Which Magai alternative fits the reason you are leaving?
Magai's pricing page sells Standard at $20 a month, Pro at $40 and Ultra at $200. Each plan buys a usage balance of the same dollar amount. So the real question is what you want instead: one lab, a smaller bill, more models, or your own API keys. We read every price below from the vendor's own page on 31 October 2026. All are in US dollars.
| Option | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | How usage is metered | Pick it if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magai Standard (staying) | $20 | $200 a year ($16.67 a month) | $20 of usage a month, words times model multiplier | You need team seats, agents or 150+ integrations |
| Magai Pro | $40 | $400 a year ($33.33 a month) | $40 of usage a month; premium models marked included | GPT-5.5 Pro or video drains $20 too fast |
| ChatGPT Plus | $20 | Billed monthly | Message caps that may vary with demand | You only use GPT |
| Claude Pro | $20 (US) | Discounted annual plan | Five-hour session limit plus weekly limits | You only use Claude |
| Abacus ChatLLM Basic | $10 per user | Not stated on its billing FAQ | 20,000 credits a month | You want the cheapest multi-model bill |
| Perplexity Pro | Not shown on its pricing hub | $17 a month, billed annually | Advanced model queries may be limited in heavy weeks | Search with sources is the job |
| TypingMind Standard | $39 once | No renewal | Your own API keys, billed by each lab | You want to pay the labs directly |
| Whizi Pro | $29.99 | $239.99 ($19.99 a month) | 2,500 credits a month, a fixed cost per message for each model | You want Claude Opus, ChatGPT Sol and Kimi K3 on one plan |
Poe is the seventh pick, and it meters differently from all of them. Poe's subscription page sells compute points, from 10,000 a day up to 8.25 million a month, and each bot spends its own rate. The page showed us Canadian dollars on 31 October, so its US price isn't in the table. Our Poe breakdown has the rest.
Two more names fit a different reason for leaving. If you want the models inside every web page rather than in a chat tab, Sider and Monica are browser sidebars with their own meters. TypingMind is the one pick with no subscription at all. Its buy page states that the "Price does not include API costs and additional cloud storage." If you'd rather pay per token through one API key, OpenRouter is the developer route, and its pricing page lists a 5.5% platform fee on the Standard tier.
Magai vs ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro: is one lab cheaper?
One lab costs the same $20 as Magai Standard, and it's the better buy if you only ever open one model. OpenAI's help center prices ChatGPT Plus at "$20/month (billed monthly)". Plus "may include usage limits such as message caps, especially during high demand." Anthropic prices Claude Pro at $20 a month in the US. Its limits work as a five-hour session plus a weekly cap that resets at a fixed time.
Magai's answer to those caps is a single dollar balance. Its help center says "Magai has no cooldowns or 4-hour locks." That's a real difference for bursty work: you can spend the month's balance in a weekend. But you can also spend it fast. If you mix GPT and Claude every day, Magai or another multi-model plan wins, because one balance covers both labs and you never sit out a five-hour window waiting for Claude to reset. If 90% of your chats go to one model, the lab's own plan gives you its own apps and features for the same price.
Perplexity's pricing hub lists Pro at $17 a month billed annually. Its help center warns that advanced model access may be limited in weeks of heavy use. Pick it over Magai when cited web answers are most of what you ask. Abacus.AI's ChatLLM billing FAQ puts Basic at $10 per user a month with 20,000 credits, and Pro at $20 with 30,000. It's the cheapest multi-model bill in this table. Our ChatLLM page covers how those credits are released.
Is there a free Magai alternative?
Yes. Magai itself has none: its help center answers "No. Magai does not offer a free trial." It offers a 30-day money-back guarantee instead. Whizi's free tier gives 10 messages a day on Whizi AI, Auto and Claude Haiku 5.5. TypingMind's FAQ says the app "is free to use with some basic features" if you bring a working OpenAI API key. On that free plan, chat history isn't saved and a popup appears every few minutes.
Free tiers are for testing fit, not for daily work on frontier models. Whizi's free rows stop at Claude Haiku 5.5, and TypingMind's free plan bills every token to your own OpenAI account. If you want Claude Sonnet and GPT in one place before you commit, a week of Whizi Pro at the $1.99 intro price is the closest low-risk test.
Where does Whizi beat Magai, and where does it lose?
Whizi loses to Magai on teams, automation and refunds. Magai's Standard plan adds seats at $20 each, with shared chats, agents and permissions. It also carries 150+ integrations, MCP connections, saved prompts and 100 scheduled task runs a month. Whizi has no team accounts and no saved prompt library, and it publishes no refund policy against Magai's 30 days. If integrations or scheduled tasks are why you chose Magai, stay. And video sits on every Magai plan, while Whizi keeps video on Powerhouse ($49.99). Whizi Starter ($15.99) stops at ChatGPT Luna, Claude Haiku and Whizi AI, so it isn't a like-for-like swap for Magai's $20.
Whizi wins on range, a free tier and a meter that ignores length. It carries 280+ models against the 74 on Magai's models page. Pro opens Claude Opus, Claude Sonnet, ChatGPT Sol, Kimi K3 and Grok, plus side by side model chats. Each model has one fixed credit cost per message, and neither your prompt's length nor the answer's length changes it. On Magai, a 2,000-word answer costs twice a 1,000-word one on the same model. If you're coming from ChatGPT or Claude rather than Magai, Whizi imports both exports.
- Open Magai's usage meter (bottom left of the app) and note which models drained it last month
- If GPT-5.5 Pro or video drained it, price Magai Pro at $40 before switching anywhere
- If 90% of your chats went to one model, compare ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro at $20 first
- If teams, integrations or scheduled tasks are the job, stay on Magai; no pick here matches all three
- If cost is the reason, trial Abacus ChatLLM at $10 or Whizi's free tier for a week
- Ask Magai for the refund within 30 days of your first payment if you want its money-back guarantee
Frequently asked questions
How much does Magai cost?
Magai costs $20 a month for Standard, $40 for Pro and $200 for Ultra, as of 31 October 2026. Billed yearly it's $200, $400 and $2,000. Each plan buys a usage balance equal to its price, and top-ups come in $5, $10 and $20 steps. Extra seats are $20 each on Standard.
Does Magai have a free trial?
No, Magai has no free trial. Every plan has a 30-day money-back guarantee instead, and you ask for the refund by email or the in-app live chat within 30 days of your first payment. Whizi's free tier (10 messages a day) and TypingMind's free plan with your own OpenAI key are the free ways to test a multi-model chat.
Is Magai better than ChatGPT?
Magai is better if you switch between GPT, Claude and Gemini every day, because one balance spans the 46 chat models on Magai's models page, with no cooldowns. ChatGPT Plus is better at the same $20 if GPT is the only model you use. You get OpenAI's own apps, and your bill doesn't move with how long the answers are.
