Poe
Poe, published by Quora, Inc., brings text, image, video and audio models from many AI companies into one interface, alongside millions of user-created bots, a no-code app builder and an OpenAI-compatible API.
What is Poe?
Poe is an AI aggregation platform published by Quora, Inc., built on a simple premise: rather than subscribing to one vendor's assistant, you reach models from many competing AI companies through a single interface. The catalogue advertised on the product page spans text models such as GPT-5.4, GPT-5.3-Codex, Claude-Opus-4.6, Claude-Sonnet-4.6, Gemini-3.1-Pro, Grok-4.20-Multi-Agent, DeepSeek-R1, Kimi-K2.5, GLM-5, Qwen3.6-Plus, Mistral-Small-4 and Llama-4 variants, together with media models including Veo-3.1, Sora-2-Pro, Kling-O3, Runway-Gen-4.5 and Pika-2.0 for video, FLUX-2-Pro, Nano-Banana-2, Ideogram-v3 and Recraft-V3 for images, and Lyria-3, ElevenLabs-v3 and Cartesia for audio. When an AI company releases a new model, Poe says it typically appears the same day. On top of the catalogue sit millions of user-created bots, alongside official ones such as Assistant, Script-Bot-Creator and Canvas-Creator. Beyond plain chat, the platform offers AI-powered web search, messaging several bots simultaneously, group chats shared with other people, follow-up actions on any reply to compare models or upscale and animate an image, and a /repeat command that returns several variations of one prompt at once. Usage is metered in compute points rather than message counts, and every bot displays its point rate before you send anything. Poe runs on the web plus native apps for iOS, Android, macOS and Windows, with conversations synced across all of them. There is a substantial builder layer as well. The Poe Creator Platform covers prompt bots configured with instructions alone, Python script bots hosted by Poe, interactive Canvas web apps described in plain language to an App Creator bot, server bots on your own infrastructure, and API bots that bring any chat-completions endpoint onto the platform. A creator monetisation programme pays out on what people build. Developers get an OpenAI-compatible API at api.poe.com/v1 with a Python SDK, Node.js and plain REST access. Quora frames the whole thing as collaboration between humans and every kind of AI, and a per-bot privacy shield icon signals whether a given bot may use your conversations for training.
What it does
- Chat with frontier text models from several competing AI companies in a single thread
- Generate images, video and audio from the same interface
- Search the web for real-time answers instead of relying on training data alone
- Put one question to several bots at once and compare their replies side by side
- Build prompt bots, Python script bots and interactive Canvas apps, and publish them
- Call hundreds of models through one OpenAI-compatible API endpoint
- Run a group chat where several people and several bots share the same conversation
When to use Poe / When not to
A quick filter to help you decide if Poe is the right fit.
When to use Poe
- Curious generalists who want to compare several frontier models on the same question without paying a separate subscription to each vendor
- Beginners exploring AI for the first time, since the platform is explicitly designed for users of all experience levels
- Writers, students, translators and language learners, who lean on the learning, writing, summarising and translation uses named in the terms
- Creators who want to build and monetise prompt bots, Python script bots or interactive Canvas apps without writing production code
- Developers who prefer one OpenAI-compatible endpoint over maintaining a separate integration for every model provider
When not to use Poe
- Children under 13, whose use of the platform is prohibited outright by the terms of service
- Anyone tempted to rely on a chatbot in an emergency or for safety-critical decisions, which the terms explicitly warn against
- Procurement-led organisations that need a published data processing agreement, a subprocessor register or a stated hosting region, none of which exist on the site
- Buyers who need to compare an itemised price grid before signing up, since plan names and tiers only appear once you are logged in
- Teams that need guaranteed model availability, because Poe reserves the right to add, limit or remove bots and features without notice
How to use Poe
A typical end-to-end flow, from setup to results.
