Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run
Grok Bot vs Tab
Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistants reached by message.
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Which one, for what
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 5
- Schema & documentation, 10 against 0
- Security & auth, 14 against 4
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 0
- Transparency & trust, 65 against 45
Watch for
No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint lets an outside agent send a Bot a task.
Tab F
Best for A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.
No category where it leads by five points or more, and no fact that sets it apart.
Watch for
Private beta behind a waitlist.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | Grok Bot | Tab | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reliability | 16%20 | 30 | 5 | Grok Bot +25 |
| Performance | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13%16.2 | 10 | 0 | Grok Bot +10 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13%16.2 | 0 | 0 | even |
| Security & auth | 14%17.5 | 14 | 4 | Grok Bot +10 |
| Payments & pricing | 10%12.5 | 30 | 0 | Grok Bot +30 |
| Task success | 10%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7%8.8 | 56 | 58 | Tab +2 |
| Transparency & trust | 7%8.8 | 65 | 45 | Grok Bot +20 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | F 24.4/100 | F 10.7/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | Grok Bot | Tab |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | Anysphere, Inc. (Cursor) | Terrasoft, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Paid |
| 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). | Closed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026). |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-06 | none |
| Terms last updated | ||
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | |
| 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
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.
Tab
Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.
Before you call either
Grok Bot
- 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.
- Treat mail from a mail.grokbot.com address as sent by an agent. Sending needs its owner's request or approval.
- Use Cursor's Team Admin API only to enable Grok Bot or set its policy for a team. It can't send tasks.
- Check status.cursor.com's Grok Bot component before relying on a running routine.
Tab
- Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.
- Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, Grok Bot or Tab?
Grok Bot scores 24.4 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories.
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Disclosure
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.
Tab 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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