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      "slug": "openai-dots",
      "name": "Dots",
      "vendor": "OpenAI",
      "vendorUrl": "https://chatgpt.com",
      "kind": "platform",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Dots is OpenAI's always-on agent inside ChatGPT, in beta. Each dot has a cloud computer and browser, keeps notes, works between conversations across connected apps, and answers in ChatGPT, by voice call, Slack and Teams.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json",
      "license": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "A person signs in to ChatGPT on an eligible plan and creates a dot in the mobile app, desktop app or a desktop browser. No API key or other credential for outside programs was found. Apps are reached through plugins connected to the ChatGPT account, each with its own connected account and allowed actions. Website logins go through a private form to the cloud browser outside the conversation, sessions last until sign-out or expiry, and reusing a saved login needs confirmation. A local computer is connected with Allow access and removed with Revoke access. Where tokens and saved passwords are stored is not stated (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/computers-and-apps; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots/getting-started).",
      "pricing": "paid",
      "pricingNotes": "Included with ChatGPT Pro at $100, $200 or $500 a month, Business Premium (price not found on the pages read) and Enterprise through sales. Conversations with a dot do not count towards ChatGPT usage limits. Tasks it starts in ChatGPT Work or Codex count towards those limits. The plan includes an allowance for deeper work with no figure given, extended for the first month after launch. No free tier or trial for dots was found (https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots#access; https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing, checked 2026-10-12).",
      "priceSummary": "$100 / mo",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the Dots docs, the admin guide or the pricing page (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": null,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/dots",
      "llmsTxt": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.messaging"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "hosted",
        "closed-source",
        "beta",
        "chatgpt",
        "slack",
        "teams",
        "voice",
        "cloud-browser",
        "approvals",
        "paid",
        "llms-txt"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-09",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 28.3,
        "grade": "F",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 973,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 17,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 22,
          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 31
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "low",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": 0,
        "verdict": "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.",
        "bestFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
        "strengths": [
          "An automatic review checks each action that could affect accounts or share information against instructions, permissions and custom rules before it runs",
          "Custom rules have four settings, from acting without asking to handing the step to the owner, and app permissions can allow reading mail without sending",
          "Proactive research uses tools that cannot send messages, change app content or control a browser or computer, per the docs",
          "Website passwords are entered in a private form outside the conversation, and reusing a saved login needs the owner's confirmation",
          "Six docs pages with Markdown twins listed in llms.txt, and a dated release note for dots on 9 October 2026"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha",
          "No way to view or delete individual saved notes is documented. The admin guide's link to reset options lands on the section for deleting the whole dot",
          "Custom rules are described as instructions the dot tries to follow and can get wrong, and an authorised write can run without a prompt where policy allows",
          "Pro consumer accounts in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland are excluded, and the plan's allowance for deeper work has no published figure",
          "No status page, service terms or privacy policy is linked from the Dots docs, and openai.com and help.openai.com refused our reader",
          "No API, MCP endpoint or other documented way for an outside program to message a dot was found"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "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",
          "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",
          "Connect each thing separately. A messaging channel grants no access to an inbox, an app or a computer",
          "Sign out of websites and disconnect apps yourself when removing access. Revoking dots access or disconnecting an app does not delete information already obtained",
          "Keep the connected computer online with the ChatGPT app open for local work. Only one personal computer can be connected at a time"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "remote",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "low",
            "grade": "F",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 28.3
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 22,
          "maintenance": 38,
          "payments": 10,
          "reliability": 3,
          "schema": 41,
          "security": 58,
          "transparency": 26
        },
        "provenanceScore": 36
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/openai-dots"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "unitPrices": [
        {
          "item": "Pro 100",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 100,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan, includes dots with an allowance for deeper work that has no published figure"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 200",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 200,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        },
        {
          "item": "Pro 500",
          "unit": "month",
          "usd": 500,
          "note": "ChatGPT Pro plan"
        }
      ],
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "",
        "domain": "chatgpt.com",
        "domainRegistered": "2022-11-30",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/whats-new",
        "securityTxt": "unknown",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "No page we read names the legal entity or the documents that govern Dots. The docs footer links https://openai.com/policies, which answered 403 to our reader, so `terms` and `privacy` are left out. OpenAI's other listings here link https://openai.com/policies/services-agreement/ and https://openai.com/policies/privacy-policy/. Neither was read today, and whether the consumer Terms of Use govern Pro accounts was not established.",
          "No status page is linked from the Dots docs, the admin guide, the pricing page or the release notes we read.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/.well-known/security.txt answered 404. chatgpt.com is closed to Anthropic agents by its robots.txt and openai.com answered 403 on the one page requested, so neither host's security.txt was requested.",
          "The .com registry's RDAP record gives 30 November 2022 as the registration date of chatgpt.com, registrar MarkMonitor Inc.",
          "learn.chatgpt.com/robots.txt answered 200 and allows every path. help.openai.com/robots.txt allows the article paths, and four linked articles answered 403 with a JavaScript check. cdn.openai.com/robots.txt answered 404."
