Clico
Screen-aware AI creative studio that reads your screen to run deep research and generate images, video, websites, and browser games
Clico removes the copy-paste tax most AI tools quietly charge you — it reads the page, file or text selection you're already looking at. Deep Research with file cross-checking and citations is the part worth paying for, and Pro at $19.90/mo for 2,000 shared credits plus all 27 chat models undercuts subscribing to research, image and video tools separately. Just don't confuse that value with team readiness, or expect a video editor.
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- Mac and Chrome users who want answers about the page or file already open
- Researchers needing web-sourced answers cross-checked against their own files with citations
- Creators generating or animating images and short video from a reference found on a page
- Writers and support staff replying inside Google Docs, Notion, Gmail or Slack
- Windows or Linux users — the Clico Desktop app is Mac only, leaving you on Clico Web
- Firefox or Safari users — the Chrome Extension is Chromium-only
- Teams needing SSO, admin seats or centralized usage controls — none of that is published
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Skip Clico if you work on Windows or Linux, need SSO and admin seat management for a team, or want a video editor that can absorb an expired render on a deadline.
Credits are a single shared pool, so a run of heavy image or video generation silently spends the allowance you were saving for chat research.
Pro at $19.90/mo billed monthly sits at indie-tool pricing while bundling all 26 current chat models plus image and video models — cheaper than stacking a dedicated research tool and a dedicated image generator. Max at $49.90/mo billed monthly only makes sense if you routinely exhaust 2,000 credits. Teams needing seats and admin controls are better served by an enterprise platform, and Mac-only users should factor that the Desktop app isn't a paid add-on, it's included at every tier.
In short
Clico — Screen-aware AI creative studio that reads your screen to run deep research and generate images, video, websites, and browser games. Best for Mac and Chrome users who want answers about the page or file already open, Researchers needing web-sourced answers cross-checked against their own files with citations, Creators generating or animating images and short video from a reference found on a page. Free to start; paid plans from $19.9/mo.
What's new in Clico
Checked 4 days agoAcross the latest 3 updates: 1 feature update and 2 launches.
Clico adds website and game builder in Clico Web
Website and game builder launched: prompt to static site or browser game, preview, refine, publish. Pro and Max get ZIP source download.
Clico launches image and video creator
Image generation, photo editing, video generation and image-to-video added to Clico Web composer with model and setting selection. Video requires Pro or Max.
Clico adds Library and Gallery views
Gallery collects image and video examples with reusable prompts; Library stores user work and saved references.
What people actually say about Clico — is it worth it?
We scanned public community sources for Clico on Jul 28, 2026 and could not establish that the discussion we found is about this tool rather than something else sharing its name. Our own analysis of that scan says the posts were off-subject. Rather than publish a sentiment score built on the wrong subject, we publish nothing here and re-run the scan.
Viability Score
How well maintained and how widely used is Clico? Built from what the vendor actually publishes (docs, changelog, tutorials, integrations, pricing), whether the site is live, and how much real users discuss it. How we calculate this
Last calculated: October 2026
How we score →Key Features
- Screen context from your active page, app, file, or text selection
- Clico Chrome Extension that works beside any page and inside text boxes
- Clico Desktop for Mac reaching across local apps and files
- Clico Web workspace for chat, research, files, images and video
- Deep Research with web search, page opening and attached source links
- Cross-checks research findings against your uploaded files and attachments
- Reads PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, MD, CSV and XLSX files — up to 10 per request, 8MB each
- AI image generation from a prompt or reference images
- AI image editor that changes photos from a natural-language description
- AI video generation and image to video with saved render jobs (Pro and Max)
- AI music generation from the Clico Web composer
- AI website builder for static sites and frontend applications
- AI browser game builder with preview, refine and publish
- 3D model generation listed among Clico's creation tools
- Gallery of reusable image and video prompts; Library for generated media, summaries and highlights
About Clico
Clico is a screen-aware AI creative studio that reads what's already in front of you instead of asking you to paste it into a chatbot. It runs across three surfaces: a Clico Web browser workspace for chat, Deep Research and media projects, the Clico Chrome Extension that works beside the page you're reading (and inside any text box), and Clico Desktop for Mac that reaches across local apps and files. Credits are shared across all three. The creation side goes well past chat. From the Clico Web composer you can generate images, edit a photo from a natural-language description, generate video, animate a still, write music, build a static website or frontend app, or make a playable browser game. The September 2026 builder update added a + menu option for websites and games where you preview, refine, publish, unpublish, and download source as a ZIP of code plus a built preview on Pro and Max. Backend services, accounts and payments are not included — you wire those up yourself. 3D model generation is listed among Clico's tools. Deep Research is the other half: ask conversationally and Clico searches the web, opens the useful pages, cross-checks findings against your attachments, and keeps source links attached. You can attach PDF, DOCX, PPTX, TXT, MD, CSV and XLSX files — up to ten per request, 8MB each and 20MB combined — plus images, audio or video when the chosen model supports it. Model choice is unusually broad at this price. Free gives you 7 current chat models and 200 monthly credits; Pro ($19.90/mo billed monthly) and Max ($49.90/mo billed monthly, 5,000 credits) unlock all 27 current chat models plus image and video models from OpenAI, Google, ByteDance, xAI, Black Forest Labs, Kling, MiniMax, Runway and Alibaba. It is built for browser-heavy individual creators, not teams. Alternatives like ChatGPT, Gemini or Claude bundle some of this, but they don't read your active screen or run a website and game builder off one credit pool.
