# Atticus vs Dots

> Atticus scores 42.9 (E) to Dots's 28.3 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-15

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.

- Atticus: grade E, 42.9/100, rank #974 of 1094. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/atticus.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json
- Dots: grade F, 28.3/100, rank #1042 of 1094. 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 875 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Atticus (E)

Good 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)

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 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

| Category | Weight | Atticus | Dots | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 68 | 3 | Atticus +65 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 15 | 41 | Dots +26 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 22 | Dots +13 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 49 | 58 | Dots +9 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | Atticus +50 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 51 | 38 | Atticus +13 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 56 | 31 | Atticus +25 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **42.9 · E** | **28.3 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Atticus | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Platform |
| Vendor | SaarthurR (Saarth Ranka) | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Your plan | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-14 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 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 |  |  |
| Popularity | 163 stars | none |

## 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.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/atticus-vs-openai-dots.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "atticus", "b": "openai-dots"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare atticus openai-dots`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/atticus.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json

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