CheapAI

CheapAI

Talk to the best AI models without limits and pay 90% less! Instead of per month, pay per message!

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Summarize this document.

AI

Digitalization increases efficiency, and globalization brings new opportunities.

message price: $0.0042

Spend what you want - not a penny more!

Most users spend $3 a month, and AI subscriptions cost around $70 combined. They save $67 monthly!

OpenAI

o1 previewo1 miniGPT 4o

Google

Gemini 1.5 ProGemini 1.5 Flash

Anthropic

Claude 3.5 SonnetClaude 3.5 HaikuClaude 3 Haiku

...and many others in the same conversation!

Note: none of these companies are business partners or sponsors of CheapAI.

Security and privacy 🔒

Conversations and keys are stored exclusively on your device. CheapAI doesn't sniff or track anything!

Easy to use 👍

CheapAI is designed to be easy to use. Beginners won't get lost or disoriented!

No limits ♾️

Unlimited number and size of files attached to the message! Unlimited number of messages!

Internet access 🌐

Each AI model has internet access. It can search the web and read web pages.

File analysis 📂

Each AI model can study files! A lot is supported: PDFs, tables, presentations...

Image creation 🖼️

Each AI model can access the DALLE-3 model and create images using the description you give it.

Conversation branching 🔀

You can edit sent messages, continue the conversation with another AI model, regenerate responses...

Additional tools 🛠️

Various additional tools are available for AI models to use (like a calculator). I'm constantly adding new ones!

Problem you have ⚠️

There are situations when limitations in conversation with AI models can be a problem for you. You have to wait for more hours to continue the conversation, the number of files you can attach is small, etc.

Then you have to start paying premium between $20 and $30 monthly. For most people, that's a waste of money, because they need premium only in those specific situations, not all the time.

Ideal solution ✅

Use the original applications for conversation with AI models for free as much as you can. When you break the limits or they start to be a problem for you, just switch to CheapAI, instead of throwing $25 on a monthly subscription!

Vision of CheapAI

Hi, I'm Jopa, a student and creator of CheapAI. In short, it's a BYOK (bring your own key) application (explanation below in the video). There are already many such applications, why now this one?

Free BYOK applications are either completely useless or complicated to set up, maintain up-to-date, and use. Paid ones are satisfactory, but too expensive!

I wanted to fill that gap, to have an extremely cheap tool with powerful features and very easy to use. That's how CheapAI was created!

It's currently free because I personally pay the costs, but I won't be able to do that forever. I'll make sure it's extremely cheap, it seems to me that around €1 will be enough!

How CheapAI works?

Through your API keys, CheapAI will send messages to AI models, and each model provider will charge you directly. For example, OpenAI will charge you $0.004 per message for a conversation with the GPT-4o model. Some providers will require you to deposit money in advance on their platforms (you choose how much).

For this to work, you need to create API accounts on AI model provider platforms (OpenAI, Google Gemini, Anthropic, ...) and download API keys from them. Don't worry, it's explained in the application how!

What are API keys and what does CheapAI do with them?
Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, and others are providers of AI models, which you can use through their applications or through API accounts. API keys are passwords that allow the CheapAI application to communicate with API accounts.
CheapAI sends messages to AI models directly from the web browser through your API account on the platforms of those providers, using your API keys.
The only exception is sending messages to AI models provided by Anthropic. Communication must take place through the CheapAI proxy server, due to technical limitations set by Anthropic, but API keys and other sensitive information are not stored on that server.
Is it all safe? Where are API keys stored?
API keys are stored exclusively locally in this web browser, not on your user account. They are protected by a certain level of encryption. Once saved, API keys can no longer be opened and viewed within the CheapAI application, they can only be deleted. All this ensures that your API keys should be safe even if someone unauthorized accesses your device or user account.
API keys can only be used to communicate with AI models, they cannot be used to withdraw your money.
How do I pay? Do I need to take a premium subscription on chatgpt.com and similar applications?
You don't have to take a premium subscription. On each of the provider platforms (OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, ...), you have your API account. You need to deposit money into that API account (as much as you want). The provider will charge you a small amount for each message that CheapAI sends to an AI model.
Each provider charges messages sent through the API account directly to you. CheapAI is not involved in charging messages, it only displays an estimate of the price.