Behind the Verdict
Where Clico wins is the screen-context habit. Invoke it next to the page you're on, and you skip the step of explaining what you mean — for writers in Google Docs, researchers parsing a PDF, or support staff answering in Gmail or Notion, that's the whole point. The team behind it clearly built for one more thing too: keeping a brief and its references in one composer and reusing them across image, video, music, website and game outputs. We'd reach for Pro rather than Free almost immediately. Free caps at 200 credits and 7 chat models, and video simply isn't available there. Pro at $19.90/mo gets 2,000 credits, all 27 chat models, enhanced routing, Video mode, and ZIP source downloads for site and game projects. Max at $49.90/mo is the same access with 5,000 credits — worth it only if you're doing regular video or volume image work. Clico's own estimates suggest roughly 500 GPT Image 2.5 images or 20 Seedance 2.0 Mini clips per Pro month, so heavy video users should do the math before committing. Closest alternative depends on your job. If you mostly need research with citations, Perplexity is a cleaner fit and cheaper to reason about. If you want the broadest frontier-model access in a chat window, Poe does that without the screen awareness. Clico's differentiator is combining both with actual creative output — images, video, music, a publishable website, a browser game — off one credit pool shared across Web, Extension and Desktop. No competitor we track does all of that in one place today. What bites: the desktop app is Mac-only, so Windows and Linux users live in Clico Web. The Chrome Extension is Chromium-only. Nothing is published about SSO, admin seats or centralized usage controls, so teams should look elsewhere — this is a single-player tool by design. And
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Real-world workflow fit
Concrete scenarios for the personas Clico actually fits — and what changes day-one when you adopt it.
You open a long Gmail thread, press ⌘O, and let Clico read the context before drafting a reply in the same window, then auto-type it into Google Docs at a controlled pace.
Outcome: You ship a contextually accurate reply without copy-pasting the thread into a chatbot or losing the client's original wording.
You ask a question conversationally, upload your own source PDFs, and Clico searches the web, opens the useful pages, checks findings against your files, and returns numbered citations inside one conversation.
Outcome: You get an answer where every claim is traceable to a source or to your own documents, shareable as a single link.
You find a reference image on a page, use Image to prompt in the Chrome Extension to extract an editable prompt, then generate a finished image and a short video in Clico Web from the same composer.
Outcome: Reference to finished, watermark-free asset inside one tool, with the media saved in Library for reuse as a reference in the next request.
Use Cases
- Draft a Gmail reply by pressing ⌘O and letting Clico read the thread context.
- Summarize a long research article into bullet points without leaving the page.
- Ask questions about selected text on any website and get answers in a popup.
- Turn a room photo into a labeled isometric cutaway with room sizes.
- Recreate a seaside photo as an animated scene keeping the same two subjects.
- Generate product visuals, posters, or scenes from a prompt or reference image.
- Build and publish a portfolio site or playable browser game from a description.
- Share one conversation link containing the messages, sources, and generated images.
Models Under the Hood
as of 2026-10-17
Limitations
- Free plan includes 200 credits/month, 7 current web chat models and standard routing, while Pro ($19.90/mo, 2,000 credits) and Max ($49.90/mo, 5,000 credits) include all 29 current models, enhanced routing and Video mode.
- Credits are issued monthly and shared across Web, Chrome Extension and Desktop for Mac; image and video estimates are alternative uses of the same allowance, not separate quotas, so heavy image use reduces available video capacity.
