Poe Review

Plans & pricing

Prices last verified Nov 11, 2026

Free plan limits

The free tier runs on a daily points allowance; pricier models spend more points per message, so it can run out quickly.

Free trial

No free trial

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Controversies & incidents

Issues documented by the press, regulators, courts or the vendor itself. Every item is sourced; unproven claims are labelled as allegations. Last researched: Nov 11, 2026

• Medium impactConfirmedBilling · Jul 1, 2026

  Point allowances cut while prices stayed the same

  The $19.99/month tier now lists 660 thousand points on Poe's plans page, below the 1 million TechCrunch reported in 2025. Google Play and Trustpilot reviewers complain of points running out fast.

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  In March 2025 TechCrunch reported that Poe's $20/month tier included 1 million points. On 28 July 2026 UsagePricing recorded Poe's plans page showing 660 thousand (a 34% cut), while the US App Store still sells Plus at $19.99/month. UsagePricing also reports the free daily allowance fell about 90%, from about 3,000 to about 300 points, in March 2026; Poe has not confirmed that figure. Many Google Play and Trustpilot reviews (user claims, not independently verified) complain of points running out fast and rising per-message costs. No public response from Poe was found.

  Sources:TechCrunch (2025-03-25)UsagePricing (2026-07-28)Google Play listingTrustpilot reviews of poe.com

• Low impactAllegedLawsuit · Jun 28, 2024

  WIRED: Poe bot let users download paywalled articles

  WIRED said it used Poe's Assistant bot to download full articles from paywalled outlets such as The New York Times and The Atlantic. One expert called it "prima facie copyright infringement," which Quora disputes.

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  According to WIRED (28 June 2024), when given the URL of a paywalled article, Poe's Assistant bot returned a summary and, for some outlets, an HTML file of the full article downloadable from Poe's servers. WIRED named The New York Times and The Atlantic; iThome added Bloomberg and 404 Media. An expert quoted by WIRED called it "prima facie copyright infringement." No court or regulator has ruled on it. iThome reported that the full-article download appeared to have been removed after the story.

  Vendor response

  Per iThome, citing WIRED, Quora said Poe does not train its own models, bots only see publicly served content and it would work with publishers to keep paywalled content off Poe; it added that files are created at users' direction, like cloud storage or read-later tools, which it considers lawful.

  Sources:WIRED (2024-06-28)iThome (2024-07-01)

• Medium impactConfirmedSecurity · Dec 1, 2018

  2018 Quora breach may have affected about 100 million users

  Quora, which runs Poe, said an unauthorized third party accessed its systems, possibly exposing data of about 100 million users. It predates Poe's launch.

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  TechCrunch reported Quora as saying a malicious third party gained unauthorized access. Data that may have been accessed included names, emails, IP addresses, encrypted passwords, direct messages and data imported from linked networks; anonymous questions and answers were not affected. Quora logged out affected users, invalidated passwords and reset Stripe access tokens, saying some had been temporarily compromised but no financial information was breached. Quora, Inc. is the data controller for Poe users, which makes the incident relevant to anyone considering Poe.

  Vendor response

  Per TechCrunch, Quora said it had identified the root cause, notified affected users, informed law enforcement and brought in an outside digital forensics firm.

  Sources:TechCrunch (2018-12-03)Poe Privacy Policy (updated 30/4/2026)