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Flux (Black Forest Labs)
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DeepSeek
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OpenRouter
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TaglineSpreadsheets with AI + live integrations baked in.Open weights + strong photorealism. The open-source answer.Chinese open-weight powerhouse. Crazy cheap, genuinely smart.One API, every model. Pay-as-you-go, no subscriptions.
CategoryDataImageChatbotsDev Platform
PricingFree + $19-$89/user/moAPI + open weights (Schnell is Apache 2.0)Free web + ultra-cheap API (~$0.14/M input tokens)Pay per token — model-dependent
Best forOps teams, marketers, anyone building dashboards from multiple sources.Developers + power users who want control and privacy.Developers + cost-conscious builders. Anyone fine with self-hosting.Developers experimenting across models. Apps that want fallback logic.
Strengths
  • Pull live data from Stripe, Slack, Google Analytics, etc.
  • AI functions inside cells
  • Modern UX
  • Runs locally on a beefy GPU
  • Very photoreal
  • Best open-weight model
  • Open weights you can self-host
  • Strong reasoning + math
  • Near-free API pricing
  • DeepSeek-V3 / R1 are serious models
  • 300+ models from one endpoint
  • Automatic fallbacks between providers
  • No subscription — just pay what you use
Weaknesses
  • Not a full Excel replacement for heavy users
  • Integrations best on paid tiers
  • Harder to use than hosted tools
  • Needs infra
  • Data goes to servers in China — privacy concerns for business use
  • Chinese policy filters
  • English polish trails Western models
  • Slight markup over direct API
  • Some provider features not exposed
Kai's verdictA-tier. The most interesting spreadsheet in years. Great for ops dashboards.A-tier. S-tier if you self-host. The reason open-source image gen matters.S-tier for price/performance. A-tier for consumer use. If you build apps, this is the budget pick.S-tier for model-shopping. I use this for every prototype before committing.
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