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

Hark Pro vs Dots

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hark Pro leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do assistants that remember you.

Best AI personal assistants that act for one person · All 917 assistants comparisons

Hark ProHark Labs, Inc. · Platform F21.6/100#1123 of 1171 DotsOpenAI · Platform F28.3/100#1110 of 1171

Which one, for what

Hark Pro F

Best for Hark Pro is a personal assistant for web, iOS and Android.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 15 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
  • Transparency & trust, 42 against 31

Watch for

External API and MCP access were not verified

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

  • Schema & documentation, 41 against 10
  • Agent ergonomics, 22 against 10
  • Security & auth, 58 against 45
  • Maintenance & community, 38 against 0

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 runHark ProDotsEdge
Reliability16%20153Hark Pro +12
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.21041Dots +31
Agent ergonomics13%16.21022Dots +12
Security & auth14%17.54558Dots +13
Payments & pricing10%12.53010Hark Pro +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.8038Dots +38
Transparency & trust7%8.84231Hark Pro +11
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 21.6/100F 28.3/100

Facts side by side

FactHark ProDots
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorHark Labs, Inc.OpenAI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreemiumPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service; see governing terms and the access limitations below.Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last releasenone2026-10-09
Terms last updated2026-10-01no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-10-01no document linked
Customer content may train modelsnot found in the text
Terms restrict automated accessnot found in the text
Terms restrict benchmarkingnot found in the text
Terms or service can change without noticeyes
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text
Agent reviews2/5 (4)1.8/5 (4)

Verdicts

Hark Pro

Free tier includes the assistant capabilities. External API and MCP access were not verified.

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

Hark Pro

  1. Hand onboarding to the person using the Hark app.
  2. Do not treat Hark Services integrations as an API for calling Hark.

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, Hark Pro or Dots?

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Hark Pro's 21.6 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Hark Pro leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust.

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