How does Alter compare with MindMac?
TLDR: Alter provides a more generous free plan with access to all features and approximately 100 messages with GPT-4 or unlimited use with local models. It functions out-of-the-box with multiple AI providers, enables acting on text selections, files/folders, and screenshots natively, and allows reusing AI outputs with other actions.
Alter also offers ready-to-use AI models from various providers, automatic keyboard shortcuts, and the capability to create presentations, diagrams, and charts. While both Alter and MindMac support local models and extensibility, Alter's features and pricing model make it a more flexible and powerful option for creating AI workflows.
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| Free plan |
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| Most popular pricing plan | $240/year, perpetual license | $49/year, 1 year of 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 app, inside app |
| 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 | ✅ | ❌ |
| Act on screenshot capture | ✅ | ❌ |
| Act on text-selections | ✅ | ❌ |
| Act on files and folders | ✅ From Finder selections | 🚧 Picker, files only |
| Create presentations, diagrams, charts and export in HTML or PDF | ✅ Artifacts to create all kinds of HTML mini apps | ❌ |
| Generate images | ✅ Flux models | ✅ DALLE-3 |
| Ready-to-use AI actions | ✅ | ✅ |
| Reuse AI output with other actions | ✅ | ❌ |
| Voice mode | ❌ | ✅ |
| Extensibility | ✅ | ✅ |
| Web search, Perplexity like | ✅ | ✅
Add search providers with your own API keys
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| Native app | ✅ MacOS 13+, 45MB | ✅ MacOS 13+, 70MB |
*A message has 4296 tokens, which is roughly 3 200 words.