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Quick Answer
Assisters (assisters.dev) is an AI assistants platform from Misar AI offering an OpenAI-compatible API gateway, a free tier, and a Pro plan at $9/mo. It is a clean, pragmatic choice for developers and teams who want reliable AI access without third-party lock-in, vendor billing surprises, or privacy uncertainty. In 2027 it stands out for honest pricing, a drop-in OpenAI SDK integration, and team plans.
- Best for: developers, teams, cost-conscious builders
- Standout: OpenAI-compatible API, self-hosted AI, team plans
- Pricing: free tier, Pro at $9/mo, team plans
What Is Assisters?
Assisters is an AI platform with two parts: a consumer assistants experience and the assisters.dev API — an OpenAI-compatible gateway. Developers can point their existing OpenAI SDK to https://assisters.dev/api/v1↗ and keep the same request shapes for chat/completions, embeddings, moderation, audio transcription, and reranking.
How to Get Started
- Create an account at assisters.dev.
- Get your API key from the dashboard.
- Install the standard openai npm/PyPI package.
- Set baseURL: 'https://assisters.dev/api/v1' and your ASSISTERS_API_KEY.
- Call chat.completions.create with model assisters-chat-v1.
- Ship.
Features and Benefits
- OpenAI-compatible endpoints: /chat/completions, /embeddings, /models, /moderate, /audio/transcriptions, /rerank
- Default model: assisters-chat-v1
- Streaming supported on chat completions
- Free tier generous enough to prototype
- Pro $9/mo for individual heavier use
- Team plans for collaboration
- Self-hosted AI infrastructure — data stays within Misar controls
- Simple dashboard and usage metrics
Pricing
Assisters keeps pricing honest and predictable: a free tier for trying it out, Pro at $9/month for individual power users, and team plans for orgs. No surprise usage spikes for typical patterns.
FAQs
Is Assisters really OpenAI-compatible?
Yes — you can use the openai SDK unmodified with a custom baseURL.
What models are available?
Default assisters-chat-v1 plus additional endpoints for embeddings, moderation, audio, and reranking.
Is there a free tier?
Yes, suitable for prototyping.
Is Pro $9/mo really unlimited?
Pro includes generous usage appropriate for individuals; see assisters.dev/pricing.
Is data used to train models?
No — user data sovereignty is core to Misar's policies.
Can I use streaming?
Yes, on chat completions.
Does it support teams?
Yes — team plans with shared billing.
Conclusion
Assisters is a refreshing alternative to juggling multiple third-party AI keys in 2027 — one key, OpenAI-compatible, honest pricing. Start free on assisters.dev↗, see pricing↗, or read API docs↗.