Pick Poe if you want the widest catalog of chat, image, video and audio bots, millions of community-made bots, and one subscription you can share with your family or team. Pick MultiverseAI if you want credits that don’t reset or expire, your own API keys as an option, and agents and workflows that do real work in the apps you use.
Poe facts are quoted from Poe's own site, linked in each row. Prices and plans change — check the source before you buy.
| Feature | MultiverseAI | Poe |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A no-code AI agent and agentic workflow builder with multi-model chat, a public API and an MCP server. | “A wide-variety of the best AI products in one place” — official bots from major labs plus millions of user-created bots.source |
| What you pay for | Credits for AI usage, at provider cost plus 50% (1 credit = $0.01). Workflow steps that call no model are not metered. | Compute points: each bot shows its points per message. Pre-purchased points cost about $30 per 1M.source |
| Free plan | Yes — 100 free credits on every account. | Yes — daily points that reset every 24 hours and don’t roll over.source |
| Entry paid plan | Pro: $29/mo, or $24/mo billed yearly, with 2,500 credits. Credit packs from $10 for 1,000 credits that never expire. | Monthly or yearly subscriptions with more points; prices are shown in the app, not on Poe’s help pages. Plan points don’t roll over; add-on points last a year.source |
| Self-hosting | No. Cloud only, plus a native Mac app. | No self-hosted edition found. |
| AI agents | Custom agents with 97 tools, memory, approvals and scheduled tasks; agents can be steps in workflows. | User-created bots, plus an OpenAI-compatible API that spends your subscription points.source |
| Bring your own AI key | Yes — bring your own provider keys, or run on platform credits. | Not stated — Poe’s API runs on Poe points rather than your own provider keys.source |
| Integrations | 56, each acting through an account you connect. | Not stated in Poe’s help pages; bots run inside Poe. |
Yes, for people who want many models in one place and also want to automate work. Poe has a bigger bot catalog and community bots; MultiverseAI adds agents, workflows, app connections and credits that never expire.
Every bot on Poe costs points per message, shown on the bot. Free users get points every day that reset after 24 hours. Subscribers get more points; unused plan points don’t roll over, and add-on points last a year.
Credit packs never expire. Every account starts with 100 free credits, and Pro ($29/mo, or $24/mo billed yearly) adds 2,500 credits a month.
Every account starts with 100 free credits. Build an agent or a workflow and judge it on your own work.