# Boba vs Grok Bot > Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) to Boba's 10.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.md (~3,250 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.min.md (~530 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 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. - Boba: grade F, 10.3/100, rank #1004 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/boba.json - Grok Bot: grade F, 24.4/100, rank #984 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### Boba (F) Good 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) Good 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 | Category | Weight | Boba | Grok Bot | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 15 | 30 | Grok Bot +15 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 10 | Grok Bot +10 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 0 | even | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 14 | Grok Bot +14 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 30 | 30 | even | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 56 | Grok Bot +54 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 39 | 65 | Grok Bot +26 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **10.3 · F** | **24.4 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Boba | Grok Bot | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor) | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Free | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed 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 documented | no | no | | llms.txt | no | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-10-06 | | Terms last updated | | | | Privacy policy last updated | | 2026-09-29 | | 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. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/boba-vs-grok-bot.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "boba", "b": "grok-bot"}`. 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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.