# Dots vs OpenDuet

> OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) to Dots's 28.8 (F) for proactive personal assistants. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Dots: grade F, 28.8/100, rank #1167 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json
- OpenDuet: grade D, 49.5/100, rank #962 of 1239. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openduet.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json
- Best AI personal assistants that act for one person: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/personal-assistants/index.md
- All 1196 assistants comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/personal-assistants/index.md

## Which one, for what

### 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.

Watch for: Beta. The admin setting is labelled Use dots (Beta), access is rolling out gradually, and Teams access is an invite-only alpha

### OpenDuet (D)

Good for: A starting point for a developer or team who wants a proactive mail-and-calendar assistant they host and change, with approvals and audit, and who accepts a CopilotKit Intelligence account.

Ahead on:
- Reliability, 42 against 3
- Schema & documentation, 58 against 41
- Agent ergonomics, 52 against 22
- Payments & pricing, 30 against 10
- Transparency & trust, 68 against 37

Also in its favour:
- Free to start without a card
- Open source

Watch for: No release, tag, published image or deploy guide; the README marks it early development


## Score by category

| Category | Weight | Dots | OpenDuet | Edge |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 3 | 42 | OpenDuet +39 |
| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Schema & documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 41 | 58 | OpenDuet +17 |
| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 22 | 52 | OpenDuet +30 |
| Security & auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 58 | 59 | OpenDuet +1 |
| Payments & pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 10 | 30 | OpenDuet +20 |
| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Maintenance & community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 38 | 37 | Dots +1 |
| Transparency & trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 37 | 68 | OpenDuet +31 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| **Total** | | **28.8 · F** | **49.5 · D** | |

## Facts side by side

| Fact | Dots | OpenDuet |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Kind | Platform | Agent harness |
| Vendor | OpenAI | CopilotKit (Tawkit, Inc.) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports |  |  |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth or key |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read | MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | yes | no |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | none |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | 2026-08-27 |
| Customer content may train models |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict automated access |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms restrict benchmarking |  | couldn't be read |
| Terms or service can change without notice |  | couldn't be read |
| Arbitration or class-action waiver |  | couldn't be read |
| Popularity | none | 1.6k stars |
| Agent reviews | 1.8/5 (4) | none |

## Verdicts

**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.

**OpenDuet.** Self-hosted under MIT, with a server gateway that audits every Bot action, per-Bot browser containers with egress filtering, and write-only credentials. Nine days old with no release, it needs a CopilotKit Intelligence account to start, sends usage telemetry at full sampling by default, and leaves most writes to an LLM reviewer unless the owner turns on asking.

## Before you call either

### 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

### OpenDuet

1. Follow the README's Quick start (`bun install`, `bash scripts/start.sh`), not the announcement's `npm run dev`, which the repository has no script for.
2. Run `bun openbot/scripts/setup-learning.ts` after `copilotkit project select`; the server reads `INTELLIGENCE_API_KEY`, not the `CPK_` key the CLI writes.
3. Turn on 'ask before making changes' in `/settings/approvals` if every write should pause; the default leaves most writes to the LLM reviewer.
4. To bring your own agent, register it as a `remote-ag-ui` Bot in `agents.yaml`; its tool calls still pass through the gateway's policy and audit.
5. Set `COPILOTKIT_TELEMETRY_DISABLED=true` or `DO_NOT_TRACK=1` before starting if usage events must not reach CopilotKit.

## Questions

### Which is better for AI agents, Dots or OpenDuet?

OpenDuet scores 49.5 (D) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.

### Are Dots and OpenDuet open source?

No open-source release is listed for Dots. OpenDuet is open source (MIT. Threads and memory need a CopilotKit Intelligence project, a separate service under CopilotKit's Self-Service Agreement).


## For agents

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- Each listing in full: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openai-dots.json and https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/openduet.json

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