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Head to head · Proactive personal assistants · October 2026 research run

folk vs Grok Bot

Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

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folkNozomio, Inc. · Platform F19.8/100#993 of 1010 Grok BotAnysphere, Inc. (Cursor) · Platform F24.4/100#984 of 1010

Which one, for what

folk F

Best for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier.

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 25
  • Security & auth, 14 against 3
  • Maintenance & community, 56 against 35

Watch for

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

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runfolkGrok BotEdge
Reliability16%202530Grok Bot +5
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21010even
Agent ergonomics13%16.200even
Security & auth14%17.5314Grok Bot +11
Payments & pricing10%12.53030even
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.83556Grok Bot +21
Transparency & trust7%8.86765folk +2
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 19.8/100F 24.4/100

Facts side by side

FactfolkGrok Bot
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorNozomio, Inc.Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor)
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicenceClosed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 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 documentedyesno
llms.txtyesyes
Last release2026-10-122026-10-06
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

folk

folk is a texting accountability assistant with its own cloud computer, a free tier with no card and a privacy policy that rules out training on user data. No outside agent can call it, no status page or changelog was found, and its llms.txt and pricing file disagree on free limits and Max's price.

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

folk

  1. Don't plan to call folk from another agent. It answers only the owner's iMessage, Telegram or WhatsApp thread and iPhone app.
  2. Quote limits and prices from pricing.md and the terms, and note that llms.txt gives different free-tier limits.

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, folk or Grok Bot?

Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories.

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Disclosure

folk 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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