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Which AI model should you use?
Five quick questions about the job, your data, your budget and how you work. It gives you a plain-English recommendation: the kind of model to reach for, a named current example, an alternative and one honest caveat. No sign-up, nothing sent, worked out in your browser.
Your recommendation
- Also worth a look
- One caveat
Models change fast. This is a signpost as of July 2026, not gospel. To re-check, open thecomparison table and confirm the detail on each maker's own page before you commit.
How it works
No black box, just sensible rules.
- Five questions, weighted. Your answers on the task, data sensitivity, budget, priority and team each nudge the result toward a kind of model: a balanced all-rounder, a top-tier reasoning model, a fast and cheap one, a research and workspace model, or a self-hosted open one.
- The safe default wins ties. When it's close, it leans to a balanced all-rounder, because that is the right call for most business work most of the time.
- Data sensitivity shapes the caveat. Flag confidential data and it will remind you to check the provider's data-training terms, use a business plan, or self-host, and never paste secrets you cannot risk.
- Named examples are dated. We name a current example so the advice is concrete, and stamp it July 2026. Models move fast, so the fullcomparison table is the place to re-check before you commit.
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