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Head to head · Assistants that remember you · October 2026 research run

Atticus vs Dots

Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth. Both do assistants that remember you.

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AtticusSaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) · Platform E42.9/100#974 of 1094 DotsOpenAI · Platform F28.3/100#1042 of 1094

Which one, for what

Atticus E

Best for A person on macOS 26 with a Claude Pro or Max plan who wants voice control of apps, windows, files and the browser.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 68 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 10
  • Maintenance & community, 51 against 38
  • Transparency & trust, 56 against 31

Also in its favour

  • No key needed to call it
  • Free to start without a card
  • Open source

Watch for

No API, MCP server or documented command an outside agent can call

Dots F

Best 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 15
  • Agent ergonomics, 22 against 9
  • Security & auth, 58 against 49

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

CategoryWeight this runAtticusDotsEdge
Reliability16%20683Atticus +65
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21541Dots +26
Agent ergonomics13%16.2922Dots +13
Security & auth14%17.54958Dots +9
Payments & pricing10%12.56010Atticus +50
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.85138Atticus +13
Transparency & trust7%8.85631Atticus +25
Negative events≤1500
TotalE 42.9/100F 28.3/100

Facts side by side

FactAtticusDots
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorSaarthurR (Saarth Ranka)OpenAI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneOAuth or key
PricingYour planPaid
x402nono
LicenceMITProprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-142026-10-09
Terms last updatedno document linkedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linkedno 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
Popularity163 starsnone

Verdicts

Atticus

Atticus runs a person's Mac by voice on their existing Claude or Devin plan, with a sandboxed safe mode and a local log of every command. It has no API, MCP server or documented command for another agent, it is five days old, and it rebuilds itself from the main branch every six hours by default.

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

Atticus

  1. Don't plan to call Atticus from another agent. It takes requests only from its own shortcut and typing box
  2. If a user runs Atticus beside you, expect it to move windows and type into apps on the same Mac
  3. Point a user who wants pinned versions to Settings > About & Updates to turn off self-update

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, Atticus or Dots?

Atticus scores 42.9 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on schema & documentation, agent ergonomics and security & auth.

Are Atticus and Dots open source?

Atticus is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Dots.

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