--- title: What You Need to Know About Grok Bot... (it's not that good) description: Grokbot is a new AI agent product launched August 11, 2026 as an early beta, built in partnership between SpaceX AI, xAI's Grok models, and Cursor. It provides... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-you-need-to-know-about-grok-bot-it-s-not-that-good--dwwgkpvqt twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What You Need to Know About Grok Bot... (it's not that good) | daily.dev og:description: Grokbot is a new AI agent product launched August 11, 2026 as an early beta, built in partnership between SpaceX AI, xAI's Grok models, and Cursor. It provides... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-you-need-to-know-about-grok-bot-it-s-not-that-good--dwwgkpvqt og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/DWwgkpVQT.png og:image:alt: What You Need to Know About Grok Bot... (it's not that good) og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What You Need to Know About Grok Bot... (it's not that good) **[Tech With Tim](https://daily.dev/sources/TechWithTim)** · 12 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Grokbot is a new AI agent product launched August 11, 2026 as an early beta, built in partnership between SpaceX AI, xAI's Grok models, and Cursor. It provides a team of persistent AI agents, each with its own always-on cloud computer including browser, file system, and terminal access, that can communicate with each other, delegate tasks, learn skills by watching user demonstrations, and run scheduled routines. Pricing starts at $200/month (with a 7-day free trial), requiring access via Super Grok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, or Teams Premium plans. The reviewer walks through setup, agent creation, delegating tasks between bots, the remote vs local browser distinction, deploying HTML presentations via here.now, and creating routines and learned skills. The overall verdict is that the tool is simple and the browser/cloud-computer feature is genuinely useful, but at $200/month it doesn't clearly outperform cheaper or open-source alternatives like Hermes Agent or Buzz, and reliability issues exist (broken connectors, hanging tasks, weak security around stored credentials). ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Grokbot and when was it released? Grokbot is an AI agent product that gives users a team of persistent, always-on AI agents, each with its own cloud computer (browser, file system, terminal). It launched August 11, 2026 as an early beta, originating as an internal SpaceX AI prototype before opening up in partnership with Cursor, and runs on xAI's Grok models. _Anyone weighing whether to adopt a new agent platform can track releases like this on daily.dev._ ### How much does Grokbot cost and how can I access it? Grokbot starts at $200 per month and requires being on one of several qualifying plans: Super Grok Heavy, Cursor Ultra, or Teams Premium. A 7-day free trial is available to test it before committing. It is closed source and locked to Grok models from xAI, with no ability to bring your own model. _Developers comparing AI agent pricing and lock-in tend to follow tool breakdowns like this on daily.dev._ ### Is Grokbot worth it compared to other AI agent tools? Grokbot is simple and its cloud-computer browser feature works well, but at $200 per month it isn't clearly better than cheaper or open-source alternatives like Hermes Agent or Buzz, which let you connect any model and agent. Reliability issues exist too, including broken connectors, timeouts, and tasks that hang without completing. _Developers deciding between paid and open-source agent stacks often compare trade-offs like these on daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#ai-agents](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-agents), [#vibe-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/vibe-coding), [#grok](https://daily.dev/tags/grok) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/what-you-need-to-know-about-grok-bot-it-s-not-that-good--dwwgkpvqt) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"What You Need to Know About Grok Bot... 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