I just use the API (well, via Openrouter) together with custom frontends like Open WebUI. No rate limiting issues then, and I can super easily switch models even in an existing conversation. Though I guess I do miss a few bells & whistles from the proprietary chat interfaces.

Does this have any sort of “project” concept? I frequently load a few pdfs into clause about a topic, then quiz it to improve my understanding. That’s about the only thing keeping me in their web UI