# Instinct vs Dots (slim)

> Dots scores 28.3 (F) to Instinct's 11.4 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Instinct's 11.4 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Instinct leads on transparency & trust. Both do assistant proactive.

- Instinct: F 11.4, rank #984 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/instinct.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #973 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Instinct, good for A consumer assistant for one adult who wants errands done by text or phone call, such as bill disputes, gifts, groceries, appointments and travel, and who accepts that it acts and spends as their agent. Ahead on Transparency & trust, 51 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. Ahead on Schema & documentation, 41 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 22 against 5; Security & auth, 58 against 25; Payments & pricing, 10 against 0; Maintenance & community, 38 against 3.

| Category | Instinct | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 5 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 3 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 5 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 25 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 0 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 3 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 51 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Instinct | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Spear Street Technology, Inc. | OpenAI |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Instinct's Terms of Service, which grant personal use only | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | none | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-08-26 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | yes, with an opt-out |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | not found in the text |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |