OpenAI's dots and xAI's Grok Bot are both always-on AI agents with their own cloud computer. Dots come with ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium; Grok Bot is listed from the $30 Premium plan. Here is how they compare, and when a business needs something else.
Checked October 22, 2026, against OpenAI's dots launch post and help center, xAI's Grok Bot launch post and x.ai/pricing. Both products are new and change fast; re-check before you buy.
Both are always-on AI agents with their own cloud computer that come back to you for approval. Pick ChatGPT dots if you already pay for ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium, live where Pro dots are available, and want one personal agent across ChatGPT, Slack and Teams. Pick Grok Bot if you want a cheaper entry ($30 Premium) and several Bots working in parallel. If you run a small business and need agents that call your customers and work with your staff, look at Dooza Crew.
| ChatGPT dots | Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| Launched | September 29, 2026 | August 11, 2026 (beta) |
| Own computer | Own cloud computer and browser; can use your laptop if you allow it | Bots "share a computer of their own in the cloud" |
| How many agents | One primary dot today; "teams of dots" are a future plan | Many Bots at once; they message each other and coordinate in group chats |
| Where you talk to it | ChatGPT (desktop, web, mobile app), Slack, Teams; texting is a US Pro beta | Desktop and iOS at launch |
| Approvals | Built-in rules plus Custom Rules: allow, require approval or block | Comes back "when something needs your approval"; Auto Review for sensitive actions |
| Learning | Learns your preferences; does read-only "proactive research" | Remembers conversations; learns a workflow by watching you once |
| Calls to customers | Not mentioned for customers; a dot "cannot initiate calls to you at launch" | Not mentioned in the launch post or pricing |
| Price | Included in Pro ($100-$500/month) or Business Premium ($100-$125/user) | From $30/month (Premium); Super $100, Ultra $200; Teams from $30/user |
| Availability limits | Pro: not in the EEA, Switzerland or UK; Enterprise beta off by default | Beta; enterprise waitlist at launch |
OpenAI calls dots "remarkably capable, always-on agents built to handle everything". Each one is powered by GPT‑6 Astra, has its own cloud computer, connects to over 4,000 apps through plugins, and keeps working between conversations. You can open its computer at any time to inspect the work or take over, and set Custom Rules for what it can share, purchase or access.
Limits at launch, from OpenAI's help center: Pro dots are for users aged 18 and older outside the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK; a dot cannot initiate calls to you; you cannot give it its own standalone email address; and dots are not supported on mobile web.
xAI launched Grok Bot on August 11, 2026 as "AI teammates you can give real work to". Bots sign into the tools you already use and work across apps, inboxes and websites, "including platforms with no clean API or MCP". xAI describes a chief-of-staff Bot managing specialists for inbox, expenses, recruiting or operations, and you can show a Bot a job once so it saves it as a routine.
Before you buy: Grok Bot launched in beta on desktop and iOS, enterprise users were put on a waitlist, and its usage is "separate from your Grok and Cursor plans".
Dots and Grok Bot are personal agents: they work in your apps on your behalf. Neither one, as far as we found, offers a phone line to call your customers at launch. If that is what you need, Dooza Crew gives you a team of AI employees, each with its own computer, a real browser, a phone number and a card for purchases you approve. Your staff and AI employees work in one group chat, and nothing is sent or paid until a person you choose approves it. Your crew sets up WhatsApp, Telegram, a web chat on your site, email and a phone number. It is free for 7 days, then $49 a month for the whole crew with $20 of AI usage included.
Full comparisons: Dooza Crew vs ChatGPT dots, Dooza Crew vs Grok Bot, Dooza Crew vs ChatGPT Work and Dooza Crew vs Manus.
Both are always-on AI agents with their own cloud computer. ChatGPT dots (OpenAI, September 29, 2026) give you one primary dot included in Pro or Business Premium, reachable in ChatGPT, Slack and Teams. Grok Bot (xAI, beta since August 11, 2026) lets you run many Bots at once that coordinate in group chats, and is listed from the $30 Premium plan.
Grok Bot is listed from xAI's Premium plan at $30 a month. Your first dot is included in ChatGPT Pro, which starts at $100 a month, or Business Premium at $100 to $125 per user a month (checked October 22, 2026).
Not on Pro yet: OpenAI says dots roll out to Pro users in markets excluding the European Economic Area, Switzerland and the UK. Business Premium users can get dots in supported ChatGPT regions, subject to workspace eligibility.
Not as far as we found. OpenAI says a dot "cannot initiate calls to you at launch"; xAI's launch post and pricing page do not mention outbound calls or a phone number for the Bot. Dooza Crew gives AI employees a business phone number to call and text customers.
Yes. Dots use built-in rules and Custom Rules to allow, require approval for or block actions. Grok Bots "only come back when something needs your approval", and sensitive actions can go through Auto Review.
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