Council AI vs ChatHub
ChatHub is a browser extension that opens 2–6 chatbot panels side by side and broadcasts your prompt to each. It's bring-your-own-key, runs locally in your browser, and costs $14.99–$39/mo for the extension itself (you still pay each provider). Council AI is a hosted service that runs your prompt through up to 10 frontier models in parallel and then runs a consensus synthesis layer on top — plus a personal RAG library, web search, and an MCP server. Pick ChatHub if you already have API keys, want to eyeball raw side-by-side panels in your browser, and prefer everything stays on your machine. Pick Council the moment you want a single synthesized answer with disagreements scored, hosted access without juggling keys, or RAG and MCP.
| Feature | Council AI | ChatHub |
|---|---|---|
| Form factor | Hosted web + mobile app | Browser extension (Chrome/Edge/Firefox) |
| Models per prompt | Up to 10 in parallel | 2–6 panels (tier-dependent) |
| Consensus / synthesis layer | Yes — single synthesized answer with agreement scoring | No — you read panels yourself |
| API keys required | No — included in subscription | Yes (BYOK) — you pay each provider separately |
| Personal RAG library | Yes (Ultra tier) — PDFs, docs, knowledge base | No |
| MCP server | Yes (Ultra) — callable from Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf | No |
| Memory across chats and devices | Yes — server-side, syncs everywhere | Local to the extension on one browser |
| Native web search | Yes (multi-provider) | Inherits whatever each chatbot panel supports |
| Privacy model | Hosted — never trained on your data | Prompts go from your browser directly to each provider |
| Entry price | $19.99/mo Plus (every premium model, all providers included) | ~$14.99/mo (extension fee, plus your own provider bills) |
| Top tier price | $99.99/mo Ultra (adds RAG + MCP) | ~$39/mo (you still pay all provider API bills on top) |
You want a single coherent answer that already weighed multiple models — not six panels to compare by eye. Council's synthesis layer is built for this.
You're a power user with OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, and DeepSeek keys already paid up and want the cheapest possible passthrough.
You have PDFs, contracts, or a knowledge base you want to query across multiple models. Council Ultra includes a personal RAG library; ChatHub has none.
You want to invoke a multi-model second opinion from inside Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Windsurf via MCP. Council Ultra exposes this; ChatHub does not.
You enjoy reading raw, unmediated outputs from each chatbot's own UI and don't want a synthesis layer 'opining' on which answer is best.
You want the same conversation history and models on your phone, laptop, and tablet. ChatHub is a desktop browser extension; Council is hosted.
Council AI is hosted and subscription-only: Plus $19.99/mo (every premium model, memory, up to 7 models per chat), Pro $39.99/mo (10 models per chat, 2× Plus's monthly budget), Ultra $99.99/mo (largest monthly budget, adds RAG library + MCP server). All providers are included — no API keys to juggle. ChatHub is a browser extension that charges roughly $14.99/mo (basic) to $39/mo (premium) for the extension itself, on top of which you bring your own API keys and pay each provider's bills directly. ChatHub can be cheaper if you already have keys and burn few tokens; Council is cheaper once you'd otherwise be paying for OpenAI + Anthropic + Google + DeepSeek + Qwen subscriptions or API credits separately.
ChatHub is a browser extension that opens multiple chatbot panels (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, etc.) side by side and broadcasts your prompt to each — you read the outputs yourself. Council AI is a hosted service that runs the same kind of multi-model query, but adds a consensus synthesis layer that returns a single answer with disagreements scored, plus a personal RAG library, MCP server, and memory.
ChatHub has a limited free tier with a small number of providers. Paid tiers run roughly $14.99/mo to $39/mo for the extension itself — and because ChatHub is BYOK (bring your own key), you also pay each underlying provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) directly through their API or subscription on top.
No. Council is hosted and includes access to all 9 providers in the subscription price. You don't manage keys, billing, or quotas across providers — Council handles all of that, and the cost is bounded by your plan's monthly cap.
Two reasons. First, ChatHub's $14.99–$39/mo is just the extension fee — you still pay each provider's bills, which can easily exceed Council Pro at $39.99/mo if you use multiple models seriously. Second, ChatHub gives you panels; Council gives you a synthesized answer with consensus scoring, RAG, and MCP. You're paying for a different product, not just a price point.
Yes — you can see each model's individual response inside a Council chat before the synthesis. The difference is Council also runs the synthesis step automatically; ChatHub leaves that work to you.
Yes. Some users keep ChatHub for raw chatbot eyeballing on desktop and use Council for synthesized answers, RAG, and MCP-driven workflows from their coding agents. They solve different problems.
Arguably yes in one narrow sense: ChatHub sends prompts from your browser directly to each provider with no middleman server. Council is a hosted service, so your prompts pass through Council's infrastructure — but Council never trains on your data and is end-to-end encrypted in transit. Pick based on your threat model.
Council runs GPT-5.6, Claude Fable 5, Claude Opus 4.8, Gemini 3.1 Pro, Grok 4.5, DeepSeek V4 Pro, Qwen3.7-Max, Mistral Large 3, Codestral, Kimi K3, and GLM-5.2, among 25+ active models from nine labs. ChatHub's coverage is solid for the headline labs but historically lags on DeepSeek, Qwen, and Mistral specialty models, and depends on which providers their extension currently supports.
No. ChatHub is a side-by-side broadcaster. It does not include a personal RAG library for your own documents, and it does not expose itself as an MCP server for coding agents. Council includes both on the Ultra tier.
If you want to call a multi-model second opinion from inside Cursor, Claude Desktop, or Windsurf, Council's MCP server (Ultra) is the only option. If you're just eyeballing chatbot answers in a browser while you code, ChatHub is fine.