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Head to head · Assistant proactive · October 2026 research run

Grok Bot vs Dots

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

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Grok BotSpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) · Platform E45.2/100#893 of 986 DotsOpenAI · Platform F28.3/100#973 of 986

Which one, for what

Grok Bot E

Best 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

  • Reliability, 40 against 3
  • Agent ergonomics, 50 against 22
  • Security & auth, 68 against 58
  • Payments & pricing, 25 against 10
  • Transparency & trust, 66 against 31

Watch for

All of one user's Bots share one cloud computer, with its files, browser sessions and command-line credentials. The docs say separate Bots are not a security boundary

Dots F

Best for A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 38 against 20

Watch for

Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runGrok BotDotsEdge
Reliability16%20403Grok Bot +37
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.24041Dots +1
Agent ergonomics13%16.25022Grok Bot +28
Security & auth14%17.56858Grok Bot +10
Payments & pricing10%12.52510Grok Bot +15
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.82038Dots +18
Transparency & trust7%8.86631Grok Bot +35
Negative events≤1500
TotalE 45.2/100F 28.3/100

Facts side by side

FactGrok BotDots
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorSpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.)OpenAI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietaryProprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesyes
Last releasenone2026-10-09
Terms last updated2026-09-03no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-09-29no document linked
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text

Verdicts

Grok Bot

Connector tokens stay on Cursor's backend and each user gets a separate microVM, with approvals, drafts and a review model before risky actions. All of a user's Bots share one computer and its sign-ins, the review model skips memory writes, and the status page shows seven major Grok Bot incidents since 3 September 2026.

Dots

Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read.

Before you call either

Grok Bot

  1. State in each request what the Bot may change and where it must stop. Which actions pause for approval depends on the tool, the risk and the owner's Auto-review rules
  2. Add narrow Ask first rules for sending, publishing, purchasing and deleting. Ask first wins over Allow automatically when both match
  3. Treat any sign-in or file on the cloud computer as available to every Bot on the account. Give a workload its own Cursor user when it needs separate credentials
  4. Run Test run with safe inputs. A test run performs real work and can call connected tools
  5. To remove access, pause routines, sign out of sites on the computer, uninstall connectors and revoke them at the source service. Deleting the Bot is not enough

Dots

  1. Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision
  2. Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone
  3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer
  4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained
  5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time

Questions

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

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on maintenance & community.

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