HIX AI vs Poe (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 12, 2026, Poe grades higher than HIX AI: 3.4 against 2.0 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA
Poe grades higher on value for money, features, ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Poe
One app for chatting with AI models from many different labs
Which one is for you
Pick HIX AI if
- Fits if you want slides, images and video from one credit pool
- Works for someone who wants to compare several chat models
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you stay free: 20 credits and 100MB of project storage
- Watch out: dollar prices were blank on the pricing page, so paid cost is unknown
- Watch out: credits reset each billing cycle
- Watch out: unlimited chat with standard models is for paid plans only
Pick Poe if
- Fits if you want to compare models from many labs without paying each one
- Works for developers who want one API key for models from many labs
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you dislike meters, as everything is counted in compute points and extra points are sold on top
- Skip it if you want to know the free limits first, because Poe doesn't publish them
- Tight if you chat in bursts, as the entry plan's 10 thousand points come by the day, not as a monthly pool
- Pricey if you need a monthly pool: 660 thousand points are $19.99 a month, and the top plan is $249.99, before regional taxes
- Too light for voice or agents, as the listing shows no voice mode and no tool use
How we grade them
| 2.0GPAHIX AIFair | 3.4GPAPoeVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CNo paid dollar price could be read, so it sits in the middle. About 1,500 credits buys roughly three ten-slide decks, per the vendor. | AThe entry plan is $4.99 a month, or $49.99 for the year, on the US App Store — about a third of this category's middle price, and it opens models from many labs. The catch is that a real monthly pool, 660 thousand points, is $19.99. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree: 20 credits, a project space with 5 uploads and 100MB. That covers very little generation. | CA free account can chat on a smaller points allowance, but Poe's plans page never says how many points that is. An allowance you can't see the size of is one you'll walk into. |
| Features | CModel library, deep research, slides, image, video and writing agents. Everything beyond chat runs on credits. | BModels from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other labs on one sign-in, several bots answering in one thread, image and video from FLUX, Ideogram, Veo and Runway, web search, and your own bots with knowledge bases. No voice mode on the listing and no agent or tool use, and every bit of it is metered in points. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. A web workspace with several agents and a credit system to learn. | A4.7 from about 53,800 App Store ratings. Pick a bot and type. The only thing to get your head round is points, since every chat draws on the same pool. |
| Platforms and integrations | CWeb and a browser extension. No phone or desktop app and no integrations are listed. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android, plus an OpenAI-compatible API that reaches hundreds of models on one key and plugs into coding tools like Cursor, Cline and Continue. That's the full set. |
| Best for | an AI workspace for research, slides and video | comparing many AI models on one account |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: HIX AI and Poe. How we grade
Where they differ
- HIX AI also covers AI agents, research, presentations, image generation and video generation.
- Poe also covers AI search.
At a glance
| HIX AI | Poe | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | Not published | $4.17 per month, billed yearly ($49.99 a year); $4.99 billed monthly |
| Free plan | HIX AI Free: 20 credits, a project space with 5 file uploads and 100MB, and access to multiple models. | Free accounts can chat with a smaller allowance of compute points than subscribers. Poe's plans page does not state the size of the free allowance. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
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| Windows | ||
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| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | HIX.AI | Quora, Inc. |
| Price read from | Not confirmed | poe.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Oct 10, 2026 |
Worth knowing
HIX AI
- Paid usage is metered in credits; 1,500 credits is about 3 ten-slide decks or 30 seconds of video, per the vendor.
- The free plan's 20 credits cover little generation, and the credit balance resets each billing cycle.
- The pricing page showed Philippine pesos from our location and left dollar prices blank, so paid prices are not listed.
- Chat with standard models is described as unlimited on paid plans only.
Poe
- Usage is metered in compute points, from 10 thousand a day on the lowest plan to 8.25 million a month on the highest; add-on points are sold separately.
- The plans page shows US dollars and says the final price may vary with regional taxes and currency conversion; read from India it prices the same plans in rupees.
- The plans page does not say how many points a free account receives.
Key features
HIX AI
- Model library
- Chat with a regularly updated list of models from several vendors, plus separate image and video model lists.
- Deep research
- A research agent searches the internet and turns findings into a report or slide deck in one flow.
- Slides, images and video
- Agents for AI slides, image design and video making, billed in credits per slide or per second of video.
- Writing and documents
- An AI writer and document agent produce text, long articles and Markdown or rich text output.
- Project space
- Keep files and context together per project; storage is 100MB on Free and 10GB on the Max plan.
Poe
- Many models, one account
- Reaches models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other labs, plus image and video generators, with one sign-in and one points balance.
- Multi-bot chat
- Compare answers from several models and combine bots for a task inside a single chat thread. Chats can be private or shared as a group chat.
- Image and video generation
- Creates images and video with generators such as FLUX, Ideogram, Veo and Runway from inside the same app.
- Custom bots
- Build and share your own bots, with custom knowledge bases if needed. Poe's App Store listing cites more than 1 million custom bots.
- Web search
- A search mode returns answers drawn from the web, and bots can search for current news.
- Poe API
- An OpenAI-compatible endpoint reaches hundreds of models and bots with one key. Subscribers spend their existing points on it at no additional cost.
Plans
HIX AI
Pricing could not be confirmed. See hix.ai.
Poe
Free$0
A smaller points allowance than subscribers get, across free and subscription bots.
10 thousand points/day$4.99
per month, or $49.99 per year ($4.17 a month)
The entry plan, listed as Basic on the App Store: more messages, more models and each bot's maximum input size and chat history.
660 thousand points/month$19.99
per month, or $199.99 per year ($16.67 a month)
A monthly pool of 660 thousand points to spend across any model or bot.
1.65 million points/month$49.99
per month, or $499.99 per year ($41.67 a month)
A monthly pool of 1.65 million points to spend across any model or bot.
3.3 million points/month$99.99
per month, or $999.99 per year ($83.33 a month)
A monthly pool of 3.3 million points to spend across any model or bot.
8.25 million points/month$249.99
per month, or $2,499.99 per year ($208.33 a month)
The largest pool: 8.25 million points a month across any model or bot.
Ways to pay less
HIX AI
No public discounts listed.
Poe
- Annual discount
Save 17% with yearly billing
Poe's plans page marks yearly billing as saving 17% against monthly billing: the lowest plan is $49.99 a year, which the page gives as $4.17 a month, against $4.99 billed monthly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, HIX AI or Poe?
As of Nov 12, 2026, HIX AI has no price we could confirm, and Poe starts at $4.17 per month, billed yearly ($49.99 a year); $4.99 billed monthly.
Which has a free plan, HIX AI or Poe?
As of Nov 12, 2026, both HIX AI and Poe have a free plan.
Which platforms do HIX AI and Poe run on?
As of Nov 12, 2026, only HIX AI lists a browser extension and only Poe lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.