Is Unium an alternative to Poe?

Yes, but the overlap is real: both offer models from several providers and multi-person chats. Poe is the broader bot platform; Unium focuses on guided conversations for couples, families, and friends, with one subscription covering the account.

Does Poe have group chats?

Yes. A Poe group chat can have up to 200 people, invited by link, and new members can read the existing history. The person who triggers an AI response normally spends their own Poe points.

How does Unium pricing compare with Poe?

Unium starts free, then offers $10, $20, and $40 monthly plans that cover everyone on the account. Poe meters model use with points; it also says some subscriptions may be eligible for shared access.

Unium vs Poe: multi-model AI apps compared

Both put people and several AI models in the same chat. Poe is broader, with groups of up to 200 and an enormous bot catalogue. Unium is narrower: shared conversations for couples, families, and friends, with one plan covering the account.

What they have in common

Both Unium and Poe put models from several providers in one app. You can use GPT, Claude, Gemini, and others without moving the conversation to a different service each time.

Both also support group chats. Poe added them for all users in November 2025: invite people with a link, let them read the existing history, and use AI together in the same thread. Poe says a group can have up to 200 people. So the old version of this comparison was wrong. Having another person in the chat is not, by itself, a reason to choose Unium over Poe.

Where Poe is stronger

Poe is the broader product. It has a much larger catalogue, including creator-made bots and image, video, and audio models as well as the usual text models. Its group chats work on web, desktop, iOS, and Android, and they are large enough for a real community rather than just a household.

The AI behaves like a bot in a group chat. By default someone mentions it when they want a response, although the admin can turn on automatic replies. If you want a big model catalogue, custom bots, or a room with dozens of people in it, Poe is the more natural choice.

Where Unium is different

Unium is narrower. It is built for a partner, family, or small group trying to sort something out together: a trip, a move, household money, or a decision where the AI needs to hear more than one side.

The AI opens that conversation, asks each person for their view, keeps track of who said what, and answers the group rather than waiting to be summoned as a bot. Chats are shared with the people on your account by default, and any chat can be made private. The two people, one AI chat guide shows what that looks like in practice.

That focus is the real difference. Poe is a general multi-model platform that now has good group chat. Unium is organised around the smaller, slightly awkward conversation where two people need help reaching one answer.

Pricing shape

Poe meters model use with points. In a group chat, the person who triggers an AI response spends their own points. Poe also says some subscriptions may be eligible for shared access, but that is a separate entitlement rather than the default shape of every group chat. Its current FAQ explains both rules.

Unium starts free on a model we choose. Paid plans let you choose the model per message, and one subscription covers everyone on the account: Together at $10 a month, Together Plus at $20, or Household at $40. Each person still uses their own login. The pricing page is the current source for what each plan includes.

So there is no universal winner here. Pick Poe for breadth, large groups, and its bot ecosystem. Pick Unium if the group is the product for you: a few people, one bill, and an AI expected to work between them rather than simply answer whoever mentions it.

Unium vs Poe: which multi-model AI app fits you?