Saanora Moons vs OpenBot
OpenBot is a free desktop app from Synthetify Labs for running a team of persistent agents on your own computer or on a server. Saanora Moons are always-on agents powered by Mark: each takes a job, keeps working on its own computer, and asks before anything that matters. Here's how they compare.
Facts from public pages, checked October 14, 2026.
Side by side.
- What it is
- Saanora MoonsAlways-on agents from Saanora, powered by Mark. Each takes a job and keeps working on its own, then checks back.
- OpenBotA 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.
- Characters
- Saanora MoonsYes. Each moon is a soft character with its own colour, shape and accessory, and its look shows what it's doing.
- OpenBotEach agent has a generated avatar, or an image you choose.
- A computer to work on
- Saanora MoonsEach moon has its own desktop in the cloud. Watch it live, take over any time, hand it back.
- OpenBotAgents 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.
- Asks before acting
- Saanora MoonsYou pick Careful, Trusted or Full access for each moon. Sending, posting, changing, deleting and spending ask first unless you say otherwise.
- OpenBotNo, by default. After a consent screen on first launch, agents edit files, run commands and use the network without asking each time.
- Passwords and codes
- Saanora MoonsAlways handed to you. A code you type on its card goes straight into the page, never to the moon.
- OpenBotA 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.
- Connects to your apps
- Saanora MoonsPlugins for Notion, Linear, GitHub and many more, with the permissions you choose for each.
- OpenBotPlugins from its Marketplace, such as Notion, Linear, Figma and Canva, plus connections to Slack, Discord and Telegram.
- Schedules
- Saanora MoonsOptional. A moon offers one when a job would help every morning or every week; it's never required.
- OpenBotYes. Routines run on schedules or from webhooks; webhook runs need the host computer online.
- Several agents together
- Saanora MoonsYes. Wibble suggests teammates and waits for your yes; moons share a team board and talk in groups.
- OpenBotYes. Agents message each other, hand off tasks and share files, and channels put several agents in one chat with a task owner.
- Pre-made agents
- Saanora MoonsOrbit: moons made by Saanora, each with a real job, routines and the apps it works well with.
- OpenBotA Marketplace of agents, plugins and skills, including agents other users share once approved.
- Pricing
- Saanora MoonsComes 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.
- OpenBotThe 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.
- Where you use it
- Saanora MoonsOn the web, in any modern browser on a computer or a phone. Not in the desktop or mobile apps yet.
- OpenBotmacOS 13+, Windows 10+ (x64) and Linux, an iPhone app in TestFlight beta, Android, and a web client. Hosted servers run in the EU.
Where Moons is different
- Moons run in Saanora's cloud, each on a desktop of its own, so nothing of yours has to stay on. OpenBot agents run on your computer or a server you host or rent.
- On Careful, a moon asks before it sends, posts, changes or deletes anything. OpenBot agents act without per-action confirmations after the first-launch consent.
- Moons come with every Saanora plan, Free included, with no separate AI subscription. With OpenBot you bring and pay for your own AI provider.
- Orbit's moons are made by Saanora. OpenBot's Marketplace lists agents that other users share.
Where OpenBot may suit you better
- It runs on your own computer, so your agents' workspaces stay local, and the app itself is free.
- You can use the AI subscriptions you already pay for, or a model running on your own machine.
- Its source is public on GitHub, and a team can share one self-hosted or hosted server.
Moons and OpenBot
Is there an alternative to OpenBot?
Yes. Saanora Moons are always-on agents that run in the cloud, each on a computer of its own, so there's nothing to install. They come with every Saanora plan, Free included.
How is Saanora Moons different from OpenBot?
OpenBot runs agents on your own computer or server using AI tools you already pay for, and they act without asking each time. Moons run in Saanora's cloud and ask before anything that matters, with Careful, Trusted or Full access for each moon.
Is OpenBot open source?
Its source is public on GitHub under the PolyForm Noncommercial License, which its makers note isn't an open-source license as the OSI defines one. Commercial use needs a separate license.
Sources
- OpenBot
- OpenBot guide: Hosted servers
- OpenBot guide: Marketplace
- OpenBot on GitHub (README)
- OpenBot on GitHub: agents
- OpenBot on GitHub: browser
- OpenBot on GitHub: skills and plugins
- OpenBot on GitHub: messaging
- OpenBot on GitHub: hosted plan prices
OpenBot is a product of Synthetify Labs. Saanora isn't affiliated with Synthetify Labs, and the names belong to their owners. These facts come from public pages as of October 14, 2026; if something has changed, tell us and we'll fix it.
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