AI Agents

Contents

1. 01WelcomeWhat these tools do, how many we grade and what to know before choosing
2. 02Our top threeThe three we'd look at first, and who each one suits
3. 03What they costWhat paid plans start at, the best buy at each budget and the free plans
4. 04The gradesThe highest graded, and how the whole category does on each subject
5. 05Keep or make?Which are worth paying for, and which you could make yourself
6. 06Every toolAll of them, best graded first, with what each costs
7. 07Quick answersThe questions people ask when choosing, each answered in a line or two
8. 08About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it

ToolGPA put this guide together from each tool’s own pages, their app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on the AI Agents page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 9, 2026.

Agents and AI teammates that carry out multi-step work for you, from research to inbox triage.

Before you choose, here are 8 things to know about AI agents, worked out from every one we grade.

1. 1

   We grade 52 AI agents

   35 of them are free or have a free plan, and 12 more let you try before paying. Everything in this guide comes from their own pages and our grades.

2. 2

   Paid plans start at $21.25 a month in the middle

   From $8 (Dume.ai) to $120 (Cofounder), going by what each one's paid plans start at.

3. 3

   Best value: Genspark, LobeHub and OpenClaw

   Nothing on our chart scores higher than these without costing more.

4. 4

   15 of 52 have iPhone and Android apps

   47 run in a web browser and 20 have a Windows app. Check the one you need before you fall for anything.

5. 5

   The middle GPA is 2.4

   5 score 3.0 or higher. The highest is Genspark, at 3.2.

6. 6

   Best free option: Genspark

   Genspark has the highest GPA of the free ones, 3.2. AI workspace with an agent for research, slides, sheets and docs.

7. 7

   52 worth keeping, 0 you could make

   By our keep-or-make rules, 52 do something you couldn't reasonably build yourself, 0 are simple enough to make with an AI app builder, and 0 are a close call.

8. 8

   1 price changes in the past year

   That's how many price moves we've recorded for AI agents in twelve months. Prices change, so check the maker's page before you pay.

Part 02 · Top three

Our top three

The three we'd look at first, and who each one suits

The three AI agents we'd look at first. First place suits the most people; second and third are the best picks for the people it leaves out. Each has an Insider's Guide of its own.

1. 1st

   

   3.2GPA

   Manus

   Free plan · from $20/mo

   For: Most people

   Manus is a general-purpose agent: you give it a goal and it works through the steps on a cloud computer, returning finished output such as research reports, slide decks and websites. It runs on the web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, and a Chrome extension lets it act inside your own logged-in browser tabs. The Free plan refreshes 300 credits a day, up to 1,500 a month, and Pro starts at $20 a month for 4,000 credits. Its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 38,700 ratings. Know the limits: free accounts get only the Manus 2.0 Lite model in Agent Mode, 1 task at a time and 2 scheduled tasks, unused monthly credits do not roll over, and no Linux app is listed.

   The Manus Insider’s Guide

2. 2nd

   

   2.2GPA

   Viktor

   Free trial · from $50/mo

   For: Teams that want an agent in Slack or Microsoft Teams

   Viktor is installed in Slack or Microsoft Teams and addressed in threads like a colleague, so everyone on the team can hand it work. It connects to tools such as Stripe, HubSpot, GitHub and Google Ads, returns finished reports, spreadsheets and dashboards, runs recurring jobs on a schedule and waits for approval before sensitive actions. It is priced by workspace, with no per-seat charge: from $50 a month for 20,000 shared credits, after up to $100 of free credits that never expire. It is second because it is used only through Slack or Teams, with no app of its own, and its free allowance is one-time, where Manus refreshes credits daily. Scheduled jobs use credits each time they run.

   The Viktor Insider’s Guide

3. 3rd

   

   3.2GPA

   OpenClaw

   Free

   For: People who want an agent on their own hardware

   OpenClaw is an open-source personal agent that runs on your own computer or server and is messaged from chat apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack and iMessage. It is MIT licensed with no paid version: you connect the model provider you choose, or a local model through Ollama or LM Studio, and its memory is stored on your machine, not in a vendor cloud. Desktop apps cover Mac, Windows and Linux. It is third because it asks more of you than the two above: there is no hosted service, so you install, run and update the Gateway yourself, and model usage is billed by the provider you connect. The iPhone and Android apps need a Gateway running on another machine.

   The OpenClaw Insider’s Guide

Going by our grades, Genspark, LobeHub and OpenClaw give the most for the money among AI agents: no tool on this chart scores higher without costing more.

