{ "data": { "a": { "slug": "gemini-spark", "name": "Gemini Spark", "vendor": "Google LLC", "vendorUrl": "https://gemini.google/us/overview/agent/spark/", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Gemini Spark is Google's hosted personal AI agent inside the Gemini app. It runs tasks and schedules in Google's cloud across Gmail, Calendar, Drive and other connected apps for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-spark.json", "license": "Proprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of Service", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "oauth", "authNotes": "No credential for an outside agent exists, because no public API was found. A person signs in to the Gemini app with a personal Google Account and needs a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription (https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17094507). Connected apps are off by default and are switched on in settings (https://gemini.google/us/overview/agent/spark/). Third-party and custom apps are linked to the Google Account and can be unlinked in Connected Apps settings or on the account's Linked apps page. A custom MCP server that lacks Dynamic Client Registration takes credentials the user enters (https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17209137). Google tells users not to type sign-in or payment details into a task thread and to enter them on the web page in take control mode (https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17094507).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Spark needs a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription. US prices are $19.99 a month for Pro and $99.99 or $199.99 a month for Ultra, with Spark use counted against compute-based limits that refresh every five hours up to a weekly limit (https://gemini.google/us/subscriptions/; https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/16275805). The subscriptions page lists Spark under Ultra as first access in select countries, while the help page names Pro and Ultra. No free tier includes Spark. The page links a two-month trial offer whose terms were not read (checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$19.99 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 on the pages read, and no public API to carry one (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/17094507", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "agent.mcp-client" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "consumer", "closed-source", "no-api", "beta", "ios", "android", "macos", "web", "browser-agent", "approvals", "mcp-client", "subscription", "trains-on-data-by-default" ], "lastRelease": "2026-05-19", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 24.5, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 974, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 18, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 9, "maintenance": 17, "payments": 10, "reliability": 14, "schema": 17, "security": 60, "transparency": 49 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "medium", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "Google's help pages state what Spark confirms before doing, how to delete its remote browser and code data, and the risks of prompt injection. Spark has no public API, Google calls it experimental, and it runs only with Keep Activity on, the setting under which chats are used for model training and human review.", "bestFor": "A person who already keeps mail, calendar and files in a personal Google Account and accepts Keep Activity being on.", "strengths": [ "Google says Spark asks for confirmation before sending communications, modifying data, making purchases, submitting web forms and using Sign in with Google", "Connected apps are off by default, and write actions through a custom MCP server need manual confirmation, per Google's help pages", "The help page names prompt injection, gives four examples of what an injected instruction could do, and says the safeguards do not guarantee protection", "Each task thread has a work panel listing completed and planned steps, files read or updated, schedules, and the skills and apps used", "Published limits of 15 running tasks and 50 active schedules, and plan prices of $19.99 to $199.99 a month in the US" ], "weaknesses": [ "No public API, SDK or MCP server for an outside agent was found. Spark is reached in the Gemini mobile app, the Mac app and gemini.google.com", "Google's help page calls Spark an experimental feature in early development, and the Privacy Hub calls it beta", "Spark runs only with Keep Activity on. With that setting on, Google uses activity to train generative AI models and human reviewers read some chats", "Chats already reviewed by human reviewers are kept for up to three years and are not deleted when the user deletes activity", "Google states that Gemini can perform bulk actions on private Google Tasks without confirmation", "The remote browser saves cookies holding website sign-in details for later sessions until the user deletes them or turns Spark off", "No status page or SLA for Spark was linked from the pages read, and the bug bounty site linked from Google's terms is drawn by script and was unread" ], "agentNotes": [ "Do not plan an integration against Spark. No public API or MCP server was found, and a person must hold a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription", "Expect a confirmation request before sends, edits, purchases and web form submissions, and note that bulk changes to private Google Tasks run without one", "Delete remote browser data and remote code execution data in Gemini Spark Settings after a sensitive session. Deleting a task thread or Gemini Apps activity does not remove them", "Keep within 15 running tasks and 50 active schedules. A schedule does not run when 15 tasks are running or the usage limit is reached", "Treat every safety statement here as Google's own description. None was tested, and no message was sent to the service" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "medium", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 24.5 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 9, "maintenance": 17, "payments": 10, "reliability": 14, "schema": 17, "security": 60, "transparency": 44 }, "provenanceScore": 54 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/gemini-spark" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Google AI Pro", "unit": "month", "usd": 19.99, "note": "US price, includes Spark with 4 times the standard usage limit" }, { "item": "Google AI Ultra (5x)", "unit": "month", "usd": 99.99, "note": "US price, 5 times the Pro usage limit" }, { "item": "Google AI Ultra (20x)", "unit": "month", "usd": 199.99, "note": "US price, 20 times the Pro usage limit" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "Google