        ],
        "score": 36
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.json"
    },
    "answer": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
    "b": {
      "slug": "openclaw",
      "name": "OpenClaw",
      "vendor": "OpenClaw Foundation",
      "vendorUrl": "https://openclaw.ai",
      "kind": "harness",
      "category": "personal-assistants",
      "summary": "Open-source personal AI assistant that runs as a Gateway on the owner's own computer and answers in WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, iMessage and other chat apps, with desktop and mobile apps. The OpenClaw Foundation maintains it under the MIT licence.",
      "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw",
      "markdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md",
      "slimMarkdownUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.min.md",
      "jsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json",
      "repo": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw",
      "license": "MIT",
      "transports": [],
      "packages": [
        {
          "registry": "npm",
          "name": "openclaw"
        },
        {
          "registry": "oci",
          "name": "ghcr.io/openclaw/openclaw"
        }
      ],
      "auth": "mixed",
      "authNotes": "No OpenClaw account exists. The owner supplies model provider API keys or signs in with a ChatGPT or Claude subscription, and adds a bot token, QR pairing or OAuth grant for each channel and account. Clients reach the Gateway with a token or password (`gateway.auth.mode`), or through a trusted proxy, and paired devices hold their own tokens. Operator scopes (`operator.read`, `operator.write`, `operator.admin` and others) apply to paired clients, but a shared-secret bearer token on `POST /tools/invoke` gets full operator access whatever scopes the caller sends (https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/tools-invoke-http-api; https://docs.openclaw.ai/gateway/operator-scopes).",
      "pricing": "free",
      "pricingNotes": "Free under the MIT licence, with no paid tier, hosted service or subscription. The owner pays the model provider for usage, or nothing with a local model, plus any search, speech or media API they configure (https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw; https://docs.openclaw.ai/reference/api-usage-costs).",
      "priceSummary": "Free · OSS",
      "where": "local",
      "x402": {
        "level": "no",
        "evidence": "No x402, MPP or L402 in the docs or the source (checked 2026-10-12).",
        "endpoints": []
      },
      "toolCount": null,
      "popularity": {
        "githubStars": 391800,
        "npmWeekly": null,
        "pypiWeekly": null,
        "asOf": "2026-10-12"
      },
      "docsUrl": "https://docs.openclaw.ai",
      "llmsTxt": "https://docs.openclaw.ai/llms.txt",
      "capabilities": [
        "assistant.proactive",
        "assistant.messaging",
        "assistant.accounts",
        "assistant.memory",
        "assistant.self-hosted",
        "agent.mcp-client"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "open-source",
        "self-hosted",
        "local",
        "free",
        "foundation",
        "llms-txt",
        "docker",
        "typescript"
      ],
      "lastRelease": "2026-10-12",
      "graded": true,
      "anchor": {
        "graded": true,
        "score": 67.1,
        "grade": "B",
        "agentReady": false,
        "rank": 270,
        "ranked": true,
        "rankOf": 986,
        "categoryRank": 4,
        "methodology": "0.4",
        "run": "2026-10-01",
        "scores": {
          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 86,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 68
        },
        "pending": [
          "performance",
          "tasks"
        ],
        "assessment": {
          "confidence": "medium",
          "date": "2026-10-12"
        },
        "negative": -8,
        "negativeNotes": [
          "2026-09-11. The project's security page and GitHub advisory list show 722 advisories published between 31 January and 11 September 2026, 14 critical, 249 high, 390 medium and 69 low, 39 with a CVE. The largest groups are Gateway auth and scopes (182) and exec, sandbox and approvals (160). The project says all 14 critical issues are fixed and disclosed and reports no known compromise of its infrastructure. Fixed and published, which decays the deduction, but the volume and the two areas affected bear directly on an assistant that holds its owner's accounts, -8. https://openclaw.ai/security; https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/security/advisories"
        ],
        "verdict": "Self-hosted under the MIT licence, with state, memory and credentials kept on the owner's machine and no paid tier. A fresh install runs tools on the host with full access, no approval prompt and no sandbox, and the project has published 722 security advisories since January 2026, 14 of them critical.",