- Sign up free at poe.com with an email address, a phone number, or a Google or Apple login
- Browse the explore page or open a bot directly, for example poe.com/Assistant, and read its profile for the creator name and point rate
- Type your prompt; add /repeat followed by a number to receive several variations of the same request in one go
- Send the same question to several bots at once when you want to compare how different models answer
- Open the three-dots menu on any reply for follow-up actions: compare across models, dig deeper, upscale an image or animate it
- Share a single message or an entire conversation using the share icon at the top right of the chat
- Use the undo button that appears after clearing chat context if you cleared it by mistake
- Create your own bot by choosing a prompt bot, a Python script bot or a Canvas app, describing what you want, iterating and publishing
- Track your compute points, usage history, memory summary and subscription details in Settings
- For programmatic access, create a key at poe.com/api/keys, then install fastapi-poe or point an existing OpenAI SDK at api.poe.com/v1
Pros & Cons
Pros
- One account and one subscription in place of several separate per-vendor plans
- New models are typically added the same day the AI company releases them
- A genuinely free tier covers most usage, and the paid entry point is 4.99 USD per month
- Each bot's point rate is visible before you message it, and Poe states it aims for the lowest effective price per model
- Bots and interactive apps can be built without writing production code, and creators can monetise them
- One OpenAI-compatible endpoint works as a drop-in replacement for existing OpenAI code across hundreds of models
- A per-bot privacy shield makes the training posture explicit, and official bots on OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta models do not train on your chats
Cons
- No public price grid: the only figure published outside the login wall is that plans start at 4.99 USD per month
- Compute points are an abstraction that makes cost forecasting hard, and unless your plan says otherwise they do not roll over
- Points have no cash value, cannot be transferred or refunded, and disappear when a subscription or account ends
- Third-party developer bots and apps carrying a half shield may use your conversations to train their own models
- No data processing agreement, no subprocessor register and no stated hosting country or region anywhere on the site
- No formal free trial is advertised; the terms only reserve the possibility of offering one from time to time
- Bot and feature availability is explicitly not guaranteed, and free accounts left idle for over a year may be closed
Pricing & Plans
A permanent free plan is available and covers most usage. Paid subscriptions begin at 4.99 USD per month, billed either monthly or annually, and add messaging capacity, longer context windows, access to further models and a periodic allowance of compute points. Prices are quoted in United States Dollars unless another currency is specified at purchase. Extra compute points may be bought separately. Individual tier names and prices are only displayed after signing in.
- permanent free tier covering most usage
- with limits expressed in messages per bot or in compute points
- a range starting at 4.99 USD per month
- billed monthly or annually
- adding messaging capacity
- longer context lengths
- access to additional models and a periodic compute-point allowance. Some plans also allow roll-over points and a higher maximum balance. Individual tier names and prices appear only after signing in
- available on some plans
- letting a subscriber invite a limited number of registered Poe account holders to draw on their points
- each able to use up to the full balance
- a purchasable add-on with optional automatic top-up below a threshold you choose
- pre-purchased points expire one year after purchase
Data, GDPR & hosting
A consolidated view of how Poe handles your data.
GDPR overview
The word GDPR never appears on any Poe page we collected, so there is no explicit claim of compliance. The substance is nonetheless partly visible: the Poe Privacy Policy, last updated 30 April 2026, states a legal basis for each processing purpose, naming contractual necessity, legitimate business interests and consent, the latter for contact-list syncing and, where required, advertising. Quora, Inc. is named as data controller, and a Data Protection Officer is reachable at privacy@quora.com. No representative under Article 27 is designated anywhere on the site. Requests to exercise privacy rights are directed to the Quora Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference but blocks automated access, so any further detail it carries could not be verified.
Who owns the data?
You keep ownership of what the terms call Your Content: your prompts, your uploads, the bots and apps you build, and the replies the bots generate. Ownership is qualified by a broad licence you grant Quora, Inc. in return, described as worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable and perpetual. Under it, Quora may pass your chats to the third-party AI models that answer them, show your content to other people you interact with, publish and promote the bots and apps you create, and analyse your usage to improve the service. Quora, Inc. is also the named data controller for your personal information, and it may remove content or bots that breach its policies.
