Live Beta — free to use during beta. Paid tiers are marked "Free during beta" until monetization launches.
Live Beta — free to use during beta. Paid tiers are marked "Free during beta" until monetization launches.
An honest look at similar products, with prices as we found them. Prices change: check the vendor's own page before you decide.
| Product | What it is | Price we found | Where it is the better choice |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Cockpit | A desktop workspace that runs your AIs together, with local models, project kinds, tools and a task planner. You bring your own AI keys. | Free for everything local. Paid plans start after the beta (see Pricing). | You want many AIs, local models and checking tools in one private place. |
| TypingMind | A polished chat client for your own AI keys. | One-time purchase, from about $39 to $99 depending on the tier. | You want a simple, cheap chat window with your own keys and nothing else. |
| Msty Studio | A desktop app for local and cloud models. | A free tier; about $149 a year; a lifetime licence at about $349. Commercial use has its own licence. | You want a mature, friendly app for chatting with local and cloud models. |
| Open-source chat clients (Open WebUI, LM Studio and others) | Free interfaces for local and cloud models. | Free. | You only need a chat window for models, and want it free and open. |
| Claude Pro, ChatGPT Plus | The AI itself, with their own apps. | About $20 a month each. | You want one company's best model with no setup. Cockpit does not sell AI: it works with the subscriptions and keys you already have. |
| Cursor | An AI code editor. | From about $20 a month. | You write code all day and want the AI inside your editor. |
Prices were checked on 2026-10-12 from public pages and summaries and are shown rounded. They may have changed. Sources: the vendors' own pricing pages (typingmind.com, msty.ai, cursor.com, anthropic.com, openai.com). If something here is out of date, tell us and we will fix it.