# Leon vs Dots

> Leon scores 41 (E) to Dots's 28.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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- Updated: 2026-10-12

Leon scores 41 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community. Both do assistant proactive.

- Leon: grade E, 41/100, rank #934 of 986. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leon.json
- 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
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### Leon (E)

Good for: A developer who wants a self-hosted assistant with memory, computer use and a local model, and who will read the source.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 32 against 3
- Agent ergonomics, 57 against 22
- Payments & pricing, 60 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 60 against 31

Also in its favour:
- No key needed to call it
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: No tagged release of the core since 1.0.0-beta.8 on 1 May 2023. The 2.0 Developer Preview is installed by cloning the develop branch

### Dots (F)

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 33
- Security & auth, 58 against 34
- Maintenance & community, 38 against 15

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

| Category | Weight | Leon | Dots | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 32 | 3 | Leon +29 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 33 | 41 | Dots +8 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 57 | 22 | Leon +35 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 34 | 58 | Dots +24 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 10 | Leon +50 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 15 | 38 | Dots +23 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 60 | 31 | Leon +29 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **41 · E** | **28.3 · F** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Leon | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Louis Grenard (Leon AI) | OpenAI |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2023-05-01 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models |  |  |
| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |
| Popularity | 18k stars | none |

## Verdicts

**Leon.** Connected-app credentials are encrypted per profile and the Gmail connection is read-only. The 2.0 Developer Preview has no tagged release, runs tools and a 30-minute proactive pulse with no approval step, listens on every network interface with client authentication off, and sends telemetry by default.

**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

### Leon

1. Clone the develop branch for 2.0. `npm install --global @leon-ai/cli` and docs.getleon.ai install and describe the legacy 1.0 betas
2. Set `client_interface.auth.enabled: true` and a `LEON_PROFILE_TOKEN` before the machine joins a shared network. The server binds 0.0.0.0
3. Set `telemetry_enabled: false` and `runtime.pulse_enabled: false` in the profile `config.yml` for an unattended or private run
4. Use `availability.tools.allowed` to limit tools. Shell, file writes, computer use and browser control are otherwise available to the agent with no approval prompt
5. Back up `LEON_CONNECTIONS_ENCRYPTION_KEY` from the profile `.env`. Without it the stored connections cannot be read

### 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, Leon or Dots?

Leon scores 41 (E) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on schema & documentation, security & auth and maintenance & community.

### Are Leon and Dots open source?

Leon is open source (MIT). No open-source release is listed for Dots.


## For agents

- This comparison as JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots.json, and with the fewest tokens: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/leon-vs-openai-dots.min.md
- Over MCP at https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp (no key): `compare_tools {"a": "leon", "b": "openai-dots"}`. From a terminal: `anchor compare leon openai-dots`
- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/leon.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json

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