How does Alter compare with Elephas?
TLDR: Alter offers a superior free plan with 100 messages using GPT-4
and unlimited usage with local models or OpenAI compatible endpoints.
It provides full privacy with local model support, ready-to-use AI
models from multiple providers, and web search capabilities.
Elephas limits free users to 30 requests per month and lacks support for
local models and web search. Alter's most popular plan ($240/year) allows
higher consumption and more flexibility compared to Elephas' plan ($179.88/year).
Alter includes features like acting on apps, screenshot capture, and creating
presentations, which Elephas doesn't offer.
| Alter | Elephas | |
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| Free plan |
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| Most popular pricing plan | $240/year | $179,88/year, 1M text tokens per month |
| Max consumption per month with a paid plan |
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| Support for local models (Ollama, LM Studio) | ✅ | ❌ |
| Keyboard shortcuts | ✅ Automatic, Mnemonic | 🚧 Open menu with search |
| Ready-to-use AI models | ✅
Multi-providers: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Together
| ✅ OpenAI |
| 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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macOS 14+, 45MB
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MacOS 12+, 151MB
*A message has 4296 tokens, which is roughly 3 200 words.