At a glance
| AppuBot | Grok Bot | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free during early access; you use the AI plan you already have | Included with Premium ($30), Super ($100) or Ultra ($200) a month on The X Subscription; extra usage from prepaid credit |
| Where bots work | On your own computer, in its real app windows | On one persistent cloud computer (browser, files, terminal) shared by all your bots, run in the US |
| Your own computer | Any app: Excel, Numbers, Finder, TallyPrime, Xcode | Can run commands on your desktop if you allow it; asks each time by default |
| AI models | Your pick per bot: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Grok, GitHub Copilot, OpenCode and more | Grok Bot picks the model for each task; there is no model picker |
| Works with your computer off | No, your computer has to be on | Yes, cloud work goes on with your laptop closed |
| Phone | Telegram, one Telegram bot per AppuBot bot | iPhone and Android apps; shared Bots in Slack; tag @bot on X |
| Learn by watching | Teach mode: do it once, it saves a skill | Walk a bot through a task once, it saves a skill |
| Your data | Stays on your computer | On the cloud computer and Cursor’s servers |
Grok Bot facts from xAI’s and Cursor’s documentation, checked 29 October 2026. Prices from press coverage of The X Subscription launch.
How much does each cost?
Grok Bot doesn't have a price of its own. Since October 2026 it comes with The X Subscription, xAI's one plan for Grok, Cursor and X: it's included on Premium ($30 a month), Super ($100) and Ultra ($200), and not on Plus or Free. Grok Bot draws from a weekly pool it shares with Grok and Cursor; past that, extra use is paid from prepaid credit. Older Cursor and SuperGrok plans still include it for people who haven't switched.
AppuBot is free during early access: no AppuBot account, no card. Your bots run on an AI plan you may already pay for, such as Claude Pro or ChatGPT Plus, through your own AI account. If you already have SuperGrok or a Grok account, a Grok bot in AppuBot uses that. Paid AppuBot plans come later; nothing you set up now goes away.
Where does the work happen?
This is the real difference. Each Grok Bot works on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, files and a terminal. All your bots share that one computer, its files and its signed-in sites, and xAI's docs say it runs in the United States. You sign each website in again on that computer, and when a step needs a password or a passkey, the bot hands you the cloud computer to finish it. With your permission it can also run commands on the Mac or PC in front of you, asking each time by default.
An AppuBot bot works on your own computer, so your files, your signed-in apps and your local network are already there. With computer use it opens any app, reads its window, finds buttons and fields by name and clicks, types and scrolls, many steps per turn. That reaches desktop apps a cloud browser can't: Excel, Numbers, Final Cut Pro, accounting software, an internal tool on your office network. A small pointer with the bot's face shows each click, and you can take over any time, or let it work in the background while you keep using your computer.
Which AI models can each use?
xAI's FAQ is direct about it: Grok Bot picks the model for each task, and there is no model picker. It may use xAI's own models or a third-party model, and the choice can change from one request to the next.
In AppuBot you choose, per bot: Claude Code with your Claude plan, Codex with your ChatGPT plan, Grok, Cursor, GitHub Copilot or OpenCode, plus the model and how hard it thinks. One bot can run on Claude and the next on Grok.
