Grok Bot is xAI's team of persistent AI teammates: named Bots with jobs and memory that work on one shared cloud computer and come back to you for approvals. It is included with paid Cursor plans, linked SuperGrok subscriptions, and Grok Business seats, so people looking for an alternative are usually asking one of three things: can I get this shape of product without one of those subscriptions, with a free plan, or with a stricter approval model. Every statement about another product was read from its own site on October 27, 2026, and the page ends with a plain verdict on who should choose what.
According to xAI's documentation, Grok Bot gives you AI teammates with names, jobs, and context that compounds over time. Each Bot works on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, file system, and terminal. All the Bots on your account share that one computer, including its files, browser sessions, and app logins, and the documentation says to treat anything placed on it as available to every Bot you run. Bots use connected apps where available and the computer for everything else, keep working while your laptop is closed, can learn a multi-step workflow by watching you do it once and rerun it as a skill on a schedule, and come back when something needs your approval. It runs as desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux and mobile apps for iOS and Android, and in some regions a Bot can be given work by tagging it on X. We are not affiliated with xAI.
Grok Bot is not sold on its own. According to its documentation and site, you reach it through one of these.
Descriptions of other products come from their own websites, read on October 27, 2026. We don't score vendors, quote their prices, or run benchmarks, and their features may have changed since.
Each description is drawn from the product's own site, read on October 27, 2026. Visit the site for current features and prices.
| Product | Where it works | Your apps | What waits for you | Scheduled work | How you get it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krafty Bot | One persistent cloud computer per account, with a desktop and browser, shared by all its Bots | Connected apps through your own sign-ins | Writes to your connected apps, unless you always-allow that action for that Bot | Routines on a schedule, or when something happens in a connected app | Free plan; Pro is $20 a month |
| ChatGPT agent (OpenAI) | Its own virtual computer with a browser | Connectors to your apps | Actions with real-world consequences | Not described in the sources we read | ChatGPT's paid plans |
| Manus | An isolated cloud computer with a browser, file system, and command line | A Slack integration | Not described in the sources we read | Not described in the sources we read | Web, desktop, and mobile apps, and an API |
| Lindy | Plugs into your tools, with browser use on higher plans | More than 1,500 integrations | Irreversible actions | Triggers on a schedule or an event | Free credits to start, then pricing per user |
Named Bots with their own memory and working instructions. One persistent cloud computer per account with a desktop and browser, shared by all its Bots, so files and sign-ins carry over. Connected apps through your own sign-ins, routines on a schedule or when something happens in an app, group chats and handoffs, and approval before any write to a connected app. Runs in the browser on laptop and phone, with an Android app. Free to start; Pro is $20 a month.
An agent mode inside ChatGPT that carries out tasks on its own virtual computer with a browser, uses connectors to your apps, and asks for permission before actions with real-world consequences. Available on ChatGPT's paid plans.
A general agent that takes a goal and carries it out in an isolated cloud computer with a browser, file system, and command line. Its site offers starting points for slides, websites, games, video, and design, a Slack integration, web, desktop, and mobile apps, and an API.
Describes itself as an AI employee that plugs into your tools, with more than 1,500 integrations, skills you teach once for the whole team, triggers on a schedule or an event, browser use on higher plans, and approval before irreversible actions. Free credits to start, then pricing per user.
Descriptions of other products come from their own websites, read on October 27, 2026. We don't score vendors, quote their prices, or run benchmarks, and their features may have changed since.
The two products have the same shape, so the differences are in the details. Everything below comes from each product's own documentation. Where Grok Bot does something Krafty doesn't, we say so.
Both: one persistent cloud computer per account, shared by all Bots, with files and browser sessions that carry over. Grok Bot's docs add a file system and terminal per Bot screen; Krafty gives Bots a desktop and browser, and holds terminal commands on it to a stricter rule.
On both, anything signed in on the shared computer is available to every Bot on the account. On Krafty, connected apps are separate from the computer: you sign in to each app yourself, the Bot never sees your password in chat, and you can disconnect an app at any time.
Both come back to you for approval. On Krafty, every write to a connected app waits by default, sending and posting always ask, you can always-allow a specific action for a specific Bot, high-risk actions never qualify, a separate model checks each click on the computer against a screenshot, and nothing in a web page or email can approve an action.