- Video generation requires Pro or Max.
- Video editing uploads are capped at 100 MB MP4 files.
as of 2026-10-03
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Plans compared
For each published Clico tier: who it actually fits, and what it adds vs. the previous tier. Cross-reference the cost calculator above for projected annual outlay.
Free
$0/mo
Ideal for
Solo Mac or Chrome user who wants to test screen-aware chat and image generation before paying anything — no card required.
What this tier adds
Starting tier: 200 credits per month, 6 current chat models, Image generation only, standard routing — Video mode requires Pro or Max.
Pro
$19.90/mo billed monthly
Ideal for
Regular individual creator or researcher producing images, video, and websites every week and needing the full model list.
What this tier adds
Adds 2,000 credits/month, all 26 current chat models, every paid image and video model, enhanced routing, Video mode, and ZIP source download on website and game projects.
Max
$49.90/mo billed monthly
Ideal for
Heavy solo operator who exhausts 2,000 credits partway through the month, typically running frequent video renders.
What this tier adds
Same model list and routing as Pro with 2.5x the credits — 5,000 per month, roughly 1,250 GPT Image 2.5 images or 50 Seedance 2.0 Mini videos.
Where the pricing makes sense
The company stage and team size where Clico's pricing actually pencils out — and where peers do it cheaper.
Pro at $19.90/mo billed monthly sits at indie-tool pricing while bundling all 26 current chat models plus image and video models — cheaper than stacking a dedicated research tool and a dedicated image generator. Max at $49.90/mo billed monthly only makes sense if you routinely exhaust 2,000 credits. Teams needing seats and admin controls are better served by an enterprise platform, and Mac-only users should factor that the Desktop app isn't a paid add-on, it's included at every tier.
Setup time & first value
How long it actually takes to get something useful out of Clico — broken out by persona, not the marketing-page minute.
Chrome Extension: about two minutes — add to Chrome, sign in, press the shortcut on any page. Free Clico Web account: under five minutes with no card required, and you can generate your first image immediately. Clico Desktop for Mac: roughly five to ten minutes to install and grant the app the permissions it needs to reach local files and other apps. First image or research answer typically lands
Switching to or from Clico
How to bring data in from common predecessors and how to get it back out — written for the switcher, not the buyer.
- →From Perplexity: point Clico's Deep Research at the same questions and upload the files you used to cross-check in a separate tab.
- →From ChatGPT or Claude in a browser tab: switch to the Chrome Extension so the open page becomes the context instead of a pasted prompt.
- →From Midjourney or a standalone image tool: move reference-image work into Clico Web, where the same credit pool also covers video and websites.
- →From a copy-paste research-and-write workflow: use ⌘O inside Gmail, Google Docs, Notion, or Slack so the surrounding thread is read directly.
- ↗To Perplexity: export your cited research conversations if you only need text answers and not image, video, or site generation.
- ↗To Midjourney or a dedicated image tool: leave if prompt-only image quality matters more than sharing one credit pool with research.
- ↗To a desktop publishing or site builder: move published sites over if you need hosted databases, accounts, or payments rather than static frontend output.
- ↗To a team AI platform: leave if you need SSO, admin seats, and centralized usage controls for a group, since Clico sells to individuals.
Integrations
Resources & Guides
Tutorials & Learning
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Clico vs Gem
Gem and Clico serve entirely different needs. Gem is an AI-first recruiting platform for talent teams needing an all-in-one ATS/CRM with agentic AI. Clico is a lightweight Chrome extension for anyone wanting AI writing assistance across the web. Choose Gem if you manage high-volume hiring and need AI sourcing, screening, and fraud detection. Choose Clico if you are a writer, researcher, or student seeking frictionless AI help inside your browser for free.
Clico vs Poke Interaction Co
If your daily grind is writing long documents, emails, or research notes inside a browser, Clico’s no-tab-switching auto-typing is a game-changer. If you prefer managing your life from messaging apps—email, calendar, health data, automations—Poke’s chat-based assistant and proactive features are unmatched. Pick the one that matches your workflow habitat.
Clico vs Letterhead
If you're an individual writer, researcher, or student who wants AI help in any browser text field without switching tabs, Clico's free tier is a no-brainer — it works everywhere in Chrome. But if you're a team scaling multiple newsletters and need portfolio analytics, AI curation, and revenue management, Letterhead's enterprise platform (custom pricing) is the clear choice. Different tools for different jobs.
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