Head to head
Most people are choosing between two agents, not five. Pick the pair you are weighing.
Dots / Muse
Both have cartoon avatars, their own cloud computers and a chat-first feel, so they look like direct rivals. They are aimed at different jobs. Dots is a paid operator for work across thousands of apps, while Muse is a free helper for shopping, bookings and selling.
Dots / Gemini Spark
Both agents work from the cloud day and night and act on your accounts while you are away. The deciding question is where your work lives. If it is mostly in Google, Spark does the job for a fraction of the price; if it is spread across many tools, Dots reaches further.
Dots / Claude
Dots and Claude both take long tasks off your plate, but they finish in different places. Dots watches your apps and acts in them once you approve. Claude plans and carries out research, then hands back reports, spreadsheets and decks you can edit.
Dots / OpenClaw
This is a choice about who runs the infrastructure. Dots is managed by OpenAI, with its safety stack built in and a subscription to match. OpenClaw costs nothing to install and runs on your hardware with any model, which also makes every security decision yours.
Muse / Gemini Spark
Both are consumer agents from big platforms, and they bet in opposite directions. Muse meets you inside WhatsApp and costs nothing to start, while Spark stays within Google's own apps and begins at $19.99/month. Neither is offered in the EU or the UK.
Muse / Claude
These two barely compete. Muse handles life admin like shopping, bookings and listings, while Claude handles research, reports, spreadsheets and presentations. Plenty of people in the US and Canada could reasonably use both.
Muse / OpenClaw
Both are free to start and both reach you through chat apps such as WhatsApp. The difference is who holds the machine. Muse runs on a virtual machine Meta manages for you, while OpenClaw runs on your own hardware with whatever model you pick.
Gemini Spark / Claude
Spark keeps a Google-based life ticking over around the clock, running tasks on a timer or when something changes. Claude is a deep worker that turns a brief into a finished report or deck. Where you live may decide it for you, since Claude works in the EU and UK and Spark does not.
Gemini Spark / OpenClaw
With Spark, Google hosts the agent and plugs it straight into your Google account. OpenClaw puts the agent on your own server, lets you choose any model and connects to a long list of chat apps, and it can still reach Google services through skills. The trade is convenience against control.
Claude / OpenClaw
Claude is a managed agent for knowledge work. OpenClaw is open-source gateway software that can use Claude models as its brain. The question is less about intelligence and more about who runs the infrastructure and where you want to talk to your agent.