Always-on agents, compared

Agents that keep working when you're not there are arriving everywhere. Here's how Saanora Moons compares with ChatGPT dots, Grok Bot, Muse, OpenBot, OpenDots, Claude Cowork and Manus, from each maker's own public pages.

OpenAI

Moons vs ChatGPT dotsChatGPT dots are OpenAI's always-on agents inside ChatGPT, each with a cloud computer of its own, that take on ongoing work.Compare

xAI

Moons vs Grok BotGrok Bot is xAI's app for teams of always-on agents, called Bots, that share a cloud computer and work across your apps and websites.Compare

Side by side.

Feature	Saanora Moons	ChatGPT dots	Grok Bot	Muse	OpenBot	OpenDots	Claude Cowork	Manus
What it is	Always-on agents from Saanora, powered by Mark. Each takes a job and keeps working on its own, then checks back.	Always-on agents in ChatGPT that take on ongoing work, keep going between conversations, and come back with results or decisions for you.	A desktop and mobile app for always-on agents called Bots that work like teammates across your apps, inboxes and websites, and come back when they need your approval.	Meta's personal agent that does the work, such as emails and bookings, keeps going in the background and checks back when it needs your sign-off.	A desktop app for a team of persistent agents with their own names, instructions and workspaces, running on AI tools you already pay for or a local model. Its makers call it a development preview.	An open-source, self-hosted template for always-on agents called Dots that move between text, calls and Slack. Its makers label it alpha.	Anthropic's agent for work beyond coding: you describe an outcome, and Claude plans and carries out multi-step tasks, then hands back finished work. Anthropic now presents it as part of Claude.	A general AI agent that researches, builds and acts for you in the cloud. Its separate Cue app offers personal agents with their own email, phone number, wallet and computer.
Characters	Yes. Each moon is a soft character with its own colour, shape and accessory, and its look shows what it's doing.	Yes. You name your dot and pick its shape, colour, eyes, glasses and accessories, or choose a pet. You can change its look any time.	Yes. Each Bot's avatar is a simple shape with expressive eyes and accessories, and its motion shows whether it's idle, thinking, working, waiting, blocked or done.	Yes. You name your Muse and create its avatar and style. A snippet of its current work shows under the avatar.	Each agent has a generated avatar, or an image you choose.	Each Dot appears as a plush mascot picture, with its status shown beside it.	Not stated.	Not stated.
A computer to work on	Each moon has its own desktop in the cloud. Watch it live, take over any time, hand it back.	Each dot has its own cloud computer and browser. Open it to watch, Take over, then Return control. It can also use your own computer if you allow it.	One cloud computer per account, shared by all your Bots. Each Bot gets its own screen, but files, browser sign-ins and credentials are shared. You can watch and take over.	A dedicated cloud computer for you and your Muse (Muse Secure VM). You can watch its browser and take over any time; with permission, the Mac app can use apps on your Mac.	Agents run on your own computer, or on a server you host or rent. They get a built-in browser you can take over, and optional Computer Use on your desktop.	Each Dot can have its own container computer with a browser, files and a terminal, which you can take control of. Computer access is off by default.	Tasks run in an isolated cloud environment. Through the desktop app it can also use folders, apps and a built-in browser on your computer, which needs to stay open.	Tasks use a cloud browser you can watch and take over. A dedicated, always-on Cloud Computer is a paid extra, and the desktop app can work on your own computer.
Asks before acting	You pick Careful, Trusted or Full access for each moon. Sending, posting, changing, deleting and spending ask first unless you say otherwise.	An automatic review checks actions that touch your accounts or share information. Custom rules set an action to go ahead, wait for your say-so, ask first, or hand off to you.	Approval cards show the action and its inputs, with Allow once, Always allow or Deny. Optional Auto-review rules can ask first or allow automatically.	It asks before sensitive actions such as sending an email or buying something, and purchases ask every time. You choose how much access each connected app gets.	No, by default. After a consent screen on first launch, agents edit files, run commands and use the network without asking each time.	Saving a page and using any app tool that isn't read-only wait for your Approve card. Computer permissions are set per Dot.	You choose Manual (asks before actions), Auto (it reviews each action for safety) or Skip (no pauses). Permanently deleting files always needs your Allow.	On your own computer, every command needs Allow Once or Always Allow. Not stated for cloud tasks.
Passwords and codes	Always handed to you. A code you type on its card goes straight into the page, never to the moon.	When a site needs a login, the dot sends you a private form that passes your details to its browser, outside the conversation. You change passwords yourself.	You take over the computer for passwords, passkeys, two-factor codes, CAPTCHAs and payments. Supported connections can ask for a secret in a masked field the model doesn't see.	Shared logins sit in secure storage that Muse uses without seeing them, and it can't see passwords you type in its browser. Purchases use one-time cards from Link by Stripe.	A secure card fills passwords and codes into its browser without passing them to the agent. You take over for CAPTCHAs, passkeys and payments. 1Password and Bitwarden can fill logins.	Not stated.	You sign in yourself in its built-in browser or import logins site by site. Those logins stay available to Claude in later sessions on that computer.	You log into sites yourself in its cloud browser, and it prompts you to take over for SMS codes, CAPTCHAs and two-factor checks. Manus says it doesn't store your passwords.
