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TaglineAI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Spreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.The one that actually gets text in images right.Alibaba's open chat model. Multilingual + agentic.
CategoryResearchDataImageChatbots
PricingFree + $20/mo ProFree + $19-$89/user/moFree + $8/mo + $20/mo + $60/moFree web + API
Best forReplacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Ops teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.Anything with text — posters, ads, album covers, slide decks.Vietnamese/Chinese content, SEA multilingual use, developers wanting open-weight tool-use.
Strengths
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Best text rendering in the game
  • Strong free tier
  • Good for logos, posters, thumbnails
  • Excellent Chinese + Vietnamese + SEA languages
  • Strong at tool-use + agentic workflows
  • Open weights (Qwen2.5, Qwen3)
Weaknesses
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Aesthetic ceiling below Midjourney
  • Less style variety
  • English quality behind Claude/GPT
  • Less well-known outside Asia
Kai's verdictS-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.A-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.S-tier for text-in-image. Use this for posters, Midjourney for art.A-tier. The best open model for Vietnamese + Chinese. Don't sleep on it if you work in SEA.
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