The ChatGPT Dots alternative
The AI assistant that already knows the job
A dot is an always-on agent you hand a responsibility to and point at the right apps. Demi works alongside you on your Mac all day, sees the work as it happens, and picks up whatever the day created. Nothing to assign, and free to start.
- Context from across your work
- Prepared before you ask
- You approve the next step
The same moment
3:25pm, Wednesday
Your call just ended. A dot can follow up, if following up is the job you gave it.
With a dot, you hand it the job
- Create a dot and describe the work it owns
- Connect its plugins and choose its focus
- Set which actions need your approval
With Demi, it picked the job up
Picked it upThe call, the moment it ended
ReadThe thread where the team agreed next steps
DraftedThe follow-up to Nadia, in your voice
No job to hand over. Approve and send
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Demi vs ChatGPT Dots, side by side
How it starts
Working ahead of you
Who it works for
Where you reach it
Getting started
How it starts
Nothing to define before it starts
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
A responsibility, sources and rulesWorks from what is on your Mac as you work
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
Works on its own cloud computer
Working ahead of you
Surfaces the next step before you ask
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
Keeps working while your laptop is closed
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
Nothing happens without your approval
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
Auto-review and Custom Rules
Who it works for
Shared with the team in Slack, and personal on every Mac
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
Personal; others can't start its work
Where you reach it
On your phone, in a browser and by voice
Demi
Mac, and Slack on any deviceChatGPT Dots
Its own cloud browser, and coding through Codex
Demi
Not what it is forChatGPT Dots
Getting started
A free plan to start, no card required
Demi
ChatGPT Dots
ChatGPT Pro, from $100 a month
Compiled from publicly available information. Last reviewed October 2026.
Which one is right for you
Choose Demi if
- You would rather it picked up the work than be handed a job.
- Your day happens on a Mac and you want the assistant there too.
- You want one the whole team can call on in Slack.
- You want to start free, not at $100 a month.
Choose ChatGPT Dots if
- You already pay for ChatGPT Pro.
- You want your agent on your phone, in a browser and on a call.
- You want an agent that codes or browses on a computer of its own.
One follow-up. One of them had to be assigned.
You have just come off a 40-minute call. Here is what each one needed from you before the follow-up existed.
What you give a dot
BEFORE THE FIRST DRAFT
Own [the ongoing work, described in your words].
Use [the plugins it may open] and focus on [what matters this quarter].
Check with me before anything that sends.
A responsibility to define Good at the job you give it. The job is yours to name.
What you give Demi
BEFORE THE FIRST DRAFT
Nothing. It was there for the call and saw what it created.
The follow-up arrives in your voice, staged for approval.
Nothing to assign The work is picked up from the work.
What a dot needs before it starts
An always-on agent still starts from what you tell it. Each of these comes from OpenAI's own setup guide.
4 of 5
setup steps Demi does not ask for, that a dot needs before it owns the work.
- 1Describe the ongoing work it owns
- 2Share the sources it should use
- 3Say which decisions need you, and when to interrupt
- 4Connect its plugins and set Custom Rules
- 5Read it and approveStill yours
Counted from OpenAI's getting-started guide for dots, not from a benchmark. Recount it yourself.
Nothing to assign
It picks the job up instead of being given it
There is no responsibility to describe, no sources to list and no rules to write before it starts. Demi sees how your day is going on your Mac and in your tools, and prepares what that day created, your way.
- No setup
- Nothing to define before the first draft.
- Your way
- Learned from the work, not described to it.
Personal memory
- Tone
- Keep emails to Northwind casual
- Format
- Summarize threads as short bullets
- Sign-off
- Close with “– Alex”
- Schedule
- No meetings on Friday afternoons
On your Mac
It works where the work is
A dot works on a cloud computer of its own. Demi works alongside you on the Mac you are already using, so the call that just ended and the doc on your screen are already in hand. It keeps going when you close the lid, as a dot does.
- Same screen
- The work and the assistant in one place.
- Lid closed
- It keeps going while you are away.
Context it already had
- Nadia Brandt at Northwind
- Three open items from the transcript
- Security pack promised by Friday
- Tiered pricing from the deal record
For the whole team
Shared in Slack, personal on every Mac
A dot is personal: in Slack, messages from other people do not start its work. The whole team can call on Demi in a channel, and everyone also has their own on their Mac. It starts on a free plan, not a $100 subscription.
- Both halves
- One in your channels, one on every Mac.
- Free plan
- Up to $50 in credits, no card to start.
Ready in two minutes
- Gmail
Google Calendar- Slack
HubSpot
Demi is reading across all four.
Your tools, read the way you use them
A dot works through the ChatGPT plugins you install and the permissions you set for each. Demi connects once and reads across the tools your work happens in, Slack and your CRM included.
Explore integrations
Teams that run on Demi
Founders, sellers, recruiters, and the people who live in their inbox.
“As a founder, my inbox is a constant firehose. Demi shows me what needs attention, drafts responses in my voice, and keeps follow-ups moving.”
Samir DuttaFounder, Farsight AI
“Demi keeps every recruiting conversation organized, helps me prep faster, and makes follow-up feel thoughtful.”
Dana Schafer-SmithDirector, Technical Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins
“Demi preps me for every meeting, updates the CRM, and streamlines my sales motion without extra admin.”
Chase MacaioneHead of Global Sales, Valdera
“The best CEOs stay in touch, follow through, and show up prepared. Demi makes those habits feel effortless.”
Bing GordonDirector, Duolingo
“Demi sounds like me!”
