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Ask HN: What Online LLM / Chat do you use?

10 points by ddxv

by Kuyawa

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Deepseek all the way, for both chat and coding. I can't complain as their price is the less expensive of all, started with just $2, worked all February and still $1.95 left in balance
Working on my first AI app for medical advice and I've been using it myself extensively to the point of addiction, it's magical
https://mediconsulta.net

by mongrelion

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Through my Kagi subscription I get access to quite a few models [1] but I tend to rely on Qwen3 (fast) for quick questions and Qwen3 (reasoning) when I want a more structured approach, for example, when I am researching a topic.
I have tried the same approach with Kimi K2.5 and GLM 5 but I keep going back fo Qwen3.
I also have access to Perplexity which is quite decent to be honest, but I prefer to keep everything in Kagi.
1: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/ai/assistant.html#available-llms

by waynerisner

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DeepSeek (reasoning) and Gemini (multimodal) have been useful for me — especially when I want stronger pushback or a different angle. What are you hoping to get that you’re not getting from the usual set?

by muzani

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Mistral is still a lot of fun, especially with the ChatGPT/Claude voice becoming too common. Openrouter gives you access to it for free, or you can download it to LM Studio.

by treesknees

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I’ve been using the Kagi Assistant with various models. It’s more of a glorified search summarizer but it’s essentially free with my existing subscription.

by nicbou

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ChatGPT just because, then Gemini because it loads much faster. I don't have to wait a few seconds for the web UI to be ready. The frequent ChatGPT downtimes are what got me to look for alternatives.

by constantinum

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by allinonetools_

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I tend to rotate between a few depending on the task — some are better at summaries, others handle logic better. One thing that really helps is trying smaller niche models for specific use-cases instead of always defaulting to the big ones.

by Fine-Palp-528

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Lumo by Proton is pretty performant. Mostly, it has an epic free tier and I dig their stance on privacy-first AI.

by conception

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