WritingMate.ai - Free ChatGPT alternative that works as a Chrome extension

Hi Product Hunt 👋 I’m Alex, the co-founder at WritingMate.ai. I’m a long-time PH maker with 2 Golden Kitties 🙀🙀 in my drawer (2018 and 2019 — already feels like ages ago). Have you already tried ChatGPT? It's a revelation but chances are you don’t use it very often for one of these reasons: ❌ It’s almost always down when you need it ❌ You need to keep a separate tab open and it’s not always convenient ❌ You can't use it in context (when writing an email, when reading an article) Now that they have launched a Pro version for $42/month the free version became even more unbearable. The story behind WritingMate.ai is one many of you can relate to. We initially built it as a side-project shortly after the ChatGPT was launched, being super inspired but frustrated with its downtime. We wanted to make our alternative more accessible, so we created WritingMate.ai as a Chrome extension. When we initially released WritingMate to the Chrome Web Store back in December, we couldn't have imagined the organic traction the app would receive: - 4000+ installs - 4.8 ⭐ rating - Hundreds of daily active users Today me and @avysotsky are excited to publicly launch WritingMate.ai — an AI communications and writing assistant powered by the latest and greatest GPT 3.5 series model from OpenAI. It can help you to do everything you've tried to do with ChatGPT, but more effectively and in context: 1. 📭 Draft or reply to emails or messages in seconds 2. 🧑‍🎨 Generate blog posts, essays, or other personal content 3. 📈 Create marketing copy, press releases, or other work content 4. 🧑‍🎓 Write twice as fast: fix grammar, rewrite, or translate on the go 5. 🧠 Research more effectively: summarize texts, brainstorm, or ask questions Of course, the initial usage also came with the API bill, that’s why we’ve added a premium version to cover our costs and to be able to continue improving the app. If you’d like to check it out, we’re giving away a limited-time 20% exclusive Product Hunt promo code: PH20OFF. Please try out the extension and let us know your thoughts! PS: WritingMate.ai didn't write this, but I did use it A LOT instead of Grammarly :)

WritingMate.ai Chrome browser extension is a perfect alternative to ChatGPT that can be easily accessed from any tab with just 1 click. Simply click on the crystal ball icon or press Cmd/Ctrl+G. PS: I wrote this using WritingMate.ai :)

Hi there! This is a really good and very useful extension. I've tried frankly I'm impressed. Good luck guys!

By the way, the amazing design was created by the Humandone.com agency, and more specifically, @stimes. Definitely consider them for your next project, whether it’s AI-first or not 🔥

Hey! Great tool. An option to hide the icon and just trigger it with cmd+M would be awesome, it can be cumbersome to always have it on the side.

No more context-switching when you need to write something using AI. And no delays too. Also, I like the icon's design a lot - looks nice on the screen 🔮

I guess writingmate.ai is the perfect tool for everyday tasks and request!

Nicely helps in my daily routines 🔥 Good job mate 🫡

Great job

Very useful! Congrats with the launch!

Great Job💛

Wowza, tried to generate cold email about my startup and it looks amazing! Really excited about it!

Curious how you plan to compete with https://merlin.foyer.work/ -- they have 100k users, so slightly ahead of you, with pretty much same features. Since this is basically just a wrapper of GPT3, how do you see yourself building a barrier to entry?

Gj guys! Have a nice launch

Hey guys! Awesome idea to steer away from constant downtime! Good luck with your launch!

So tired of having to constantly switch the tabs and shutdowns, thanks for ur great job!

Thanks a lot, now you don't have to wait when ChatGPT will work :)

My support, admiration and respect for such a high-quality AI product in browser extension format 😍

Thank you so much! Love how helpful it is 🙌

That's a great idea, but how do you deal with API cost?