Agentic Index
MultiOn vs OpenAI Atlas (2026)
MultiOn and OpenAI Atlas both promise a personal agent that does web tasks for you, and the honest starting point is that Atlas is free and already on millions of desktops: its Agent Mode completes end to end web tasks in a sandbox, asking before key actions. MultiOn has relaunched as the AGI-0 mobile app, an early preview personal agent focused on phone native task automation, currently waitlist gated. Choose Atlas as the default free option, MultiOn if mobile first automation is specifically what you want and you accept early preview roughness.
| At a glance | MultiOn | OpenAI Atlas |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Browser / computer-use agent | Browser / computer-use agent |
| Entry price | No public pricing · AGI-0 early access (waitlist) · SDK/Enterprise custom | Free |
| Free / trial | Waitlist / early access | Free tier |
| Pricing confidence | contact only | public exact |
| Feature |
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Partial | Partial |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
No / Not documented | Full / Explicit |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Partial | Partial |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
No / Not documented | Partial |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Partial | Partial |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Unknown / Unspecified | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing |
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MultiOn
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
No public pricing · AGI-0 early access (waitlist) · SDK/Enterprise custom | Free |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Contact only | Public — exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
usage | seats |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
High variable cost | Low variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
No free tier
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Free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Mixed | Self-serve |
Choose MultiOn if
- Mobile native task automation (booking, comparing, errands from your phone) is the specific job.
- You want to be early on a dedicated personal agent app rather than a browser feature.
- Waitlist access and preview instability are acceptable tradeoffs for you.
Choose OpenAI Atlas if
- Free and available now beats waitlisted and early preview.
- Desktop web tasks with confirmation prompts before key actions fit your risk comfort.
- You already live in the ChatGPT ecosystem, so Atlas inherits your context.