Pickaxe Reviews

Look at these reviews. Changed terms. Suggesting people now pay monthly sub to support. Maybe propose terms PRIOR to purchase, and allow people to decide. The old switcheroo. And again: where is App Sumo?

It all looked super promising, but now you are limited to what models you can use. There were some red flags when they first came on AppSumo initially (see Q&A history), but then AppSumo let them come again and they have just exploited a large portion of the community.

And yes, you are limited to cheap and poor models that are practically useless for any reasonable operation. You can select better models from their website options, but you are not getting them; it's a gimmick product now.

Support is either vague and unclear or full of brown one.

The question now, is AppSumo going to do anything about it? Or is it going to be common practice here?

This is a solid product, well thought through and creates good bots (pickaxes) .. but... I am not going to use it because, they have opted to restrict the LLM you can use even if on BYOK. Currently, I want to use Open AI 4.1 but blocked. I have to assume that we as LTD buyers will always be prevented from using latest LLMs for no practical, logistical, financial reason and therefore, always behind our competition. This is clearly to push LTD buyers into a subscription package.. I bought the highest tier on here so nowhere else to go to unlock using my BYOK. I have emailed, left a question on here.. but the reply was merely this is limited to the Pro tier. I am now using AgenticFlow which does not have any restrictions when using BYOK. Shame really

So we had done some basic testing with Pickaxe and it has a lot of promise! We were excited to start working on our project now. Then suddenly we login and there is a huge "Migrate Now" window -- which is almost impossible to bypass. So I was like "Sure, I'll migrate".... UNTIL... UNTIL I saw our plan basically gutted to what's nearly equivalent to their "Free" plan on their website. So paying a decent sum for the top tier on AppSumo nets us a nearly free plan. Everythign is downgraded to where it's almost useless. So Surely, I thought this was a mistake. So I've emailed.... and well, you guessed it. No Response. So I know APPSUMO has a guarantee for when an app closes. While Pickaxe hasn't closed (yet) --- it's effectively useless and may as well be considered closed. So I'm hoping AppSumo will listen to people when they start pointing this out. We'll see!

I’m frustrated with the recent changes made to the pickaxe system after the upgrade. The new restrictions have limited my ability to use the pickaxes as I’ve intended, and despite purchasing add-ons with the expectation that they would be functional, I’ve found that they do not meet my needs anymore. I've invested significant time into this, and the unexpected changes have made it difficult to adapt, leaving me feeling uncertain about the value of my purchases in this evolving landscape.