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Wabi alternatives for group chats with AI
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Wabi is an AI assistant you use together, in your group chat, and it makes plans, trackers, maps, lists and games right in the chat. If your group wants something else, here are six alternatives: Prom, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, Lovable and ChatGPT. Prom is a group chat where your group makes its own games and rituals, called Charms, by asking an AI named Delphi. Prom is ours, so it comes first; every line on these cards comes from a source listed under them.
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Discord
- Made for
- Playing games and hanging out with friends, up to worldwide communities4
- How a group’s conversation is organized
- Channels by topic, with threads that branch a conversation off a channel’s main feed5
- Making your own app or game
- Apps and Activities: web apps built with Discord’s Embedded App SDK6
- Price
- Free. Nitro is $2.99 or $9.99 a month in the US7
WhatsApp
- Made for
- Private messaging and calling, free and available all over the world8
- How a group’s conversation is organized
- Group chats; a Community brings related groups under one umbrella, with an announcement group to reach everyone9
- Making your own app or game
- The WhatsApp Business Platform Cloud API, to message and call programmatically10
- Price
- Free. Data charges may apply8
Telegram
- Made for
- Messaging, with a focus on speed and security11
- How a group’s conversation is organized
- Groups of up to 200,000 members, which can be split into topics, each with its own chat history11
- Making your own app or game
- Mini Apps: interfaces that launch right inside Telegram12
- Price
- Free. Premium is an optional paid subscription11
Lovable
- Made for
- Building and deploying web apps, from prototypes and internal tools to SaaS products13
- Making your own app or game
- Describe the app in a chat, and Lovable writes real code you can publish13
- Price
- Free: 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Pro from $25 a month14
ChatGPT
- Made for
- Questions, learning and everyday help, with work and code in the same place15
- How a group’s conversation is organized
- Individual conversations. Group chats are being retired: since July 9, 2026 nobody can create or join a new one, and existing ones will become read-only16
- Making your own app or game
- Write, debug and improve code, or build something new15
- Price
- Free to sign up, with plans for personal use and for business15
- www.prom.dev/, checked 2026-10-12
- www.prom.dev/llms.txt, checked 2026-10-12
- www.prom.dev/download, checked 2026-10-12
- discord.com/, checked 2026-10-12
- discord.com/blog/connect-the-conversation-with-threads-on-discord, checked 2026-10-12
- docs.discord.com/developers/activities/overview, checked 2026-10-12
- discord.com/nitro, checked 2026-10-12
- www.whatsapp.com/, checked 2026-10-13
- www.whatsapp.com/communities/learning, checked 2026-10-13
- developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/overview, checked 2026-10-13
- telegram.org/faq, checked 2026-10-13
- core.telegram.org/bots/webapps, checked 2026-10-13
- docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome, checked 2026-10-12
- docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans, checked 2026-10-12
- chatgpt.com/overview, checked 2026-10-13
- help.openai.com/en/articles/12703475-retiring-group-chats-in-chatgpt, checked 2026-10-13
Which one fits your group
- Prom, if your group has its own lore and rituals and wants each one to be a Charm, made by asking Delphi.
- Discord, if your group plays games and hangs out, and wants a channel for each topic.
- WhatsApp, if what you need is private messaging and calling.
- Telegram, if your group is very large: groups go up to 200,000 members and can be split into topics.
- Lovable, if you want to describe a web app in a chat and publish the code it writes.
- ChatGPT, if you want an AI for your own questions, learning and everyday help. Its group chats are being retired.
- Stay on Wabi, if you want an AI assistant you and your group use together, for plans, trackers, maps and lists.
Why pick Prom over Wabi
Both put an AI in the group chat that makes things for the group. In Prom, a Circle is one chat for everyone in it, and each thing the group does together is its own Charm: the sign-up that opens every Friday, the season table, the pet everyone has to keep alive. Any member can ask Delphi for one, and it lives inside the Circle. A Charm the Circle keeps coming back to becomes a ritual.
A Circle is at its best around 20 members, close enough that everyone knows everyone, but communities of hundreds have run on Prom too.
Twelve friends, one fantasy league, ten dollars each since 2017. They asked Delphi for a Charm that takes everyone’s picks before Sunday, keeps the standings, and holds a board where last week’s loser has to post a confession. The confessions are the reason nobody has quit.
For Prom and Wabi side by side, row by row, see Prom vs Wabi.
Questions
- What is a good Wabi alternative for a group chat?
- Prom is a group chat where your group makes its own games and rituals, called Charms, by asking an AI named Delphi. The whole group stays in one chat, and each thing you do together is its own Charm.
- What is the difference between Prom and Wabi?
- Both put an AI in a group chat that makes things for the group. Wabi is an AI assistant you use together, and it makes plans, trackers, maps, lists and games right in the chat. Prom is made for groups with their own lore and rituals: each activity lives in its own Charm, made by asking Delphi.
- Can I use ChatGPT in a group chat?
- Not a new one. ChatGPT is retiring group chats: since July 9, 2026, nobody can create or join a new one, and existing ones will become read-only. In Prom, a Circle is one chat for the whole group, and Delphi makes Charms for it.
- How big can a Circle be?
- A Circle is at its best around 20 members, but communities of hundreds have run on Prom.
- Is Prom free?
- Yes. Prom is free on iOS and Android, and it runs on the web.