        "bestFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.",
        "strengths": [
          "State, memory and credentials stay under `~/.openclaw` on the owner's machine, and the project sells no hosted service or paid tier",
          "Memory is plain Markdown files in the workspace, and `openclaw memory forget` removes what a named session contributed",
          "Four session permission modes (`read-only`, `guarded`, `workspace`, `full`), exec approvals and an optional Docker or Podman tool sandbox",
          "Unknown direct-message senders get a pairing code by default and are ignored until the owner approves them",
          "Telemetry is documented field by field. Feature statistics are opt-in and `update.checkOnStart: false` stops every automatic request",
          "13 stable releases in the 90 days to 12 October 2026, with npm provenance attestations on the published package"
        ],
        "weaknesses": [
          "Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off",
          "Agents with the message tool can send across conversations and channel providers by default, with no approval step for a send",
          "722 advisories published between 31 January and 11 September 2026, 14 critical and 249 high, per the project's own security page",
          "Credentials sit in files and SQLite databases under `~/.openclaw`, protected by file permissions unless the owner configures a secret provider",
          "The project's own maturity scorecard rates the product at 68 per cent, labelled Alpha",
          "The privacy policy covers the mobile apps, the Chrome extension and website analytics, and says it does not cover the Gateway"
        ],
        "agentNotes": [
          "Set a session permission mode of `guarded` or `workspace`, or `tools.exec.mode`, before connecting mail. The default runs host commands without approval",
          "Turn on `agents.defaults.sandbox` for any agent that reads mail, web pages or attachments. Sandboxing is off by default",
          "Set `tools.message.crossContext.allowAcrossProviders` and `allowWithinProvider` to `false` to confine sends to the current conversation",
          "Route incoming mail to a restricted reader agent, as the IMAP and Gmail guides show, and deny `gateway`, `cron`, `sessions_spawn` and `sessions_send` for it",
          "Run `openclaw security audit` after setup, and treat the Gateway token as an owner credential. `POST /tools/invoke` accepts it with full operator access"
        ],
        "metrics": {
          "kind": "local",
          "measured": false
        },
        "reviewCount": 0,
        "avgRating": 0,
        "history": [
          {
            "basis": "public evidence",
            "confidence": "medium",
            "grade": "B",
            "methodology": "0.4",
            "pending": [
              "performance",
              "tasks"
            ],
            "run": "2026-10-01",
            "runLabel": "October 2026 research run",
            "score": 67.1
          }
        ],
        "editorialScores": {
          "ergonomics": 77,
          "maintenance": 86,
          "payments": 60,
          "reliability": 75,
          "schema": 84,
          "security": 74,
          "transparency": 82
        },
        "provenanceScore": 53
      },
      "connect": {
        "install": "curl -fsSL https://openclaw.ai/install.sh | bash   # or: npm install -g openclaw@latest --allow-scripts=openclaw \u0026\u0026 openclaw onboard --install-daemon"
      },
      "letme": {
        "capability": "https://letme.dev/assistant.proactive",
        "tool": "https://letme.dev/openclaw"
      },
      "area": "frameworks",
      "provenance": {
        "legalEntity": "OpenClaw Foundation",
        "domain": "openclaw.ai",
        "domainRegistered": "",
        "endpointOnVendorDomain": null,
        "terms": "",
        "privacy": "",
        "statusPage": "",
        "changelog": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw/releases",
        "securityTxt": "none",
        "checked": "2026-10-12",
        "notes": [
          "The README and the `LICENSE` file name the OpenClaw Foundation, described as an independent 501(c)(3). Its site at www.openclaw.org gave no address, registration number, board or filings on the page we read.",
          "No terms of service were found for the software, so the MIT licence stands in.",
          "The privacy policy at openclaw.ai/privacy, effective 2 August 2026, covers the iOS and Android apps, the Chrome extension and website analytics, and says it does not cover the gateway, server or AI provider the owner connects. It is not linked here for that reason.",
          "openclaw.ai/.well-known/security.txt returned 404 on 12 October 2026. The repository has a SECURITY.md with private GitHub reporting and security@openclaw.ai.",
          "There is no hosted endpoint. A Gateway answers on its owner's own host. The daily update check goes to telemetry.openclaw.ai.",
          "The domain registration date was not looked up."
