Honest, side-by-side comparisons using official pricing — see exactly what you get and what you pay
⚠ Svart Security is in development. Pricing is subject to change before launch.
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What Makes Svart AI Different?
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Zero Latency
Runs on YOUR device
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True Privacy
AES-256-GCM • We never see your data
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Half the Price
£9.99/mo unlimited vs £20+/mo capped
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Auto-Detect
Picks the best model for your hardware
Side-by-side pricing and features from official sources — February 2026
| Svart AI | ChatGPT (OpenAI) | Claude (Anthropic) | Gemini (Google) | Copilot (Microsoft) | Perplexity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 750 req/mo — full engine | GPT-4o mini, vague “limited” | Sonnet, vague “limited” | Gemini 2.0 Flash, unspecified | Limited daily chats | 5 Pro searches/day |
| Entry paid plan | £4.99/mo (2,000 req) | £7/mo “Go” | $20/mo “Pro” | £7.99/mo “Premium” | $20/mo “Pro” | $20/mo “Pro” |
| Mid-tier plan | — | £20/mo “Plus” | — | £18.99/mo “AI Pro” | — | — |
| Top / unlimited plan | £9.99/mo unlimited | £200/mo “Pro” | $100/mo “Max” | £18.99/mo (1,000 credits) | $20/mo (capped) | $20/mo (capped) |
| Annual cost (top) | £119.88/yr | £240/yr (Plus) – £2,400/yr (Pro) | $1,200/yr (Max) | £227.88/yr | $240/yr | $200/yr |
| One-time top-ups? | ✓ from £0.50 | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| Response speed | ⚡ Instant — local | 200–2,000ms | 300–3,000ms | 200–1,500ms | 300–2,000ms | 500–3,000ms |
| Throttled at peak? | ✓ Never | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes |
| Auto-selects model? | ✓ Scans hardware | ✗ Manual | ✗ Manual | ✗ Manual | ✗ Manual | ✗ Manual |
| Runs where? | ✓ Your device | ✗ OpenAI cloud | ✗ Anthropic cloud | ✗ Google cloud | ✗ Microsoft cloud | ✗ AWS cloud |
| Works offline? | ✓ Full offline mode | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| End-to-end encrypted | ✓ AES-256-GCM | ✗ Transit only | ✗ Transit only | ✗ Transit only | ✗ Transit only | ✗ Transit only |
| Can read your data? | ✓ Never | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes | ✗ Yes |
| Trains on your chats? | ✓ Only if YOU train it | ✗ Default on (opt-out) | ✗ Opt-out available | ✗ Yes on free tier | ✗ Not by default | ✗ Not by default |
| Ads? | Never | Go plan may include | No | No | No | No |
| Credit card to start? | No | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) | Yes (paid) |
Sources: chatgpt.com/pricing, claude.ai/pricing, one.google.com/about/plans, microsoft.com/copilot, perplexity.ai/pro — Feb 2026. Competitor pricing may change.
Detailed plan-by-plan breakdowns for every major AI provider
OpenAI operates ChatGPT, the most widely-known consumer AI. It runs entirely in OpenAI’s cloud, meaning every prompt you send is processed on their servers — they can read, store, and train on your conversations unless you opt out. Response times depend on their server load, and during peak hours users are regularly throttled or queued.
| ChatGPT Plan | Price | Model Access | Limits | What You’re Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | £0 | GPT-4o mini | Vague “limited messages” | No file uploads, limited image gen, no DALL-E 3 HD, slowest model |
| Go | £7/mo | GPT-4o | Likely limited; may include ads | Budget tier. May have advertising. Details still emerging. |
| Plus | £20/mo | GPT-4o, GPT-4, o1, o1-mini | “Unlimited*” with fair-use throttling | Throttled under heavy use. Cloud latency. OpenAI reads every message. |
| Pro | £200/mo | All models, o1 Pro Mode | “Unlimited*” with higher caps | £2,400/year. Premium capacity but still cloud-only with latency. |
| Team | £21/user/mo | All Plus features | Higher usage limits than Plus | Admin console, shared workspace. Minimum 2 users. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | All models | Unlimited* | SSO, admin controls, data retention controls. Contact sales. |
✗ ChatGPT Problems
• OpenAI reads & stores all your conversations
• Trains on your data by default (opt-out required)
• 200–2,000ms cloud latency per response
• “Unlimited” plans still throttle heavy users
• Pro plan costs £200/mo (£2,400/yr)
• Cannot work offline
✓ Svart AI Advantages
• We can never read your data — it stays on your device
• Only trains when YOU choose to train it
• Zero latency — local hardware execution
• Never throttled — your hardware, your speed
• Unlimited for £9.99/mo (£119.88/yr)
• Full offline mode
Svart AI Unlimited costs 50% less than ChatGPT Plus and 95% less than ChatGPT Pro — while being faster and fully private.
Anthropic builds Claude, marketed as a “safe” AI. However, like all cloud AI, every word you type is sent to Anthropic’s servers. They process, store, and may use your data for training unless you explicitly opt out. All plans have usage caps described in vague multiples of the free tier.
| Claude Plan | Price | Model Access | Limits | What You’re Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Claude 3.5 Sonnet | Vague “limited daily messages” | No file uploads. Rate-limited heavily. Slowest speeds. |
| Pro | $20/mo | Opus, Sonnet, Haiku | 5× free usage | Priority access during high demand. Still rate-limited and cloud-only. |
| Max | $100/mo | All models | 5× Pro | $1,200/year. Highest consumer tier. Still throttled under extreme use. |
| Team | $30/user/mo | All models | Higher limits than Pro | Centralised billing, admin dashboard. Minimum 5 seats. |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | All models | Custom | SSO, SAML, role-based access, data retention controls. |
✗ Claude Problems
• Anthropic reads all your conversations
• Limits described as vague multiples (“5× free”)
• 300–3,000ms cloud latency per response
• Max plan ($100/mo) is 10× the price of Svart Unlimited
• Even Max is still rate-limited under heavy use
• Cannot work offline
✓ Svart AI Advantages
• Clear limits: 750/2,000/unlimited — no asterisks
• Buy exactly the requests you need with top-ups
• Zero latency — local hardware execution
• Truly unlimited for £9.99/mo — no throttle
• AES-256-GCM encrypted — we never see your data
• Full offline mode
Claude Max ($100/mo) costs 10× more than Svart AI Unlimited — and it’s still capped, cloud-only, and Anthropic reads everything.
Google’s Gemini AI is bundled with Google One subscriptions. On the free tier, Google explicitly trains on your conversations. The paid “AI Premium” plan gives you 1,000 credits/month — but those credits are shared across Gmail, Google Docs, and other Google services, so your actual AI chat budget is smaller than it appears.
| Gemini Plan | Price | Model Access | Limits | What You’re Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | £0 | Gemini 2.0 Flash | Unspecified daily limits | Google trains on your conversations. Slowest model. |
| Google One AI Premium | £18.99/mo | Gemini Advanced (Ultra) | Up to 1,000 AI credits/month | Credits shared across ALL Google services. Includes 2TB storage. |
✗ Gemini Problems
• Google has full access to all your conversations
• Free tier explicitly trains on your data
• Credits shared across Gmail, Docs, Sheets — not just AI
• Only 2 plans — no middle ground
• £18.99/mo for just 1,000 shared credits
• Cannot work offline
✓ Svart AI Advantages
• All requests are for AI only — no shared credits
• 3 tiers + top-ups for total flexibility
• Unlimited for £9.99/mo — 47% cheaper than Google
• Your data never leaves your device
• Zero latency — local hardware execution
• Full offline mode
Google AI Pro costs 90% more than Svart AI Unlimited — and gives you only 1,000 shared credits vs truly unlimited requests.
