All comparisonsChecked November 11, 2026
Brigade vs Grok Bot
Grok Bot and Brigade share an idea: AI teammates with jobs, a computer of their own and a memory of how your team works. The difference is the AI underneath. Grok Bot is locked to xAI’s Grok models and sold as a Grok subscription. Brigade runs the official Claude Code and Codex, so your teammates work with Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s models, on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for, they write and ship code, and the whole product is open source.
Side by side
| Feature | Brigade | Grok Bot |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An open-source app that gives your company a team of AI teammates, each one the official Claude Code or Codex with a job, its own computer, the Apps you give it and a shared memory. | xAI’s AI teammates, each with its own cloud computer, working in Slack, Teams and video calls. |
| AI models | Claude through Claude Code and GPT through Codex, side by side; a model per teammate. | xAI’s Grok models only. |
| Who pays for AI | Your own Claude or ChatGPT plan. Brigade never bills you for AI usage. | A Grok subscription with weekly usage included; extra usage billed by token. |
| Price | Free on your own computer. Cloud: $99 a month per workspace. AI usage is on your own plan. | $30, $100 or $200 a month (Premium, Super, Ultra); Teams and Enterprise through sales. |
| Code | Teammates write, test and ship code, with pull requests and previews. | Through GitHub and by coordinating coding agents; not its focus. |
| Where you talk to it | Brigade’s own app (web, or installed on your phone with push notifications), and with Cloud an email address per teammate. | Its desktop and iOS apps, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet, Zoom or Teams calls. |
| Open source | Yes, MIT. You can read every line and host it yourself. | No. |
Which one is for you
Pick Brigade if
- You want Claude and GPT, not just Grok, with the model you choose for each teammate.
- You already pay for Claude Max or ChatGPT Pro and do not want another AI subscription.
- You want teammates that write, test and ship your code, with previews to try it.
- You want to read the code, or host it yourself.
Pick Grok Bot if
- You already pay for Grok and want your AI teammates inside Slack, Teams and your calls.
What Grok Bot is
Grok Bot is xAI’s product for AI teammates. Each Bot has a job and its own cloud computer, signs in to your tools, works in Slack, Microsoft Teams and video calls, runs routines and can be taught a task by watching it done once. It came out of beta as Grok Bot 1.0 on November 2, 2026, and is sold with Grok’s Premium, Super and Ultra plans.
Meet your AI teammates
Start free on your own computer. Brigade runs on the Claude or ChatGPT plan you already pay for.
Sources, checked on November 11, 2026
What this page says about Grok Bot comes from these pages. Products change: if something here is out of date, open an issue on GitHub.