Paid plans start at a middle price of $21.25 a month across the 45 that charge, from $8 (Dume.ai) to $120 (Cofounder). 4 more cost nothing at all.

17 of the 49 score above the category's average while starting at or below its middle price. 7 cost more than the middle price and score below the average.

Every tool gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. Here are the 12 highest graded AI agents, then how the whole category does on each subject.

Tool	Value	Free	Features	Ease	Platforms	GPA
Genspark	C	C	A	A	A	3.2
Manus	C	C	A	A	A	3.2
OpenClaw	A	A	B	D	A	3.2
Pally	A	B	B	C	B	3.0
Runable	B	C	A	C	A	3.0
Agent Zero	A	A	C	D	B	2.8
goose	A	A	C	C	C	2.8
Hermes Agent	B	A	C	C	B	2.8
Langflow	A	A	C	D	B	2.8
LobeHub	B	C	B	C	A	2.8
Skywork	C	C	B	B	A	2.8
SuperNinja	B	C	B	C	A	2.8

Some software does something you couldn’t reasonably build yourself. Some is simple enough that an AI app builder could make the core of it in an afternoon. Here’s where AI agents land, by the same rules for every tool.

• 52

  Keep it

  It does something you could not reasonably make for yourself, or it costs nothing.

• 0

  Your call

  You could make the core of it, and you would give something up.

• 0

  You could make this

  What it does is the kind of thing an AI app builder makes well, and it charges every month.

Every AI agent we grade, with its GPA and what it costs. Each one has a page of its own on toolgpa.com, with its Insider’s Guide.

1. 1GensparkFree plan · from $19.99/mo3.2
2. 2ManusFree plan · from $20/mo3.2
3. 3OpenClawFree3.2
4. 4PallyFree plan3.0
5. 5RunableFree plan · from $20/mo3.0
6. 6Agent ZeroFree2.8
7. 7gooseFree2.8
8. 8Hermes AgentFree plan · from $20/mo2.8
9. 9LangflowFree plan2.8
10. 10LobeHubFree plan · from $9.9/mo2.8
11. 11SkyworkFree plan · from $19.99/mo2.8
12. 12SuperNinjaFree trial · from $19/mo2.8
13. 13AgentaFree plan · from $29/mo2.6
14. 14AirtopFree plan · from $29/mo2.6
15. 15Dume.aiFree plan · from $8/mo2.6
16. 16HappycapyFree plan · from $17/mo2.6
17. 17LittlebirdFree plan · from $17/mo2.6
18. 18Meta MuseFree plan · from $20/mo2.6
19. 19MindStudioFree plan · from $16/mo2.6
20. 20MuleRunFree plan · from $16/mo2.6
21. 21NanoClawFree2.6
22. 22PokeFree plan · from $19/mo2.6
23. 23SimFree plan · from $21.25/mo2.6
24. 24VellumFree plan · from $30/mo2.6
25. 25Zo ComputerFree trial · from $18/mo2.6
26. 26EigentFree plan · from $19.99/mo2.4
27. 27LindyFree trial · from $29.99/mo2.4
28. 28MiniMax AgentFree plan · from $220/yr2.4
29. 29NebulaFree trial · from $25/mo2.4
30. 30Carly AIFree plan · from $35/mo2.2
31. 31DifyFree plan · from $590/yr2.2
32. 32Do AnythingFree trial · from $20/mo2.2
33. 33DustFree trial · from $24/mo2.2
34. 34FlowithFree trial · from $17.91/mo2.2
35. 35KortixFree plan · from $40/mo2.2
36. 36LutraFree plan · from $23/mo2.2
37. 37RunbearFree plan · from $99/mo2.2
38. 38SaunaFree plan · from $29/mo2.2
39. 39Simular SaiFree plan · from $50/mo2.2
40. 40ViktorFree trial · from $50/mo2.2
41. 41AutoGPTFree plan · from $42.50/mo2.0
42. 42CofounderFree trial · from $120/mo2.0
43. 43GumloopFree trial · from $37/mo2.0
44. 44PickaxeFree plan · from $29/mo2.0
45. 45Relevance AIFrom $19/mo2.0
46. 46TaskletFrom $25/mo2.0
47. 47TwinFree trial · from $29/mo2.0
48. 48HyperagentFrom $20/mo1.8
49. 49InstinctFree plan1.8
50. 50MarblismFrom $24/mo1.8
51. 51MartinFree trial · from $21/mo1.8
52. 52SintraFrom $52/mo1.8

ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.

Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.

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  apps priced in 12 countries