How does Alter compare with BoltAI?
TLDR: Alter offers a comprehensive free plan with access to advanced
models and features, while BoltAI requires users to provide their own
API keys and has limited free functionality. Alter supports a wider
range of ready-to-use AI models from multiple providers, allows direct
interaction with files/folders, enables reusing AI outputs with other
actions, and provides automatic keyboard shortcuts.
Alter
offers unique features like acting on apps and screenshot captures,
creating presentations and diagrams, and generating images. While both
platforms support local models and extensibility, Alter provides more
out-of-the-box functionality and flexibility in its free and paid
plans.
| Alter | BoltAI | |
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| Free plan |
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| Most popular pricing plan | $240/year | $57/year, perpetual license, AI consumption is excluded from the price |
| Max consumption per month with a paid plan |
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| Support for local models (Ollama, LM Studio) | ✅ | ✅ |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✅ Automatic, Mnemonic | 🚧 Setup manually |
| Ready-to-use AI models | ✅
Multi-providers: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Together
| ❌ Bring your own API keys |
| Support for OpenAI compatible endpoints | ✅ | ✅ |
| Chat + history | ✅ | ✅ |
| Act on apps | ✅ | ❌ |
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From Finder selections
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Picker, files only
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Artifacts to create all kinds of HTML mini apps
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Flux models
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Dictation, Speak-to-command
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Requires Perplexity API key
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macOS 14+, 45MB
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MacOS 12+, 49MB
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