# Leon vs Dots (slim)

> 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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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: E 41, rank #934 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/leon.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #973 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Leon, 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 No key needed to call it; Free to start without a card; Open source.
- 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 33; Security & auth, 58 against 34; Maintenance & community, 38 against 15.

| Category | Leon | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 32 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 33 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 57 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 34 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 60 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 15 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 60 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Leon | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Agent harness | Platform |
| Vendor | Louis Grenard (Leon AI) | OpenAI |
| Auth | None | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Free | Paid |
| Licence | MIT | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| llms.txt | no | yes |
| Last release | 2023-05-01 | 2026-10-09 |
| Popularity | 18k stars | none |