AI Tools Directory: Compare Models, Plans & Costs

Start with the decision you need to make. These focused tools help you compare a model or plan, understand a bill, prepare a file, or check whether local AI fits your computer. You do not need to know a tool’s name first.

Choose a model or subscription

These are different questions: how a model performs, which subscription suits you, and whether that plan actually exposes the model. Start with the one you need, then verify access before paying.

AI Model Comparison

Compare available intelligence, coding, speed and API-price signals. See which benchmark data is present before treating two models as a fair comparison.

A benchmark score is not a test of your own task or a promise about the consumer app.

AI Plan Finder

Build a transparent shortlist for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok from your budget and work style.

Use it to narrow the choice, not as a guarantee of current checkout terms or unlimited usage.

Model Access Map

Check model visibility, plans, app-versus-API access, feature gates and rollout caveats against linked provider sources.

A subscription and an API billing account are not interchangeable.

Check costs or solve a billing problem

Consumer subscriptions, Apple purchases and developer API usage have different billing routes. Choose the matching tool; a regional subscription price is not an API token rate.

AI Subscription Prices

Compare Apple App Store subscription prices for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Grok by country, with local currency, USD estimates, source links and checked times.

These are App Store observations, not a guarantee of web prices, eligibility or your checkout total.

AI API Cost Calculator

Estimate token spend from input, output, request volume and caching. Inspect documented billing boundaries and use the accepted-result worksheet when retries or review time matter.

The token subtotal does not cover every service charge; no paid API call is made.

Subscription Troubleshooter

Get a provider- and purchase-route-specific checklist when a paid plan is missing, a benefit does not appear, or billing and limits are unclear.

It does not access your account or require passwords, payment details or an API key.

Prepare files or run AI locally

Before downloading a model or sending a long document, check the relevant constraint. File extraction, hardware fit and software deployment are separate parts of the workflow.

AI File Preflight

Inspect PDF or text extraction, count text with a named tokenizer, and download smaller TXT chunks with a coverage report.

File processing stays in an isolated local workbench. It is not proof that a model will understand every page.

LLM VRAM Calculator

Use VRAM, RAM or unified memory to build a source-linked Ollama shortlist, with context headroom, excluded tags and memory assumptions.

A memory estimate is not a measured performance result on your computer.

Self-Hosted AI Tools

Compare local runtimes, chat interfaces, agent builders and knowledge tools by deployment, hardware, licensing, repository activity and data boundaries.

A self-hosted interface may still send requests to a cloud model; check the model connection separately.

Understand a new AI release

Looking for one provider’s App Store price?

The focused price pages keep provider-specific context and original Apple source links. The standalone AI Prices page remains the main all-provider comparison; this directory does not duplicate its live table.

What to verify before you act

Dynamic tools show a checked or synced time where relevant. A source sync is not a new review of every pricing rule, plan benefit or benchmark. Check the page’s scope and caveats, then use the linked provider source and your actual account or checkout for the final decision.

These tools do not ask for passwords, API keys or payment details. Cost and memory examples are estimates, not measured outcomes.