Head to head · Assistant proactive · October 2026 research run

Haven vs Dots

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

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Which one, for what

Haven F

Best for A consumer assistant for one person who wants to phone, text or email it and have it remember them.

Ahead on

  • Reliability, 35 against 3
  • Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
  • Transparency & trust, 51 against 31

Watch for

No approval setting or list of actions that need confirmation was found on the public pages. The terms say it sends emails, SMS and calls following the user's instructions.

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 4
  • Agent ergonomics, 22 against 6
  • Security & auth, 58 against 13

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 runHavenDotsEdge
Reliability16%20353Haven +32
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2441Dots +37
Agent ergonomics13%16.2622Dots +16
Security & auth14%17.51358Dots +45
Payments & pricing10%12.53010Haven +20
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.83538Dots +3
Transparency & trust7%8.85131Haven +20
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 22.2/100F 28.3/100

Facts side by side

FactHavenDots
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorHello Haven, Inc.OpenAI
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
TransportsHTTP
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingFreePaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary service under Hello Haven's Terms of ServiceProprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtnoyes
Last release2026-09-172026-10-09
Terms last updated2026-07-24no document linked
Privacy policy last updated2026-07-24no 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 noticenot found in the text
Arbitration or class-action waivernot found in the text

Verdicts

Haven

Haven answers by phone call, text, email and app, is free in beta with no card, and publishes a status page with dated incidents. No public page read says which actions need approval, which accounts it connects or how their tokens are kept, and it names no model provider or sub-processor.

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

Haven

  1. Haven has no documented API or MCP server. An outside agent can reach it only through the owner's channels (call, SMS, email, app).
  2. Do not assume an approval step before Haven sends mail, texts or calls. None is documented on the public pages.
  3. Email Haven sends to other people names Hello Haven as sender and says it was sent on the user's behalf, per the terms.
  4. Chat messages, history, profile context and uploaded files go to third-party AI model providers that the vendor does not name.
  5. Check status.hellohaven.ai before relying on phone or voice. All four published incidents affected those channels.

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, Haven or Dots?

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Haven's 22.2 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Haven leads on reliability, payments & pricing and transparency & trust.

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