Microsoft Copilot is powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4 running in Microsoft’s Azure cloud. It integrates with Bing and Office 365, but still processes everything server-side. The free tier has strict daily limits, and even Copilot Pro has usage caps and requires a Microsoft account.
| Copilot Plan | Price | Model Access | Limits | What You’re Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | GPT-4 (limited) | Daily conversation limits | Basic access. Bing-powered. Limited turns per session. |
| Copilot Pro | $20/mo | GPT-4 Turbo, DALL-E 3 | Priority access, usage limits | Works in Office 365 apps. Still cloud-only. Still capped. |
| Copilot for Microsoft 365 | $30/user/mo | Full Copilot in Office apps | Enterprise limits | Requires M365 Business/Enterprise licence. Min seats. |
✗ Copilot Problems
• Requires a Microsoft account
• Runs on Microsoft Azure — they process all your data
• 300–2,000ms cloud latency
• Pro at $20/mo is still capped
• M365 Copilot requires existing Enterprise licence
• Cannot work offline
✓ Svart AI Advantages
• No Microsoft account required
• Local execution — no cloud dependency
• Zero latency from your own hardware
• Truly unlimited for half the price
• Cross-platform: Windows, macOS, Linux
• Full offline mode
Copilot Pro ($20/mo) costs double Svart AI Unlimited — and it’s still capped, cloud-only, and locked to the Microsoft ecosystem.
Perplexity is a search-focused AI that wraps around other companies’ models (GPT-4, Claude). It’s cloud-only, can’t work offline, can’t train on custom data, and can’t analyse local documents. It’s fundamentally a web search tool with AI summaries — not a full local AI assistant.
| Perplexity Plan | Price | Features | Limits | What You’re Missing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Basic search, limited Pro searches | ~5 Pro searches/day | No file upload. Limited model access. Search-only. |
| Pro | $20/mo | Unlimited quick searches, 600+ Pro/day | Pro searches still have daily cap | Access to GPT-4, Claude, file uploads. Search-focused only. |
| Enterprise | $40/user/mo | Admin controls, SSO, higher limits | Custom | Organisation management. Minimum 3 seats. |
✗ Perplexity Problems
• Search-only — not a full AI assistant
• Wraps other companies’ models — no own LLM
• Can’t train on custom data or analyse local files
• 500–3,000ms latency per response
• Pro searches still capped daily
• Cannot work offline
✓ Svart AI Advantages
• Full AI assistant: chat, train, analyse, scrape
• Runs its own local LLM on your device
• Custom training & local document analysis
• Zero latency — local execution
• Unlimited for half the price
• Full offline mode
Perplexity Pro ($20/mo) is a search tool, not an AI assistant. Svart AI does everything it does plus local AI chat, training, and document analysis — for half the price.
Top-tier plan comparison — real annual costs
£119.88/year
Truly unlimited. Local execution. Zero latency. Auto-detect hardware. AES-256-GCM. No ads. No throttling.
£240/year
“Unlimited*” with fair-use throttling. Cloud-only. 200–2,000ms latency. Pro: £2,400/yr.
$1,200/year
5× Pro usage. Cloud-only. 300–3,000ms latency. Still rate-limited under heavy use.
£227.88/year
1,000 credits/month. Cloud-only. Not truly unlimited. Credits shared across Google services.
Switching from your current AI provider to Svart AI Unlimited
Switching from
ChatGPT Plus
Save £120.12/yr
£240 → £119.88 = 50% cheaper
Switching from
ChatGPT Pro
Save £2,280/yr
£2,400 → £119.88 = 95% cheaper
Switching from
Claude Max
Save $1,080/yr
$1,200 → ~$150 = 87% cheaper
Switching from
Google AI Pro
Save £108/yr
£227.88 → £119.88 = 47% cheaper
Switching from
Copilot Pro
Save $120/yr
$240 → ~$150 = 50% cheaper
Switching from
Perplexity Pro
Save $90/yr
$200 → ~$150 = 37% cheaper
Savings calculated using annual top-tier plan costs. GBP/USD conversions approximate.
Svart AI runs on your device. We don’t pay per-query cloud compute costs — your machine does the work. Our servers only handle authentication and updates, and they can only see your secret key and email — never your data.
Every cloud AI charges you for server time. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity all run your prompts on massive data centres and charge you for the privilege. You wait in their queue, you use their hardware, and they read every word you type.
Svart AI’s auto-detect engine scans your hardware on launch and selects the optimal model variant — right size for your GPU VRAM, right quantisation for your CPU, right context window for your available RAM. You get the fastest possible response from YOUR machine, not the slowest available slot on someone else’s.
That’s why we can offer 750 free requests with the full engine and keep paid plans at half the price of every competitor — while being faster.
Svart AI is in active development. Pricing shown is planned and may change before launch.