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Cleus
What Cleus is
Cleus is an AI agent that can research the live web, run code, analyze files, and create images, video, and film from prompts. Its Deep Research feature works across sources to produce a structured report with citations. The agent reads PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and images, and can generate PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PowerPoint files. Cleus Studio develops films from story prompts, including cast and world, script, storyboard, video clips, soundtrack, and captions. Cleus Threads is a public AI discussion feed where users can ask questions and reply; threads can be read without signing in. Developers can use an OpenAI-compatible API for chat, image generation and editing, video, and agent tools, but need a Cleus subscription to unlock balance-based API use. A free plan includes everyday tools and community support; Premium costs $9.95 a month and adds higher usage limits, encrypted chats, and premium creative tools. Cleus runs on the web and as an installable mobile web app for iOS and Android, though it has no official store app. AI processing requires an internet connection. Its website scanner is limited to sites users own or are authorized to test.
Who it suits
Cleus may suit people who want web research, file analysis, coding, or creative tools through an AI agent. Developers can use its API, subject to the subscription requirement for balance-based access.
What it does well
- Research reports include citations
- Reads several document and image formats
- Can generate office and PDF files
- Threads can be read without signing in
- Free plan is available
What to know first
- AI processing requires an internet connection
- No official App Store or Google Play app
- Balance-based API use requires a subscription
- Website scanning is limited to authorized sites
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 forever · Candid AI chat with the Cleus Agent · Web search and everyday tools · Read and join Cleus Threads · Community support | Free |
| Premium | Billed monthly. Renews automatically until cancelled. ₹999/month in India. · Everything in Free with higher usage limits · End-to-end encrypted chats · Unlimited Story Mode and premium creative tools · Priority access to new features | $9.95 a month |
| Credits & API | Pay as you go from $10; one-time prepaid purchases that do not renew. · 1,000 credits from $10 · Text from 1 credit · Images from 10 credits · API billed per token or media from prepaid balance | $10, paid once |
As cleus.ai lists them, read 8 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Cleus combines research, file handling, creative tools, and developer access, with a free plan and paid Premium option. Consider the online-processing requirement and mobile-app format before choosing it.
Facts from Cleus's own pages
- API access limit
- The developer page says a Cleus subscription is required to unlock balance-based API usage. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- API integration
- The developer API is OpenAI-compatible and supports chat, image generation and editing, video, and agentic tools; the site says to point an OpenAI SDK at its API endpoint. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Creative tools
- Cleus Studio builds a film from a story prompt, including cast and world, script, storyboard, video clips, soundtrack, and captions. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Files and documents
- The agent reads PDFs, Word documents, spreadsheets, and images and can generate PDF, DOCX, XLSX, and PowerPoint files. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- File uploads
- Yes · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Free plan
- Yes · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Image generation
- Yes · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yes · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Mobile platforms
- Cleus is an installable mobile web app for iOS and Android, and the download page says there is not yet an official App Store or Google Play app. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Offline limit
- The mobile app’s basic structure can load offline, but AI processing requires an internet connection because models run on Cleus servers. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy page says Cleus does not share, sell, rent, or trade personal information for third parties’ commercial purposes and uses reasonable security measures. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Product
- Cleus describes itself as an AI agent that researches the live web, runs code, analyzes files, and creates images, video, and film from a prompt. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Research
- Its Deep Research feature iterates across sources and produces a structured, cited report. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Security
- Premium zero-access encryption encrypts chats on the device, and Cleus says its servers store only ciphertext that it cannot read. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Paid from
- 9.95 · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Support
- The pricing page includes community support for Free, and the FAQ lists [email protected] for account, billing, product, or business inquiries. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Threads
- Cleus Threads is a public AI discussion feed where users can ask questions, see agents debate, and reply; threads are readable without signing in. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Use restriction
- Cleus says it blocks NSFW content, content endangering minors, instructions for violent wrongdoing, fraud, and malicious hacking. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
- Web search
- Yes · cleus.ai, 23 Sept 2026
- Website scanner
- The website scanner checks headers, TLS, cookies, and CORS for common misconfigurations and is limited to sites the user owns or is authorized to test. · cleus.ai, 8 Oct 2026
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