Venice AI alternatives

Venice AI is a private, uncensored chat and image app with an API. The free plan allows 10 text and 15 image prompts a day on base models; Pro is $18 a month for unlimited text prompts, 1,000 images a day and 100 credits, and Pro Plus and Max add API spend. People look elsewhere over trust in its privacy claims, billing complaints, or a cheaper private chat.

Venice AI alternatives at a glance

Prices read from each vendor's own pricing page on November 2, 2026. Vendors change plans often; follow the pricing link on each card to confirm.

When to choose each one

• Lumo by Proton

  $9.99/mo (Lumo Plus, $119.88 billed yearly) · Free: Yes: limited chats, 1 project, small file uploads

  Choose it when: you want a private assistant from a company that already runs encrypted mail; Lumo Plus is $119.88 a year with unlimited chats and projects, and Proton lists a 30-day money-back guarantee.

  proton.me ↗Pricing page ↗

• Duck.ai

  $9.99/month or $99.99/year (DuckDuckGo Plus) · Free: Yes: free models such as Claude Haiku and Mistral Small

  Choose it when: you want Claude and GPT models with your requests anonymized and chats stored only on your device; Plus adds advanced models plus a VPN for $9.99 a month.

  duck.ai ↗Pricing page ↗

• Brave Leo

  $14.99/month or $149.99/year (Leo AI Premium) · Free: Yes: no account, limits vary with traffic

  Choose it when: you want AI that summarizes the page you are reading without an account; Brave says Leo does not retain or share chats or train on them, and Premium's account is unlinkable to your usage.

  brave.com ↗Pricing page ↗Brave Leo on Stork →

• Kagi Assistant

  $5/mo (Starter, plus sales tax) · Free: Free trial (100 searches, 100 assistant interactions)

  Choose it when: you also want private paid search; every plan includes Kagi Assistant, Starter is $5 a month with Quick mode, and Ultimate at $25 a month adds Research mode and flagship models.

  kagi.com ↗Pricing page ↗Kagi Assistant on Stork →

• NanoGPT

  $12/month (PRO) or pay per token · Free: Yes: one free model, web only

  Choose it when: you want uncensored open models without a subscription; deposits start at $1 by card or $0.10 in crypto, text models are billed at list price with no markup, and PRO is $12 a month for 60M input tokens a week.

  nano-gpt.com ↗Pricing page ↗

• Jan

  Free (open source) · Free: Yes: free and open source

  Choose it when: the Privacy Guides concern about rented GPUs is the reason you are leaving; Jan is a free open-source app that runs open models or connects to online ones, so you choose where prompts go.

  jan.ai ↗Pricing page ↗Jan on Stork →

Why people look for Venice AI alternatives

• Venice scores 1.9 on Trustpilot from 67 reviews, with complaints about paid Pro not activating and refunds declined.
• Trustpilot reviewers say unlimited use applies only to basic models and that failed generations still use credits.
• Some users say models marketed as uncensored still refuse requests (Trustpilot, Privacy Guides forum).
• On Privacy Guides, users note prompts are still processed on rented third-party GPUs and that support would not name upstream providers.

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