Reuse rights
Nothing in the terms restricts what you do with the answers you receive: you own your prompts and the bot-generated replies, you may share individual messages or a whole conversation through a generated link, and you may publish the bots and apps you build for other people to use. Three limits apply nonetheless. You may not present bot-generated content as if a human had written it. You may not use Poe or its bots to build competing products, foundation models or large-scale models. And you may not extract data from the platform by scraping, harvesting or any similar method beyond what the terms allow. One nuance worth knowing: other users can put the same question to the same bot and receive a similar or identical answer, and what they receive is not treated as your content.
Data retention & training
Hosting summary
No hosting location is disclosed. Neither the privacy policy, the privacy centre, the terms of service nor the terms of sale name a country, a region or a cloud provider where user data is stored, and a targeted search across every page collected found no such statement. The only geographic anchors are legal rather than technical: Quora, Inc. is the data controller, the substantive laws of the State of California govern the terms, disputes go to a competent court in Santa Clara County, and prices default to United States Dollars. Chat contents are additionally transmitted to the third-party AI model providers powering each bot, named as OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Google and FireworksAI, each running on its own infrastructure. The Quora Privacy Policy is incorporated by reference and may add transfer detail, but it blocks automated access and could not be read. Treat hosting jurisdiction as an open question to put to the vendor.
Things to keep in mind
Risks and trade-offs to weigh before adopting Poe.
- Answers can be wrong or out of date, and the terms tell you to verify them independently rather than trust them
- A bot may claim to have taken an action in the real world when it has done nothing beyond replying to you
- Never rely on a bot in an emergency, and keep card numbers, identity numbers and other sensitive details out of chats, because they reach model providers and sometimes developers
- Granting a bot new permissions can silently downgrade it from full shield to half shield, changing who sees your conversation
- Compute points invite overspending: automatic top-up charges as soon as your balance crosses the threshold unless you cancel it in advance
- Reaching for a model on every question erodes the habit of working a problem through yourself, and switching between bots can turn into procrastination dressed up as research
- Users in the United States and Canada waive class actions and accept individual arbitration, and free accounts left idle for over a year may be closed
Setup & Integrations
Technical difficulty
Very low for ordinary use. Sign up with an email address, a phone number or a Google or Apple login and start chatting immediately; there is nothing to install, configure or key in, and the platform is presented as suitable for all experience levels. Native apps for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android are one-click downloads. Building a prompt bot needs only written instructions, and a Canvas app only a description. Script bots assume basic Python, though Poe hosts them. API use requires generating a key and either installing fastapi-poe or repointing an OpenAI SDK. The real learning curve is the compute-point economy, not the interface.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Poe exactly?
How much does it cost?
How are the models paid for once I subscribe?
Are my conversations used to train the AI models?
Who else sees what I type?
Is there an API?
How often are new models added?
What is the minimum age?
What happens to my data if I delete a chat or my account?
Can I cancel a subscription?
Should you pick Poe?
Poe's argument is breadth, and it makes it well. Text, image, video and audio models from a dozen competing vendors sit behind one login, new releases usually arrive the same day, and millions of community bots extend the catalogue further. For anyone who wants to compare models rather than commit to one, that is a genuinely useful proposition, and the OpenAI-compatible API turns the same breadth into a single endpoint for developers. The entry price is low, a real free tier exists rather than a countdown trial, and the builder layer lets non-programmers ship prompt bots and Canvas apps and even earn from them. The reservations are mostly commercial and contractual. Cost is metered in compute points whose rate varies by bot, and because the price grid sits behind the login wall, the only public figure is from 4.99 USD per month. Points do not roll over unless your plan says so, cannot be refunded and vanish with the subscription. Compliance documentation is thin for anything bigger than an individual purchase: no data processing agreement, no subprocessor register, no stated hosting region, and the word GDPR appears nowhere on the site, with the detail deferred to Quora's own policy. The privacy shield is a commendably honest signal, but it also tells you plainly that third-party developer bots may train on your conversations, so which bot you pick matters. Backed by Quora, Inc. and a 75 million USD round from a16z, Poe is a solid and well-maintained choice for individuals, creators and developers exploring many models at once. Organisations with a procurement checklist should expect to ask questions the website does not answer.
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