Comparisons
Side-by-side notes wired to the tools index. Criteria over hype. Confirm pricing and education offers on the vendor site before you commit.
Open models with a Seattle address worth knowing by name.
Read comparison →Three free-tier browser chats. Different strengths. Same verify-everything rule.
Read comparison →Two browser on-ramps. Same rule: verify anything that matters.
Read comparison →Two ways to get AI into your editor. Different center of gravity.
Read comparison →Two cloud options people argue about. Test both on your own prompts.
Read comparison →Free tiers first. Education pricing second. Subscriptions last.
Read comparison →One goal, one first tool. Then expand.
Read comparison →ChatGPT invents freely. NotebookLM stays closer to the sources you gave it.
Read comparison →Same job: run models on your machine. Different daily feel.
Read comparison →Need links? Start with Perplexity. Need a draft? Then open a chat app.
Read comparison →A first local setup you can finish without melting an 8 GB machine.
Read comparison →New to the vocabulary? Start with Learn · Tools index