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Head to head · Assistants reached by message · October 2026 research run

Dots vs Tab

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Tab leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust. Both do assistants reached by message.

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DotsOpenAI · Platform F28.3/100#980 of 1010 TabTerrasoft, Inc. · Platform F10.7/100#1003 of 1010

Which one, for what

Dots F

Best 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 0
  • Agent ergonomics, 22 against 0
  • Security & auth, 58 against 4
  • Payments & pricing, 10 against 0

Watch for

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

Tab F

Best for A person who wants a texting assistant that browses, calls and buys with tight checkout controls.

Ahead on

  • Maintenance & community, 58 against 38
  • Transparency & trust, 45 against 31

Watch for

Private beta behind a waitlist.

Score by category

CategoryWeight this runDotsTabEdge
Reliability16%2035Tab +2
Performance10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Schema & documentation13%16.2410Dots +41
Agent ergonomics13%16.2220Dots +22
Security & auth14%17.5584Dots +54
Payments & pricing10%12.5100Dots +10
Task success10%pendingpendingpendingnot scored in this run
Maintenance & community7%8.83858Tab +20
Transparency & trust7%8.83145Tab +14
Negative events≤1500
TotalF 28.3/100F 10.7/100

Facts side by side

FactDotsTab
KindPlatformPlatform
VendorOpenAITerrasoft, Inc.
Hosted endpointno (local only)no (local only)
Transports
AuthOAuth or keyOAuth or key
PricingPaidPaid
x402nono
LicenceProprietary hosted service. The governing terms were not readClosed service under Tab's Terms of Use (Terrasoft, Inc., effective 2 September 2026).
Read-only variant documentednono
llms.txtyesno
Last release2026-10-09none
Terms last updatedno document linked
Privacy policy last updatedno document linked
Customer content may train models
Terms restrict automated access
Terms restrict benchmarking
Terms or service can change without notice
Arbitration or class-action waiver

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.

Tab

Tab is a private-beta texting assistant with a detailed security page on credential isolation and checkout binding, and a public updates page. No outside agent can call it, no price is published, and its privacy policy says nothing on training with user content.

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

Tab

  1. Don't plan to call Tab from another agent. It answers only the owner's Messages or WhatsApp thread.
  2. Tell the owner that access needs a waitlist place and no price is published.

Questions

Which is better for AI agents, Dots or Tab?

Dots scores 28.3 (F) on agent readiness against Tab's 10.7 (F), and leads in 4 of 7 scored categories. Tab leads on maintenance & community and transparency & trust.

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Disclosure

Tab competes with LocalGhost, which Anchor Terminal's founder builds. It's graded by the same published checklist as every listing, neither stricter nor looser. Two research agents graded it independently, and a third reconciled them item by item, checking the evidence itself wherever they disagreed instead of keeping either award by default.

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