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Joute

Two AIs.One verdict.

Every AI tool tested for real. Sharp verdicts, transparent pricing, obsolescence risk. The whole market on the ring.

The independent AI tools review platform that actually tests each tool with a paid account.

Joute covers 848 AI tools — general-purpose models, code editors, autonomous agents, image, video and voice generators, no-code, MCP. Every listing is tested on a paid account, dated, sourced and scored out of ten. Prices are verified in euros, updated monthly and archived in the public changelog.

Our signature: we assign every tool an obsolescence risk out of ten, because half the market will be swallowed by ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini within eighteen months. No listicles that praise everything. No recycled ChatGPT prompts. Sharp verdicts, written from Paris.

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The Jouster·Updated 2026-06-12·12 min
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Joute's signature

We score theobsolescence risk of every tool.

Half of today's AI tools will be dead in eighteen months, swallowed by ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Every other comparison site gives everyone a gold star. We tell you which tools are going to die before you commit to a subscription.

On the chopping blockObsolescence score ≤ 5/10
WindsurfJasperCopy.aiIdeogramTraeSupermavenGreptilePieces
How we score it
Claude9/10
Long-term safe
Midjourney8/10
Solid
Windsurf4/10
Risky

Why not a different comparison site?

Three factual differences — no marketing.

Scoring

We give scores below 5

Most AI comparison sites hand out 8s and 9s to their whole catalog because a bad score kills affiliate revenue. On Joute, several tools are scored below 5. If we hate a tool, we say it.

Tool A8.5/10
Tool B6.2/10
Tool C3.9/10
Real test

Paid account, real screenshots, no demo

We pay for the Pro subscription of every tool we test in depth, capture in real usage, keep accounts open for weeks. Details at /method.

Pro subscription2026-05
Cursor · Claude · Midjourney
Monthly total155,00 €
Verdict

We tell you which tool is going to die

Our obsolescence score (out of 10) anticipates how quickly big models will eat this tool's lunch. You know before signing up whether it's worth a 12-month commitment.

Safe9/10
Watch it6/10
Risky3/10
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Who writes Joute

Le Jouteur

I test AI tools for real. Not a five-minute demo — weeks of daily use on actual projects, from Paris. I pay for my own subscriptions, I note what works, I say what doesn't.

No tool buys me. Affiliate links fund the site, never the verdict.

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Frequently asked

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What is Joute?

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Joute is an independent AI tools review platform. We test every tool on a paid account, score it 0–10, and flag its obsolescence risk so you don't waste a subscription. Who writes Joute.

How do you score tools?

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Five weighted factors: absorbability by big models (30%), product moat (25%), test verifiability (20%), distribution (15%), speed of evolution (10%). Final score out of 10, with an explicit point of view. Our full methodology.

Why an obsolescence score?

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Because half of today's AI tools will be swallowed by ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini in eighteen months. A tool with a 4/10 obsolescence score can be excellent today and irrelevant next year. We'd rather tell you before you pay.

Do affiliate links influence your scores?

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No. The scoring grid is public and applied before we even look for an affiliate program. Several 8+ rated tools have no affiliate deal; several affiliated tools are scored below 6. Our affiliate policy.

How often are prices updated?

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Every month. A script checks the pricing pages of every tracked tool, and every change is logged publicly in the changelog. 12-month price history charts are sourced via Wayback Machine.
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