Monica

What it is for

Monica is a browser-and-web AI copilot: the signed-out home composer (see the cover: What can I do for you?, Chat / Agent, Ask me anything) is the same assistant as the Chrome sidebar. Use it when the job is chat plus page tools in one extension, not when you need a single-vendor long-context desk.

It is not open source. Free exists. Pro is the first public paid card.

What makes it unique: the cover is the live monica.im composer (model rail + Chat/Agent + tool chips), not a purple wordmark.

Key features

• Home composer — Ask me anything, Chat / Agent, Search / Artifacts / Chatwebpage (cover).
• Model rail — Claude / GPT / Gemini / image models listed in the sidebar.
• Browser tools — Write, Grammar, Translate, ChatPDF, Mindmap on the same home.
• Cmd/Ctrl+M — official tutorial for selected-text actions.
• Image / video generators — cards under the composer (plan-gated).

Who it's for

Best fit: people who want a sidebar copilot across tabs and will pay when Free’s daily basic queries run out.

Poor fit: teams that need a workspace wiki (Notion AI) or a single-model long-context desk (Claude).

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-21 (Asia/Shanghai) from the live plan cards on monica.im/pricing (the HTML fetch hides dollars; we read the rendered US/annual cards). Re-check checkout — sales and geo can change the printed figure.

• Free — US$0. Limited basic-model access (the live Free card).
• Pro — US$8.3 / month equivalent, billed US$99 / year on the annual card we copied.
• Max — US$16.6 / month equivalent on a sale card (US$199 / year on that shot). Treat the sale as a promo.
• Ultra — US$82.9 / month equivalent (US$995 / year on the annual card).

Do not invent a monthly-only Pro dollar if the toggle you see is yearly. Confirm the charge at checkout.

Limitations / costs

• Pricing HTML is JS-only. Always re-read the live cards.
• $8.3 is a yearly equivalent, not necessarily a month-to-month SKU.
• Max sale prices expire. Copy the current card, not a screenshot from this page.
• Not a workspace wiki. For that, see Notion AI.

Alternatives

• ChatGPT — hosted general assistant; Plus $20/mo on Help.
• Poe — multi-model consumer catalog with App Store seats.
• Claude — long-context chat; Pro $17/mo billed annually.

Official tutorial

Official Monica AI channel video: Monica 101: Your Personalized AI Assistant.

Written path: Quick Tutorial plus Plans & Pricing.

Website

https://monica.im

Source

Catalog row is curated (2026-10-21). Cover is the live Monica home composer (What can I do for you? + Chat/Agent), not a logo. Dollars read from the rendered monica.im/pricing cards (Free $0; Pro US$99/yr; Max sale US$199/yr; Ultra US$995/yr). Tutorial: Monica 101: Your Personalized AI Assistant on @monicaim.

Last verified

2026-10-21 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.