Comparison
Same money. Different deliverable.
A chat subscription is very good at producing text. It is not an editor, and it does not hand you a file you can send. That is the whole difference, and the only reason this page exists.
Read from each company’s own plan page on 3 October 2026, in the currency it showed us, unconverted — the exchange rate is your bank’s and not ours. Claude Pro is US$17 a month when billed annually ($200 up front). All three change without notice and price by region, so check them before you decide.
01Feature by feature
37 rows. A chat subscription cannot do 28 of them at all.
Grouped by what you would actually do with it. Where the answer depends on the plan, the row says which.
IncludedOn a named planNot offered| Row | LumenQube PlusUS$14.99 | ChatGPT PlusCA$25 | Claude ProUS$20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| What you get back4 ROWS | |||
| What you actually get | Saved files | A chat reply | A chat reply |
| Opens in an editor you can take overThe agent stops and you carry on in the same window. Nothing to rebuild. | Yes | No | No |
| An agent that runs multi-step workOurs plans the job, uses the real editors, and undoes the whole run in one click. | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Finished files land in your folder | Yes | No | No |
| The editors10 ROWS · FREE ON EVERY PLAN | |||
| Edit a PDF — fill it, sign it, redact it | Yes | No | No |
| A spreadsheet with live formulas | Yes | No | No |
| A document editor | Yes | No | No |
| A slide editor | Yes | No | No |
| A design board for graphics and layout | Yes | No | No |
| A video editor for cutting and captioning | Yes | No | No |
| Notebooks, boards and transcripts | Yes | No | No |
| Forms, surveys and polls | Yes | No | No |
| Build small tools without writing code | Yes | No | No |
| Automations you can build yourself | Pro plan | No | No |
| Working with real files5 ROWS | |||
| Edit the real file, not a copy of its textOpen the Word file a client sent, change it, send that same file back. | Yes | No | No |
| Formulas still work after editing | Yes | No | No |
| Autosave and version history, on your computer | Yes | No | No |
| Works with no internet connection | Yes | No | No |
| Where your documents live | Your disk | Their cloud | Their cloud |
| Around your documents5 ROWS | |||
| Search everything on your own computer | Yes | No | No |
| Meeting recordings joined to the calendar invite | Yes | No | No |
| Decisions and action items you can checkIf the quote is not in the recording, we drop the claim instead of showing it. | Yes | No | No |
| Turns recordings into text | Plus and up | No | No |
| Reads a document aloud to you | Yes | No | No |
| Sharing your work3 ROWS | |||
| Share the finished file by link or email | Yes | No | No |
| View, comment or edit roles | Yes | No | No |
| Publish it as a web page anyone can view | Yes | No | No |
| The AI6 ROWS | |||
| AI chat inside every editor | Yes | No | No |
| Choose which AI engine to use | Plus and up | No | No |
| Reads text out of photos | Plus and up | Yes | Yes |
| AI image generation | Pro plan | Yes | No |
| Keeps working while you are away | Plus and up | Yes | Yes |
| Shows your AI usage on screenHow much of the month, and of today, is left — on screen while you work. | Yes | No | No |
| Price and access4 ROWS | |||
| Monthly priceEach in the currency its own page showed us. | US$14.99 | CA$25 | US$20 |
| A free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| All the editors free, with no time limitNo trial clock, no watermark, nothing switched off inside the editors. | Yes | No | No |
| Ads on any plan | Never | Go may include ads | No |
02Compared with other tools
What the other product does better comes first.
Each one is written the same way: where they win, then the difference. Every claim carries the date it was checked — 19 August 2026 for all three.
They win on databases and co-editing, which we do not have.
Read it LUMENQUBE VSMicrosoft 365 CopilotThe same file formats without the tenant, the licence or the admin — and a run you can watch and undo.Where they win is on the page, in full, before the difference.
Read it LUMENQUBE VSGranolaThis one is about what happens after the meeting ends.They win on being the better meeting notetaker today.
Read it OR SKIP THE COMPARISONSFour jobs, end to endThe board pack, the monthly report, the proposal, the research pile — from the folder you start with to the files you send.See them03Inside LumenQube
Every plan has every editor. The plans buy depth.
Allowance and engine change by plan; access to the app never does. Paying annually charges ten months for twelve — about 17% off.
- Allowance
- 300 credits
- Engine
- Fast
Every editor, with no trial timer and no watermark. Automatic routing steps up to Core when a request needs it.
- Allowance
- 2,600 credits
- Engine
- Core
Pin an engine per editor · LumenAgent keeps working while you are away · transcription · publish forms to the web.
