Cool and hats off to you for building an app ... but how come you couldn't find one?! There are so many. I use Raycast, which has access to all the models, there's Poe (from Quora) which is popular, Perplexity offers access to many models, and there are many more...
Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
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Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've been using openrouter.ai to use "all llm's". No subscription, and can be tied to your editor of choice
For free? How's that possible when one AI prompt uses 10x more energy than a Google search [1]? [1] Source: https://kanoppi.co/search-engines-vs-ai-energy-consumption-c...
10 google searches are also free
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
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#44I use Librechat and OpenWebUI for that, but lately I've gotten a Claude subscription because A) deep research is amazing, B) their "canvas" UI is great, and C) Claude Code.
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#45I also built VT (https://vtchat.io.vn), a secure, privacy-first AI chat platform focused on data sovereignty. It supports BYOK (Bring Your Own Key) models, OpenRouter integration, and local models through LM Studio and Ollama (currently in beta).
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#46If you truly couldn’t find anything then you clearly don’t know how to use a web search. Poe.com brings many models under one subscription, and they have you completely beat on features and the number of models they offer. They are owned by Quora, so have a decently large group backing them. You.com lets you use multiple models, and also offers more features and models than you. Perplexity lets you use multiple model…
> If you truly couldn’t find anything then...
...you are clearly an engineer who has already decided to write their own so wasn't looking to hard, or did find something but went "I could do this better". Pretty much how many projects start.
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#47Should have used ChatGPT deep research to prevent you wasting time building the 41st version of this same product.
Here's all the main competitors:
1. You.com
2. Poe
3. Mammouth
4. Magai
5. TeamAI
6. TypingHive
7. WritingMate
8. ChatHub
9. Monica
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#48The pricing doesn’t render properly on mobile. The responsive design puts what is presumably a table into a vertical stack, which means I have no idea which price corresponds to which feature.
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#49If you truly couldn’t find anything then you clearly don’t know how to use a web search. Poe.com brings many models under one subscription, and they have you completely beat on features and the number of models they offer. They are owned by Quora, so have a decently large group backing them. You.com lets you use multiple models, and also offers more features and models than you. Perplexity lets you use multiple model…
> If you truly couldn’t find anything then... ...you are clearly an engineer who has already decided to write their own so wasn't looking to hard, or did find something but went "I could do this better". Pretty much how many projects start.
OP said, in their post, they “Couldn't find one”
It’s totally fine to build your own implementation of something, especially if it’s for personal use or you’re not charging. OP is pitching a paid product. It’s not okay to ignore the sea of competitors and pitch your product on HN with a marketing blurb that isn’t true.
Anybody can slap together a chat UI and integrate a few LLM APIs. We need more than that if you’re charging money.
Re: Show HN: I built an LLM chat app because we shouldn't need 10 AI subscriptions
#50off-topic: anyone aware of a service where I could plugin my api keys for openai/gemini/claude and it asks the same question to all 3 and refines the answer by using one of them as the final arbiter ?