# Grok Bot vs IronClaw (slim)

> IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) to Grok Bot's 45.2 (E) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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IronClaw scores 66.7 (B) on agent readiness against Grok Bot's 45.2 (E), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- Grok Bot: E 45.2, rank #893 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.min.md
- IronClaw: B 66.7, rank #288 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/ironclaw.min.md
- 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.
- IronClaw, good for One technical owner who wants a self-hosted assistant over Gmail, Calendar, Slack and Telegram with credentials kept out of the model's reach. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 40; Schema & documentation, 74 against 40; Agent ergonomics, 69 against 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 74 against 20; Transparency & trust, 75 against 66. Also Open source.

| Category | Grok Bot | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 67 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 40 | 74 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 69 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 66 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 20 | 74 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Grok Bot | IronClaw |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) | NEAR AI |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-29 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | no date given |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text |  |
| Popularity | none | 13k stars |