Grok Bot can learn a workflow by watching you do it once and save it as a skill. Krafty does not record demonstrations. You describe the job in plain language, and when it goes well the Bot saves it as a routine.
Grok Bot reruns a saved skill on a schedule. Krafty saves a job as a routine that runs daily, every few hours, or once at a set time, in your timezone, or each time something happens in a connected app, such as a new email or Slack message.
Both keep per-Bot memory and context across sessions, and both let Bots hand work to each other. On Krafty, memory is the notes you ask a Bot to save, separate from chat history, and you can read and edit it.
Grok Bot lists desktop apps for macOS, Windows, and Linux, mobile apps for iOS and Android, and tagging a Bot on X in some regions. Krafty runs in the browser on any laptop or phone, with an Android app and an iPhone app on the way.
Grok Bot is included with Cursor, SuperGrok, and Grok Business plans, with its own tiers and usage limits. Krafty has a free plan and a $20 a month Pro plan with an AI allowance and computer hours in each, shows what each reply used, lets you cap what a task may spend, and refunds the allowance a failed reply used.
Descriptions of other products come from their own websites, read on October 27, 2026. We don't score vendors, quote their prices, or run benchmarks, and their features may have changed since.
A plain verdict, based on what each product's own site says it does.
You already pay for an eligible Cursor, SuperGrok, or Grok Business plan, you want a Bot to learn a fiddly workflow by watching you do it, you want a terminal on the Bot's computer, or you want to hand work to a Bot by tagging it on X.
You want the same shape of product without one of those subscriptions, a free plan to try one job, every write to your apps held for approval by default, a browser instead of a desktop app, and a visible cost per reply. It fits repeating jobs in your own apps: inbox briefs, receipts, support triage, outbound research, reporting.
You want one-off deliverables such as slides, websites, or games, where Manus's starting points are built for that. You want an agent inside ChatGPT on a plan you already have, where ChatGPT agent fits. Or you want the widest list of integrations in a no-code builder, where Lindy's site lists more than 1,500.
Grok Bot's description and plan eligibility come from xAI's overview documentation and the Grok Bot site, read on October 27, 2026. ChatGPT agent, Manus, and Lindy are described from their own sites on the same date. Krafty Bot's limits and prices are generated from the same code that enforces them, so they match the product on the day you read this. If a statement about another product is out of date, tell us through the support page and we will correct it.
Yes, for the same shape of work: named Bots with memory on one shared cloud computer, with approvals and scheduled routines. Krafty has a free plan and a $20 Pro plan rather than being bundled with a Cursor, SuperGrok, or Grok Business subscription, and it holds every connected-app write for approval by default.
No. Krafty is a separate product with its own free and Pro plans. If you sign in with a ChatGPT plan, your Bots' model calls can run on that plan instead of the AI allowance.
Krafty Bot does: The free plan includes three bots, three connected apps and three routines, with AI usage and 20 minutes of computer time that renew every month. Pro is $20 a month for up to 50 bots, unlimited connected apps, up to 50 routines, and 50 hours of cloud computer time each billing period, and it starts with a 7-day free trial. Lindy's site lists free starting credits. Grok Bot's documentation lists it as included with paid plans; check its site for any trial terms.
No. Grok Bot's documentation describes learning a workflow from a demonstration and saving it as a skill. On Krafty you describe the job in plain language, and when it goes well the Bot saves it as a routine that runs on a schedule or when something happens in a connected app.
Bots have a desktop and a browser on the shared computer and can run shell commands, but risky commands are refused or held for your approval, and account-security changes and terminal commands can never be pre-approved. We treat the shell as a convenience, not as a security boundary.
Yes. The free plan includes three bots, three connected apps and three routines, with AI usage and 20 minutes of computer time that renew every month. Pro is $20 a month for up to 50 bots, unlimited connected apps, up to 50 routines, and 50 hours of cloud computer time each billing period, and it starts with a 7-day free trial.
Start free with one Bot and one connected app. Pro is $20 a month for up to 50 Bots and 50 hours of computer time. App writes wait for approval unless an eligible rule allows them.