Grok Bot vs Muse vs Claude Duet vs Dots

The four always-on AI agents side by side: what they cost, where you can use them, what they can do and how they ask before acting. Each cell cites its source below. “Not announced” means we found no official or reputable report.

Updated Oct 22, 2026

Agent	Grok Bot	Muse	Claude Duet	Dots
Maker	SpaceXAI1	Meta4	Anthropic7	OpenAI10
Price and plans	Premium from $30 a month, with Super and Ultra tiers; Teams and Enterprise plans.1	Free for most uses; optional $20 and $100 monthly subscriptions.4,5	Included in Claude Pro and Max during the preview; Anthropic says $20 Pro plans get it at general availability.7,8	First Dot included with ChatGPT Pro ($100, $200, $500) and Business Premium; Enterprise if an admin turns it on. Not on Free, Go or Plus.11,12
Platforms and apps	Desktop app and iOS.1	Muse app on iOS and Android, muse.ai on the web, and WhatsApp; AI glasses coming.4	Standalone iOS and Android apps, and claude.ai.7	ChatGPT desktop, web and mobile apps, Slack, Teams and voice calls. Mobile web not supported.11
Where it’s available	Not announced	US and Canada.6	US (Pro and Max subscribers).7	Pro: outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland. Business Premium and Enterprise: worldwide.11
Status	Generally available for Teams and Enterprise.1	Launched September 8, 2026.4	Research preview by waitlist (from October 21, 2026).7	Rolling out gradually since September 29, 2026.10,11
Own cloud computer	Yes; works in your apps and sites around the clock, several Bots in parallel.1	Yes, Muse Secure VM with its own browser.4	Yes, a virtual machine with its own browser.7	Yes, its own cloud computer and browser.10,11
Booking	Phone reservations only through add-on calling connectors such as ClawCall.2	Books travel; fills forms and negotiates in a browser.4	Anthropic says it is not good at errands or booking tickets.9	Found flights and tickets in Axios’s test.5
Shopping	Not announced	Pays with Stripe’s Link one-time cards; Shop Pay coming.4	Buys with Stripe’s Link or Shopify’s Shop Pay, with your approval.7	Compared prices and handed off to the store’s app in Axios’s test.5
Phone calls	Not built in; possible with a calling connector (US numbers, English).2	Not announced	Not announced	You can voice-call your own Dot; calling businesses not announced.10
App connections	Uses your apps and websites; connectors such as Clay.1,3	You choose which apps it connects to and how much access it gets.4	More than 6,000 connectors and plugins in the Claude Marketplace.7	More than 4,000 apps through plugins.10
Approvals and safety	Comes back when approval is needed; sensitive actions can go through Auto Review; training opt-out.1	Asks before sending email or buying; a separate Sentinel agent approves what reaches the internet; never sees passwords or cards; full audit trail.4	Asks before it sends, pays, signs or deletes; trading securities and moving money are off-limits; never sees passwords.7,8	Asks before sensitive steps like installing software or changing a password; Custom Rules set limits.13

Swipe the table sideways to see all four agents.