AI Compass

AI Compass

Navigate the AI landscape with our curated selection of tools and models.

Based on aicompass.dev classification framework, May 2026 latest version

2026/05 AI Model & Product Updates

Foundation Models

CO4

Claude Opus 4.7 / Sonnet 4.6

Anthropic flagship, coding & agent leader, Vellum coding 94.2%, SWE-bench 87.6%

Open
GP

GPT-5.5

OpenAI flagship, released 2026/4/23, first full retrain since GPT-4.5, tops AI Intelligence Index

Open
G3P

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Google best value, long context + multimodal, SWE-bench 78.80%, GPQA 94.3%, $2/$12 per 1M tokens

Open
DV

DeepSeek V4

Chinese open-source flagship, MoE architecture, excellent coding & reasoning, very low price

Open

Coding & Agent Tools

CC

Claude Code

Terminal-native agent, deep reasoning, Max supports ~1M token context for large codebases

Open
OC

OpenAI Codex

GPT-5.5 based async task agent, excels at background PR generation and multi-step code tasks

Open
OP

OpenCode

Open-source CLI, 75+ models, 147K GitHub stars, 6.5M monthly active users

open-source
Open
OP

OpenClaw

Personal AI assistant, cross-platform, 'the lobster way'

Open

AI Search & Deep Research

CDR

ChatGPT Deep Research

Best for long reports, can browse 30 mins covering hundreds of pages, 25-250 queries/month

Open
PDR

Perplexity Deep Research

Fastest with transparent citations, 2-4 min reports, Pro $20/month

Open
GDR

Gemini Deep Research

Google ecosystem first choice, Deep Research Max based on Gemini 3.1 Pro

Open
CWS

Claude Web Search

Free in Claude.ai, perfect for lightweight workflow queries

Open

Paper Reading & Translation

AL

Alphaxiv

Paper translation and interactive reading, enhanced arXiv

Open
PMT

PDF Math Translate

PDF translation preserving formulas and layout

Open
IT

Immersive Translate

Bilingual comparison tool for web/PDF/video

Open
NO

NotebookLM

Google product, excellent PDF/material to podcast conversion

Open

Video Generation

GV3

Google Veo 3.1

Best overall, native audio sync, 4K/60fps output

Open
RG

Runway Gen-4.5

Best professional control, Motion Brush + complete editing chain, $28/month Pro

Open
K3

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou product, $6.99/month, native 4K, max 2 min single shot, 2026 best value

Open
S2

Seedance 2.0

ByteDance product, Identity Lock best multi-shot identity consistency

Open

Image Generation

MV

Midjourney v8

Aesthetic and artistic quality ceiling, 2K native resolution

Open
GI2

GPT Image 2

Best prompt following & text rendering, easiest API integration

Open
F2P

FLUX 2 Pro / 1.1 Pro

Black Forest Labs, strongest photo-realistic, $0.05/image, self-hostable

Open
NB2

Nano Banana 2

4K photo-level, strong edit/inpaint control (Gemini 3 Pro Image)

Open

Voice Input & Transcription

WF

Wispr Flow

Cloud voice input app, low latency, smooth experience

Open
HA

Handy

Local offline voice input, privacy first

Open
WVI

WeChat Voice Input

Built-in AI voice input in WeChat

Open

通义听悟

Alibaba product, meeting transcription and summary

Open

Open Source TTS Models

IN

IndexTTS-2

1.5 RTF (Real-Time Factor), stable results, fast speed

open-source
Open
GP

GPT-SoVITS

0.9 RTF (lower is faster), excellent quality, extremely fast

open-source
Open
KZ

Kokoro zh

Fastest speed, moderate quality, Chinese optimized

open-source
Open
FSS

Fish Speech S2 Pro

Good quality, high VRAM usage

open-source
Open

Mobile AI Apps

LA

Locally AI

Fully local iOS AI chat application

Open
OG

Off Grid

Offline mobile AI, cross-platform open source

open-source
Open
EG

Edge Gallery

Google AI Edge official demo, showcases on-device model capabilities

Open

Frontend & Full-stack Code Generation

V0

v0

Vercel UI/page generation, industry benchmark

Open
BO

Bolt.new

Instant web development environment in browser

Open
LO

Lovable

Full-stack app one-click generation, from idea to launch

Open
RA3

Replit Agent 3

Full-stack scaffolding + hosted runtime, deployment friendly

Open

Productivity & Office

CS

Cherry Studio

Local multi-model aggregation + image/video generation + RAG knowledge base

open-source
Open
GA

Gamma

AI presentation generation, great design sense

Open
KP

Kimi PPT

Moonshot product, great Chinese PPT generation experience

Open
NO

NotebookLM

Knowledge base + podcast dialogue generation

Open