# DeepTutor vs Dots

> DeepTutor scores 62.7 (B) to Dots's 28.8 (F) for assistants that remember you. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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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.

- DeepTutor: grade B, 62.7/100, rank #494 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/deeptutor.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/deeptutor.json
- Dots: grade F, 28.8/100, rank #1167 of 1239. 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 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### DeepTutor (B)

Good 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)

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:
- 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

| Category | Weight | DeepTutor | Dots | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 3 | DeepTutor +75 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 71 | 41 | DeepTutor +30 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 63 | 22 | DeepTutor +41 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 51 | 58 | Dots +7 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | DeepTutor +50 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 84 | 38 | DeepTutor +46 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 52 | 37 | DeepTutor +15 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | -3 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **62.7 · B** | **28.8 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | DeepTutor | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | HKUDS | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-28 | 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 | 51k stars | none |
| Agent reviews | none | 1.8/5 (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.


## For agents

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

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