BotHub

I have been using this service for a long time and I don't plan to switch. I have tried many alternatives, but BotHub turned out to be the best among them. First of all, the price here is more advantageous. Subscription models don’t work for me, as sometimes you don’t manage to use the token limit or you have to buy more, which leads to overpayment. Here, you simply buy the needed amount of tokens, and they don’t expire. Secondly, the interface is very convenient and intuitive, with a lot of settings. It’s not just a chat where the neural network responds; it’s a full-fledged dialogue window where you can choose the model, its type, generation mode, context storage, and so on. There’s even a voice input option. Thirdly, all the necessary language models are gathered in one place, so you don’t have to switch between different services and pay for access in multiple places.

Date of experience: окт 03, 2024

With BotHub, you can use ChatGPT and Midjourney in Russia without a VPN. Payment is available with cards from domestic banks. I recommend studying the service first to understand how it works. They provide 10,000 free caps, but they run out quickly. So, there's no point in creating many accounts; it's better to pay 200 rubles and use the service without worries. The neural networks work well: ChatGPT responds to most queries (but there are limitations), and Midjourney creates a variety of images. BotHub has a library of prompts and instructions that will be helpful for beginners.

Date of experience: дек 22, 2024

The platform provides access to foreign AI models, such as various versions of GPT, Claude, Gemini, and others. There are many of them, and they are divided into text and image models. If you spend time obtaining a phone number from another country and use a VPN, you can interact directly with these neural networks. However, this platform is convenient for those who don't want to bother. It essentially acts as an intermediary, but the quality of work does not suffer: the chosen model responds adequately to requests. Essentially, there is no difference between requesting GPT through this service or directly on the OpenAI website. Prices depend on the frequency of using the neural networks and the specific models. There is no subscription; you need to buy tokens that are spent during generation. Simple models require a few tokens, while more complex ones require significantly more. For example, the cheapest package for 200 rubles includes 1 million tokens, which is enough to generate about 300-400 pages of text on simple models. They provide 10,000 tokens for testing, which is a bit limited, but enough to experiment a little with the neural networks and understand their capabilities. Overall, I can only say good things about the service. It’s just an ordinary intermediary, and there are many similar services in the Russian internet that provide access to neural networks unavailable to us through APIs.

Date of experience: дек 11, 2025

Using a free service is fine, but when you start paying, you expect higher quality service. The system often malfunctions and produces a lot of errors. I planned to hold a presentation, gathered people — and the service just didn't work. The support staff struggled to explain what was happening. It feels like everything was done hastily, as if students were trying to make money off this.

Date of experience: дек 16, 2025

For a single video generation lasting 5-8 seconds, they charge between 180 to 360 rubles, which is completely unjustified. It's much better to pay *** and register directly with the neural network. The prices for video generation are simply astronomical, and there are constant glitches. The prompt works about one time out of ten. This is a complete disappointment and a scam with non-functional features.

Date of experience: май 14, 2024

This is just terrible. They proxy everything to ***. The generation speed is three times lower than on my own server with an RTX 5080, where both LLM and RAG embeddings, and even MCP work simultaneously. A response to a prompt with 6819 tokens takes a whole 35 seconds. And I have to pay for this?! It's really a disaster! And after contacting support on Telegram, they deleted the chat and blocked me. What a miracle.

Date of experience: фев 08, 2025

Working with Claude is just hell. Each request costs 150-200 rubles, and editing requires a complete rewrite of the code, which leads to new errors. In Nano Banana Pro, generation costs about 40 rubles. The resolution is only 1k and the aspect ratio is 1:1, even though the prompt specifies 2k and 3:4. There are aggregators that offer Pro for free with a resolution of 2k and without any ***.

Date of experience: дек 01, 2024

I used this service for about six months, and at first, everything was acceptable; the prices for requests remained stable. But in March-April 2026, new software was released — ChatGPT 5.4 and Grok 4.2, and the cost of requests skyrocketed to unacceptable amounts. For example, a single line request cost me 500–800k CAPS (about $1), which was quite shocking. For comparison, Grok 4 (the previous version) only cost 50–70k CAPS per request. I decided to investigate and asked in Telegram about the reasons for such a difference. The support response was strange: they claimed that the new models have a larger context, and therefore are more expensive. This is not entirely accurate, as the context size only affects the price if we add it to the request. If the request is short, then the difference in context doesn't matter. Yes, inference for the new models is indeed more expensive, but not by ten times. I noticed that another client also complained — they lost 800k CAPS for a simple weather request in Murmansk. I reached out to support again with questions about pricing and even raised the issue of compensation for unexpected expenses. In response, I was simply banned from the community. Later, I noticed that after my question, the prices for all requests jumped 2-3 times. It seems this was done for the company's convenience and an attempt to suppress discontent. Overall, the company's actions reflect a lack of ability to communicate with customers and an ignorance of their opinions. I do not recommend using this service to anyone.

Date of experience: мар 16, 2025