OffivelleOffivelle vs Dots
Dots (OpenAI): always-on work agents, each drawn as a named dot, running on OpenAI’s cloud computer.
Pick Dots if…
- you already pay for ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium and want an agent that is always on;
- your team lives in Slack or Microsoft Teams and wants the agent there;
- you want nothing to install or keep running yourself.
Pick Offivelle if…
- you don’t want a Pro-level plan to start: Offivelle is free and works with ChatGPT Plus, Claude or a free model on your Mac;
- you want a team that plans and splits the work today;
- you want to read and edit everything your agents remember, as plain notes you own;
- you want the work to stay on your own computer.
| Question | Offivelle | Dots |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free app. Agents use your own ChatGPT plan (through Codex) or Claude plan (through Claude Code, which draws on your plan’s monthly agent credit, then extra usage), or free models on your Mac. Offivelle sells no AI credits. | No free tier: the first dot comes with ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium.1, 2 |
| Where you can get it | Every country. The app speaks 11 languages, and agents answer in yours. | Not published |
| Where it runs | Your Mac (macOS 13 or later). Chat and approvals from your phone through Telegram, or the phone app on your Wi-Fi or Tailscale. Your own Linux server with Docker. Windows is coming. | OpenAI’s cloud computer. Set up from the ChatGPT desktop app or the web; works in Slack and Microsoft Teams.1 |
| Which AI does the work | Your choice: ChatGPT (through OpenAI’s Codex), Claude (through Anthropic’s Claude Code) or free local models through Ollama. Pick several and they back each other up. | OpenAI’s model (GPT-6 Astra). No choice of model.1 |
| One agent or a team | A team: a CEO who plans the work and hires from 46 roles in 13 departments. Several people can share a company, with roles from viewer to admin. | One dot per person for now; teams of dots are planned.1 |
| Approvals | Emails, publishing and spending wait for your OK, on the Mac or by Telegram. “Always allow” rules for what you trust, a daily budget, and one tap pauses everyone. | Custom Rules for each kind of action: act, act if pre-approved, ask, or hand off — plus auto-review.3 |
| Your data and training | Stays on your Mac. Prompts go only to the AI you chose (nowhere, with a local model). Offivelle doesn’t train on it or show ads; anonymous usage counts only if you say yes. | Runs on OpenAI’s cloud computer.1 |
| Memory you can see and edit | Yes: plain Markdown notes in a folder you own (an Obsidian vault, kept with git). Read, edit, move or delete them. | Not published |
| Works with your computer off | While your Mac is on, or around the clock on your own server. | Yes: it runs in OpenAI’s cloud.1 |
| Its face | A 3D office of people whose looks you choose; bring your own 3D characters. | A named, “bubbly” dot with a designed avatar.1 |
| Open source | Yes: the code is published under AGPL-3.0 at launch. | No. |
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Facts checked on October 8, 2026 from the public sources listed above. Products change quickly: if something here is out of date, tell us and we’ll fix it. Dots is a trademark of OpenAI; Offivelle isn’t affiliated with OpenAI.