        ],
        "score": 53
      },
      "pageJsonUrl": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.json"
    },
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      {
        "a": "Platform",
        "b": "Agent harness",
        "name": "Kind"
      },
      {
        "a": "OpenAI",
        "b": "OpenClaw Foundation",
        "name": "Vendor"
      },
      {
        "a": "no (local only)",
        "b": "no (local only)",
        "name": "Hosted endpoint"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Transports"
      },
      {
        "a": "OAuth or key",
        "b": "OAuth or key",
        "name": "Auth"
      },
      {
        "a": "Paid",
        "b": "Free",
        "name": "Pricing"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "no",
        "name": "x402"
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      {
        "a": "Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read",
        "b": "MIT",
        "name": "Licence"
      },
      {
        "a": "no",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "Read-only variant documented"
      },
      {
        "a": "yes",
        "b": "yes",
        "name": "llms.txt"
      },
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        "a": "2026-10-09",
        "b": "2026-10-12",
        "name": "Last release"
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      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Terms last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "no document linked",
        "b": "no document linked",
        "name": "Privacy policy last updated"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Customer content may train models"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict automated access"
      },
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        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms restrict benchmarking"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Terms or service can change without notice"
      },
      {
        "a": "",
        "b": "",
        "name": "Arbitration or class-action waiver"
      },
      {
        "a": "none",
        "b": "392k stars",
        "name": "Popularity"
      }
    ],
    "faq": [
      {
        "answer": "OpenClaw scores 67.1 (B) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in every scored category.",
        "question": "Which is better for AI agents, Dots or OpenClaw?"
      },
      {
        "answer": "No open-source release is listed for Dots. OpenClaw is open source (MIT).",
        "question": "Are Dots and OpenClaw open source?"
      }
    ],
    "goodFor": [
      {
        "aheadOn": null,
        "also": [
          "No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.",
        "slug": "openai-dots",
        "watchFor": "Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha"
      },
      {
        "aheadOn": [
          "Reliability, 75 against 3",
          "Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 41",
          "Agent ergonomics, 77 against 22",
          "Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 58",
          "Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10",
          "Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 38",
          "Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 31"
        ],
        "also": [
          "Open source"
        ],
        "goodFor": "A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.",
        "slug": "openclaw",
        "watchFor": "Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off"
      }
    ],
    "job": {
      "capability": "assistant.proactive",
      "name": "Assistant proactive"
    },
    "others": [
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "AstrBot vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/astrbot-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "CowAgent vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/cowagent-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "GAIA vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gaia-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "Gemini Spark vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/gemini-spark-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "Grok Bot vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/grok-bot-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Haven vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openai-dots"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw.json",
        "title": "Haven vs OpenClaw",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/haven-vs-openclaw"
      },
      {
        "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots.json",
        "title": "Hermes Agent vs Dots",
        "url": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/hermes-agent-vs-openai-dots"
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Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openclaw.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openclaw.json\n- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md\n- All 190 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Dots (F)\n\nGood for: A ChatGPT Pro or Enterprise user who wants ongoing work tracked across mail, documents, code and Slack with approval before sends.\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- No incidents deducted, where OpenClaw loses 8 points for them\n\nWatch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha\n\n### OpenClaw (B)\n\nGood for: A technical owner who wants an assistant on their own machine across many chat apps, with their choice of model and files they can read and delete.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 75 against 3\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 84 against 41\n- Agent ergonomics, 77 against 22\n- Security \u0026 auth, 74 against 58\n- Payments \u0026 pricing, 60 against 10\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 86 against 38\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 68 against 31\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Open source\n\nWatch for: Without configuration the default is full access. Host exec runs with no approval and sandboxing is off\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Dots | OpenClaw | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 3 | 75 | OpenClaw +72 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 41 | 84 | OpenClaw +43 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 22 | 77 | OpenClaw +55 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 74 | OpenClaw +16 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 60 | OpenClaw +50 |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 86 | OpenClaw +48 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 31 | 68 | OpenClaw +37 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | -8 | |\n| **Total** | | **28.3 · F** | **67.1 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Dots | OpenClaw |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |\n| Vendor | OpenAI | OpenClaw Foundation |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports |  |  |\n| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |\n| Pricing | Paid | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read | MIT |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |\n| llms.txt | yes | yes |\n| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |\n| Customer content may train models |  |  |\n| Terms restrict automated access |  |  |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking |  |  |\n| Terms or service can change without notice |  |  |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  |  |\n| Popularity | none | 392k stars |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Dots.** Actions that affect accounts or share information pass an automatic review, and custom rules can require approval or a hand-off. 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