Outside the US and Canada, Muse is not an option yet.
- What are you already paying for? Dots comes with ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium. Grok Bot comes with The X Subscription's top three plans and paid Cursor plans. Muse has a free tier.
- One helper or a team? If you want separate agents for separate jobs, only Grok Bot is built that way today.
- How much should it do without you? Compare the approval rules. Dots lets you set one of four behaviours per type of action; Muse puts a separate agent in charge of approvals; Grok Bot pairs a review model with your own rules.
- Which apps hold your work? Check that the apps you need are listed before you start.
Limits of this page
- Everything here comes from the companies' own pages and posts, checked on 2026-10-23. Dots and Muse are still rolling out, so details may change quickly.
- We have not used Dots or Muse, so nothing here describes how well they work.
- For Anthropic's agent, see Grok Bot vs Claude Duet.
FAQ
Which is available in the EU and UK?
OpenAI says Dots on the personal Pro plan is for users outside the European Economic Area, the UK and Switzerland, while Business Premium and Enterprise are rolling out worldwide. Meta lists Muse for the US and Canada only. xAI's docs do not give a country list for Grok Bot itself, but they say tagging @bot on X is not available for accounts based in the EU, the UK, Australia, Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
Which one gives you more than one agent?
Grok Bot is built around several Bots, one job each, sharing one cloud computer. Dots starts with one primary dot, and OpenAI says you will be able to add more later. Muse is one agent that can launch sub-agents for parts of a task.
Which model does each use?
OpenAI says Dots runs on GPT-6 Astra. Meta says Muse runs on Muse Spark today, with Muse Wonder coming to subscribers first. xAI's security docs say Cursor manages model selection for Grok Bot and there is no model picker.
Can they spend my money?
All three can buy things with your approval. Grok Bot can pay with X Money, Stripe Link or Shop Pay. Dots uses cards already saved on a merchant's site. Muse uses Link's one-time cards, with Shop Pay and PayPal announced. Dots hands money transfers between accounts back to you.
Which one is best?
We don't know. We have not run the three on the same job, so we will not name one. Use the questions under How to choose.
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Sources: Grok Bot FAQ, Grok Bot security, Grok Bot approvals and privacy, Grok Bot on The X Subscription, Tag @bot on X, Grok Bot changelog, Introducing dots (OpenAI), Safety, security and privacy in dots, Getting started with your dot, Meet dots (ChatGPT docs), Introducing Muse (Meta), How Meta built safety into Muse, Muse for Small Business, About Muse subscriptions, Muse oversight and permissions, ChatGPT pricing. Checked on 2026-10-23.