# asaply vs Dots > Dots scores 28.3 (F) to asaply's 7.6 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side. - Canonical: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots - Markdown: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.md (~3,350 tokens) - Slim: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.min.md (~580 tokens, same facts, less prose, for token-sensitive contexts) - JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.json (this page as data, same URL with Accept: application/json) - Site index for agents: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt (full text: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms-full.txt) - API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json - Updated: 2026-10-13 Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. asaply leads on reliability and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message. - asaply: grade F, 7.6/100, rank #1006 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/asaply.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json - Dots: grade F, 28.3/100, rank #980 of 1010. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json - Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md - All 834 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md ## Which one, for what ### asaply (F) Good for: People in covered neighbourhoods who want coffee, lunch, tickets and rides handled by text. Ahead on: - Reliability, 10 against 3 - Transparency & trust, 43 against 31 Watch for: No API, MCP server or A2A endpoint for an outside agent. ### Dots (F) Good for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends. Ahead on: - Schema & documentation, 41 against 10 - Agent ergonomics, 22 against 0 - Security & auth, 58 against 0 - Payments & pricing, 10 against 0 - Maintenance & community, 38 against 2 Watch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha ## Score by category | Category | Weight | asaply | Dots | Edge | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 10 | 3 | asaply +7 | | Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 10 | 41 | Dots +31 | | Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 0 | 22 | Dots +22 | | Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 0 | 58 | Dots +58 | | Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 0 | 10 | Dots +10 | | Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run | | Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 2 | 38 | Dots +36 | | Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 43 | 31 | asaply +12 | | Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | | | **Total** | | **7.6 · F** | **28.3 · F** | | ## Facts side by side | Fact | asaply | Dots | | --- | --- | --- | | Kind | Platform | Platform | | Vendor | Asaply Inc. | OpenAI | | Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) | | Transports | | | | Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key | | Pricing | Pay per use | Paid | | x402 | no | no | | Licence | Closed service under asaply's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy and Messaging Terms (Asaply Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read | | Read-only variant documented | no | no | | llms.txt | yes | yes | | Last release | none | 2026-10-09 | | Terms last updated | | no document linked | | Privacy policy last updated | | no document linked | | Customer content may train models | | | | Terms restrict automated access | | | | Terms restrict benchmarking | | | | Terms or service can change without notice | | | | Arbitration or class-action waiver | | | ## Verdicts **asaply.** asaply is a text-only errand assistant in early access that orders, books and pays through Apple Pay after showing the total, and can read and change a connected Google Calendar and Gmail. No outside agent can call it, the service fee isn't published, and no status page or security contact was found. **Dots.** Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. Dots is a beta on Pro plans from $100 a month, and no status page, terms, privacy policy or way to delete individual saved notes was found in the pages we could read. ## Before you call either ### asaply 1. Don't plan to call asaply from another agent. It answers only texts from the owner's phone number and group chats it joins. 2. Tell the owner each errand adds an unpublished service fee to the order total. ### Dots 1. Say what may be sent. Asking a dot to draft replies does not permit sending them, and an action outside a stated scope needs another decision 2. Stop three things separately. Pause stops the main task only, delegated tasks stop in Activity and recurring tasks in Scheduled, and completed actions are not undone 3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer 4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained 5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time ## Questions ### Which is better for AI agents, asaply or Dots? Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against asaply's 7.6 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. asaply leads on reliability and transparency & trust. ## For agents - This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-openai-dots.min.md - Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "asaply", "b": "openai-dots"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare asaply openai-dots` - Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/asaply.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json ## Other comparisons with asaply or Dots - [asaply vs Asmi](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-asmi.md) - [asaply vs AstrBot](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-astrbot.md) - [asaply vs Boba](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boba.md) - [asaply vs Boski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-boski.md) - [asaply vs Brea](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-brea.md) - [asaply vs Caddy](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-caddy-app.md) - [asaply vs CowAgent](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-cowagent.md) - [asaply vs Del](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-del.md) - [asaply vs folk](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-folk-nozomio.md) - [asaply vs GAIA](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-gaia.md) - 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[asaply vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-wajo.md) - [Natura tinyNature vs Dots](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/natura-vs-openai-dots.md) - [Dots vs Pally](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-pally.md) - [Dots vs Tomo](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-tomo.md) - [Dots vs Wajo (Fo)](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-wajo.md) - [asaply vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/asaply-vs-talorys.md) - [Dots vs Talorys](https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-talorys.md) ## Disclosure - asaply competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.