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Categories

Features are organized by what they do, separating inputs from outputs:

Category Description Examples
agents Autonomous task execution Agent Mode, Cowork, Operator
browser Dedicated browser experiences Atlas, Comet, Copilot Vision
coding Code generation, editing, execution Claude Code, Codex
cloud-files Cloud storage integration Copilot in Office, Gemini in Workspace
local-files Local file/document handling Projects, Artifacts, Collections
image-gen Image creation (output) DALL-E, Imagen, Aurora
video-gen Video generation or editing Sora, Veo
research Deep/agentic research Deep Research, Pro Search
search Web search capabilities Real-time X data, Focus Modes
vision Image/document understanding (input) Claude Vision, GPT-4 Vision
voice Voice input and/or output Advanced Voice Mode
other Base models, reasoning modes, etc. Extended Thinking, Gems

Providers

Filter by company. Sorted by estimated active users (descending):

OpenAI Microsoft Google Anthropic Perplexity AI xAI Local Models
Provider Products
OpenAI ChatGPT (Free, Go, Plus, Pro, Team, Enterprise)
Microsoft Copilot (Free, Pro, M365 Copilot)
Google Gemini (Free, AI Premium, Workspace)
Anthropic Claude (Free, Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team, Enterprise)
Perplexity AI Perplexity (Free, Pro, Max, Enterprise Pro)
xAI Grok (Free, Premium, Premium+, SuperGrok)
Local Models Open-weight models (Llama, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen)

Surfaces

Filter by where you can access a feature. We track 9 platform surfaces:

Desktop

Windows Native Windows app or web access on Windows macOS Native Mac app or web access on macOS Linux Native Linux app or web access on Linux

Mobile

iOS iPhone/iPad native app Android Android native app

Browser & Developer

Chrome Browser extension (Chrome/Chromium) web Browser-based access (no install required) terminal Command-line interface (CLI) API Programmatic access for developers
Desktop web vs. native: Many features are marked available on Windows/macOS/Linux because they work via web browser, even without a dedicated desktop app. Check the Notes column for specifics.

Pricing Tiers

We normalize pricing across providers to make comparison easier:

$0/mo $8/mo $16/mo $20/mo $30/mo $100/mo $200/mo Team Enterprise

How Prices Are Normalized

$0/mo Free tiers across all providers $X/mo Individual subscription prices (monthly) Team Any per-user pricing (e.g., $25/user/mo, $30/user/mo) — indicates team/business plans Enterprise Custom pricing, contact sales, SSO, etc.
Why "Team" instead of specific prices?
Per-user pricing varies widely ($20–$40/user/mo) and often requires minimums. We group these as "Team" since the key distinction is individual vs. organization billing.

Status Badges

Each feature shows two badges:

Release Status (first badge)

GA Beta Preview Deprecated

GA Generally Available — stable, production-ready Beta Public beta — available but may have bugs Preview Research preview — early access, limited availability Deprecated Being phased out — may stop working soon

Access Type (second badge)

Free Paid Invite Org-only

Free Available on free tier Paid Requires paid subscription Invite Invite-only or waitlist Org-only Enterprise/organization accounts only

Availability Symbols

In the plan availability grid:

✓ Available on this plan ✗ Not available on this plan Soon Announced, coming soon ~ Partial or with caveats

Date Fields

Each feature tracks three dates to separate truth from confidence:

Launched When the feature actually launched or last changed (absolute truth) Verified When someone confirmed the info is accurate against official sources Checked When someone last looked at this entry (freshness indicator)
Click on "Launched" dates to see the changelog history for that feature.

Contributing

This open reference accepts public contributions. To update information:

  1. Fork the repository on GitHub
  2. Edit the relevant markdown file in data/platforms/
  3. Update the date fields appropriately
  4. Submit a pull request

See the repository README for detailed contribution guidelines.