crew bot vs Dots
Dots are OpenAI's always-on agents inside ChatGPT, each with a cloud computer of its own. Crew bot is a crew that works on your own servers, apps and websites, and can put what it builds live on your own server.
Checked 1 November 2026Free to start, no card needed.
- Uploaded release 14 from the job's files
- Built it and started it as a service of its own
- Checked it answers: 200, in 140 ms
- Made it current, on your domain over HTTPS
Side by side
What each one is, who it's for and what it can reach, as of November 2026.
| Compared | Dots | crew bot |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Always-on AI agents in ChatGPT, each working on a separate cloud computer you can open and watch | A crew of AI bots (a Lead, specialists and a skeptic) that works on your business: in its own workspace and on your systems |
| Made for | ChatGPT's paying users, for everyday personal and work tasks | Small businesses and tech teams with servers, networks, websites and customers |
| How you get it | ChatGPT Pro and Business Premium, in eligible countries | Free to start, no cardStart $19, Growth $49, Scale $149 a month per workspace |
| The AI | OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra | Models from several AI labs, picked per jobOr bring your own keys |
| Its computer | Linux with Chrome, one per dot: about 9 cores of an AMD EPYC, 9.7 GB memory, 32 GB disk, no admin rightsUsers' measurements and benchmark leaks; OpenAI doesn't publish specs | A Firecracker microVM per workspace that sleeps when idle: 2 CPUs, 2 GB, 5 GB on Start, up to 4 CPUs, 8 GB, 25 GB on ScaleNone on Free. More storage at $2 a month per 10 GB |
| Your servers, routers and databases | Not what it's built for: it works inside its own computer and browser | Built in: SSH, Postgres and MySQLLogins stay in a vault, out of the crew's computer; SSH uses five-minute certificates |
| Putting your apps live | Nothing documented for letting outside traffic in | Deploys to your own server: builds, starts, checks it answers, then switches over, with HTTPSRoll back to the release before |
| A support chat on your website | — | One line on your site; a bot answers visitors and hands over to a person |
| Control | Its computer is kept apart from yours unless you connect it | Team members, approval rules and a budget on every jobIt asks before anything that writes |
Dots details come from OpenAI's launch coverage and users' own measurements, listed below.
Where Dots are ahead
OpenAI's newest model
Dots run on GPT-6 Astra, OpenAI's own model. Crew bot uses models from several labs.
The fastest computer
Nine cores of a recent server chip. Benchmark runs put it about six times Muse's computer on multi-core work, and crew bot's biggest plan has four.
Inside ChatGPT
If you already live in ChatGPT, a dot is one step away, with your chats and history beside it.
A big company behind it
More people, more polish, and one of the largest AI labs.
Where crew bot is different
It puts your work live
It deploys apps to your own server, checks they answer before switching over, and keeps the release before so you can go back. Nothing documented lets visitors reach a dot's computer.
It works on your own systems
It signs in to your servers, routers and databases, reads what's wrong and tells you the fix, or makes it once you approve. Logins stay in a vault and never reach a model.
It answers your customers
Put one line on your website and a bot of yours answers visitors, takes their details and hands over to your team when it should.
A crew, not one assistant
The Lead plans the job and splits it between specialists who work at the same time. A skeptic checks what they find. It remembers how you like things done.
You stay in charge
It asks before anything that writes, every job has a budget, and every step is on record. Approve from your phone, or talk to the Lead on Telegram.
Free to start
No subscription to another product first. Start free, and pay per workspace when the crew is doing real work.
Which to choose
Choose Dots if
- You're on ChatGPT Pro or Business Premium already
- You want OpenAI's newest model working in a fast computer of its own
- Your tasks live in a browser: research, forms, documents
Choose crew bot if
- You want what the AI builds to go live on your own server
- You run servers, networks or websites and want an AI that works on them, with your OK
- You want to start free and grow with a team
Hand the crew its first job.
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