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O1 Pro
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RANKED #126 OF 316 ASSISTANTS · OVERALL #165 OF 493 RANKED · VIBE SCORE 5.3 · 586 VOICES ·
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The o1 series of models are trained with reinforcement learning to think before they answer and perform complex reasoning. The o1-pro model uses more compute to think harder and provide...
HAPPY7.5
137 mentions
SAD7.5
111 mentions
VIBE TRAJECTORY
26 weeks · 38 voices in this window
QUIETLY DEGRADING
Recent vibe and chatter are both sliding.
HOW TO USE IT
Closed model. OpenAI hosts it, so you use it through an app or an API.
PREFER OPEN SOURCE? THE CROWD HAS PICKS
O1 Pro is closed, so you rent it. These open-weight models can genuinely stand in for it. Download once, own forever.
- OPEN WEIGHTS7
Kimi K3MoonshotMassive open multimodal reasoning powerhouse rivaling closed frontier models.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT5.2k VOICESMATCH★★★ - OPEN WEIGHTS7.3Dots3 NoteXiaohongshuOpen MoE model with exceptional reasoning, multimodal inputs, and agentic coding.🏆 NEAR-PEER QUALITY💻 STRONG AT CODE💸 COST EFFICIENT2.9k VOICESMATCH★★★
WHAT THE INTERNET SAYS
People are mostly frustrated with O1 Pro right now. Biggest gripe: working when you need it.
414 POSTS · 172 COMMENTS · OTHER FORUMS · REDDIT · HACKER NEWS · GITHUB · BLUESKY · LEMMY · DEV.TO · X
PEOPLE LOVE
- People feel it is worth the money (4 mentions)
PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT
- People find it expensive (7 mentions)
- Coding help disappoints some people (4 mentions)
- Outages, errors, or limits get in the way (4 mentions)
- Refuses or lectures more than people like (3 mentions)
TOPIC BY TOPIC
- PriceA SORE SPOT
4 thumbs up · 7 thumbs down
- Help with codeA SORE SPOT
2 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Working when you need itA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 4 thumbs down
- Saying no too muchA SORE SPOT
0 thumbs up · 3 thumbs down
IN THEIR OWN WORDS
- FROM REDDIT >
“For all of you o1 and o1 pro lovers, I made a free macOS files to prompt app with o1.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“So Sam said o3 mini is gonna be WORSE than o1 Pro and UNFREE (limited use, probably never planned to open access if not for R1).”
- FROM REDDIT >
“This OpenAI o1 pro coding workflow is insane....”
- FROM REDDIT >
“Cursor.sh is a far superior chat LLM UX even for non coding use cases, o1 pro is useless in its current UX.”
- FROM REDDIT >
“o1 and o1 pro mode seem broken to me.”
LOOKING FOR AN ALTERNATIVE?
Checked picks first: tags say why you would switch, stars say how fully each one stands in for O1 Pro.
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- REDDIT · 2024-12-06 · 2599 UPVOTESI spent 8 hours testing o1 Pro ($200) vs Claude Sonnet 3.5 ($20) - Here's what nobody tells you about the real-world performance difference
I spent 8 hours testing o1 Pro ($200) vs Claude Sonnet 3.5 ($20) - Here's what nobody tells you about the real-world performance difference
- REDDIT · 2024-12-08 · 626 UPVOTESReal life results are in: o1-pro kicks ass, benchmarks are now officially useless
Real life results are in: o1-pro kicks ass, benchmarks are now officially useless
- REDDIT · 2024-12-07 · 601 UPVOTESthe o1 model is just strongly watered down version of o1-preview, and it sucks.
the o1 model is just strongly watered down version of o1-preview, and it sucks.
- REDDIT · 2025-03-05 · 448 UPVOTESO1 Pro analyzes Trump’s speech as “clearly fictional”
O1 Pro analyzes Trump’s speech as “clearly fictional”
- REDDIT · 2024-12-29 · 431 UPVOTESI bought the $200 subscription, AMA
I bought the $200 subscription, AMA
- REDDIT · 2025-03-19 · 403 UPVOTESo1-pro has arrived
o1-pro has arrived
- REDDIT · 2025-01-20 · 343 UPVOTESOpen source o3 will probably come WAY sooner than you think.
Open source o3 will probably come WAY sooner than you think.
- REDDIT · 2024-12-26 · 300 UPVOTESI tried all AI editors so you don’t have to.
I tried all AI editors so you don’t have to.
- REDDIT · 2024-12-14 · 294 UPVOTESif you're on the fence about o1 pro for $200 pm...
if you're on the fence about o1 pro for $200 pm...
- REDDIT · 2024-12-26 · 267 UPVOTESo1 pro mode is pathetic.
o1 pro mode is pathetic.
- REDDIT · 2024-12-07 · 255 UPVOTESOpenAI's $200 Price Tag: This Price Hike Could Change Everything in AI
OpenAI's $200 Price Tag: This Price Hike Could Change Everything in AI
- REDDIT · 2025-04-02 · 249 UPVOTES4o is getting a lot better
4o is getting a lot better