Abby TorgglerProject Manager, Nen Creative
“Demi lets me respond to customers instantly while keeping every reply thoughtful, concise, and personal, adapting to exactly what I need and giving me hours back every week.”
Matthew DumonCustomer Success Manager, Avoca
“Demi is the sales-tuned drafting assistant I could never quite get another tool to be. Takes the drudgery out of replies, recaps, and follow-ups so I can sell faster and more tailored.”
Michael ChapmanEnterprise Account Executive, Spellbook
“Demi’s drafts are so good I can often just hit send. It feels like it already knows what I was going to say.”
Kush AgarwalDirector, AI Deployment, Further AI
“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Demi. I am always so shocked with the drafts it creates for email replies - it's always so spot on with my voice.”
Emma SturtevantFounder, Emma Sturtevant Career Coaching
“As a founder, my inbox is a constant firehose. Demi shows me what needs attention, drafts responses in my voice, and keeps follow-ups moving.”
Samir DuttaFounder, Farsight AI
“I am absolutely OBSESSED with Demi. I am always so shocked with the drafts it creates for email replies - it's always so spot on with my voice.”
Emma SturtevantFounder, Emma Sturtevant Career Coaching
“Demi lets me respond to customers instantly while keeping every reply thoughtful, concise, and personal, adapting to exactly what I need and giving me hours back every week.”
Matthew DumonCustomer Success Manager, Avoca
“Demi preps me for every meeting, updates the CRM, and streamlines my sales motion without extra admin.”
Chase MacaioneHead of Global Sales, Valdera
“Demi is the sales-tuned drafting assistant I could never quite get another tool to be. Takes the drudgery out of replies, recaps, and follow-ups so I can sell faster and more tailored.”
Michael ChapmanEnterprise Account Executive, Spellbook
“Demi keeps every recruiting conversation organized, helps me prep faster, and makes follow-up feel thoughtful.”
Dana Schafer-SmithDirector, Technical Recruiting, Kleiner Perkins
“The best CEOs stay in touch, follow through, and show up prepared. Demi makes those habits feel effortless.”
Bing GordonDirector, Duolingo
“Demi sounds like me!”
Abby TorgglerProject Manager, Nen Creative
“Demi’s drafts are so good I can often just hit send. It feels like it already knows what I was going to say.”
Kush AgarwalDirector, AI Deployment, Further AI
Up and running in minutes
- 01
Download Demi
Add your new assistant to your Mac. It sits in the dock like anything else.
- 02
Connect your tools
Gmail, Calendar, Slack, your CRM. Demi picks up the context from the accounts you choose.
- 03
See what Demi found
Keep working. Demi surfaces what needs you, with the next step already prepared.
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Demi vs ChatGPT Dots
questions
If you want an AI assistant that picks up the work rather than one you hand a job to, yes. A dot owns the responsibility you give it, from its own cloud computer. Demi works alongside you on your Mac all day, sees what the day created, and has it ready for your approval.
Dots are OpenAI's always-on agents, announced in September 2026 and powered by GPT-6 Astra. Each one runs on its own cloud computer, starts from your ChatGPT memory and works through the plugins you connect. They come with ChatGPT Pro and some business plans, and are rolling out gradually.
A dot starts from what you tell it: the work it owns, the sources it uses, which decisions need you. Demi starts from your work. It sees the follow-up, the CRM update and the meeting note your day created, and prepares them the way you would, without being assigned.
OpenAI says they do, starting from your ChatGPT memory and keeping their own notes as they go. The difference is what they learn from: a dot from the job you gave it and the apps you connected, Demi from the work happening on your Mac and across your tools.
They can. OpenAI describes dots working out next steps and bringing you suggestions, and Demi does the same. Both stop for your approval before anything goes out. The difference is that a dot works inside the responsibility you defined, and Demi works across your whole day.
Dots are listed under ChatGPT Pro, which starts at $100 a month, and also come with Business Premium and Enterprise plans. They are not part of Free, Go or Plus. Demi has a free plan with up to $50 in credits, and individual plans from $25 a month with credits included.
Each dot is personal. In Slack, OpenAI notes that messages from other people do not start its work. Demi works both ways: the whole team can call on it in a channel, and everyone has their own on their Mac.
Not yet. Dots are rolling out gradually, and ChatGPT Pro is not available in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland. Enterprise workspaces get dots as a beta that an admin has to switch on.
Yes. If you already pay for ChatGPT Pro, want your agent on your phone and by voice, or need one that writes code or browses on its own computer, a dot is built for that. If you want the work your day created picked up without defining a job first, that is Demi.
Demi is SOC 2 Type II certified, CASA Tier II assessed and Google-verified for restricted Gmail scopes. Your data is never used to train models, and every action is staged for your approval before it happens.
Demi has a free plan rather than a trial. Download it for Mac with no card required, and new accounts get up to $50 in credits. Paid individual plans start at $25 a month with credits included, and you can add more any time.
Where ChatGPT Dots slows you down
It needs a job to own
OpenAI's own setup has you describe the ongoing work, share sources, and say which decisions need you and when to interrupt. Connecting Slack or another source does not, on its own, give it anything to watch.
It works from its own computer
Each dot runs on a cloud computer of its own. You can connect one computer of yours if it stays online with the ChatGPT app open, but OpenAI does not describe a dot seeing the work you are doing on it.
$100 a month, and not everywhere
Dots need ChatGPT Pro, from $100 a month, or a Business Premium or Enterprise plan, and are rolling out gradually. They are not part of Free, Go or Plus, and Pro is not available in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland.
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