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title: "Personal AI agents compared pair by pair · AgentDots"
description: "Ten head-to-head match-ups between OpenClaw, Claude, Gemini Spark, Muse and Dots, covering price, availability, abilities and which one suits which person."
url: https://agentdots.org/compare/
lang: en
---

Compare

# Every pairing, weighed

Ten comparisons, one for each pair of agents, each ending with a plain recommendation.

## [Dots *vs* Muse](https://agentdots.org/compare/dots-vs-muse/)

They share cartoon avatars and cloud computers, but one is built for the office and the other for the weekly shop.

## [Dots *vs* Gemini Spark](https://agentdots.org/compare/dots-vs-gemini-spark/)

Both work through the night in the cloud; the deciding factor is whether your working life sits inside Google or sprawls across many tools.

## [Dots *vs* Claude](https://agentdots.org/compare/dots-vs-claude/)

Both take long jobs off your hands, but one finishes by acting in your apps and the other by handing you a file.

## [Dots *vs* OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/compare/dots-vs-openclaw/)

The question is not which is cleverer but who keeps the machine running, patched and locked.

## [Muse *vs* Gemini Spark](https://agentdots.org/compare/muse-vs-gemini-spark/)

Two platform giants, two contrary wagers: one agent comes to your chats, the other stays at home inside Google's apps.

## [Muse *vs* Claude](https://agentdots.org/compare/muse-vs-claude/)

These two hardly compete: one looks after the shopping and the bookings, the other writes up the research.

## [Muse *vs* OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/compare/muse-vs-openclaw/)

Both cost nothing to start and both answer in WhatsApp; the difference is whose machine they live on.

## [Gemini Spark *vs* Claude](https://agentdots.org/compare/gemini-spark-vs-claude/)

Near-identical entry prices, very different temperaments: one tends a Google account around the clock, the other writes the report.

## [Gemini Spark *vs* OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw/)

One agent is plugged straight into your Google account by Google; the other lives on a server you run, with any model you like.

## [Claude *vs* OpenClaw](https://agentdots.org/compare/claude-vs-openclaw/)

OpenClaw can run on a Claude model, so the choice is less about intelligence than about who looks after the machinery.

## 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.