# Boba vs Dots (slim)

> Dots scores 28.3 (F) to Boba's 10.3 (F) for assistants reached by message. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Boba's 10.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Boba leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

- Boba: F 10.3, rank #1004 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/boba.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #980 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Boba, good for Groups who want a free assistant inside a shared chat for planning, drafting and images. Ahead on Reliability, 15 against 3; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Transparency & trust, 39 against 31. Also Free to start without a card.
- Dots, 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 0; Agent ergonomics, 22 against 0; Security & auth, 58 against 0; Maintenance & community, 38 against 2.

| Category | Boba | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 15 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 0 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 0 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 2 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 39 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Boba | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | humans& ai, inc. | OpenAI |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under Boba's Terms of Service (humans& ai, inc., last updated 5 October 2026). | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |