Open WebUI: Provides a self-hosted open-source interface for local models, but requires manual infrastructure setup compared to Poe's hosted service. Open WebUI records 804,534 monthly visits with -2.8% month-over-month growth and Freemium pricing. Poe records 5,894,702 monthly visits with +9.1% growth and Freemium pricing.
Self-hosted AI workspace for local and cloud models
One app to chat with GPT, Claude, Gemini and hundreds of other AI models
| Dimension / Metric | | |
|---|---|---|
| Official Domain | openwebui.com | poe.com |
| Pricing Model | Freemium | Freemium |
| Monthly Visits | 804.53K (804,534) | 5.89M (5,894,702) |
| MoM Traffic Delta | -23.01K (-2.8%) | +491.63K (+9.1%) |
| Primary Market & Share | 🇺🇸 United States (24.5%) | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR China (23.8%) |
| Direct Visits / mo | 299.84K | 4.01M |
| User Rating | 4.4 | 4.7 |
| Supported Platforms | Website | Website |
Self-hosted AI workspace for local and cloud models
Connect local runtimes like Ollama alongside OpenAI-compatible and Anthropic APIs, and switch between them inside one interface.
RAG over your own documents, web search and citation-aware answers come standard, so responses are grounded in real sources.
Extend the platform with Python code to add custom tooling, preprocessing, and multi-step pipelines, then share them with others.
SSO, RBAC, audit logs, data residency, and on-premises, hybrid or air-gapped deployment for organisations with strict requirements.
One app to chat with GPT, Claude, Gemini and hundreds of other AI models
Talk to GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok and many other text, image, video and audio models from a single chat window.
Create your own bots with a prompt and a base model, then share them publicly or keep them private.
Browse thousands of bots made by other users for coding, writing, research, study, roleplay and more.
Your chats, bots and settings stay in sync across web, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac and Linux clients.
Provides superior reasoning, voice, and coding agents, but lacks Poe's flexibility to switch between multiple distinct third-party model providers.
Provides superior reasoning, voice, and coding agents, but lacks Poe's flexibility to switch between multiple distinct third-party model providers.
Features a massive context window and Google Workspace integration, but lacks Poe's broad multi-model conversational flexibility.
Features a massive context window and Google Workspace integration, but lacks Poe's broad multi-model conversational flexibility.
Offers exceptional coding artifacts and long-form analysis, but lacks Poe's multi-model aggregator interface and diverse bot marketplace.
Offers exceptional coding artifacts and long-form analysis, but lacks Poe's multi-model aggregator interface and diverse bot marketplace.
Free / Open-sourceHigh-efficiency open-weight and hosted reasoning AI powered by DeepSeek-V4 and R1 at ultra-low token costs.
Free / Open-sourceHigh-efficiency open-weight and hosted reasoning AI powered by DeepSeek-V4 and R1 at ultra-low token costs.
SpecialistReal-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
SpecialistReal-time AI answer engine and research workspace combining live web citations with frontier reasoning models.
Free / Open-sourceFunctions primarily as a lightweight CLI runtime for local models rather than a full-featured chat interface.
Free / Open-sourceFunctions primarily as a lightweight CLI runtime for local models rather than a full-featured chat interface.
SpecialistOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
SpecialistOpen-source workflow automation built for AI agents and technical teams
SpecialistAll-in-one AI assistant across web, browser, desktop and mobile
SpecialistAll-in-one AI assistant across web, browser, desktop and mobile
SpecialistA free, open-source personal AI agent that learns your projects and works across every messaging app.
SpecialistA free, open-source personal AI agent that learns your projects and works across every messaging app.
SpecialistIntegrates multi-model chat directly into your browser workflow, but lacks Poe's dedicated standalone aggregator web and mobile application.
SpecialistIntegrates multi-model chat directly into your browser workflow, but lacks Poe's dedicated standalone aggregator web and mobile application.
SpecialistOpen-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and works from chat apps
SpecialistOpen-source personal AI assistant that runs on your own machine and works from chat apps
SpecialistSpecializes in visual workflow building and RAG pipelines rather than serving purely as a chat interface.
SpecialistSpecializes in visual workflow building and RAG pipelines rather than serving purely as a chat interface.
