Bearing

Bearing helps you find the right AI model for your task. Describe what you want to do, tell us what matters to you, and get a ranked shortlist with transparent scoring you can understand and trust.

Whether you're choosing a model for the first time or wondering if your current one is the best fit, Bearing gives you clear, honest recommendations across 29 models from 12 providers — scored on quality, cost, speed, privacy, sustainability, transparency, and capability.

What can you do with Bearing?

• Get a recommendation — Describe your task, rank your priorities, and see which models are the best fit
• Validate your current model — Find out if you're overpaying or missing a better option
• Compare two models head-to-head — Same prompt, two models, real outputs side by side. You decide which is better.
• Browse the model registry — Explore 29 models with full capability, pricing, transparency, and sustainability data

The open dataset

Every recommendation, selection, and preference vote is collected as anonymised data and published openly. No raw text, no prompts, no personal information — just task types, priorities, model choices, and outcomes.

This dataset is available to anyone building routing, recommendation, or evaluation tools. Download it from the Data page on the main site.

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The Good Ship — CC BY-NC 4.0