# Grok Bot vs nanobot (slim)

> nanobot scores 62.4 (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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nanobot scores 62.4 (B) 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.

- Grok Bot: E 45.2, rank #893 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.min.md
- nanobot: B 62.4, rank #446 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/nanobot.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. Ahead on Security & auth, 68 against 63; Transparency & trust, 66 against 48. Also No incidents deducted, where nanobot loses 6 points for them.
- nanobot, good for A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with file-based memory and a free choice of model. Ahead on Reliability, 70 against 40; Schema & documentation, 77 against 40; Agent ergonomics, 74 against 50; Payments & pricing, 60 against 25; Maintenance & community, 82 against 20. Also No key needed to call it; Open source.

| Category | Grok Bot | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 40 | 70 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 40 | 77 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 50 | 74 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 68 | 63 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 25 | 60 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 20 | 82 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 66 | 48 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Grok Bot | nanobot |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) | HKUDS |
| Auth | OAuth or key | None |
| Pricing | Paid | Free |
| Licence | Proprietary | MIT |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-15 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | no document linked |
| 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 | 49k stars |