Referee.chat vs AI Assist

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Referee.chat compared with AI Assist
Detail	Referee.chat	AI Assist
What it does	An AI panel debates your goal; a referee rules on re-checkable evidence	Meeting notes on your own API keys with no bot in your call
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
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Pricing model	Freemium	Paid
Pricing	Free: $1.00 starting credit once. Credit plans from $10 top-up with no expiration. Your own key: 5% infrastructure fee after the first $5.00 of usage.	$3 per month with 14-day free trial, no credit card required. Includes Chrome extension, desktop helper, all transcription and summary features, cloud sync with end-to-end encryption, and support for bring-your-own API keys.
Key features	Panel of up to six AI models from different vendors Referee rules on re-checkable evidence only Searches academic databases: arXiv, OpenAlex, Crossref, Europe PMC Executes Python code to verify claims Customizable acceptance standards Matches pause and resume without losing work Shared ledger prevents re-derivation Spending limit per match	Proactive insights citing your indexed files during meetings Ask questions grounded in your own files with citations Local vector indexing with on-device embeddings No third-party bot joins your meeting Chrome extension for Google Meet and Zoom Web Bring your own Anthropic and OpenAI API keys
What makes it different	Referee decides on evidence, not argument quality Panel from different vendors fails in different directions Stuck is a targeted question, not model thrashing Cost grows with ledger, not round count Published matches become research record	No bot in your call—audio streams directly to your OpenAI key, never touching the company's servers Pay Anthropic and OpenAI directly with no per-seat markup at $3/month versus competitors charging $17+ per user per month
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	2 no change since last check	1 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	0	4
Citation Flow (Majestic)	13	17
Referring domains (Majestic)	31	37

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