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Bloks vs ChatGPT dots

ChatGPT dots are always-on agents inside ChatGPT, each working on a cloud computer of its own. Bloks agents live on your own machine, on the engines you pick, with memory in files you can read.

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The short answer

Which one is for you

Choose Bloks ifOur pick

  • You use Codex or Claude Code and want agents on the plan you already pay for, without moving up to Pro.
  • You live in the UK, the EEA or Switzerland, where ChatGPT Pro is not offered.
  • You want undo, and memory as files you can read and edit.
  • You want your agents, their conversations and their memory on your own computer.
  • You want to pick the engine: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, the Grok CLI or a local model through Ollama.

Choose ChatGPT dots if

  • You want an agent that keeps working on its own cloud computer while yours is off.
  • You already pay for ChatGPT Pro, which includes dots, and want nothing new to install.
  • You want it in Microsoft Teams as well as Slack, or by text over iMessage or RCS (a US beta).
  • Your company needs data residency and compliance logging on ChatGPT Enterprise.

At a glance

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Bloks ahead · 7Even · 6ChatGPT dots ahead · 2

Topic
What it isA desktop app for Mac, Windows and Linux. Each agent is a contact; a team is a room.Always-on agents in ChatGPT. A dot owns ongoing work, runs between conversations on its own cloud computer, and reports back.
Getting startedInstall the app; it installs and signs in the engines with one button each.Part of ChatGPT on Pro or an eligible work plan, in the apps or a desktop browser.Better
Who can use itAnyone with the app on Mac, Windows or Linux, with no account to make.BetterPro is for adults outside the EEA, the UK and Switzerland; some Business Premium, Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare workspaces too.
When your computer is offAgents pause, unless they run on a server of yours or on managed hosting.A dot keeps working on its own cloud computer. It can also use one computer of yours while that is online.Better
ModelsEach agent picks its engine: Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, Cursor, the Grok CLI and more, any OpenAI-compatible host, and Ollama.BetterOpenAI's frontier models, including GPT-6.1 Terra, possibly mixed per step. Other providers and local models are not published.
Your existing planRuns on the ChatGPT plan behind your Codex sign-in, or the Claude plan behind your Claude Code sign-in.BetterNeeds Pro or an eligible work plan; Free, Go and Plus do not include dots.
ApprovalsAgents ask before acting unless you choose otherwise; rules in a sentence.Auto-review goes ahead, asks you or hands off; rules per kind of action; password changes always stay with you.
UndoUndo any change an agent made, rewind a conversation, or branch it from any answer.BetterNone; stopping or deleting a dot does not reverse what it already did.
MemoryMarkdown files you can read and edit: MEMORY.md and a folder of notes, with every change undoable.BetterStarts from ChatGPT memory, then keeps notes of its own. Viewing or editing them is not published, and they cannot be deleted one at a time.
Teams of agentsRooms with a lead who speaks last; agents message each other and hire help with your yes.One dot takes on several jobs and starts background agents to work in parallel. How many dots an account may have is not published.
Chat and voiceTelegram, Signal, Slack, Discord, WhatsApp groups and email; call an agent or a room.Slack and Microsoft Teams, voice calls from the app, and texting over iMessage or RCS in a US beta for Pro.
PhoneAn iPhone and Apple Watch app, at home or anywhere with Bloks Cloud; Android is coming.The ChatGPT mobile app; the mobile web is not supported.
Your dataConversations, memory and files stay on your computer, in plain files. Bloks has no backend that holds them.BetterHeld by OpenAI for the dot's life, under ChatGPT's data controls; no strict zero retention.
PriceFree with your own AI. Paid plans add reach from anywhere, people and an included AI.Included on Pro 100, Pro 200 and Pro 500: $100, $200 or $500 a month, billed monthly. Dot chats skip usage limits.
LicenceSource available (FSL): free for any use except selling Bloks; each release becomes MIT after two years.BetterPart of ChatGPT; no code or dots API is published.

Who can use it, and on what plan

BloksBetter

Bloks is a download for Mac, Windows and Linux, with no account to make. It runs on the engines you already have: the ChatGPT plan behind a Codex sign-in, the Claude plan behind Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Cursor and more, or a key of yours. So if you use Codex, your agents can run on the plan you already pay for. Paid plans add reach from anywhere, people and an included AI; see pricing.

