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OpenAI Dots, Grok Bot, Meta Muse, Hermes Agent, Baguette Bot: which AI agent to pick in 2026

An honest comparison of the five AI agents people actually use in late 2026: where they run, which models they use, what they cost, whether they're available in Europe, where your data goes and whether you can take your agents with you.

By the Baguette Bot team 7 min read
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Contents
  1. The five agents at a glance
  2. Where the agent actually runs
  3. Can you use it in Europe?
  4. Which model thinks for your agent
  5. What it costs
  6. Your data, and the law that applies to it
  7. Can you leave with your agents?
  8. Which one should you choose?
  9. Sources

In 2026, "AI agent" stopped meaning a chatbot with a few plugins. The products that matter now give an AI a computer of its own: a browser it can drive, a terminal, files, and the right to keep working when you close your laptop. Five of them come up in almost every conversation:

  • OpenAI Dots, the agents built into ChatGPT;
  • Grok Bot, from xAI and Cursor;
  • Muse, from Meta;
  • Hermes Agent, from Nous Research;
  • Baguette Bot, the one we build in France.

They look alike in demos. They stop looking alike once you ask five boring questions:

  1. Where does the agent run?
  2. Which model thinks for it?
  3. What does it cost?
  4. Can you use it in Europe?
  5. What happens to your data and your agents if you leave?

This guide answers each question, cites its sources, and says where each product is genuinely better.

Short version.

  • Hermes Agent is for people who want full control and are happy to run their own server.
  • Dots, Grok Bot and Muse are polished hosted agents from large US platforms. They lock you to the platform's own model, document no way to export your agents, and are partly or fully unavailable to individuals in Europe.
  • Baguette Bot sits in between: hosted for you on computers in Paris, with the model of your choice and an open export format.

The five agents at a glance

OpenAI DotsGrok BotMeta MuseHermes AgentBaguette Bot
Made byOpenAIxAI (SpaceXAI) with CursorMetaNous ResearchBaguette Bot (France)
LaunchedSeptember 2026Beta, August 2026September 20262026, MIT licence2026
Available to individuals in FranceNo (EU excluded on personal plans)Not documentedNo (US only)Yes (self-hosted)Yes
Where the agent runsA cloud computer hosted by OpenAIOne cloud computer per user, in the USA dedicated cloud VM per user (Meta's cloud)Wherever you install itOne cloud computer per account, in Paris
ModelsOpenAI's model onlyChosen for you, no pickerMuse Spark onlyAny: cloud APIs or local modelsYour choice per bot (400+), or Mistral only
Price to startChatGPT Pro, from $100/monthFrom $30/monthFree tier, card requiredFree software, you pay server and APIFree plan, paid from €29/month
Export your agentsNo documented exportNo documented exportNo official exportFiles on your diskOpen .bot file

Sources for every line are at the end of this article and in each detailed comparison.

Where the agent actually runs

This is the question that decides almost everything else.

OpenAI Dots gives each ChatGPT user a "dot", a personal agent with its own cloud computer and browser hosted by OpenAI. You can open that computer to watch it work. It can also control your own computer through the ChatGPT desktop app, an option that is off by default. OpenAI has not published where a dot's data is stored.

Grok Bot gives each user one cloud computer, shared by all their bots and managed by xAI and Cursor. Its own security documentation states that the computers "run in the United States today". It also says that bots on the same computer share browser sessions and credentials, which xAI calls "not a security boundary".

Meta Muse gives each user a dedicated Linux VM, the "Muse Secure VM", on Meta's cloud. Meta has not published a data-centre region.

Hermes Agent runs wherever you put it. That is its superpower and its cost. On your laptop it stops when the lid closes. On a VPS, the uptime, the updates and the security hardening are yours to handle.

Baguette Bot gives each account its own Linux computer in the cloud, hosted in Paris. Your bots share it, like a small team sharing an office machine, and you can watch its screen live. With the Mac or Linux app, bots can also work on your own computer, and every action there asks you first.

Can you use it in Europe?

This is where 2026 surprised many Europeans.

