Smart JellySmart Jelly vs OpenAI Dots
Both take a job in plain words and work in a browser of their own, with steps you can watch and take over. Dots live inside ChatGPT, on every device; Smart Jelly’s agents work from a Mac app and draw on one memory of your chats, mail and meetings, kept on your Mac.
Checked 19 October 2026 against OpenAI Dots’s own pages. Sources ↓Always-on agents inside ChatGPT. Each dot has its own cloud computer and browser and can own ongoing work across your connected apps. Built for chatGPT Pro subscribers.
A memory for your working life: formed on your Mac, kept on your Mac, handed back the moment you need it.
Where they overlap
Side by side
| Smart Jelly | OpenAI Dots | |
|---|---|---|
| Computer | Its own browser in the cloud, or a browser on your Mac | Its own cloud computer and browser; your computer too if you connect it in the ChatGPT desktop app, which must stay open |
| Seeing and steering | Every step listed as it happens; open its screen; Take control at any time | Activity View lists tasks and steps; Take over and Return control on its computer |
| Approvals | Stops and asks before paying or anything you can’t undo | Auto-review of actions that touch your accounts; rules to allow, ask or block; purchases need approval; you move money and change passwords yourself |
| Logins and cards | Card fields hidden from the AI; you fill them in | Sign-ins through a private form, not shown to the model; buys only with cards already saved on the site; card fields not documented |
| Memory | ●Your memory of chats, mail and meetings, on your Mac; you can see and forget any of it, and choose what the agent may use | ChatGPT memory, its own notes and connected apps; single dot memories can’t be viewed or edited |
| Proactive work | Routines on a schedule, Mac on or off; tells you only what’s new | ●Recurring tasks, triggers in supported apps, and read-only background research |
| Apps it works with | Your Google account and inbox, if you allow it; the rest through its browser | ●Thousands of apps through ChatGPT plugins |
| Where you talk to it | The Smart Jelly Mac app, typed or spoken | ●ChatGPT on desktop, web and mobile, voice, Slack and Teams |
| Model training | What is sent to answer a question is never used to train any model, and never stored by Smart Jelly | Decided by your “Improve the model for everyone” setting |
What each costs
Smart Jelly: Free plan; paid plans for heavier use See pricingOpenAI Dots · ChatGPT Pro only: $100, $200 or $500 a monthOpenAI Dots · Not on Plus, Go or FreeOpenAI Dots · First dot included; usage terms after the launch month not yet publishedOpenAI Dots’s siteSmart Jelly or OpenAI Dots?
Can I use Dots on ChatGPT Plus?
No. Dots come with ChatGPT Pro only. Smart Jelly’s agents come with its Plus and Pro plans.
Will either agent spend money without asking?
Both ask first. OpenAI says purchases need your approval, which you can give in advance. Smart Jelly stops before any payment or anything you can’t undo, and hides card fields from the AI.
What does Smart Jelly know that a dot doesn’t?
What happened on your Mac: your WhatsApp, Slack and mail, your meetings and what you promised in them. A dot knows your ChatGPT memory and the apps you connect.
- Introducing dots
- Getting started with your dot
- Dots privacy, security and safety FAQ
- Dots: computers and apps
- Dots: tasks and memory
- Dots: controls
- Safety, security and privacy in dots
- What is ChatGPT Pro
- ChatGPT pricing
Compiled from OpenAI Dots’s publicly documented behaviour. These products ship fast, so check their own site before you decide. Spotted something out of date? Tell us and we’ll fix it.
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