AI assistants compared

Nine assistants and agents, one matrix: who has its own phone number and email, who works with a team, what each does without you, and how each handles your data. Sourced from public documentation and press coverage, last verified 2026-10-03.

AI assistants compared ยท 2026-10-03

Who has an identity, who works with a team, and who protects your data

Own phoneOwn emailCallsSharedRepeatNo trainCerts
OpenAssistant
ChatGPT for Work
Claude Cowork
Meta Muse
Instinct
Grok Bot
Town
Cue by Manus?
Poke?
Built in Partial Not offered or not found? Not verifiedPublic documentation and press coverage ยท openassistant.us
Built inPartialNot offered or not foundNot verified

OpenAssistant

OpenAssistant

ChatGPT for Work

OpenAI

Who it is for

Built for

Professionals and teams whose work runs through colleagues, clients, and vendors
Company-wide AI: chat, agents, and company knowledge

Presence

Where you use it

Phone calls, iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp, email, and web
Web, iOS, Android, and an agents app in team chat

Its own phone number

Built in
Its own number, for calls and texts
Not offered or not found
None found; agents act through connected accounts

Its own email address

Built in
Including one on your company domain
Not offered or not found
None found

Its own computer

Built in
Its own secure computer
Not verified
Not verified

Working with people

Contacts people on your behalf

Built in
Runs the whole exchange; the people it deals with never need an account
Partial
Sends email and messages through connected accounts

Multi-person threads and hand-offs

Built in
Many people on one thread, with hand-offs, approvals, and follow-ups
Partial
Shared projects and workspace agents

Shared tasks, files, and workflows

Built in
Inside your company and across companies
Partial
Inside a workspace

Getting work done

Recurring and triggered work

Built in
Plain-English workflows on demand, on a schedule, or on a trigger
Built in
Scheduled tasks, and agents that run on a schedule or by API

Trust and control

Your say before it acts

Built in
Per-action autonomy you set; an admin can lock it team-wide
Partial
Admin and spend controls

No training on your data by default

Built in
Never trains on customer data
Partial
Business plans

Security and admin

Security certifications

Built in
SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, CCPA; encryption in transit and at rest
Built in
SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 cited

SSO, SCIM, roles, and audit logs

Built in
SAML SSO, SCIM, and RBAC on Team plans; audit logs on Enterprise
Built in
SCIM, RBAC, and a Compliance API on Enterprise

Availability

Availability

Private beta; request access
Generally available

Price

Paid plans per seat
Business about $20 per user per month; Enterprise on request

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