Chatbox
One tidy client for every LLM, BYOK or hosted
Overview
A cross-platform desktop, mobile and web client that puts many LLM providers plus local models behind a single interface. Use your own API keys free via the GPLv3 community edition, or subscribe to Chatbox's hosted service. For power users who already hold keys.
Pricing
Pricing shown for reference only. These figures reflect RECATOOLS research as of 13 Jul 2026 and may be out of date or incomplete. This is not financial or purchasing advice — always confirm the current price on the provider’s official website before making any decision.
- 2M compute points/mo
- Web search
- 25 AI images/mo
- Standard + advanced models
- 12M compute points/mo
- Document chat + MCP
- Knowledge base
- 100 AI images/mo
- 30M compute points/mo
- 200 AI images/mo
- All Pro features
- Up to 5 devices
What you can produce with Chatbox
- Single client for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek and Ollama
- Bring-your-own-key with local data storage
- Image generation via DALL-E 3
- Chat with files and documents
- Prompt library and artifacts
- MCP support and knowledge base (paid tiers)
- Desktop, mobile and web across six platforms
- GPLv3 open-source community edition
ASEAN Perspective
Chatbox in Southeast Asia
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Chatbox nails the thing a lot of AI front-ends miss: one clean interface over everything you already pay for. Bring keys for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, or DeepSeek, or point it at local models through Ollama, and it all lives behind the same chat window, on desktop, mobile, and web. Data stays local by default, which is a real selling point for privacy-minded users. The community edition is GPLv3 and free, so if you hold your own keys you pay nothing to Chatbox itself. For people who don't want to manage keys, the hosted Chatbox AI plans bundle model access, web search, image generation, and document chat behind a subscription. The catch is who it's for: BYOK means it's not a turnkey assistant for non-technical users, and smoothness depends on the providers you wire in. Ideal as a single UI over many models; skip it if you want one all-in-one paid brain. Global, no regional limits.
What people say
Chatbox has built a following as the tidy universal front-end for people who already juggle multiple AI providers. The community edition on GitHub carries roughly 41,000 stars under a GPLv3 license, and reviewers describe it as a favorite bring-your-own-key client precisely because it stays out of the way: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, DeepSeek, and local models via Ollama all sit behind one interface.
The feature list reviewers highlight goes beyond plain chat. There's a prompt library, image generation through DALL-E 3, chat with files and documents, artifacts, and clean Markdown and code rendering. Local data storage is a repeated talking point, with reviewers noting that conversations stay on the device rather than syncing to a vendor cloud, which is the privacy angle that draws a chunk of its user base. Cross-platform reach is unusually wide for this category: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and web.
There are effectively two products under the name, and reviews reflect that split. The open-source community edition is free forever and expects you to plug in your own API keys, so you pay only the underlying providers. The hosted Chatbox AI service is the paid path for people who'd rather not manage keys, priced in three tiers billed in monthly and cheaper annual forms: Lite at $3.99/month ($3.50 annual) with 2 million monthly compute points, 25 AI images, and web search; Pro at $19.99/month ($16.70 annual) with 12 million compute points, document chat, MCP support, a knowledge base, and 100 images; and Pro+ at $39.99/month ($33.33 annual) with 30 million compute points and 200 images. A free trial with a daily refreshing quota lets new users test before paying, and licenses cover up to five devices.
The practical caveat reviewers land on is audience fit. Because the free path is BYOK, it isn't a plug-and-play assistant for non-technical users, and the experience is only as smooth as the providers you connect. Reviewers who want an all-in-one paid brain tend to look elsewhere; those who already hold keys and want one polished window over all of them rate it highly.
Summary of public user & expert reviews, compiled by RECATOOLS.
About this listing
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