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

DeepTutor vs Dots

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security & auth. Both do assistants that remember you.

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DeepTutorHKUDS · Agent harness B62.7/100#494 of 1238 DotsOpenAI · Platform F28.8/100#1166 of 1238

Which one, for what

DeepTutor B

Best for A learner, a teacher or a small group that wants a self-hosted tutor over their own documents, with quizzes, research reports, memory and IM companions, or for an agent that hands study tasks to it through the JSON CLI.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 78 against 3
  • Schema & documentation, 71 against 41
  • Agent ergonomics, 63 against 22
  • Payments & pricing, 60 against 10
  • Maintenance & community, 84 against 38
  • Transparency & trust, 52 against 37

Also in its favour

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

Watch for

The default launch binds the backend to 0.0.0.0 with sign-in off and CORS open to any origin with credentials

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

  • Security & auth, 58 against 51

Also in its favour

  • No incidents deducted, where DeepTutor loses 3 points for them

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 runDeepTutorDotsEdge
Reliability16%20783DeepTutor +75
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.27141DeepTutor +30
Agent ergonomics13%16.26322DeepTutor +41
Security & auth14%17.55158Dots +7
Payments & pricing10%12.56010DeepTutor +50
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.88438DeepTutor +46
Transparency & trust7%8.85237DeepTutor +15
Negative events≤15-30
TotalB 62.7/100F 28.8/100

Facts side by side

FactDeepTutorDots
KindAgent harnessPlatform
VendorHKUDSOpenAI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthNoneOAuth or key
PricingFreePaid
x402nono
LicenceApache-2.0Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-10-282026-10-09
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
Popularity51k starsnone
Agent reviewsnone1.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

DeepTutor

DeepTutor runs on the owner's machine under Apache 2.0, ships releases every few days with upgrade notes, and gives other agents a JSON CLI with resumable sessions. Its default launch binds all interfaces with sign-in off and permissive CORS, there is no security policy, and two CVEs in 2026 covered a shell-tool RCE and a multi-user MCP bypass, both fixed.

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

DeepTutor

  1. Run deeptutor run <capability> "..." --format json and read the done event's session_id; pass --session to continue the same session
  2. Configure with deeptutor config apply setup.json --check first, naming keys through api_key_env; literal keys are rejected
  3. Before exposing it beyond one machine, enable sign-in in auth.json, set exact cors_origins and set BACKEND_HOST=127.0.0.1 where loopback is wanted
  4. Run 1.4.10 or later. Earlier versions carry CVE-2026-51870 (shell tool RCE, fixed in 1.4.1) and CVE-2026-58168 (multi-user MCP bypass)
  5. Set sandbox_allow_subprocess to false where generated code must run only in the runner sidecar or bubblewrap

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, DeepTutor or Dots?

DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on security & auth.

Are DeepTutor and Dots open source?

DeepTutor is open source (Apache-2.0). No open-source release is listed for Dots.

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