- Allowance
- 7,500 credits
- Engine
- Core
Expert on demand · extended thinking · AI image and video generation · LumenFlow and connected apps.
- Allowance
- 17,000 credits
- Engine
- Expert
Always-on Expert · Ultra on demand · Studio Pro images · the premium video engine.
- Allowance
- 37,500 credits
- Engine
- Ultra
Lumen Ultra by default · extended thinking at its deepest setting · Studio Ultra images · our largest allowance.
Prices are the USD basis; you are charged in Canadian dollars, converted from that basis, and the figure at checkout is the one your card is billed. On a paid plan one day can use up to 30% of the month’s allowance by default. Top-ups never expire. Family and Business plans are priced per seat — see Business.
Every plan, row by row — 36 rows
| Row | Free$0 | Plus$14.99 | Pro$39.99 | Max$89.99 | Ultra$199.99 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The editors5 ROWS | |||||
| All eleven editors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX and CSV | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Export back to those formats | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Editing with no internet connection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Autosave and version history, on your computer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Around your documents4 ROWS | |||||
| Search everything you have written | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Google and Outlook calendars in one list | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Meeting transcripts with citations you can check | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Memory you can see and erase | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| The AI18 ROWS | |||||
| Monthly AI allowance | 300 credits | 2,600 credits | 7,500 credits | 17,000 credits | 37,500 credits |
| Daily pacing | None | 30% of the month | 30% of the month | 30% of the month | 30% of the month |
| Default engine | Fast | Core | Core | Expert | Ultra |
| Deepest engine | Core, automatically | Core | Expert on demand | Ultra on demand | Ultra |
| Choose the engine yourself | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Extended thinking | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI chat in every editor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LumenAgent, live, with web search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LumenAgent keeps working while you are away | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Audio transcription | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI photo recognition (vision OCR) | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Publish forms and collect answers | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Read anything aloud (AI voice) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI image generation | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Image quality | No | No | Studio | Studio Pro | Studio Ultra |
| AI video generation | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Premium video engine | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Buy more AI when the month runs out | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Automation and connectors2 ROWS | |||||
| LumenFlow automations | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connected apps | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Sharing and publishing3 ROWS | |||||
| Share by private link or email | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| View, comment or edit roles | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Publish a view-only web link | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Privacy and trust4 ROWS | |||||
| Files stay on your device | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| No ads | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Your documents are not used as generalized model-training material | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AI usage shown on screen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
04Questions
What a table cannot answer.
A table says which row wins. It cannot say what happens if you already pay for one of the others — which is the question that actually decides this page.
Do I have to cancel ChatGPT or Claude to use LumenQube?
No, and we would not suggest it as the first move. They are better than us at being a chat assistant; this page is only about document work. Every one of the eleven LumenQube editors is free, so you can install it, do a week of real work alongside whatever you already pay for, and only then decide whether either subscription is still earning its money.
What does $14.99 buy that a chat subscription does not?
A saved file instead of a chat reply. LumenAgent plans the work, drives the actual editors and leaves a PDF, spreadsheet, document or deck on your disk that you can open and take over. A chat subscription returns text you then have to rebuild into the document you needed — and neither chat plan in the table above includes a PDF, spreadsheet, slide or design editor at all.
Is the free plan a trial that runs out?
No. There is no timer, no watermark and no feature held back inside the editors themselves — all eleven work at no cost for as long as you use them, including offline editing, autosave and version history. The paid plans buy AI allowance and the stronger engines, not access to the app.
Do you train AI on my documents?
LumenQube does not use your content to train a generalized AI model as a product purpose. Content is sent only when you request an AI feature, to the selected processor or eligible fallback needed for that request. A provider’s own data use, retention and permitted security or legal processing depend on the service and our account terms and settings. See Privacy Policy §7.
What still works when I have no internet?
All eleven editors, on every plan, including autosave and version history — the documents are already on your machine. The AI engines run as a service, so anything AI-powered, LumenAgent included, needs a connection.
Why are the three prices in different currencies?
Because each is quoted in the currency its own page showed us, unconverted. LumenQube prices in US dollars and charges in Canadian dollars at checkout — Plus is CA$20.99. ChatGPT showed us Canadian pricing; Claude showed US dollars. The exchange rate is your bank’s, not ours.
How current are the prices and rows on this page?
Every competitor figure was read from the companies’ own pages on 3 October 2026, and the rows were last checked against our own product the same day. Both products change without notice and price by region, so check them before you decide — and tell us at support if a row has gone stale.
The editors are free. Try it against your own work.
Install it, do a week of real work beside whatever you already pay for, and keep whichever earns its money.
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