LLC", "domain": "gemini.google", "domainRegistered": "", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "https://policies.google.com/terms", "privacy": "https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/13594961", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://gemini.google/us/release-notes/", "securityTxt": "none", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "The Gemini Apps Privacy Notice says Gemini Apps are supplied by Google Ireland Limited in the European Economic Area and Switzerland and by Google LLC everywhere else. Spark is not available in the European Economic Area or Switzerland.", "Google's service-specific terms page lists Gemini Apps under the Google Terms of Service (effective 30 July 2026), the Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy and the Gemini Apps Agentic Calling Additional Terms of Service. The Generative AI Additional Terms of Service that the subscriptions page links say they stopped applying on 22 May 2024.", "The privacy link is the Gemini Apps Privacy Hub, which holds the Gemini Apps Privacy Notice (last updated 29 June 2026) and the Spark data questions (hub last updated 24 September 2026). The notice supplements the Google Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy (effective 12 October 2026).", "No status page for Gemini Apps or Spark was linked from any page read.", "The release notes are the Gemini app's. Their only entry about Spark is dated 19 May 2026.", "gemini.google/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. Google's terms link bughunters.google.com as its safety and bug testing programmes. That site's home page is drawn by script and was unread.", "gemini.google is a name under Google's own .google top-level domain. Its registration date was not looked up.", "policies.google.com/robots.txt answered 404, read as no rules. The robots.txt files of gemini.google, support.google.com and bughunters.google.com allow the pages read." ], "score": 54 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.json" }, "answer": "Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "b": { "slug": "openai-dots", "name": "Dots", "vendor": "OpenAI", "vendorUrl": "https://chatgpt.com", "kind": "platform", "category": "personal-assistants", "summary": "Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots", "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md", "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md", "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json", "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read", "transports": [], "packages": [], "auth": "mixed", "authNotes": "A person signs in to ChatGPT on an eligible plan and creates a dot in the mobile app, desktop app or a desktop browser. No API key or other credential for outside programs was found. Apps are reached through plugins connected to the ChatGPT account, each with its own connected account and allowed actions. Website logins go through a private form to the cloud browser outside the conversation, sessions last until sign-out or expiry, and reusing a saved login needs confirmation. A local computer is connected with Allow access and removed with Revoke access. Where tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/getting-started).", "pricing": "paid", "pricingNotes": "Included with ChatGPT Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found on the pages read) and Enterprise through sales. Conversations with a dot do not count towards ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in ChatGPT Work or Codex count towards those limits. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work with no figure given, extended for the first month after launch. No free tier or trial for dots was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing, checked 2026-10-12).", "priceSummary": "$100 / mo", "where": "local", "x402": { "level": "no", "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dots docs, the admin guide or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).", "endpoints": [] }, "toolCount": null, "popularity": { "githubStars": null, "npmWeekly": null, "pypiWeekly": null, "asOf": "2026-10-12" }, "docsUrl": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots", "llmsTxt": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt", "capabilities": [ "assistant.proactive", "assistant.accounts", "assistant.memory", "assistant.messaging" ], "tags": [ "hosted", "closed-source", "beta", "chatgpt", "slack", "teams", "voice", "cloud-browser", "approvals", "paid", "llms-txt" ], "lastRelease": "2026-10-09", "graded": true, "anchor": { "graded": true, "score": 28.3, "grade": "F", "agentReady": false, "rank": 973, "ranked": true, "rankOf": 986, "categoryRank": 17, "methodology": "0.4", "run": "2026-10-01", "scores": { "ergonomics": 22, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 3, "schema": 41, "security": 58, "transparency": 31 }, "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "assessment": { "confidence": "low", "date": "2026-10-12" }, "negative": 0, "verdict": "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.", "bestFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.", "strengths": [ "An automatic review checks each action that could affect accounts or share information against instructions, permissions and custom rules before it runs", "Custom rules have four settings, from acting without asking to handing the step to the owner, and app permissions can allow reading mail without sending", "Proactive research uses tools that cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer, per the docs", "Website passwords are entered in a private form outside the conversation, and reusing a saved login needs the owner's confirmation", "Six docs pages with Markdown twins listed in llms.txt, and a dated release note for dots on 9 October 2026" ], "weaknesses": [ "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha", "No way to view or delete individual saved notes is documented. The admin guide's link to reset options lands on the section for deleting the whole dot", "Custom rules are described as instructions the dot tries to follow and can get wrong, and an authorised write can run without a prompt where policy allows", "Pro consumer accounts in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are excluded, and the plan's allowance for deeper work has no published figure", "No status page, service terms or privacy policy is linked from the Dots docs, and openai.com and help.openai.com refused our reader", "No API, MCP endpoint or other documented way for an outside program to message a dot was found" ], "agentNotes": [ "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", "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", "Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer", "Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained", "Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time" ], "metrics": { "kind": "remote", "measured": false }, "reviewCount": 0, "avgRating": 0, "history": [ { "basis": "public evidence", "confidence": "low", "grade": "F", "methodology": "0.4", "pending": [ "performance", "tasks" ], "run": "2026-10-01", "runLabel": "October 2026 research run", "score": 28.3 } ], "editorialScores": { "ergonomics": 22, "maintenance": 38, "payments": 10, "reliability": 3, "schema": 41, "security": 58, "transparency": 26 }, "provenanceScore": 36 }, "letme": { "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive", "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-dots" }, "area": "frameworks", "unitPrices": [ { "item": "Pro 100", "unit": "month", "usd": 100, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan, includes dots with an allowance for deeper work that has no published figure" }, { "item": "Pro 200", "unit": "month", "usd": 200, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan" }, { "item": "Pro 500", "unit": "month", "usd": 500, "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan" } ], "provenance": { "legalEntity": "", "domain": "chatgpt.com", "domainRegistered": "2022-11-30", "endpointOnVendorDomain": null, "terms": "", "privacy": "", "statusPage": "", "changelog": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new", "securityTxt": "unknown", "checked": "2026-10-12", "notes": [ "No page we read names the legal entity or the documents that govern Dots. The docs footer links https://openai.com/policies, which answered 403 to our reader, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. OpenAI's other listings here link https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/. Neither was read today, and whether the consumer Terms of Use govern Pro accounts was not established.", "No status page is linked from the Dots docs, the admin guide, the pricing page or the release notes we read.", "learn.chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. chatgpt.com is closed to Anthropic agents by its robots.txt and openai.com answered 403 on the one page requested, so neither host's security.txt was requested.", "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 30 November 2022 as the registration date of chatgpt.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.", "learn.chatgpt.com/robots.txt answered 200 and allows every path. help.openai.com/robots.txt allows the article paths, and four linked articles answered 403 with a JavaScript check. cdn.openai.com/robots.txt answered 404." ], "score": 36 }, "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json" }, "facts": [ { "a": "Platform", "b": "Platform", "name": "Kind" }, { "a": "Google LLC", "b": "OpenAI", "name": "Vendor" }, { "a": "no (local only)", "b": "no (local only)", "name": "Hosted endpoint" }, { "a": "", "b": "", "name": "Transports" }, { "a": "OAuth", "b": "OAuth or key", "name": "Auth" }, { "a": "Paid", "b": "Paid", "name": "Pricing" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "x402" }, { "a": "Proprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of Service", "b": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read", "name": "Licence" }, { "a": "no", "b": "no", "name": "Read-only variant documented" }, { "a": "no", "b": "yes", "name": "llms.txt" }, { "a": "2026-05-19", "b": "2026-10-09", "name": "Last release" }, { "a": "2026-07-30", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Terms last updated" }, { "a": "2026-09-24", "b": "no document linked", "name": "Privacy policy last updated" }, { "a": "yes, with an opt-out", "b": "", "name": "Customer content may train models" }, { "a": "yes", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict automated access" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Terms or service can change without notice" }, { "a": "not found in the text", "b": "", "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver" } ], "faq": [ { "answer": "Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.", "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Gemini Spark or Dots?" } ], "goodFor": [ { "aheadOn": [ "Reliability, 14 against 3", "Transparency \u0026 trust, 49 against 31" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A person who already keeps mail, calendar and files in a personal Google Account and accepts Keep Activity being on.", "slug": "gemini-spark", "watchFor": "No public API, SDK or MCP server for an outside agent was found. Spark is reached in the Gemini mobile app, the Mac app and gemini.google.com" }, { "aheadOn": [ "Schema \u0026 documentation, 41 against 17", "Agent ergonomics, 22 against 9", "Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 17" ], "also": null, "goodFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.", "slug": "openai-dots", "watchFor": "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha" } ], "job": { "capability": "assistant.proactive", "name": "Assistant proactive" }, "others": [ { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "AstrBot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "CowAgent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark.json", "title": "GAIA vs Gemini Spark", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-gemini-spark" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "GAIA vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-grok-bot.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Grok Bot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-grok-bot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-haven.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Haven", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-haven" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Hermes Agent", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-hermes-agent" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Instinct", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-instinct" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-ironclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs IronClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-ironclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-leon.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Leon", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-leon" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lindy.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Lindy", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-lindy" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanobot.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs nanobot", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanobot" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanoclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs NanoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-nanoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zo-computer.json", "title": "Gemini Spark vs Zo Computer", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-zo-computer" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Grok Bot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Haven vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Hermes Agent vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Instinct vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/instinct-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "IronClaw vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/ironclaw-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Leon vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "Lindy vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/lindy-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "nanobot vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanobot-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots.json", "title": "NanoClaw vs Dots", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/nanoclaw-vs-openai-dots" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs OpenClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-openclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-picoclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs PicoClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-picoclaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke.json", "title": "Dots vs Poke", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-poke" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw.json", "title": "Dots vs QwenPaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-qwenpaw" }, { "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw.json", "title": "Dots vs ZeroClaw", "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/openai-dots-vs-zeroclaw" }, { "json": 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Gemini Spark leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistant proactive.", "verdicts": { "gemini-spark": "Google's help pages state what Spark confirms before doing, how to delete its remote browser and code data, and the risks of prompt injection. Spark has no public API, Google calls it experimental, and it runs only with Keep Activity on, the setting under which chats are used for model training and human review.", "openai-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." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.md", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.min.md" }, "markdown": "Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust. Both do assistant proactive.\n\n- Gemini Spark: grade F, 24.5/100, rank #974 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/gemini-spark.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/gemini-spark.json\n- Dots: grade F, 28.3/100, rank #973 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Gemini Spark (F)\n\nGood for: A person who already keeps mail, calendar and files in a personal Google Account and accepts Keep Activity being on.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 14 against 3\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 49 against 31\n\nWatch for: No public API, SDK or MCP server for an outside agent was found. Spark is reached in the Gemini mobile app, the Mac app and gemini.google.com\n\n### Dots (F)\n\nGood for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.\n\nAhead on:\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 41 against 17\n- Agent ergonomics, 22 against 9\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 38 against 17\n\nWatch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Gemini Spark | Dots | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 14 | 3 | Gemini Spark +11 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 17 | 41 | Dots +24 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 9 | 22 | Dots +13 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 60 | 58 | Gemini Spark +2 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 10 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 17 | 38 | Dots +21 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 49 | 31 | Gemini Spark +18 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **24.5 · F** | **28.3 · F** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Gemini Spark | Dots |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Platform |\n| Vendor | Google LLC | OpenAI |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Paid |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service under the Google Terms of Service | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-05-19 | 2026-10-09 |\n| Terms last updated | 2026-07-30 | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | yes | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | not found in the text | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | not found in the text | |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Gemini Spark.** Google's help pages state what Spark confirms before doing, how to delete its remote browser and code data, and the risks of prompt injection. Spark has no public API, Google calls it experimental, and it runs only with Keep Activity on, the setting under which chats are used for model training and human review.\n\n**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.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Gemini Spark\n\n1. Do not plan an integration against Spark. No public API or MCP server was found, and a person must hold a Google AI Pro or Ultra subscription\n2. Expect a confirmation request before sends, edits, purchases and web form submissions, and note that bulk changes to private Google Tasks run without one\n3. Delete remote browser data and remote code execution data in Gemini Spark Settings after a sensitive session. Deleting a task thread or Gemini Apps activity does not remove them\n4. Keep within 15 running tasks and 50 active schedules. A schedule does not run when 15 tasks are running or the usage limit is reached\n5. Treat every safety statement here as Google's own description. None was tested, and no message was sent to the service\n\n### Dots\n\n1. 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\n2. 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\n3. Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer\n4. Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained\n5. Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Gemini Spark or Dots?\n\nDots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Gemini Spark's 24.5 (F), and leads in 3 of 7 scored categories. Gemini Spark leads on reliability and transparency \u0026 trust.\n\n\n## For agents\n\n- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.min.md\n- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {\"a\": \"gemini-spark\", \"b\": \"openai-dots\"}`. 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