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Grok Bot alternative

A Grok Bot alternative that asks before it changes anything.

Both keep working after you close your laptop. Grok Bot signs in to your apps as you on a cloud computer in the United States. Chat with Work reaches your tools through their own permissions, runs every model in the EU, and waits for your approval before it changes anything.

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Pick Grok Bot when

  • It must use websites with no API
  • You want it to shop and pay for you
  • You're already on X Premium or Cursor
  • Running in the US is fine

Pick Chat with Work when

  • Every change approved by a person, not a model
  • Work processed in the EU
  • Connectors that start at Read
  • A team where people see different things
  • You may need to self-host

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Both take on work and keep going without you. They differ on how they reach your tools, who decides what needs approval, and where the work runs.

Dimension Grok Bot Chat with Work
What it is Bots that work on a persistent cloud computer with a browser, filesystem, and terminal, using connectors where available and computer use for everything else. An AI agent for work, connected to your team's tools, as a service or on your own servers.
How it reaches your tools "Bots act as the signed-in member": you sign them in to apps and websites, including ones with no connector, though a site may block automation. Each tool's own API or MCP server, with the access you give each connector. It doesn't sign in to websites as you.
Access it starts with Whatever you sign it in to. xAI's guide: "The bot has the same access I do." Read, on every connector. Changes only where you switch one to Read and change, and admins can turn changes off for everyone.
Before it changes anything Approval cards: Allow once, Always allow, or Deny. Which actions stop depends on the tool, its risk, and your rules; optional Auto Review, which xAI calls "model-based", checks actions first. Every change to your tools waits for your approval. Each tool declares in code whether it reads, changes, or deletes; deleting and sharing always ask.
Approvals while you're away From a routine or another Bot, an approval expires after about 10 minutes and the action doesn't run. A change waits until you decide, and you're told in your browser, on your phone, or by email.
Between its agents All your Bots share one cloud computer, with its files, browser sessions, and logins. xAI: "Do not use separate Bots as a security boundary." Each person's connected accounts and tool results stay their own. Sharing a chat shares the answers, never the access.
Where it runs Cursor-hosted cloud computers in the United States. No on-premises deployment. Our servers in Germany, with every model in the EU. Or your own servers.
Models Chosen by Cursor, with no model picker; the mix can change. Gemini, GPT, Claude, and Qwen, all processed in the EU, picked per chat. Self-hosted: any provider, or local models.
Your team Team Bots: one shared Bot teammates chat with in the app or Slack, each chat private, team memory shared. Key-based plugins use the Bot's credential for everyone. Projects share chats with the people on them, guests read only what you show them, and each person talks to their own assistant in Slack, Discord, and Campfire.
Routines On a schedule at least five minutes apart, or after a Slack message, a GitHub notification, or an email. Say when in plain words, at most hourly, or start on a webhook, GitHub, Outlook, or an email. Each run is a new chat, any change still waiting for approval.
Your own computer Runs commands and moves files on your Mac or Windows computer, asking per command by default. The open-source Local Agent reads folders you share, and changes files or runs commands only where you allow it on the computer, each approved. Commands on Mac and Linux.
Shopping and payments Checks out with card details or photos you send in the chat, and pays with X Money or Stripe Link. No. It has no tools to shop or pay.
Self-hosting No. Yes. Ask about self-hosting.
Price Included from Premium ($30 a month) and Teams (from $30 per user a month), with weekly usage and token charges beyond it, plus taxes. Not on Free or Plus. Free to start. From €20 a month for one person, and from €25 per person for teams plus VAT (opening soon).

Last reviewed October 21, 2026. Grok Bot changes often; see xAI's Grok Bot overview, Grok Bot security, approvals, security, and privacy, skills and routines, Team Bots, Grok Bot 101 guide, changelog, and pricing. Grok and Grok Bot are trademarks of their owners. Chat with Work is not affiliated with or endorsed by xAI, SpaceXSI, or Cursor.

FAQ

Before choosing a Grok Bot alternative.

Is Chat with Work a Grok Bot alternative?

Yes, for teams that want an agent at work that reaches their tools through each tool's own permissions, runs in the EU, and waits for a person's approval before it changes anything. Both keep working when you close your laptop. Grok Bot fits people who want an agent that signs in to any website as them, and who are fine with its computers running in the United States.

Where does Grok Bot run?

xAI's docs say Grok Bot computers run in the United States today, on Cursor-hosted cloud computers, and that it can't be deployed on your own premises. Chat with Work runs on our servers in Germany with every model in the EU, or on your own servers.

Can Chat with Work use websites that have no API?

No. It doesn't drive a browser or sign in to websites as you. It reaches each tool through that tool's own API or MCP server, with the access you give each connector, and you can add your own MCP servers for the rest. It searches the web only where your organization allows it and you turn it on in a chat.

Can Chat with Work buy things for me?

No. It has no tools to shop, check out, or pay, so it never needs your card. What it can change in your tools, like posting a message or creating a file, waits for your approval first.

Who decides what needs my approval?

In Chat with Work, the code does, not a model: every tool declares whether it reads, changes, or deletes, every change to your tools waits for your approval, and deleting always asks. Grok Bot shows approval cards too; which actions stop depends on the tool, its risk, and your rules, and its optional Auto Review, which xAI calls model-based, checks actions before they run.

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