Arguium vs Cluely

These two products are in the same category — an always-on-top AI overlay that helps you during live conversations, rather than a bot that files a summary afterwards. The meaningful differences are what hiding from screen sharing costs, and whether your data has to pass through the vendor.

Cluely figures checked on 6 October 2026 against their pricing page. Pricing changes — verify there before deciding. Arguium’s own prices are listed on our download page.

Where Cluely is the better choice

• Cluely’s Pro tier advertises unlimited AI responses. Arguium’s paid plan is metered at 300 credits a day, which is a lot but is not the word "unlimited". If you want one flat fee and no counter anywhere, that is a real difference — though Arguium’s own-key mode removes the cap entirely at your provider’s rates.
• Cluely is the more heavily marketed product in this category, which means more written about it, more videos, and more people who already know what it is.

Where Arguium is the better choice

• Hiding from screen sharing is not an upsell. Cluely lists it at $149.99/month on monthly billing, on top of Pro. Arguium’s stealth mode is part of Premium at $10/month, not a separate add-on. On Windows it hides Arguium from capture; on macOS, some apps can still capture it.
• Your data can skip us entirely. Bring your own Gemini or OpenAI key and requests go from your machine to your provider account without touching Arguium’s infrastructure.
• It works with local models. Point Arguium at a local Ollama model for chat.
• Screen understanding, not just audio. Capture a region, queue several captures, and ask one question spanning all of them.