Settings, Engines and keys in Bloks: Claude Code connected, the other engines one button away

ChatGPT dots

Dots come with ChatGPT Pro, from $100 a month and billed monthly, and with eligible Business Premium, Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare workspaces; Enterprise gets them on by default from 18 November 2026. Free, Go and Plus do not include them. Pro is for people over 18, and it is not offered in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland.

Always on, in OpenAI's cloud

Bloks

Bloks agents live on your computer and pause when it does, unless they run on a server of yours with bloks-server, or on managed hosting, a private machine of your own that stays on. An agent can still have a computer of its own, a cloud box or a Local VM, and a browser you can watch and take over.

Bloks on a Mac: agents in the sidebar and a conversation open

ChatGPT dotsBetter

A dot runs between conversations on a cloud computer and browser of its own, apart from yours, and keeps going with your computer off. You can take over a step, and a site that blocks it can be tried again on a computer of yours connected through the desktop app. It reports back, or asks you when a decision is yours.

Memory, data and undo

BloksBetter

An agent's memory in Bloks is Markdown: MEMORY.md and a folder of notes you can open, read, edit and back up, with a journal of every change and an undo. Its conversations and files stay on your computer. Anything it changes in your files can be undone, a conversation can be rewound, and any answer can be branched.

A changes card in Bloks: the files an agent changed, each one with Undo

ChatGPT dots

A dot starts from your ChatGPT memory, then keeps notes of its own, apart from saved memory. A way to view or edit those notes is not published, and they cannot be deleted one at a time while the dot exists. Chats, memory and notes last as long as the dot and are gone within 30 days of deleting it; snapshots have no set maximum age without data residency or enterprise key management.

There is no undo: stopping or deleting a dot does not reverse what it already did.

Reaching your agents

Bloks

The iPhone and Apple Watch app is the main way in when you are away, on your own network or anywhere with Bloks Cloud, sealed end to end. Agents also answer on Telegram and Signal, in Slack, Discord and WhatsApp groups, and by email, and you can call an agent or a whole room.

The Bloks iPhone app with your agents listed

ChatGPT dots

Dots live in the ChatGPT apps on your phone and desktop, and in Slack and Microsoft Teams, where a dot answers only you unless told to bring others in. You can call it from the app, and Pro users in the US can text it over iMessage or RCS in a beta. WhatsApp, Telegram and email are not published.

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Questions

Bloks and ChatGPT dots: questions

Is Bloks a ChatGPT dots alternative?

Yes. Both give you agents that own ongoing work. Dots run on OpenAI's cloud computers inside ChatGPT; Bloks keeps agents on your own machine, on the engines you pick, with undo and memory in files you can read.

Can I use dots on ChatGPT Plus?

No. Dots come with Pro and with eligible work plans; Free, Go and Plus do not include them. Bloks runs on the ChatGPT plan behind a Codex sign-in, so if you use Codex, your agents can run on the plan you already have.

Can I get dots in the UK?

ChatGPT Pro, which includes dots, is not offered in the UK, the EEA or Switzerland. Eligible Business Premium, Enterprise, Edu and Healthcare workspaces can have them. Bloks is a download for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Can I see what a dot remembers?

A way to view or edit a dot's notes is not published, and they cannot be deleted one at a time while it exists. In Bloks, memory is Markdown files you can open and edit, with every change undoable.

Can a dot undo what it did?

No. Stopping or deleting a dot does not reverse finished actions. In Bloks, anything an agent changes in your files can be undone, and a conversation can be rewound.

Does it keep working when my computer is off?

A dot does, on its own cloud computer. Bloks agents pause with your computer, unless they run on a server of yours with bloks-server, or on managed hosting.

Sources

Every claim about ChatGPT dots on this page was checked against its own pages on 6 November 2026. Products change: if something here is out of date, tell us at bloks.dev/support and we will fix it.

  1. Docs: dots
  2. chatgpt.com: dots
  3. Docs: tasks and memory
  4. Docs: controls
  5. Docs: dots security for Enterprise
  6. Docs: channels
  7. Docs: what's new, 28 October 2026
  8. Help: ChatGPT Pro tiers
  9. ChatGPT pricing

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