Personal agents compared: ChatGPT agent vs Muse vs Grok Bot vs Manus

✓ Last verified October 15, 2026

Pricing and features come from official pages. For computer-use ability, see OSWorld. For general assistant tasks, see GAIA. See the benchmarks we trust.

Quick verdict

OpenAI

ChatGPT Work, Codex & Agents SDK

Choose it if: everyday users who already pay for chatgpt.

Meta

Muse

Choose it if: consumers who live in whatsapp.

xAI

Grok & Grok Bot

Choose it if: people who want always-on agents for real projects.

Manus

Manus

Choose it if: research reports and decks.

Perplexity

Perplexity & Comet

Choose it if: fast, cited research.

Mistral AI

Le Chat & Vibe

Choose it if: users who want a european ai provider.

OpenClaw Foundation

OpenClaw

Choose it if: people who want a 24/7 assistant they can text from their phone.

Nous Research

Hermes Agent & Hermes Desktop

Choose it if: non-developers who want a desktop app that runs a local model with a few clicks.

Side by side

AgentPricingBest forPrivacySkill
ChatGPT Work, Codex & Agents SDK
OpenAI
The cloud browser in ChatGPT Work is on paid plans (not Free or Go). Codex is included in ChatGPT Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise, with usage that grows by tier.Everyday users who already pay for ChatGPT; Delegating web research and form-filling; Coding tasks in the cloudCloud. Business, Enterprise and Edu plans have separate data controls.Beginner
Muse
Meta
Muse app (personal agent): Free with a usage limit; Power $20/mo; Maximum $100/mo. US limited testing. Muse Wonder model pricing is separate — see Muse Wonder below.Consumers who live in WhatsApp; Personal errands and schedulingMuse Secure VM per user (isolated Linux cloud computer). Credentials and approvals sit outside the agent runtime. Reuters reported internal concerns about sensitive-data handling at launch, so review permissions carefully.Beginner
Grok & Grok Bot
xAI
The X Subscription: Free; Plus $8/mo; Premium $30/mo; Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo (annual discounts available). Plus doesn't include Grok Bot.People who want always-on agents for real projects; Cursor users who also use GrokCloud.Intermediate
Manus
Manus
Free (300 daily credits, Lite model); Pro from $20/mo or $40/mo; Team from $20/seat/mo. Annual billing saves 17%.Research reports and decks; Recurring scheduled tasksCloud. Team plan adds a data-training opt-out.Beginner
Perplexity & Comet
Perplexity
Check perplexity.ai for current plans. We couldn't verify today's tier prices on an official page.Fast, cited research; Browser-based tasksCloud.Beginner
Le Chat & Vibe
Mistral AI
Free; Team $24.99/user/mo. Students get Pro for $14.99/mo for up to 12 months. The standard Pro price is shown on Mistral's pricing page, but we couldn't read it reliably, so check it there.Users who want a European AI provider; An affordable coding agentCloud. Enterprise offers private deployments.Beginner
OpenClaw
OpenClaw Foundation
Free and open source (MIT). There is no subscription or paid edition; you pay only for any cloud model you connect. Local models through Ollama cost nothing to run.People who want a 24/7 assistant they can text from their phone; Running a personal agent on your own hardware with local modelsRuns on your machine and keeps its state there. With a local model nothing is sent to a model provider. It can take real actions, so start sandboxed.Intermediate
Hermes Agent & Hermes Desktop
Nous Research
Free and open source (MIT). Local models cost nothing to run. Cloud models are optional and billed by the provider you choose (Nous Portal is an optional subscription).Non-developers who want a desktop app that runs a local model with a few clicks; People who want an agent that remembers and improves its own skillsSelf-hosted. With a local model, nothing leaves your computer after the model downloads: no account or API key needed.Beginner

Sources (official pages, checked October 15, 2026)

Benchmarks: SWE-bench Verified · OSWorld · GAIA · HAL (Princeton) · Artificial Analysis