# Lindy vs Dots (slim)

> Lindy scores 32.3 (F) to Dots's 28.3 (F) for assistant proactive. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Lindy scores 32.3 (F) 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.

- Lindy: F 32.3, rank #968 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/lindy.min.md
- Dots: F 28.3, rank #973 of 986 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Lindy, good for Lindy suits a person or small team that lives in Slack and Google or Microsoft mail and wants briefs, drafts, scheduling and meeting notes done on a schedule. Ahead on Reliability, 24 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 43 against 22; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Transparency & trust, 52 against 31. Also Free to start without a card.
- 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 32; Security & auth, 58 against 49; Maintenance & community, 38 against 9. Also No incidents deducted, where Lindy loses 3 points for them.

| Category | Lindy | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 24 | 3 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 32 | 41 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 43 | 22 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 49 | 58 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 35 | 10 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 9 | 38 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 52 | 31 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Lindy | Dots |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | Crivello Corp (doing business as Lindy) | OpenAI |
| Auth | OAuth | OAuth or key |
| Licence | Proprietary service under Lindy's Terms of Service. No source is published | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read |
| Last release | 2025-10-21 | 2026-10-09 |
| Terms last updated | 2026-09-24 | no document linked |
| Privacy policy last updated | 2026-09-28 | no document linked |
| Customer content may train models | not found in the text |  |
| Terms restrict automated access | yes |  |
| Terms restrict benchmarking | yes |  |
| Terms or service can change without notice | yes |  |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver | yes |  |