Dokie AI vs OpenMAIC

Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.

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Free access
Dokie AI: Free access
OpenMAIC: Free access
Paid from
Dokie AI: USD 19 per month billed monthly
OpenMAIC: No fixed price listed
Plans listed
Dokie AI: 5
OpenMAIC: 1
Public API
Dokie AI: Not confirmed
OpenMAIC: Not confirmed

Where Dokie AI and OpenMAIC differ

  • Open sourceOnly OpenMAIC is open source.
  • PlansDokie AI lists 5 plans and OpenMAIC lists 1.

Head to head

Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages

Dokie AI Fact OpenMAIC
Access and price
Free access availableFree · USD 0Free accessSameFree access availableFree (open source, MIT) · 0
USD 19 per month billed monthlyPlus · or $17 per month billed yearlyLowest listed paid planNo fixed price listed
Free daily credits; Plus from $19/monthPricing modelFree MIT-licensed code; model and hosting costs are yours
5Plans listedDiffers1
Not confirmedPublic APINot confirmed
Not confirmedCard to startNot confirmed
NoOpen sourceDiffersYes
What it is for
Turning existing documents into editable PowerPoint decksBuilt forTurning a topic or document into an interactive AI-taught lesson
PresentationsCategorySamePresentations
  • Web
Platforms
  • Self-hosted web app (Node.js 22.19+)
  • Docker
  • Vercel
  • Hosted demo (open.maic.chat)
  • MCP-compatible assistants (Codex, Claude Code, Cursor)
  • Google sign-in
  • Stripe (payments)
Works with
  • OpenAI
  • Anthropic
  • Google Gemini
  • DeepSeek
  • Amazon Bedrock
  • +5 more
How current
Profile sources checked
Prices confirmed · Sep 28, 2026Pricing checkSamePrices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026

Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.

Plans and prices

Dokie AI

Prices confirmed · Sep 28, 2026
  • FreeUSD 0
  • PlusUSD 19 per month billed monthlyor $17 per month billed yearly
  • ProUSD 59 per month billed monthlyor $51 per month billed yearly
  • UltraUSD 199 per month billed monthlyor $170 per month billed yearly
  • EnterpriseCustom quote
Plan conditions and sources

OpenMAIC

Prices confirmed · Sep 29, 2026
  • Free (open source, MIT)0
Plan conditions and sources
Official pricing pages, captured from our server in Germany; regional prices or currency can differ
Dokie AI official pricing page screenshot with plan names
Dokie AIOfficial pricing pagedokie.aiCaptured
OpenMAICNo pricing page screenshot. The page did not capture cleanly from our server, so none is shown.OpenMAIC profile and sources

Strengths and limits

Dokie AI

Strengths

  • Daily free allowance: 200 credits on each visit day plus 300 welcome credits, rather than only a one-time balance.
  • Standard files on Free: PPTX, PDF and PNG export are listed on the Free plan card.
  • User ownership in the terms: Inputs stay yours, and outputs belong to you to the extent the law allows.

Limits to plan around

  • Daily credits do not accumulate: Each 200-credit daily bonus is valid for one day only.
  • Credit costs are estimates: About 100 per new deck and 20 per slide edit, varying with complexity.
  • Narrow refund terms: Refunds cover duplicate payments or outages longer than seven consecutive days.

OpenMAIC

Strengths

  • Permissive license: The MIT license allows commercial use free of charge, and the README says so directly.
  • Bring your own models: Works with many cloud providers or local models, so data and cost stay under your control.
  • Portable output: Editable .pptx, self-contained HTML and a classroom ZIP that can play offline after import.

Limits to plan around

  • Not zero-cost in practice: Cloud models, image, video and voice providers bill you separately, and the project publishes no cost estimate per lesson.
  • Open by default: Without an ACCESS_CODE, every route of a deployment, including the API, is reachable by anyone who finds it.
  • Hosted terms are unclear: The demo sign-in runs through a Chinese-language MAIC account page, and hosted credit amounts are not published.

See both products

The two products on their official sites
Dokie AI homepage screenshot showing the official landing page
Dokie AIOfficial homepagedokie.aiCaptured
OpenMAIC homepage screenshot showing the official landing page
OpenMAICOfficial sitegithub.comCaptured
Product pages of both tools
Dokie PDF to PowerPoint converter upload screen showing the 50 MB file limit
Dokie AIOfficial sitedokie.aiCaptured
OpenMAIC features page screenshot showing the product interface
OpenMAICOfficial sitegithub.comCaptured

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Add two tools to the comparison tray from any tool card, then open this page. The table pulls each tool's verified plan details, platforms, strengths and limits from its profile, so both columns carry the same kind of evidence, with a separate source-check date for each tool.

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No. The table sets two tools against each other on documented facts, not on a score. Which one wins depends on your task, your budget and your usage volume — three things we cannot see from here.

Why are some cells empty or marked unverified?

Because we could not confirm that detail on the vendor's own pages. Rather than filling the gap with a figure from elsewhere, we mark it and say why on the tool's profile.

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