General

Compare the 40 agents in General — independently verified, re-verified on a rolling schedule, graded on capability, pricing and compliance.

What is in General

HokAI tracks 40 active tools in General. 25 of them (63%) publish a free tier you can test before paying. The audience most often named across these listings is founders and operators who run their day from messages.

General — Agents

  • Agent Zero — Agent Zero is a free, MIT-licensed agent framework that runs in Docker with a Linux desktop, browser and projects. 19.5k GitHub stars.
  • Ako — Ako is an AI teammate for small teams that completes tasks over Slack, WhatsApp and email, with a free start and four plans in credits.
  • Alexa+ — Amazon's LLM-based Alexa that books tables, orders food and runs your home, live in the US since February 2026 and launched in 12 countries.
  • Almanac — An AI agent with its own computer, browser and terminal that compiles 9 workplace tools, including Gmail, Slack and GitHub, into one self-updating wiki.
  • Arlo — AI assistant you text over iMessage, SMS, WhatsApp or Slack that books tables, makes calls and uses websites with your logins; free to start.
  • AutoClaw — Z.ai's desktop agent for Windows, macOS and Linux runs 50+ built-in skills on GLM models, with a free tier of daily credits.
  • Automat Workforce — Managed AI coworker that takes work by email, Slack, text, WhatsApp or phone and finishes it in your own tools, with Automat engineers maintaining it.
  • Bretton AI — Bretton AI is an agentic platform banks use to run AML, KYC, and fraud investigations on their own data, backed by $95 million in funding since 2023.
  • Browser Use — Open-source browser agent with a hosted cloud: describe a web task in one sentence, get JSON back. The repo has 117,000+ GitHub stars.
  • ChatGPT Work — OpenAI's ChatGPT Work agent plans and finishes multi-step projects across connected apps and files. It launched on 9 July 2026 and now reaches every ChatGPT plan, with limits.
  • Claude Duet — Anthropic's research-preview agent on Claude Opus 5.5 watches your connected apps, messages you first, and waits for your OK before it sends, pays or signs.
  • Cue — Invite-only Manus app that gives each personal agent four things of its own: a phone line, an inbox, a wallet and a computer.
  • Doubao Phone Assistant — ByteDance's OS-level phone agent taps through apps for you; its makers claim over 80% end-to-end task success. Sold only on nubia phones in China.
  • Eigent — Eigent is a free open-source multi-agent desktop: 4 parallel AI workers run locally on CAMEL-AI. Paid managed plans start at $19.90/month with 2,000 credits.
  • FlowScope — YC S26-backed firm that deploys AI agents to shadow employees for 2 weeks, then ships end-to-end process automations into production on existing systems.
  • Fugu — Fugu is Sakana AI's trained orchestrator (June 2026) that routes tasks across an agent pool, scoring 73.7% SWE-bench Pro on its Ultra tier.
  • Gemini Spark — Google's persistent AI agent, launched May 2026, that runs 24/7 on cloud VMs to manage Gmail, Calendar, and Docs inside Google's top-tier AI Ultra plan.
  • Google CC — Gemini-based Google Labs experiment that reads only the senders you share, then builds a shared calendar, task list and morning email for a household.
  • Grok Bot — xAI's always-on AI agents that sign into your existing apps and finish multi-step jobs, included in xAI's joint Grok and Cursor bundle from the Premium tier up.
  • Hermes Agent — Hermes Agent is Nous Research's MIT-licensed self-improving AI agent, past 250,000 GitHub stars by October 2026. Self-hosted, model-agnostic, with optional paid Nous Portal plans.
  • Instinct — Invite-only AI agent from Instinct that books travel, orders groceries and makes calls by text or phone; it publishes no prices yet.
  • Lapu AI — Native desktop agent for macOS and Windows: automates files, shell, and apps from $0/mo with permission-gated execution.
  • Marblism — Marblism assigns 7 named AI employees, from an inbox assistant to a receptionist, to run recurring business tasks for solo founders without a marketing team.
