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AI Models Guide

When to Use What & Token Limits

Updated over 2 months ago

What You Need to Know

Poppy gives you access to the best AI models - each one built for different jobs. Think of them like different tools in a toolbox. You wouldn't use a hammer to cut wood, right? Same deal here.

The Models at a Glance

Model

Best Use Cases

Credit Spending

Token Limit

Claude 4 Sonnet

Excels at writing long-form content, scripts, and detailed blog posts with consistent tone and style.

Normal

200k

Claude 4.5 Sonnet

Best all-around model for content creators, handling everything from social media posts to video scripts efficiently.

Normal

200k

Claude 4.5 Opus

Most powerful for complex creative projects like book writing, comprehensive course creation, and brand strategy development.
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** this model is only available for customers who have upgraded (starter, creator, power user).

Normal

200k

Claude 3.7 Sonnet

Ideal for quick content generation like captions, email newsletters, and social media content with good quality-to-speed ratio.

Normal

200k

GPT-5

Most advanced reasoning, creativity, multimodal, better memory & adaptability

Normal

400k

GPT-40

Best for real-time content creation, live streaming support, and quick turnaround social media content with multimodal capabilities.

Normal

128k

Gemini 2.5 Pro

Exceptional at analyzing entire video transcripts, massive research documents, and creating comprehensive content series from large datasets.

Normal

1 million

Grok 3

Specialized in trending topic content, real-time social media optimization, and creating content that leverages current events.

Normal

~128k

GPT-5 Mini

Perfect for content creators on a budget who need fast, quality content for daily posting and basic creative tasks.

Low

~128k

Image Generation Models

Model

Best Use Cases

Credit Spending

GPT Cheap 1

Best for fast, simple image generations like basic objects, icons, or rough visual concepts with minimal prompt detail.

Best Price

NanoBanano

Ideal for standard image creation such as social media graphics, product mockups, and single-subject illustrations with moderate prompt detail.

Cheap

NanoBanano Pro

Best for high-detail image generation including complex scenes, multiple subjects, strong style control, reference images, and precise composition instructions.

Normal


What Are Token Limits?

Think of tokens as the "memory capacity" of each AI model.

Here's what counts toward your token limit:

  • Everything you have attached to your chat (documents, videos, links, etc.)

  • Your chat history with that AI

So if you've been in one chat for a while and your conversation history is super long, you might hit the token limit even with nothing attached to your chat.

When You Hit the Overload Limit

If you see an "overload limit" error, don't panic. It just means you're trying to feed the AI more content than it can process at once.

For complete troubleshooting steps, check out our [Overload Limit Troubleshooting Guide] (coming soon)

How to Switch AI Models

Switching between models is dead simple. In your chat, look for the dropdown menu right under the text bar - it shows which AI model you're currently using.

To test different models:

  1. Send your prompt with the current AI model

  2. Click the dropdown and select a different model

  3. Send the same prompt again

  4. Compare the results to see which model works better for your specific task

This makes it super easy to find the perfect AI for whatever you're working on.

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