@gengdaJ: The Doubao paid version actually isn't that useless, it's just that the value for money isn't great. I asked it to research the top 100 AI products appearing most frequently in Douyin videos over the past month, and it actually opened the built-in browser, let me log in, and batch search by category. The results were okay. But it seems like only a little bit of my task was done before the quota was used up...

Doubao’s paid version isn’t really that incapable—it’s just that the cost-performance ratio is indeed not great.

I asked it to research the top 100 most frequently mentioned AI products within the past month on Douyin videos. It was actually able to open its built-in browser, let me log in, and then batch search by category. The result was decent.

But the problem is, after just a small portion of my task, my quota was already exhausted… And the upgraded version is quite expensive too: 68 RMB (that’s 5x the free version), and 599 RMB (50x the free version). I can’t even imagine whether a 68 RMB top-up would be enough to finish my task.

Compared to Doubao’s paid version, Codex’s Pro membership costs $100 per month, but it refreshes every 5 hours and occasionally gives weekly quota resets. It feels much better to use.

However, Doubao has a huge user base, so plenty of Chinese business owners will still pay for it. After all, it does work, and combined with Doubao’s advertising budget, I don’t think the paying user growth will be low…

Here’s the Doubao subscription link — you can check the pricing and benefits: https://doubao.com/member/subscription…