Moon AI
Stellarr Studio SAS, France
from€9.90per person per month, VAT included
Free plan with no credit card. Lune at €9.90, Étoile, recommended, at €19.90, always with no commitment.
TypingMind
Typing Technology Co. Ltd., Not published
US$39, one-time payment
Lifetime license from US$39, one-time payment, without the models’ API costs. Checked on November 11, 2026 on the official pricing page.
The same twelve criteria, by theme.
Prices checked on November 11, 2026; other criteria checked on August 2, 2026 on both companies’ public pages. If anything differs, the official page prevails.
| Criterion | Moon AI | TypingMind |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Entry priceThe price of the first paid tier, as shown to a visitor in France. | Free with no credit card, then €9.90 per person per month, VAT included (Lune) | Lifetime license from US$39, one-time payment, without the models’ API costs |
| Free planWhether there is a tier you can use without paying. | Yes, no credit card | Yes, without history backup |
| Models | ||
| AI models availableNumber and range of models included in the subscription. | More than 100 models from several providers | None included, your own API keys (BYOK) |
| Privacy policy | ||
| Company based inThe company that runs the service and the country of its headquarters. | France (Stellarr Studio SAS) | Not published |
| Data hostingWhere processing takes place, as publicly documented. | App and storage in France (OVHcloud); requests processed by the model provider | In the browser by default, optional AWS cloud |
| Reversible masking before sendingReplacement of the sensitive data detected before it is sent to the models. | Moon Blur, more than 150 categories | Not documented |
| Creation and automation | ||
| Office documentsGeneration of Word, Excel, PowerPoint and PDF files. | Word, PDF, Excel, PowerPoint | Word, Excel and PowerPoint plugins, self-hosted server |
| AutomationsAutomated tasks without writing code. | Agents and routines, no visual builder | Chained agents in chat, no canvas |
| Business connectorsNative integrations with work tools. | Dozens of connectors | Plugins and MCP (Slack, Notion, Zapier) |
| Devices and language | ||
| Mobile appsNative apps published on the app stores. | Native iOS and Android | PWA installed from the browser |
| Coding agent in the terminalCommand-line tool for developers. | Moon CLI | Not documented |
| FrenchInterface and support in French. | Interface and support | Auto-translated interface, support by email |
| Start for freeStart | Official pricing page | |
What TypingMind does well
- A personal license with a one-time payment: the terms of service state that it is “valid forever and does not require renewal”, with no recurring subscription.
- BYOK model: you pay for your usage directly to the API provider, which can cost less than a plan if you use it occasionally.
- Privacy by design: conversations, API keys and settings stay in the browser by default, with optional local encryption and a self-hosting package offered with the personal license tiers.
- One interface for several providers: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, DeepSeek, Grok, Qwen, OpenRouter and Perplexity are named on the official home page.
- Refund within 14 days on the personal license, under the terms of service.
What Moon AI does differently
- Moon AI includes more than 100 models in the subscription (GPT, Claude, Gemini and Gemma, DeepSeek, Mistral, Llama, Grok, Qwen, Command R+, Kimi, MiniMax, plus Moon 6, the in-house model), with no account or API key to create with each provider. TypingMind provides the interface: the keys and usage costs are on you.
- Moon AI charges a monthly per-seat subscription in euros, VAT included (Lune €9.90 to Univers €249.90, 20% off each extra seat in the same workspace, no commitment, Free plan with no credit card). TypingMind sells a personal license in dollars (Standard $39, Extended $79, Premium $99 on sale versus $198 regular price, checked on August 2, 2026), shown without stating whether tax is included, and bills its team offer as a separate monthly subscription from $83 a month for 5 seats.
- Moon AI’s app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix. Requests sent to third-party models go through Moon Blur first, which masks the sensitive data it detects. At TypingMind, the default mode is storage in the browser, and the cloud option is hosted on AWS, with no publicly documented region.
- Moon AI applies Moon Blur: two-way reversible masking of the sensitive data it detects across more than 150 categories before sending to third-party models, then puts the real values back in the response. As of August 2, 2026, the TypingMind documentation we reviewed describes requests sent directly to the API provider the user has configured.
