Vol. 1 · The independent index of creative AI
What's real, what's hype, and where you still win. An independent index, updated daily, of creative AI tools, the models inside them, the integrations between them, and how they actually perform.
Overwhelmed by tools? Start with what you make.
Pist is a living map of creative AI. Every day it matches each tool to the models underneath it and weighs it against what actually matters: features, integrations, capability, control, ownership, proof, cost and craft. Then it shows you the clearest path to a finished asset that looks and sounds like your brand.
We are independent. No vendor pays for coverage, placement or a score. Ever.
We exist for the people who make things — studios, agencies, brand teams and independent creators — so that you, not the tools, are in charge of how AI is used in your work.
From the Test Kitchen
Same brief. Same prompt. Three runs each. Here's what we circled.
RUN 1 · 7.3s
1. No propellers. Skims the porch at head height.
2. Golden hour. Nailed it.
RUN 2 · 7.5s
1. Hovers beside her. Bigger than she is.
RUN 3 · 7.5s
1. Now it is an egg, with made-up lettering. And this is the front yard.
RUN 1 · 6.3s
1. Small and high. Props spinning. On brief.
2. Rumpled mat. Flat light.
RUN 2 · 4.3s
1. Blue hour, not golden.
2. She is tiny. Static wide shot.
RUN 3 · 7.3s
1. The drone is gone. The tether stays.
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Tools indexed
55
Models tracked
47
Claims logged
2
Stacks tested
Live from the database. Zero means zero — we don't pad numbers.
The wire
Test Kitchen: Control measured with two repeat runs per model on the Halcyra product-film brief. Final Pist Scores: Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield 76, Kling 3.0 on Higgsfield 67.
source pendingCanva unveils Craft, its first foundation model built from scratch by Canva Research.
unite.ai ↗Reported: OpenAI shut the consumer Sora app in April 2026 and scheduled the API shutdown for September 2026. Several platforms still list Sora 2.
apiframe.ai ↗Why Pist
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