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HuggingChat vs Shaped

Both are chatbot tools. Here is what separates them.

HuggingChatShaped
What it isHugging Face’s free chat interface over open-weight models, with the whole stack inspectable.The only vector database with a feedback loop, powering personalised search and recommendations. Shaped has been acquired by Whatnot.
CategoryChatbotChatbot
PricingFree · FreeFreemium
How it billsFreeNot published
Free tierYesYes
RatingNot yet ratedNot yet rated
Features
  • Choice of open-weight models
  • Open-source interface
  • Web search
  • Custom assistants
  • No cost
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What works
  • Completely free
  • Full transparency about which model is answering
  • Good way to trial open models
  • Has a free tier, so it can be tried before paying
  • Sits in Chatbot, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare
What does not
  • Capability below frontier assistants
  • Can be slow at peak times
  • Sparse feature set
  • Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up
  • 162 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job

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