- Moon AI publishes native iOS and Android apps, Moon CLI (a coding agent for the terminal), Word, PDF, Excel and PowerPoint document generation, agents and routines (scheduled or triggered by webhook), dozens of connectors, and an interface and support in French. TypingMind runs in the browser or as a PWA, its document generators rely on plugins you host yourself, and its multi-agent workflows are put together in chat with the @[Agent] syntax.
Limits to know about
Facts you can check on the company’s public pages, not value judgments.
- No models are included in the license: you have to open an account with each provider, generate an API key and pay for usage separately. The pricing page states “Price does not include API costs and additional cloud storage”.
- Features are tiered by license level: text-to-speech, web search and DALL-E 3 image generation start at the Extended tier; artifacts, project folders and unlimited plugins at the Premium tier.
- As of August 2, 2026, the public documentation we reviewed describes installing it as a PWA from the browser (macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS, Android) and does not describe a native app published on the App Store or Google Play.
- As of August 2, 2026, the privacy policy we reviewed states that requests go from the browser directly to the chosen API provider, and does not describe removing personal data before that transmission.
- The documentation states that interface text is machine-translated through OpenAI when it is created (“It can be inaccurate or sometimes completely unrelated”), then can be corrected through the Crowdin platform. Support is by email at support@typingmind.com.
So which one should you choose?
Choose TypingMind
Choose TypingMind if you already have API keys with OpenAI, Anthropic or Google, if you prefer a one-time payment to a monthly subscription, and if you want to keep your conversations in your browser or on your own infrastructure. The terms of service present the personal license as perpetual, with a refund within 14 days.
Choose Moon AI
Choose Moon AI if you want more than 100 models included in the subscription with no API keys to manage, per-seat billing in euros, VAT included, and reversible Moon Blur masking before anything reaches third-party models. The app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix, with native iOS and Android apps, Moon CLI, agents, routines and support in French.
Frequently asked questions
TypingMind costs $39 once, so why is Moon AI a subscription?
The two prices do not cover the same thing. The TypingMind Standard license, checked at $39 as a one-time payment on August 2, 2026, buys the interface: the pricing page states “Price does not include API costs and additional cloud storage”, and you then pay each API provider for your usage. The page does not say whether tax is included, since tax is set at checkout by Paddle, the merchant of record named in the terms of service. Moon AI charges a monthly per-seat subscription in euros, VAT included, from €9.90 VAT included, which includes more than 100 models. See the pricing page for every tier.
Where is my data processed in each case?
Moon AI’s app and storage are hosted by OVHcloud in Strasbourg and Roubaix. Requests sent to third-party models go through Moon Blur first, which masks the sensitive data it detects (more than 150 categories in its catalog, and people’s names only if they are in your list of terms), then restores it on return. At TypingMind, the privacy policy reviewed on August 2, 2026 states that data is stored “locally on your device’s browser”, that optional cloud sync runs on AWS with encryption at rest and no stated region, and that requests go from the browser directly to the chosen API provider.
Can I use these tools on mobile and in a terminal?
Moon AI publishes native iOS and Android apps on the app stores, as well as Moon CLI, a coding agent that runs in the terminal. As of August 2, 2026, TypingMind’s public documentation describes installing it as a Progressive Web App from the browser on macOS, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android, and does not describe a native app published on the App Store or Google Play, or a command-line agent. See the features page for details on our apps.
Do you need an API key to try either one?
TypingMind offers a free version at typingmind.com, but the official FAQ states “You will need a working AI API key (e.g., an OpenAI API key) to use the app”, that conversation history is not saved on the free plan and that a reminder shows up periodically. Moon AI offers a Free plan with no credit card and no API key: the models come with the service. Paid subscriptions have no commitment.
Sources
Prices and features of the services listed change over time: if anything differs, the company’s official page prevails. Let us know about any inaccuracy at contact@stellarrstudio.com and we will fix it.
- https://www.typingmind.com/buy
- https://www.typingmind.com/home
- https://docs.typingmind.com/quickstart/typingmind-license-plans
- https://docs.typingmind.com/general-faqs
- https://docs.typingmind.com/security-and-compliance/terms-of-service
- https://docs.typingmind.com/security-and-compliance/privacy-policy
- https://custom.typingmind.com/pricing
- https://realmoon.ai/pricing