# Grok Bot vs Zo Computer

> Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) to Zo Computer's 43.1 (E) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

- Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer
- Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer.md (~2,750 tokens)
- Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer.min.md (~630 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts)
- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer.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
- Updated: 2026-10-12

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zo Computer leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

- Grok Bot: grade E, 45.2/100, rank #893 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/grok-bot.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json
- Zo Computer: grade E, 43.1/100, rank #911 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/zo-computer.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Grok Bot (E)

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:
- Reliability, 40 against 15
- Agent ergonomics, 50 against 34
- Security & auth, 68 against 37
- Transparency & trust, 66 against 60

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

### Zo Computer (E)

Good for: One person who wants a hosted assistant with its own Linux machine, reachable by text message and chat apps, and who accepts that the assistant acts on connected accounts without a documented approval step.

Ahead on:
- Schema & documentation, 73 against 40
- Payments & pricing, 40 against 25
- Maintenance & community, 68 against 20

Also in its favour:
- A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install

Watch for: The access token for the API and MCP endpoint grants full access to the workspace, with no scoped or read-only token documented


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Grok Bot | Zo Computer | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 40 | 15 | Grok Bot +25 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 40 | 73 | Zo Computer +33 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 50 | 34 | Grok Bot +16 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 68 | 37 | Grok Bot +31 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 25 | 40 | Zo Computer +15 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 20 | 68 | Zo Computer +48 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 66 | 60 | Grok Bot +6 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **45.2 · E** | **43.1 · E** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Grok Bot | Zo Computer |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | HTTP API |
| Vendor | SpaceXAI and Cursor (Anysphere, Inc.) | Zo Computer Company |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.zo.computer/mcp` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | API key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary service under Zo Computer Company's terms of service |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-09-14 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-03 | 2025-08-08 |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-29 | 2026-05-20 |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict automated access | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | not found in the text |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | not 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.

**Zo Computer.** Zo publishes an OpenAPI file, Markdown docs, plan prices and a named list of the providers that receive user content. One access token grants full access to the workspace, no approval step before sending or buying was found in the reviewed docs, and no status page, rate limit or SLA is published.

## 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

### Zo Computer

1. Send `POST https://api.zo.computer/zo/ask` with `Authorization: Bearer zo_sk_...` and an `input` string. The owner creates the token under Settings > Advanced
2. Pass `persona_id` for a persona with a narrow tool set. The token itself carries every permission the owner has
3. Set `memory_mode` to `off` to keep workspace memory out of a request. The field is in the OpenAPI file and absent from the API guide
4. Do not retry `/zo/ask` blindly after a timeout. No idempotency key is documented and the request may already have sent a message
5. Append `.md` to any guide or reference URL for Markdown

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Grok Bot or Zo Computer?

Grok Bot scores 45.2 (E) on agent readiness against Zo Computer's 43.1 (E), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Zo Computer leads on schema & documentation, payments & pricing and maintenance & community.

### Can an agent call Grok Bot and Zo Computer without installing anything?

No hosted endpoint is listed for Grok Bot. Zo Computer has a hosted endpoint at https://api.zo.computer/mcp.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-zo-computer.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "grok-bot", "b": "zo-computer"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare grok-bot zo-computer`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/grok-bot.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/zo-computer.json

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