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Dots vs Gemini Spark
Both work through the night in the cloud; the deciding factor is whether your working life sits inside Google or sprawls across many tools.
Dots and Gemini Spark are both cloud agents that keep working while you are away, acting on your accounts rather than merely chatting. The difference lies in where your work happens. Spark is native to Gmail, Calendar, Docs and Drive and costs Americans $19.99 a month. Dots reaches thousands of apps beyond Google and goes looking for tasks, but begins at $100 a month. If your days are mostly Google, Spark is hard to beat on value; if they sprawl, Dots stretches further.
| Dots | Gemini Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | The door opens at $100 a month with ChatGPT Pro, or with a Business Premium seat. | Americans pay $19.99 a month through Google AI Pro, while elsewhere the minimum is $99.99 a month for Google AI Ultra. |
| Availability | Personal Pro plans in Britain, Switzerland and the EEA miss out, though Business Premium seats cover those regions. | Britain, Switzerland, Nigeria and the EEA cannot buy it on any plan at all. |
| App reach | Dots works with upwards of 4,000 apps through OpenAI's plugin catalogue, from Slack and GitHub to QuickBooks. | Spark reaches Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Photos and Chrome natively, with nothing extra to plug in. |
| Initiative | Dots proposes work of its own after read-only reconnaissance of your connected apps. | Spark acts on timetables and triggers, juggling as many as 15 jobs at a time. |
| Chat apps | Dots can be reached in Slack and Microsoft Teams as well as in ChatGPT. | Spark stays out of chat apps entirely, so you meet it in the Gemini app and Google's own products. |
| Controls | Dots layers Custom Rules, an automatic check on risky steps and an Activity View log. | Spark waits for your confirmation on sensitive steps, and Workspace administrators govern business accounts. |
Pick Dots if your working hours are spent hopping from Slack to GitHub to QuickBooks and other software Google does not make. It also suits anyone who wants an agent that brings them tasks rather than waiting to be told.
Pick Gemini Spark if you are American and Google already looks after your mail, diary and files. On the $19.99 plan it costs a fifth of the Dots entry price.
For a life organised around Google, Spark gives more for the money, above all on the American Pro plan. Dots earns its premium only if your work ranges over many apps and you want jobs flagged before you notice them yourself.
The agents at a glance
| The agents at a glance | Dots | Gemini Spark |
|---|---|---|
| Keeps working when you log off Carries on with long or scheduled tasks after you close the app. | Yes | Yes |
| Takes the initiative Suggests or starts useful work without being asked. | Yes | Partly |
| Its own computer in the cloud Runs on a machine the provider hosts, not on your laptop. | Yes | Yes |
| Lives in chat apps Reachable from messaging apps you already use. | Partly | No |
| Talks by voice You can speak to it and hear answers. | Yes | Partly |
| Buys things Can complete purchases or bookings for you. | Partly | Partly |
| Standing rules Has a place for instructions that apply to every task. | Yes | Partly |
| Choose the AI model Lets you decide which language model does the thinking. | No | No |
| Run it yourself Runs on a laptop, home server or rented machine that you control. | No | No |
| Free to start Has a free tier with the agent included. | No | No |
| Built for teams Sold on business plans with admin controls. | Yes | Partly |
A full dot means yes, a half dot means partly, an empty ring means no.
Questions readers ask
Is Gemini Spark cheaper than Dots?
In America, considerably: Google AI Pro includes Spark for $19.99 a month, while Dots needs ChatGPT Pro at $100. Elsewhere Spark calls for Google AI Ultra at $99.99 a month, which brings the two roughly level.
Which works in Europe, Dots or Gemini Spark?
Neither is simple. Spark is sold on no plan whatever in Britain, Switzerland or the EEA, and personal Pro plans there come without Dots. A ChatGPT Business Premium seat is the only way to get either of the two in those regions.
Can Dots work with Gmail the way Gemini Spark does?
Dots connects to Gmail and Google Docs through OpenAI's plugin catalogue, alongside thousands of other apps. Spark's access is first-party, so Gmail, Calendar, Drive and Photos need no connectors at all.