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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

Boba vs Grok Bot

Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.

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Bobahumans& ai, inc. · Platform F10.3/100#1004 of 1010 Grok BotAnysphere, Inc. (Cursor) · Platform F24.4/100#984 of 1010

Which one, for what

Boba F

Best for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images.

Also in its favour

  • Free to start without a card

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent.

Grok Bot F

Best for People already paying for Cursor or SuperGrok who want agents working across web apps, files and email from a cloud computer.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 30 against 15
  • Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
  • Security & auth, 14 against 0
  • Maintenance & community, 56 against 2
  • Transparency & trust, 65 against 39

Watch for

No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint lets an outside agent send a Bot a task.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runBobaGrok BotEdge
Reliability16%201530Grok Bot +15
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2010Grok Bot +10
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.5014Grok Bot +14
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8256Grok Bot +54
Transparency & trust7%8.83965Grok Bot +26
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 10.3/100F 24.4/100

Facts side by side

FactBobaGrok Bot
KindPlatformPlatform
Vendorhumans& ai, inc.Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor)
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreePaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026).Closed service under the Grok Bot Terms (last updated 12 October 2026), which supplement Anysphere's Cursor Terms of Service (last updated 3 September 2026).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last releasenone2026-10-06
Terms last updated
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-29
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver

Verdicts

Boba

Boba is a free texting assistant for one-to-one and group chats over iMessage, RCS and SMS, started by sending one message with no card or app. No outside agent can call it, its privacy notice uses inputs and outputs to train its models with no opt-out found, and no status page or security contact was found.

Grok Bot

Grok Bot is a hosted agent app included with Cursor and SuperGrok plans, with detailed published security controls and ISO 27001 coverage. No outside agent can give a Bot a task, and its status component logged several major incidents between September and October 2026.

Before you call either

Boba

  1. Don't plan to call Boba from another agent. It answers only text messages in the Messages app.
  2. Tell people in a group chat that messages sent to Boba may be used to train its models.

Grok Bot

  1. Don't plan to call Grok Bot from another agent. Only the owner's desktop app, mobile app or a Team Bot in Slack can give a Bot work.
  2. Treat mail from a mail.grokbot.com address as sent by an agent. Sending needs its owner's request or approval.
  3. Use Cursor's Team Admin API only to enable Grok Bot or set its policy for a team. It can't send tasks.
  4. Check status.cursor.com's Grok Bot component before relying on a running routine.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Boba or Grok Bot?

Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.

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Disclosure

Boba competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

Grok Bot competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

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