# Dots vs Pally (slim)

> Pally scores 37.8 (F) to Dots's 28.3 (F) for assistants that act in your accounts. Prices, MCP, x402, uptime and agent notes side by side.

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Pally scores 37.8 (F) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.3 (F), and leads in 5 of 7 scored categories. Dots leads on schema & documentation and security & auth. Both do assistants that act in your accounts.

- Dots: F 28.3, rank #977 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Pally: F 37.8, rank #956 of 993 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/pally.min.md
- 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 44.
- Pally, good for A person who wants an assistant in their text messages and wants to reach it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor. Ahead on Reliability, 15 against 3; Agent ergonomics, 31 against 22; Payments & pricing, 30 against 10; Maintenance & community, 75 against 38; Transparency & trust, 73 against 31. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Dots | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 3 | 15 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 41 | 33 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 22 | 31 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 44 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 30 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 38 | 75 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 31 | 73 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Dots | Pally |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenAI | Pally Technologies, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://agent.pally.com/mcp` |
| Transports |  | Streamable HTTP |
| Auth | OAuth or key | OAuth |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read | Closed service under Pally's Terms of Service (Pally Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, last updated 11 October 2026). |
| Tools exposed | none | 2 |
| MCP registry | not listed | `com.pally/pally` |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-10-12 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked |  |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked |  |