I use AI every day. But $20 a month for ChatGPT Plus felt excessive for casual use. And the free tier is too limited to be useful.
So I looked for alternatives. Everything I found either had the same pricing problem, required an account, or used weak models that couldn't handle real tasks.
I decided to build my own.
What NOLO is
NOLO is an AI chat app with access to powerful models, real-time web search, and image understanding. No account required. No email. You open it and start chatting.
Plans start at $2.99/month. The free tier gives you enough credits to try it properly before deciding.
Why no account
Partly privacy, but mostly friction. The fewer steps between a user and the product, the better. No signup form means no drop-off at signup.
You get a random anonymous ID when you open the app. That's it.
The stack
Vanilla JavaScript, Node.js on Vercel, Groq for inference (genuinely the fastest I've tested), Supabase for credit tracking.
Built in one month as a side project. Now trying to make it real.
Where I am
Zero users. Launching on Product Hunt this Tuesday.
If you've ever felt like AI tools are too expensive or too complicated to get started with, NOLO is for you. Try it and tell me what's missing.