  • Dots: OpenAI rolled it out to personal Pro plans "in markets excluding the European Economic Area, Switzerland, and the UK", according to OpenAI's help centre as quoted by several outlets in early October 2026. In France, the only way in today is a ChatGPT Business Premium seat, and Business plans need at least two seats.
  • Muse: launched in the United States only.
  • Grok Bot: its documentation doesn't list supported countries. Its computers are in the US.
  • Hermes Agent: available anywhere, since you install it yourself.
  • Baguette Bot: available worldwide. The site and the apps are in French and English.

Which model thinks for your agent

  • Dots runs on OpenAI's own model, and you can't pick another.
  • Grok Bot chooses the model for each task, and there is no picker.
  • Muse runs only on Meta's Muse Spark.
  • Hermes Agent works with almost any provider, and with local models through Ollama or vLLM, provided the model has at least 64k tokens of context.
  • Baguette Bot lets you pick a model per bot among more than 400: Claude, GPT, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek and others. If you need data to stay with a European model maker, sovereign mode restricts every bot to Mistral AI models.

Being locked to one model is not automatically bad, since big platforms tune their agent for their own model. But the model market moves monthly, and choice is what lets you follow it.

What it costs

  • Dots: a dot comes with ChatGPT Pro plans (from $100/month) or a Business Premium seat. Free, Go and Plus plans don't include one. Tasks it runs consume your usual ChatGPT allowance, then credits.
  • Grok Bot: part of "The X Subscription" since 12 October 2026. It is included from the Premium tier at $30/month, with $100 and $200 tiers that have bigger weekly allowances.
  • Meta Muse: a free tier with a weekly token allowance, then about $20 and $100/month plans according to press reports. A card is required even on the free tier.
  • Hermes Agent: the software is free under the MIT licence. You pay for the machine and the model API.
  • Baguette Bot: a free plan with up to 6 bots and a 2 vCPU computer, then Pro at €29/month, Max at €69 and Ultra at €129. The computer is included in every plan.

Prices change often in this market, so check the vendor's page before deciding.

Your data, and the law that applies to it

Hosted agents see a lot: your inbox, your accounts, your files. So it matters who operates the computer, and under which law.

OpenAI, xAI and Meta are US companies. That places them under the US CLOUD Act regardless of where a server sits. For personal plans, whether your content trains the models depends on your settings, and Muse uses eligible conversations by default unless you opt out, according to The Neuron. We explain what this means in our guide to sovereign AI agents.

Self-hosted Hermes keeps everything where you install it. Your prompts still go to whichever model provider you configure.

Baguette Bot's platform, database and agents' computers are hosted in Paris by a European host. We are not a US company. One point needs to be clear, though: when a bot uses a model, its messages go to that model's provider, which is often American. That is why sovereign mode exists. Our privacy policy lists every sub-processor.

Can you leave with your agents?

An agent you have shaped for months, with its instructions, memory and routines, is real work.

  • Dots: the only documented control is a reset, which deletes its conversations, memories and tasks at once. We found no export.
  • Grok Bot: no documented export.
  • Muse: no official export.
  • Hermes Agent: your agent is a set of files on your disk.
  • Baguette Bot: exports one bot, several or all of them to a plain-text .bot file. The file holds instructions, memory, routines, watchers and teams, and never passwords or conversations. The format is documented so other tools can read it.

Which one should you choose?

  • Choose Dots if you're outside Europe, already pay for ChatGPT Pro, and want the agent that is most tightly integrated with ChatGPT, Slack and Teams. Read Baguette Bot vs OpenAI Dots.
  • Choose Hermes Agent if you are technical, want maximum control or local models, and accept being your own sysadmin. Read Baguette Bot vs Hermes Agent.
  • Choose Grok Bot if you already live in X and Cursor and want an agent that learns a workflow by watching you once. See Baguette Bot vs Grok Bot.
  • Choose Muse if you are in the US, deep in Meta's apps and WhatsApp, and want a generous free tier. See Baguette Bot vs Meta Muse.
  • Choose Baguette Bot if you want the convenience of a hosted agent without a US platform holding it. You get computers in Paris, the model you want, apps on every platform, availability in Europe, and bots you can take with you.

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