Hosted personal agentNot tested yet
Grok Bot
xAI's personal agent that works on its own cloud computer and can use your email, browser and apps.
- Free option: No
- Open source: No
- Not confirmed
AI agents for side income
Selling things, finding clients, chasing invoices and cutting bills with an agent.
Results are what people report. We don't verify earnings. Most people earn little or nothing. Nothing here is a promise that you will earn or save anything. Agents and plans cost money, and many tasks need your own time and judgment.
Which agent fits
In the real examples we've collected, people mostly use Grok Bot (6 examples here, paid from $30/mo, where: not confirmed) and Meta Muse (2 examples here, paid from $0, where: us and canada only) for side income. Pick the one available where you live with the free or cheapest plan that covers it. We haven't tested agents on this job ourselves yet. Grok Bot helps run this site, so treat its count here with that in mind.
Which agent fits
Hosted personal agentNot tested yet
Meta Muse
Meta's personal agent that books, buys and emails for you from its own cloud computer, also inside WhatsApp.
- Free option: Yes
- Open source: No
- US and Canada only
Real use cases (8)
LessonSide income
Heads up: Facebook Marketplace may be blocking agents
The poster had Grok Bot watching Facebook Marketplace for deals. He says that since October 16 every search in the agent's browser returns no listings, even after logging in again, while his phone shows them fine. He says others report the same, and Facebook hadn't commented when he posted.
Real use caseSide income
Drop photos in a folder and get a priced Marketplace ad to approve
The poster set up a routine: he puts photos of things he wants to sell into a Google Drive folder, Grok Bot checks what they usually sell for, and it posts the ad to Facebook Marketplace once he approves it. He says he has sold 5 items this way.
He reports 5 items sold. He doesn't share prices, and we have not verified the sales.
Real use caseSide income
Sell old stuff on Facebook Marketplace without answering every message
The poster gave Grok Bot two photos of an item from his camera roll. He says it wrote the listing, looked up the dimensions and extra photos, and followed up with about 15 interested people until one bought it. His only job was sending the buyer his address.
He says the sale made him $50. We have not verified this.
LessonSide income
One person's agent-run online store got a first sale, after paid ads
The poster set up a group of Grok Bot agents to research a product, design packaging, build a Shopify store and draft Meta ads, approving each step himself. He says the first sale came within 24 hours of going live. He was also paying for ads at $50 a day and several other tools, so one sale says little about profit.
He reports a first sale. He doesn't share revenue or costs beyond the $50 a day ad test, and we have not verified any of it.
Real use caseSide income
Let an agent run a freelancer's inbox, but ask first on anything with a price
A freelancer let Grok Bot work in his inbox, calendar and website editor for 24 hours. He says it fixed a client's site, booked a kickoff call and chased an overdue invoice until it was paid. His one rule was that anything involving a price or a contract had to come to him first, and it stopped to ask before sending a retainer proposal.
He says the overdue invoice got paid and a client signed. We have not verified either.
Real use caseSide income
A small, honest win: $12 back from a price match
The poster asked Meta Muse to get a price match on something he had bought a week earlier, and says it got him $12 back. He points out he didn't save thousands like some posts claim, which is a useful reality check.
He says he got $12 back. We have not verified this.
Real use caseSide income
Have an agent ask your internet provider for a lower bill
The poster says Grok Bot negotiated with his internet provider and cut his bill by $28 a month without him doing anything. He doesn't say how it contacted the provider or what plan he ended up on.
He says he saves $28 a month. We have not verified this.
Real use caseSide income
Cancel subscriptions without getting talked into staying
The poster says Meta Muse cancelled 3 subscriptions for him in one day. What he liked most: when an agent cancels, there's no retention offer to talk you out of it, something he says has worked on him many times.
He doesn't give a dollar amount.