Best budget AI subscription for an engineering student: Plus, Poe, or something else?
A second-year engineering student who uses AI for assignments, exam prep, projects and coding asks which subscription fits a student budget: ChatGPT Plus, Poe, or another option. One good subscription beats three mediocre ones, and Plus is the safest default because it covers chat, coding help and image work in one place. Poe only pays off if you genuinely switch between many models every week, and university licences are worth checking first since schools often pay for tools students never look at.