--- title: "Personal AI agents compared: the five that matter · AgentDots" description: "One page per agent (OpenClaw, Claude, Gemini Spark, Muse and Dots) covering its abilities, its plans, the countries it serves and the people it suits best." url: https://agentdots.org/agents/ lang: en --- Agents # The five personal agents worth knowing Two are free to start, one runs on your own hardware and one costs $100 a month. Here is what separates them. OpenAI ## [Dots](https://agentdots.org/agents/dots/) OpenAI's newest agent works from a cloud computer of its own and looks for useful work while you are elsewhere, but it charges a steep $100 a month for the privilege. OpenAI introduced Dots at its DevDay event on 29 September 2026. Every Dot is powered by GPT-6 Astra and given its own cloud machine, with a browser, a terminal and storage for files, so the work continues once ChatGPT is closed. Entry costs $100 a month through ChatGPT Pro; companies can instead buy Business Premium, likewise $100 a month per seat when paid yearly. Individual Pro subscribers can use it in every ChatGPT market bar Britain, Switzerland and the countries of the EEA. [Read on →](https://agentdots.org/agents/dots/) From$100 a month ModelGPT-6 Astra LaunchedSeptember 29, 2026 Meta ## [Muse](https://agentdots.org/agents/muse/) Meta's errand runner costs nothing to start and lives where people already chat, though its first weeks have shown how much a talkative agent can give away. Meta released Muse on 8 September 2026 as an agent for the errands of ordinary life, built on its Muse Spark model. No other big lab offers a free tier worth the name: Muse Free grants 100 million Muse tokens each week, though sign-up demands a payment card. Above it sit Muse Power at $20 a month and Muse Maximum at $100 a month. Only Canadian and American adults can use it for now, and Meta has not said when other countries will follow. [Read on →](https://agentdots.org/agents/muse/) FromFree ModelMuse Spark LaunchedSeptember 8, 2026 Google ## [Gemini Spark](https://agentdots.org/agents/gemini-spark/) Google's agent needs no introduction to your inbox or calendar, which makes it the bargain of the field in America and a non-starter across much of Europe. Google unveiled Gemini Spark at its I/O conference on 19 May 2026. The agent runs on Gemini 3.5 from Google's cloud and draws on everything your Google account already knows. Americans pay least: Google AI Pro includes it for $19.99 a month. In other supported countries it comes only with Google AI Ultra, whose two tiers cost $99.99 and $199.99 monthly, and Britain, Switzerland, Nigeria and the European Economic Area cannot buy it on any plan. [Read on →](https://agentdots.org/agents/gemini-spark/) From$19.99 a month ModelGemini 3.5 LaunchedMay 19, 2026 Anthropic ## [Claude](https://agentdots.org/agents/claude/) Anthropic's assistant prefers the desk to the high street: hand it a brief and it returns a finished report, spreadsheet or deck, though it will not run your errands. Claude is Anthropic's assistant, running on Claude Opus 5.5 and Sonnet 5.5. On 16 September 2026 the agent abilities of Cowork and Design moved into ordinary conversations, so there is no longer a separate mode to choose. The entry ticket is Claude Pro, $20 a month or $17 with yearly billing, while heavier users can move to Claude Max for $100 or $200. Anthropic sells it across its entire footprint, Britain and the EU among them; mainland China and Russia are the notable gaps. [Read on →](https://agentdots.org/agents/claude/) From$20 a month ModelClaude Opus 5.5 / Sonnet 5.5 LaunchedSeptember 16, 2026 OpenClaw Foundation ## [OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/agents/openclaw/) The open-source agent asks nothing of your wallet and a good deal of your attention: you choose the model, host the gateway and answer for its security. OpenClaw is free agent software you run yourself, whether on a spare laptop, a server at home or a machine you rent. It launched on 24 November 2025 and is looked after by the OpenClaw Foundation, a non-profit answerable to no lab. Its MIT licence comes with no premium edition and no hosted version, so the only bills are for the model you plug in and, if the agent does not live at home, a small VPS, usually $5 to $20 a month. It runs wherever Node.js does. [Read on →](https://agentdots.org/agents/openclaw/) FromFree ModelAny: Claude, GPT, Gemini or local LaunchedNovember 24, 2025 ## The agents at a glance | The agents at a glance | [Dots](https://agentdots.org/agents/dots/) | [Muse](https://agentdots.org/agents/muse/) | [Gemini Spark](https://agentdots.org/agents/gemini-spark/) | [Claude](https://agentdots.org/agents/claude/) | [OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/agents/openclaw/) | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Keeps working when you log off Carries on with long or scheduled tasks after you close the app. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | | Takes the initiative Suggests or starts useful work without being asked. | Yes | Yes | Partly | No | Partly | | Its own computer in the cloud Runs on a machine the provider hosts, not on your laptop. | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | No | | Lives in chat apps Reachable from messaging apps you already use. | Partly | Partly | No | No | Yes | | Talks by voice You can speak to it and hear answers. | Yes | Partly | Partly | Partly | Partly | | Buys things Can complete purchases or bookings for you. | Partly | Yes | Partly | No | Partly | | Standing rules Has a place for instructions that apply to every task. | Yes | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes | | Choose the AI model Lets you decide which language model does the thinking. | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Run it yourself Runs on a laptop, home server or rented machine that you control. | No | No | No | No | Yes | | Free to start Has a free tier with the agent included. | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | | Built for teams Sold on business plans with admin controls. | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly | A full dot means yes, a half dot means partly, an empty ring means no.