Grok Bot and ChatGPT dots both offer something you can give a job to and come back to later. They have cloud computers, can use connected apps and keep working while your laptop is shut. The useful difference is how you organize that work: Grok Bot lets you build a roster of named Bots, while dots starts with one personal agent that coordinates tasks for you.
OpenAI introduced dots on September 29, 2026, powered by GPT-6 Astra. Grok Bot is already available through paid Cursor plans and linked qualifying Grok subscriptions. Before choosing either, check what your existing subscription includes. You may already have access to one of them.
- Grok Bot vs ChatGPT dots at a glance
- Grok Bot gives separate jobs their own Bots
- Dots keeps one personal agent in the middle of the work
- Cloud work can continue after you close the laptop
- Grok Bot costs less to start
- Dots availability depends on your plan and region
- Recurring tasks need clear instructions and approval boundaries
- Which one should you try first?
Grok Bot vs ChatGPT dots at a glance
| What matters | Grok Bot | ChatGPT dots |
|---|---|---|
| How you organize work | Multiple named Bots with distinct roles | One primary dot that can delegate parallel work |
| Cloud computer | Bots share a computer, files and app logins | Your dot has its own computer and browser |
| Recurring work | Skills and scheduled or supported event-triggered routines | Scheduled tasks and supported event monitoring |
| Individual entry route | Cursor Pro at $20/month, or a qualifying linked subscription | Eligible ChatGPT Pro plans, starting at $100/month |
| Access from devices | macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps | Desktop setup; mobile app access as its supporting update rolls out |
| Important launch limit | Included weekly usage depends on your plan | Gradual rollout with plan, age and regional requirements |
These are subscription entry routes and documented capabilities, rather than a price per completed task. The allowances and availability conditions below matter just as much as the monthly fee.
Grok Bot gives separate jobs their own Bots
Grok Bot is a separate agent product from the ordinary Grok chatbot. Its Bot setup is built around durable roles: give a Bot a name, describe its job and keep returning to its conversation. You could have one Bot responsible for research and another for preparing documents, with each keeping its own working context.
Bots can collaborate and hand work to one another. That makes the product worth a look if you want recurring jobs to have recognizable owners, rather than collecting every responsibility in one conversation. Naming a Bot is only the start, though; its instructions still need to explain what a finished result looks like.
There is an important catch to that roster. Your Bots share the same cloud computer, including files, browser sessions and app logins. That helps a handoff happen without setting everything up again, but a separate Bot is not a separate set of accounts. Keep that distinction in mind before giving different Bots sensitive responsibilities.
Dots keeps one personal agent in the middle of the work
Dots starts with your primary agent, which you can name and personalize. You can give it another responsibility, change priorities and keep talking while it works. OpenAI plans to let users add more dots later; that expansion is not the same as the initial included dot.
One dot can still handle parallel work. OpenAI’s tasks documentation describes background agents and separate threads that report back to it. For example, you could ask for a research brief and a document based on it, then give feedback through the same dot as the tasks progress. The distinction is who you manage directly: a primary coordinator in dots, or a roster of named Bots in Grok Bot.
Your dot draws on relevant ChatGPT memory and its own notes about preferences and ongoing responsibilities. You can reach that same dot through ChatGPT, Slack, Teams or a voice call. For readers already using ChatGPT with connected documents, dots adds a way to keep a responsibility moving between conversations. Connecting your computer still does not make every conversation in every app available to it.
Cloud work can continue after you close the laptop
Cloud work can continue with your laptop shut. Tasks using your local computer still need it online.
Both products can use a cloud computer and browser, alongside the apps you connect. For dots, connecting your personal computer is a separate step: it must stay online with the ChatGPT app open when a task needs its local files or apps.
Signing into a website on your laptop does not sign an agent’s cloud browser into it. Expect to connect services or complete a private login handoff. Some websites block cloud browsers or require verification, so check whether the agent can reach the tools your job needs.
Grok Bot costs less to start
| Cost or limit | Grok Bot | ChatGPT dots |
|---|---|---|
| Individual entry price | Cursor Pro: $20/month | ChatGPT Pro: $100, $200 or $500/month |
| Included work | Weekly allowance; higher tiers include more usage | Deeper-work allowance, with extended limits for the first month after launch |
| How usage is counted | Optional on-demand usage after the weekly allowance runs out is billed through Cursor | Dot conversations do not count toward ChatGPT limits. Tasks in Codex or ChatGPT Work count toward those products’ limits |
| Separate agent subscription? | No; access comes through a qualifying plan or linked subscription | No extra subscription charge for your first dot on eligible Pro or Business Premium plans |
Already paying for Grok? Cursor’s billing documentation lists linked individual SuperGrok, SuperGrok Plus, SuperGrok Heavy and X Premium+ subscriptions as another route. All paid individual Cursor plans and self-serve Teams seats also qualify. Buying both Cursor and SuperGrok does not combine their Bot allowances.
Before enabling Grok Bot’s on-demand usage, check its monthly limit: an already-running Bot can finish past that limit. For dots, the launch allowance is temporarily extended; check the ongoing limits before upgrading for it.
Dots availability depends on your plan and region
The current access requirements put individual Pro dots access outside the European Economic Area, UK and Switzerland, for users over 18. Business Premium and Enterprise are rolling out worldwide, with Enterprise disabled until an administrator enables it. An eligible account may still be waiting for its rollout.
India is outside those listed individual-plan exclusions, so the published regional restriction does not exclude an eligible Indian Pro user. It still does not promise that every Indian account has received dots. Create your dot in the desktop app or a desktop browser first; mobile app access depends on the supporting update, and mobile web is not supported.
Grok Bot’s platform list includes macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. That is useful flexibility, but your subscription and account setup still need to qualify.
Recurring tasks need clear instructions and approval boundaries
Grok Bot separates skills from routines. A skill captures how to do a job; a routine tells a Bot when to run it. Teach-by-demonstration can turn a browser workflow into a draft skill where that feature is available. Dots supports recurring schedules and monitoring of supported events. You need to specify what it should watch and when to notify you; connecting Slack alone does not start monitoring.
An example task you could give either agent
Check this product’s public changelog every weekday. Summarize relevant changes with source links, and notify me only when something changes. Prepare any follow-up message for review before sending it.
Replace “this product” with the product name and changelog link. Tell the agent which changes matter to you.
Both products provide action-review controls. Grok Bot’s Auto Review rules can require approval or allow matching actions automatically. Dots offers custom rules and an Activity view for inspecting delegated work. OpenAI also distinguishes proactive background research, which uses read-only tools, from follow-up actions that need the applicable permissions.
Be explicit about where work should stop. Preparing an email or a blog post is a different assignment from sending or publishing it. With dots, pausing the main task does not stop every delegated task or cancel future scheduled runs; review those separately when you want all related work to end.
Which one should you try first?
Try Grok Bot first if you want several assistants with distinct jobs, or a lower starting subscription price. Its named Bots and reusable routines fit that setup. Check the included allowance before committing to long-running work.
If you already have an eligible ChatGPT Pro plan and want one agent to coordinate work across your connected tools, start with dots. Check that it has reached your account before upgrading. In either case, choose a small task with clear sources and a review point: the feature list tells you what is supported, while the result tells you how useful it is for your work.
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