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Anakin.ai vs Poe

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Poe — 90 vs 81 for Anakin.ai
Best fit
Anakin.ai: Non-developers packaging a prompt into a reusable internal tool · Poe: People who want several vendors' models under one login and one bill
Platforms
Anakin.ai: Web · Poe: Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Anakin.aiNo-code builder for AI apps and workflows over many hosted models, with a prebuilt app cataloguePoeOne subscription across many third-party models

Side by side

FactAnakin.aiPoe
CategoryAI Workflow BuildersMulti-model Chat Aggregators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$9.90/mo—
Public APIYesYes
Trust score81 / 10090 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, API
CompanyAnakin Labs, Inc.Quora
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Anakin.ai

Anakin is a good fit if you want to ship small internal AI tools without wiring up model SDKs — the app catalogue plus batch processing covers a lot of ground for under $20 a month. The catch is the credit abstraction: you cannot see what an expensive model costs you until the balance drops, and the free tier is too thin to evaluate anything serious.

Pros

  • Documented API for any app you build, with per-account access tokens
  • Large catalogue of prebuilt apps shortens time to first result
  • Batch processing over datasets is a first-class feature, not an add-on
  • Four clearly published tiers starting under $10/month

Cons

  • Credits obscure the real per-model cost of a run
  • Free plan is restricted to Gemini and one image per generation
  • Several homepage capabilities, including Auto Agents and integrations, are labelled coming soon

Poe

Poe makes sense if you want to compare frontier models side by side without paying each vendor, and the custom-bot layer is a cheap way to publish a prompt as a product. The catch is the points meter: one subscription buys wildly different quantities of use depending on which bot you pick, and per-bot costs are Poe's to change, so the plan you buy is not necessarily the plan you keep.

Pros

  • One subscription spans models from several vendors plus image and video generators
  • Custom bots can be built from a prompt and shared or monetised
  • Apps on web, iOS, Android, Mac and Windows
  • A creator API exists for developers

Cons

  • Points pricing makes real capacity hard to predict across models
  • Per-bot point costs and allowances are set by Poe and change over time
  • The home page blocks automated access and the subscription page shows regional prices, so USD figures could not be confirmed from the vendor
  • No team or enterprise tier is visible

Which one fits

Choose Anakin.ai if you need

  • Non-developers packaging a prompt into a reusable internal tool
  • Running the same prompt over a large list of rows or documents
  • Teams that want several model vendors on one invoice

Choose Poe if you need

  • People who want several vendors' models under one login and one bill
  • Creators publishing custom bots without hosting anything
  • Comparing model answers side by side before committing to one vendor

Anakin.ai vs Poe: the questions people ask

Is Anakin.ai cheaper than Poe?

Anakin.ai starts at $9.90/mo. Poe has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Anakin.ai or Poe have a free tier?

Both: Anakin.ai has a free tier, and Poe has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Anakin.ai or Poe?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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