# GAIA vs Dots (slim)

> GAIA scores 49.5 (D) to Dots's 28.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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GAIA scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do assistant proactive.

- GAIA: D 49.5, rank #813 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gaia.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #973 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- GAIA, good for It suits one person who wants mail triage, meeting briefs, todos and scheduled workflows from one assistant reachable on WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord or iMessage, and who wants to read the source. Ahead on Reliability, 67 against 3; Schema & documentation, 51 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 54 against 22; Payments & pricing, 20 against 10; Maintenance & community, 78 against 38; Transparency & trust, 60 against 31.
- Dots, good for A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends. Also No incidents deducted, where GAIA loses 5 points for them.

| Category | GAIA | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 67 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 51 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 54 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 54 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 20 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 78 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | GAIA | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | The Experience Company | OpenAI |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | PolyForm-Noncommercial-1.0.0 | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Last release | 2026-09-14 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-14 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-07 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |
| Popularity | 308 stars | none |