# AstrBot vs Grok Bot (slim)

> AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) to Grok Bot's 45.2 (E) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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AstrBot scores 58.8 (C) on agent readiness against Grok Bot's 45.2 (E), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Grok Bot leads on security & auth and transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- AstrBot: C 58.8, rank #584 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/astrbot.min.md
- Grok Bot: E 45.2, rank #893 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.min.md
- AstrBot, good for Someone who wants one self-run bot answering on QQ, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Lark or WeCom, in private or group chats, with scheduled tasks, a knowledge base and plugins. Ahead on Reliability, 81 against 40; Schema & documentation, 62 against 40; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 81 against 20. Also Free to start without a card; Open source.
- Grok Bot, good for A person or team already paying for Cursor or SuperGrok who wants named assistants that keep working on a cloud computer, with routines and Slack or X entry points, and who will write approval rules. Ahead on Security & auth, 68 against 44; Transparency & trust, 66 against 40.

| Category | AstrBot | Grok Bot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 81 | 40 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 62 | 40 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 50 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 44 | 68 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 25 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 81 | 20 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 40 | 66 |

| Fact (where they differ) | AstrBot | Grok Bot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | AstrBotDevs | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | AGPL-3.0-or-later | Proprietary |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-09-27 | none |
| Terms last updated | 2026-01-12 | 2026-09-03 |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-09-29 |
| Popularity | 42k stars | none |