Cue vs Muse vs Dots vs Grok Bot: Which Agent Fits?
Cue, Muse, ChatGPT Dots, and Grok Bot all keep working after you close the chat. They differ in who has a phone and a wallet, whether your agents share one computer, and which account you already pay for.
If you want an assistant that keeps working after you close the chat, four of them are built for that: Manus's Cue, Meta's Muse, OpenAI's ChatGPT Dots, and xAI's Grok Bot. They differ in whether the agent has its own phone and wallet, whether your agents share one computer, and which account you already pay for.
Muse and ChatGPT Dots alone are compared on their own page. This one adds Cue and Grok Bot.
Quick answer
| Cue | Muse | ChatGPT Dots | Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | Manus | Meta | OpenAI | xAI |
| Where you talk to it | The Cue app, on the web and desktop. Android is a live download. The iOS and Windows buttons say coming soon. | The Muse app, muse.ai, or WhatsApp. Rolling out in the US on iOS and Android, as of the September 8, 2026 announcement. | ChatGPT on desktop, the web, and mobile, including a voice call. Slack and Microsoft Teams now. Texting is listed as later. | The Grok Bot app on desktop and phone. The docs list Mac, Windows, Linux, iOS 18, and Android 9. The product-page FAQ names a shorter list: a Mac or Windows desktop, or the iOS app. |
| Its own computer | Each agent can have its own computer, and its own phone number, email address, and wallet. The Play listing says that depends on availability. | One Muse Secure VM per person. A separate Sentinel process has to approve anything that leaves that machine. | Its own cloud computer and browser. You can also let it use your laptop. | Every bot on your account shares one cloud computer, including files and logins. Each bot gets its own screen on it. |
| More than one | A group chat. They hand work to each other. You make the final call. | The announcement describes one agent for you, not a team of them. | One dot can keep several projects going. Adding more dots is listed as later, and is not part of this launch. | Several bots in one thread, working in parallel. They are not a wall between secrets, because they share the computer. |
| What you pay at the start | Early access is free with an invite code. The Play listing marks in-app purchases and does not print a price. | Free for most of what people need. Meta says there are subscriptions if you want to do more, and has not published those prices. | The first dot is included on ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium. Free plans are not in this rollout. | No Bot-only plan. Included with Cursor from $20 a month, or SuperGrok at $30 a month, with a separate weekly amount of Bot usage. |
| What has to be approved | You set which actions need a yes. Sample jobs tell it to charge Link, and to confirm on your phone. | It is supposed to stop for a yes before it sends a message or pays. | While you are away, proactive research is read-only. It cannot send, edit, or control your computer in that mode. Changing a password stays with you. | The product page's own demo queues 36 drafts and sends none until you say so. Passwords and two-factor codes are typed by you. |
Cue: a phone number and a wallet
Cue is the one that gives the agent an identity of its own, not only a chat. On cue.im, each agent can have a phone number, an email address, a wallet, and a computer. The homepage jobs that need those are concrete: answer the clinic's callback about an MRI and put the time on your calendar, book a Taskrabbit for an IKEA wardrobe and charge it to Link, or take your calls while you are on a flight and sort the airline and the hotel first when you land.
Several agents can sit in one group chat. The Manus 2.0 post uses a New York launch: one researches venues, another makes a shortlist, a third drafts the deck.
Early access is free with an invite code. The post prints MEETCUE, for a limited number of people, first come, first served, and says anyone who gets in receives extra codes. The homepage does not print that code or a price. Android can be downloaded now. iOS is described as waiting on App Store review. The Play listing also marks in-app purchases, without a dollar amount.
Muse: WhatsApp, and a checker on the same machine
You talk to Muse like a message, in its app or in WhatsApp. It runs on Muse Spark, inside a cloud computer that is yours alone. Another person's agent cannot reach it.
The split Meta describes is a worker and a checker on that same machine. Sentinel has to approve anything Muse sends to the internet, and it asks you when the action is sensitive. Passwords and payment methods go into storage Muse can use but cannot read. Checkout in the announcement is Link from Stripe, with a one-time card so the real card number stays hidden.
The September 8, 2026 announcement says the rollout is the US, on iOS, Android, and muse.ai. It is free for most of what people need. The paid prices are not published.
ChatGPT Dots: inside the plan you already pay
A dot lives inside ChatGPT, on GPT-6 Astra. It has its own cloud computer and browser, and OpenAI says it can connect to more than 4,000 apps through ChatGPT plugins. You can open that computer and watch, or let it use your laptop.
While you are away it does proactive research with read-only tools. In that mode it cannot send messages, edit apps, or control your browser or computer. Custom Rules can allow an action, require approval, or block it. Changing a password always stays with you.
You create the first dot on the desktop app or a desktop browser. After that you can message it from the phone. Slack and Microsoft Teams are available now. The first dot is included on ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium, from September 29, 2026. Free ChatGPT plans are not in this rollout. Chatting with the dot does not count toward ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in Codex or ChatGPT Work do.
OpenAI says you will later be able to add more dots. That is not part of this launch. A company can also run specialist dots, for jobs such as invoices, as an enterprise pilot. That is not a switch on a personal Pro plan.
Grok Bot: several bots, one computer
Grok Bot is the one that assumes you will run more than one. You can put several in a thread and let them hand work across. The product page's demo is a bot called Sales Outbound: Salesforce returned 52 accounts, 36 drafts are queued, and none are sent until the person says to send the top 10 and run it every week.
The easy part to miss is the computer. Every bot on the account shares one cloud machine, including its files and its logins. Each bot gets its own screen, and what it remembers stays apart, but a login on that computer is available to the other bots. The docs say not to treat separate bots as a wall between secrets. A site can still show a CAPTCHA or demand a fresh login. Those steps come back to you. You type passwords and two-factor codes yourself.
There is no price for Bot by itself. The product page includes it with Cursor, starting at $20 a month, and with SuperGrok at $30 a month. Both cards include a weekly amount of Bot usage, separate from the rest of the plan. Cursor Teams Standard is listed at $40 per seat per month. Enterprise does not match across pages: the product page says it is generally available and tells you to contact sales, and the docs say enterprise access is still rolling out.
Which one to open
- You already pay for ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium, and you want the agent in ChatGPT, Slack, or Teams. Start with Dots. The first dot is included. Free ChatGPT plans are not in this rollout.
- You want to message the agent in WhatsApp, and you are in the US rollout. Start with Muse. It is free for most of what people need. Compare the paid tier when Meta publishes the price.
- You want the agent to have its own phone number and to pay inside a budget you set. Start with Cue, if you can get an invite. Android is the download that is live. The price after early access is not printed.
- You already pay for Cursor or SuperGrok, and you want several bots working at once. Start with Grok Bot. There is no separate Bot plan. Remember that those bots share one computer's logins.
Cue, Muse, ChatGPT Dots, and Grok Bot are on Seailife if you want the product pages beside this comparison.