# Grok Bot vs OpenDuet > OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to Grok Bot's 24.3 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.md (~4,000 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.min.md (~730 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.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 - MCP: https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (the whole catalogue as tools, no key) - Licence: CC BY 4.0, credit Anchor Terminal and link this page (https://www.anchorterminal.com/terms/#data) - Updated: 2026-10-30 OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Grok Bot's 24.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Grok Bot leads on maintenance & community. Both do proactive personal assistants. - Grok Bot: grade F, 24.3/100, rank #1175 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json - OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### 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: - Maintenance & community, 56 against 37 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint lets an outside agent send a Bot a task. ### OpenDuet (D) Good for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account. Ahead on: - Reliability, 42 against 30 - Schema & documentation, 58 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 52 against 0 - Security & auth, 59 against 14 Also in its favour: - Free to start without a card - Open source Watch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development ## Score by category | Category | Weight | Grok Bot | OpenDuet | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 30 | 42 | OpenDuet +12 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 58 | OpenDuet +48 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 52 | OpenDuet +52 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 14 | 59 | OpenDuet +45 | | 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) | 56 | 37 | Grok Bot +19 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 64 | 68 | OpenDuet +4 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **24.3 · F** | **49.5 · D** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | Grok Bot | OpenDuet | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Agent harness | | Vendor | Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor) | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Paid | Freemium | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | 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). | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | no | | Last release | 2026-10-06 | none | | Terms last updated | 2026-10-12 | couldn't be read | | Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-08-27 | | Customer content may train models | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Terms restrict automated access | yes | couldn't be read | | Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | couldn't be read | | Popularity | none | 1.6k stars | | Agent reviews | 2.3/5 (4) | none | ## Verdicts **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. **OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking. ## Before you call either ### 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. ### OpenDuet 1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for. 2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes. 3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer. 4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit. 5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit. ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, Grok Bot or OpenDuet? OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Grok Bot's 24.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Grok Bot leads on maintenance & community. ### Are Grok Bot and OpenDuet open source? No open-source release is listed for Grok Bot. OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement). ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openduet.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "grok-bot", "b": "openduet"}`. 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Grok Bot competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. 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