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Poe pricing, features, company info, and alternatives
A factual product page for Poe as a multi-model AI chat app and API platform.
Last updated April 2026 · Pricing and features verified against official documentation
Pricing
Current public pricing tiers on file for Poe, last verified Apr 19, 2026.
Free
$0 / month
Subscription
$4.99 / month
Subscription pricing starts at this level and scales with usage.
What You Can Do With It
The main capabilities that shape how people use Poe today.
Brings many frontier models and user-created bots into one interface.
Supports text, image, video, and audio generation models.
Adds group chat and bot discovery on top of model access.
Offers a Poe API with an OpenAI-compatible chat completion interface.
Best For
Who Poe is most clearly built for.
People who want broad model choice in one app.
Builders who want to expose bots through Poe's API.
Users comparing model providers without switching apps constantly.
Company
Leadership and company context for Quora.
CEO
Adam D'Angelo
Founders
Adam D'Angelo, Charlie Cheever
Investors
Andreessen Horowitz, Collaborative Fund, Y Combinator, Tiger Global Management, Matrix, Founders Fund, Benchmark
Headquarters
Mountain View, CA, USA
Platforms
Where you can use Poe today.
Web
Access
How to integrate or build around Poe.
Public API
Yes
Docs
Available
Alternatives
Other tools worth considering alongside Poe.
Product Snapshot
Poe is a multi-model AI chat app with access to third-party bots, image, audio, and video models. It is aimed at people who want broad model choice in one app.
What You Can Do With It
- Brings many frontier models and user-created bots into one interface.
- Supports text, image, video, and audio generation models.
- Adds group chat and bot discovery on top of model access.
- Offers a Poe API with an OpenAI-compatible chat completion interface.
Why It Stands Out
It is built for people who want broad model choice in one app.
Tradeoffs To Know
- Non-paying users get daily points, while subscribers get a higher point pool and access to Poe’s newest bots.
Changes to this tool page
- April 2026 Removed a generic pricing caveat that was not specific enough to this tool after a catalog review.
- April 2026 Removed a generic desktop-workflow tradeoff that was not specific enough to this tool after a catalog review.
- April 2026 Added a source-backed note that Poe's free tier is limited to most usage, while advanced usage requires a subscription.
Sources
- poe.com/blog/introducing-transparent-usd-pricing-and-api-tool-calling
- help.poe.com/hc/en-us/articles/19945140063636-Poe-Subscriptions-FAQs
- help.poe.com/hc/en-us/articles/19944206309524-Poe-FAQs
- poe.com/Help-AI-Bot
- company.quora.com
- crunchbase.com/organization/quora
- poe.com/blog/introducing-the-poe-api
- crunchbase.com/funding_round/quora-series-d--fdd54820
- techcrunch.com/2012/09/11/quora-cheever
- crunchbase.com/funding_round/quora-series-c--97ce0123
- poe.com/blog/introducing-creator-monetization-for-poe
- techcrunch.com/2022/12/21/quora-launches-poe-a-way-to-talk-to-ai-chatbots-like-chatgpt