Connects to your apps	Plugins for Notion, Linear, GitHub and many more, with the permissions you choose for each.	The plugins you use in ChatGPT, over 4,000 apps such as Gmail, Google Drive and GitHub, with the same permissions you set there.	Connectors installed as plugins from Connect apps, shared across your Bots. Bots can also search and read public X posts.	Connectors for email, calendars, shopping and work, such as Notion, GitHub, Box, Walmart, Sephora and Instacart.	Plugins from its Marketplace, such as Notion, Linear, Figma and Canva, plus connections to Slack, Discord and Telegram.	Any remote MCP server you add, with each tool switched on or off per Dot. Slack works through CopilotKit's Channels SDK.	Connectors such as Microsoft 365 and Amplitude, plus plugins that bundle skills, connectors and sub-agents.	Connectors such as Gmail, Notion, Slack, GitHub, Google Calendar and Stripe, plus custom MCP servers and Zapier.
Schedules	Optional. A moon offers one when a job would help every morning or every week; it's never required.	Yes. Recurring work is listed under Scheduled, and a dot can respond to events where a service supports it. A fixed schedule isn't required.	Routines run on a schedule or, where supported, after an event such as a Slack message or a GitHub notification, even with your laptop closed.	One-off, location-based and recurring reminders and tasks. It also works on goals on a schedule and in response to events.	Yes. Routines run on schedules or from webhooks; webhook runs need the host computer online.	Yes. Recurring scheduled turns run on the server in the original conversation, with pause and retry. Event triggers aren't included.	Yes. Recurring tasks set with /schedule run in the cloud without your device online.	Yes. Automations run on a schedule or when something happens in a connected app, such as a new email or a GitHub pull request.
Several agents together	Yes. Wibble suggests teammates and waits for your yes; moons share a team board and talk in groups.	One dot for now. It splits work among background agents that run in parallel and report back. OpenAI says you'll be able to add more dots later.	Yes. Bots message each other and hand off work, group chats hold two to six Bots, and a Team Bot can be shared with your team and added to Slack.	Not stated.	Yes. Agents message each other, hand off tasks and share files, and channels put several agents in one chat with a task owner.	Specialist Dots each have their own role and conversation. Group chats between Dots and automatic delegation are listed as future work.	For complex work, Claude splits the task into sub-agents that can run in parallel.	Wide Research splits a big batch job across many agents working in parallel. In Cue, several agents can share a group chat toward one goal.
Pre-made agents	Orbit: moons made by Saanora, each with a real job, routines and the apps it works well with.	Not stated.	A Marketplace of Bots you can add as your own copy, plus templates anyone can share by link.	Not stated.	A Marketplace of agents, plugins and skills, including agents other users share once approved.	Not stated.	Plugins for roles such as Legal, Finance and Brand voice. Admins can run private plugin marketplaces.	Not stated.
Pricing	Comes with every Saanora plan: Wibble plus 1 more moon on Free, 3 on Lite and 10 on Spark, with 1, 2 or 5 computers at once. Moons use your plan's weekly usage, computer time included, up to 70% of it by default.	Your first dot comes with ChatGPT Pro ($100, $200 or $500 a month) or a Business Premium seat ($125 a month, or $100 billed yearly). Not on Free, Go or Plus. Extra dots: not priced yet.	For new customers it comes with The X Subscription from Premium ($30 a month); Super is $100 and Ultra $200. Existing Cursor, SuperGrok and X Premium+ plans that include it keep it.	Free with a usage limit. Power is $20 a month (500M Muse tokens a week) and Max is $100 a month (3B a week). Meta says Muse is in limited testing and not available everywhere.	The app is free, and you pay your AI provider separately. Optional hosted servers: Starter $25 a month (€20), Standard $60 (€50) or Pro $120 (€100), with 20% off yearly.	The template is free under the MIT license. You pay for hosting and your model, and conversations need CopilotKit Intelligence: free Developer plan, Pro $39 a month, Team $100 a seat a month.	With Pro ($20 a month, or $17 billed yearly), Max ($100 or $200 a month), Team ($25 a seat a month, or $20 billed yearly) and Enterprise. Cowork uses limits faster than chat.	Free with 300 credits a day. Pro from $20 a month (4,000 credits) or from $40 (8,000 credits, 7-day trial); Team from $20 a seat; 17% off yearly. Cue is free in invite-only early access.
Where you use it	On the web, in any modern browser on a computer or a phone. Not in the desktop or mobile apps yet.	ChatGPT's desktop app, desktop web and mobile apps (not mobile web), plus Slack, Microsoft Teams and calls. Pro access is 18+ and excludes the EEA, UK and Switzerland.	Desktop apps for macOS, Windows and Linux, and apps for iPhone, iPad and Android. Its cloud computers run in the United States.	iOS, Android, muse.ai on the web, WhatsApp, and a Mac app. Launched in the US; press reported Canada from September 2026. Glasses support is coming.	macOS 13+, Windows 10+ (x64) and Linux, an iPhone app in TestFlight beta, Android, and a web client. Hosted servers run in the EU.	A web app you run yourself, for computer and phone browsers, plus voice calls and Slack.	Claude desktop for macOS and Windows, claude.ai on the web, iOS and Android apps, and Claude in Chrome.	Web, desktop for macOS and Windows, iOS and Android. Cue is on web, desktop and mobile, with iOS awaiting App Store review.

From each maker's public pages, checked 2026-10-14; sources are on each comparison page. Saanora isn't affiliated with any of these companies, and the names belong to their owners. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.

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