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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Meeting notes, free forever for individuals.Open weights + strong photorealism. The open-source answer.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.
CategoryResearchMeetingsImageData
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree for individuals + $15-$29/user/mo teamsAPI + open weights (Schnell is Apache 2.0)Free + $19-$89/user/mo
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Solo operators, freelancers, small teams on a budget.Developers + power users who want control and privacy.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Unlimited free tier for solo use
  • Strong summaries + action items
  • Works in Zoom, Meet, Teams
  • Runs locally on a beefy GPU
  • Very photoreal
  • Best open-weight model
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Bot-joining model
  • Team features gated
  • Harder to use than hosted tools
  • Needs infra
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for solo + free. The best free option, hands down.A-tier. S-tier if you self-host. The reason open-source image gen matters.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.
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