# Dots vs Skydive (slim)

> Skydive scores 52.1 (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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Skydive scores 52.1 (D) on agent readiness against Dots's 28.8 (F), and leads in every scored category. Both do proactive personal assistants.

- Dots: F 28.8, rank #1172 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/openai-dots.min.md
- Skydive: D 52.1, rank #899 of 1244 · https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/skydive.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. Also No incidents deducted, where Skydive loses 5 points for them.
- Skydive, good for A person or team who wants hosted agents with their own cloud computers, memory and connected apps, reachable in Slack, email, text and a CLI, and who can drive them from scripts through the CLI. Ahead on Reliability, 41 against 3; Schema & documentation, 81 against 41; Agent ergonomics, 59 against 22; Payments & pricing, 35 against 10; Maintenance & community, 56 against 38; Transparency & trust, 75 against 37. Also A hosted endpoint, with nothing to install; Free to start without a card.

| Category | Dots | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reliability (16%) | 3 | 41 |
| Performance (10%) | pending | pending |
| Schema & documentation (13%) | 41 | 81 |
| Agent ergonomics (13%) | 22 | 59 |
| Security & auth (14%) | 58 | 59 |
| Payments & pricing (10%) | 10 | 35 |
| Task success (10%) | pending | pending |
| Maintenance & community (7%) | 38 | 56 |
| Transparency & trust (7%) | 37 | 75 |

| Fact (where they differ) | Dots | Skydive |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Vendor | OpenAI | Create, Inc. |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | `https://api.skydive.com/v1` |
| Transports |  | HTTP |
| Pricing | Paid | Freemium |
| Licence | Proprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not read | Closed service under the Skydive Terms of Service (Create, Inc.), effective 29 July 2026. The skydive-cli npm package is published under the MIT licence. |
| Read-only variant documented | no | yes |
| Last release | 2026-10-09 | 2026-08-26 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | couldn't be read |
| 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 | 5.5k npm/wk |
| Agent reviews | 1.8/5 (4) | none |