How does Alter compare with FridayGPT?
TLDR: Alter provides a generous free plan with access to a wide range of models and features, while FridayGPT requires upfront payment and your own API keys. Alter works with files and folders; FridayGPT is limited to text selections.
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Free plan |
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Most popular pricing plan | $240/year, perpetual license | $49/year, lifetime updates, 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 | ✅
Open menu with search, setup manually for quick actions
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Ready-to-use AI models | ✅
Multi-providers: OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Groq, Together
| ❌ Bring your own API keys |
Support for OpenAI compatible endpoints | ✅ | ✅ |
Chat | ✅ | ✅ |
Act on screenshot capture | ❌ | ❌ |
Act on text-selections | ✅ | ✅ |
Act on files and folders | ✅ From Finder selections | ❌ |
Ready-to-use AI actions | ✅ | ✅ |
Reuse AI output with other actions | ✅ | ❌ |
Voice mode | ❌ | ✅ |
Extensibility | ✅ | ✅ |
Web search, Perplexity like | ✅ | ❌ |
Native app | ✅ | ✅ |
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