ChatGPT vs Claude vs Google AI Studio vs Replicate
A side-by-side look at ChatGPT, Claude, Google AI Studio and Replicate for filmmakers: what each one can do, what it costs, and where they actually differ.
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General AI assistant with Images 2.5 stills, an agent for multi-step work, and a Word sidebar
- Price
- Free (ads, US) / Go $8/mo / Plus $20/mo / Pro $100 or $200/mo; Business about $20-25 per user/mo; Enterprise custom
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Writing shot lists, treatments, pitch decks and scripts with file output
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Anthropic's AI assistant for scripts, edit notes, documents, decks and coding agents
- Price
- Free; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually); Max from $100/mo
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Writing and revising VO scripts, shot lists and edit notes from a transcript
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Browser workspace to prototype with Gemini, Veo, Nano Banana and Lyria, then build and export an app
- Price
- Free tier for some models; paid is pay-as-you-go per token or per output (Veo 3.1 Standard from $0.40/s)
- Learning
- Easy
- Best for
- Testing shot prompts and image edits on Nano Banana before committing to a paid render budget
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API to run hosted image, video and audio models, billed per second of GPU time or per output
- Price
- Pay per second of hardware: $0.000225/s (T4) to $0.001525/s (H100). No monthly plan on the pricing page; enterprise is custom.
- Learning
- Moderate
- Best for
- Batch-generating stills or frames overnight, such as concept art or look-dev variations
The short version
Where they differ
- Replicate is the only one without chat assistant.
- Claude is the only one without text to image.
- Only Replicate offers third-party models.
All 4 offer: public API.
Feature by feature
ChatGPT vs Claude vs Google AI Studio vs Replicate: capabilities
| ChatGPT | Claude | Google AI Studio | Replicate | |
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| Price | Free (ads, US) / Go $8/mo / Plus $20/mo / Pro $100 or $200/mo; Business about $20-25 per user/mo; Enterprise custom | Free; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually); Max from $100/mo | Free tier for some models; paid is pay-as-you-go per token or per output (Veo 3.1 Standard from $0.40/s) | Pay per second of hardware: $0.000225/s (T4) to $0.001525/s (H100). No monthly plan on the pricing page; enterprise is custom. |
| Infinite canvas | No | Partial | No | No |
| AI agent | Yes | Yes | Partial | No |
| Chat assistant | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Team collaboration | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Text to image | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Image editing | Yes | No | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Text to video | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Image to video | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Video to video | No | No | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Native audio in video | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Voice / TTS | Partial | No | Yes | Yes |
| Music & SFX | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Character consistency | Partial | No | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
| Custom training | No | No | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Third-party models | No | No | No | Yes |
| Public API | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | Partial | Partial | Not confirmed | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes | Partial | Not confirmed |
| Desktop / local | Partial | Yes | Partial | Partial |
| Open source | No | No | No | Partial |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes | Not confirmed | Not confirmed |
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page. "Not confirmed" means the vendor doesn't say.
Plans
Pricing compared
ChatGPT
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Go | $8monthly |
| Plus | $20monthly |
| Pro (Pro Lite) | $100monthly |
| Pro | $200monthly |
| Business | $20 per user (annual) / $25 (monthly)per seat |
| Enterprise | Customannual |
Claude
| Free | $0monthly |
|---|---|
| Pro | $20monthly |
| Pro (annual) | $17/mo, billed $200 up frontannual |
| Max 5x | $100monthly |
| Max 20x | $200monthly |
| Team Standard | $25/seat monthly or $20/seat annualper seat, 2-150 seats |
| Team Premium | $125/seat monthly or $100/seat annualper seat, 2-150 seats |
| Enterprise | $20/seat/mo billed annually, plus usageannual |
Google AI Studio
| Free | $0none |
|---|---|
| Paid (pay-as-you-go) | Per token or per output unitusage |
| Enterprise | Customcontract |
Replicate
| Public models, hardware time | $0.000025/s (CPU) to $0.001525/s (H100)per second of runtime |
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| Public models, per output | varies by model, e.g. flux-1.1-pro $0.04 per image; wan-2.1 i2v 480p $0.09/s; 720p $0.25/sper output image, token or second of video |
| Private / dedicated deployments | not listed on the pricing pagesetup + idle + active time (fast-booting fine-tunes: active time only) |
| Enterprise / committed spend | customcontract |
The verdict
Which one should you pick?
ChatGPT
Pick it for
- Writing shot lists, treatments, pitch decks and scripts with file output
- Generating look-development stills and poster or title-card mockups with readable text
- Analysing budget, schedule or audience spreadsheets with the Data plugin
Stands out
- Stills with reasoning: the Images 2.x line plans the composition and checks object counts and prompt constraints before drawing, and renders legible text, which helps with posters, title cards and storyboard labels.
- Agent that produces files: ChatGPT Work outputs real .docx, spreadsheet, slide and small web app deliverables from connected apps, not just chat answers.
Watch out
- No video generation after the Sora shutdown; shot generation needs another tool
- Plan limits are dynamic and hard to predict, especially for agent runs
Claude
Pick it for
- Writing and revising VO scripts, shot lists and edit notes from a transcript
- Checking a long doc, contract or grant against its source material
- Building a pitch deck, one-pager or client proposal in Claude Design
Stands out
- Careful long-document work on uploaded material: scripts, transcripts, contracts and PDFs can be checked against their sources in one chat
- Claude Code runs in the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, the web and Slack, so an editor or producer with a developer can ship a custom tool without leaving one subscription
Watch out
- No image, video, voice-clone or music generation: pair it with other tools for any footage or audio
- Usage windows (five-hour and weekly caps) can stop a long writing or deck session mid-task
Google AI Studio
Pick it for
- Testing shot prompts and image edits on Nano Banana before committing to a paid render budget
- Generating short Veo 3.1 clips with synced dialogue or ambience for pre-viz
- Building a small internal tool for a shoot, such as a shot-list tracker or a contact-sheet viewer
Stands out
- Same models as the Gemini API with a free tier for testing: Veo 3.1, Omni Flash, Nano Banana and Lyria are all callable from one browser workspace before any billing is set up.
- Native audio on video: Veo 3.1 Standard generates video with synced audio at $0.40/s for 720p or 1080p, which most rivals in this catalog bill separately.
Watch out
- Gemini-family models only; no access to Kling, Runway or Seedance from here
- Several 3.x rates are promotional until Dec 31, 2026, then roughly double
Replicate
Pick it for
- Batch-generating stills or frames overnight, such as concept art or look-dev variations
- Adding image, video or speech generation to an internal tool or a web app
- Transcribing rushes or interviews in bulk and posting results to a webhook
Stands out
- Thousands of open and hosted models behind one REST API and SDKs (Python, Node), with no GPU setup or CUDA drivers
- Billing is per second of hardware time from $0.000025/s (CPU) to $0.001525/s (H100), or per output image or per second of video for models priced that way
Watch out
- Developer tool: no timeline, canvas or prompt UI for editors
- Per-second video models add up fast on long clips and many takes
Each column comes from that tool's own researched page, checked against vendor pricing and changelog pages (oldest check: ). Sources are listed on each tool's page.
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