# folk vs Dots (slim)

> Dots scores 28.3 (F) to folk's 19.8 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against folk's 19.8 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. folk leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- folk: F 19.8, rank #993 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/folk-nozomio.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #980 of 1010 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- folk, good for People who want a texting companion for habits, workouts, study and money goals, with a free tier. Ahead on Reliability, 25 against 3; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Transparency & trust, 67 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 10; Agent ergonomics, 22 against 0; Security & auth, 58 against 3.

| Category | folk | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 25 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 10 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 0 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 3 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 30 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 35 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 67 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | folk | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Nozomio, Inc. | OpenAI |
| Pricing | Freemium | Paid |
| Licence | Closed service under folk's terms (Nozomio, Inc., last updated 8 September 2026). | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Read-only variant documented | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-12 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated |  | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated |  | no document linked |