  • MultiOn — MultiOn was a browser agent with a Chrome extension and Agent API. The vendor, AGI, Inc., has since moved to AGI-0 for phones, and the V1 Beta docs remain online.
  • Muse — Meta's AI agent runs tasks in its own cloud computer; since 29 Sept 2026 it connects Shopify, QuickBooks, Meta ads and more for small businesses in the US and Canada.
  • NanoClaw — NanoClaw is a free, MIT-licensed personal AI agent for your own Mac or Linux machine, running one Docker container per session behind your chat apps.
  • Nebula — Team workspace for people and agents, billed per seat with a 7-day trial; Claude Code and Codex plug in, plus Nebula agents on a cloud computer.
  • OpenAI dots — OpenAI's always-on agent in ChatGPT runs on GPT-6 Astra with its own cloud computer, and asks approval before consequential actions.
  • OpenClaw — OpenClaw is a free, MIT-licensed agent gateway: one self-hosted process connects your chat apps to the AI model you choose, with the OpenClaw Foundation as steward.
  • Pally — Free AI assistant you text on iMessage, WhatsApp or Telegram that reads your inbox and chats, books, buys and phones businesses; Y Combinator-backed.
  • Perplexity Computer — Perplexity's autonomous worker runs research, documents and email tasks in a cloud sandbox, with a Mac and Windows app that adds your local files.
  • Pluto — Pluto is a free AI voice agent that builds your career profile from one conversation, already used by 27,000+ professionals per its YC profile.
  • Poke — Text-first personal agent in Apple Messages, WhatsApp and Telegram that handles email and reminders, now part of Cognition (since 23 July 2026).
  • QwenWork — Alibaba's work agent opened an international beta on 26 August 2026 and merges 3 agent platforms into one web and desktop app.
  • Skyvern — Open-source AI browser agent with 23.2k GitHub stars that logs in, fills forms, downloads files and extracts data from sites with no API.
  • Tasklet — Cloud agents for business teams that run on a schedule or when an event fires, with a free start and credit-based plans billed per organization, not per seat.
  • Tsenta — Tsenta is an AI agent that watches 50,000+ career pages and auto-applies to matching jobs across major ATS platforms, with per-role resume tailoring and complete transparency.
  • Waymo Driver — Waymo Driver is Waymo's SAE Level 4 autonomous AI, powering 500K weekly robotaxi rides in 10+ US cities with 92% fewer serious crashes than human drivers.
  • WorkBuddy — Tencent's desktop work agent runs on Mac and Windows, takes one-sentence tasks and offers a free plan with monthly credits.
  • nanobot — nanobot is a free, MIT-licensed personal AI agent you host yourself, with a browser WebUI, a terminal client and chat apps. 49k GitHub stars.

General pricing at a glance

Paid plans in General start at $5 per month, with a median entry point of $25, and the highest published ceiling reaching $1,000. Figures cover the 10 of 40 listings that publish a price; the rest quote on request or bundle the tool into a wider plan. If budget is the constraint, 25 listings offer a free tier.

Frequently asked questions

How many agents are there in General?

HokAI currently lists 40 active entries in General. Each is verified against the vendor's own pages and re-checked as those pages change, so the count moves as the category does.

Which agents are listed under General?

Agent Zero, Ako, Alexa+, Almanac and Arlo, among the 40 entries in this section. Each links through to a full profile covering what it does, how it is priced where that is published, and how it compares with the alternatives in the same category.

Are there free General options?

Yes — 25 of the 40 listings in General publish a free tier. Free tiers here usually cap usage volume or hold back the higher-end features rather than expiring, so they suit evaluation before committing.

How much do General tools cost?

Published paid plans start at $5 per month, with the highest published ceiling at $1,000. That covers the 10 of 40 listings that publish a price — the remainder quote on request or fold the tool into a broader contract.