Grok Bot is an AI teammate from xAI that has its own cloud computer. It can open a browser, sign in to your tools, work with files and keep going on scheduled routines after you've closed your laptop. It's for founders who want repetitive web-based work, such as research, reporting, inbox triage or updating tools, done in the background. You can work with it from the desktop app (macOS or Windows) or the iOS app. There's no special deal right now: no free plan, trial or discount, just paid plans. It's included with Premium at $30 a month, Super at $100 a month and Ultra at $200 a month, all billed monthly, and with Teams and Enterprise plans.
What it can do for you
Hand off a routine, such as "check these sites every morning and summarise changes" or "pull last week's numbers into a report", and it works through it on its own computer, asking for approval where you've set it to. Because it keeps running in the cloud, scheduled jobs carry on while you sleep. Weekly usage is included with your plan (Super and Ultra include 3.5 and 12 times Premium's), and extra usage is billed by token cost.
What people like
The draw is persistence: an agent with a real browser, terminal and files that keeps working after you close the app, rather than a chat that forgets everything. An independent review of the beta found it useful for repetitive web workflows.
The honest downsides
- No free plan. You need Premium at $30 a month or a higher plan.
- Shared computer, shared access. xAI's security FAQ says all bots on one account share the same cloud computer, including files, browser sessions and saved logins, and that separate bots aren't security boundaries. Give it only the access a task needs.
- Your data lives in the cloud. The FAQ says it needs cloud data storage and can't be used with Cursor's Legacy Privacy Mode.
- Usage costs can grow. Heavy work beyond the weekly allowance is billed by token cost.
- It's an agent, not magic. Check its work, especially anything sent to customers.
Skip it if
- you won't let an AI sign in to your business tools
- your work is mostly one-off chats (a free assistant will do)
Alternatives
We don't list a comparable always-on agent. For app-to-app automation without an AI agent:
- Activepieces builds free automated flows between your tools.
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