Compare Lounge
Most AI apps lock you into one model family, or one confusing credit system. Lounge runs 200+ models across chat, video, image, audio, voice calls and decisions, on one balance at provider rates. Here's how each studio stacks up.
Chat · Single-vendor assistants
Lounge vs ChatGPT
The mainstream default — OpenAI models only
ChatGPT is the most polished single-vendor assistant, and at $20/mo Plus you get GPT plus native image and voice. But you only ever get OpenAI models. Lounge runs GPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok side by side for $19/mo — so you stop paying separate subscriptions to reach the model that's actually best for the task.
Lounge vs Claude
Best-in-class writing and code — Anthropic models only
Claude is many people's favorite model for writing and code, and Claude Pro at $20/mo is a clean, ad-free experience. The catch is it only runs Anthropic models, it has no native image generation, and its usage limits are famously opaque. Lounge keeps Claude Opus and Sonnet and adds GPT, Gemini, and Grok on one $19/mo balance.
Lounge vs Gemini
Huge context and Google integration — Google models only
Gemini is a strong, deeply Google-integrated assistant with a massive context window and native video generation, and Google AI Pro is $19.99/mo. But it only runs Google's models and leans on your Google account to feel valuable. Lounge puts Gemini next to GPT, Claude, and Grok for $19/mo on one balance.
Chat · Multi-model apps
Lounge vs Poe
Multi-model aggregator with a confusing points system
Poe pioneered multi-model chat and has huge breadth, including user-built bots and group chats. Its weak point, by far the most common complaint, is the compute-points system: every model costs a different, hard-to-predict number of points, nothing rolls over, and frontier models drain your balance fast. Lounge is also one balance across every model, but priced as transparent credits at provider rates.
Lounge vs T3 Chat
Fast, cheap multi-model chat — light on extras
T3 Chat is genuinely excellent at one thing: fast, clean multi-model chat for $8/mo, with bring-your-own-key support. It's also deliberately minimal — no native mobile app, no voice, no persistent memory, and no real media generation. Lounge costs more but adds image, video, and audio generation, group chat, and a transparent credit balance.
Video Studio
Lounge Video Studio vs Higgsfield
A creator studio that resells video models for credits
Higgsfield wraps third-party models (Seedance, Kling, Wan, Veo) in creator tools of its own: Cinema Studio, effect presets, Soul ID characters and Speak lip sync. You pay in credits set per model, resolution and duration, from $19 for 270 credits, and unused credits are lost at renewal. Lounge Video Studio bills every second at the provider's list rate, and a $19 Plus membership buys $47.50 of it. On the models both carry, a Lounge second costs less.
Lounge Video Studio vs fal
A developer API for generative media models
fal is an inference platform for developers: hundreds of model endpoints, output-based pricing and serverless GPUs from $2.49/h. You call it from code. Lounge Video Studio is where you make the video: pick models, set resolution, duration, audio and frames, compare results side by side and keep your history. On the models both carry, Lounge's per-second rate matches or beats fal's, and a membership stretches it further.
Image Studio
Lounge Image Studio vs Midjourney
One house model with a signature look, sold by GPU time
Midjourney has a look people recognize and a mature community, and from $30 Standard it generates unlimited images in Relax mode. It's also one model family, metered in GPU time: Basic is $10 for 3.3 fast hours, and Stealth mode needs Pro at $60. Lounge Image Studio runs GPT Image, Nano Banana, Seedream, Grok Imagine, Qwen Image and more, bills each image at the provider's rate, and lets you compare models on the same prompt.
Lounge Image Studio vs Krea
A creative suite with its own models and compute units
Krea is a broad creative suite: its own Krea models plus FLUX, GPT Image, Nano Banana, Ideogram and others, real-time generation, LoRA training, 3D, lip sync, Nodes and an app builder, paid in compute units from $5.25/mo on annual billing. Lounge Image Studio does one thing: run the image models in the LLM Gateway catalogue at the provider's per-image rate, side by side, on the same credits as chat, video and audio.
Every comparison weighs the same trade: a single-vendor plan or a credit system versus one balance for 200+ models at provider rates. Studio pages put each model's price next to the competitor's, with the source and date.