Monica

Cross-platform AI assistant for chat, writing, research, files, images, and video

Freemium Assistant

Overview

Monica is a cross-platform AI assistant that brings leading chat models and creative tools into a browser extension, desktop and mobile apps, and a VS Code extension. It supports chat, web search, writing, translation, summaries, ChatPDF, deep research, slide creation, images, videos, and browser operations.

⚡ Assistant 💵 Freemium: Pro from $8.30/month when billed annually 📅 Listed Aug 20, 2026

Our take

Monica is a cross-platform assistant covering chat, writing, research, files, images and video, which is a lot of surface area for the price. It is best understood as a convenience layer over multiple models rather than a model in its own right. That makes it genuinely useful for people who want one assistant everywhere, and means capability tracks whatever it routes to underneath.

Worth it if

People who want a single assistant present in the browser, desktop and mobile rather than several separate apps.

Look elsewhere if

Anyone who needs a specific model's exact behaviour — routing layers abstract that away by design.

✨ Features

Multi-Model Chat

Provides access to leading GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, and other models.

Writing & Translation

Explains, rewrites, translates, and summarizes selected content across apps.

AI Agents

Runs deep research, slide creation, image studio, and browser-operator tasks.

Creative Generation

Generates images and videos with multiple current media models.

⚖️ Pros & Cons

Pros

✓ Works across browser, desktop, mobile, and VS Code
✓ Broad model and tool selection
✓ Free daily allowance

Cons

✗ Advanced credits add complexity
✗ Max and Ultra terms may change during beta

💰 Pricing

Free

$0

  • 40 basic-model uses daily
  • Limited image and video trials
  • Basic writing and translation
  • Cross-platform access

Pro

$8.30 /mo

  • Billed $99 annually
  • 5,000 basic queries monthly
  • 200 advanced queries
  • AI agents and media generation
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Max

$16.60 /mo

  • Billed $199 annually at current promotion
  • Unlimited basic and advanced models
  • 4,500 advanced credits monthly
  • AI agents and creative tools

Ultra

$82.90 /mo

  • Billed $995 annually
  • Unlimited model access
  • 20,000 advanced credits
  • Highest personal-use allowance

❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Which model is actually answering?

Assistants of this kind route across several providers, and which one handles a request can depend on your tier and the task. That matters if you have tuned a workflow to a particular model's behaviour. Check whether the product lets you pin a model explicitly, since output can otherwise change without any visible cause.

Is a browser assistant with page access risky?

It is a broad permission and worth deliberating over. An extension that reads page content can see anything you view, including internal systems and client data. Check what is transmitted and retained, whether content is used for training, and whether your employer permits it before installing it on a work machine.