Using a tool
Swapping the model
The pill in the card header changes which engine runs, and rerunning the same input across two of them is the fastest way to pick.
You have written the prompt, you have a result, and it is nearly right in a way you cannot name. Swap the model in the card header, press Run again, and compare two readings of the same words side by side on the canvas. Model behaviour differs wildly per task, and no ranking survives contact with a specific job. ## Where the pill is At the top of the card, showing the engine that will run. Click it for the alternatives, pick one, and everything else on the card stays exactly as you left it. Some cards carry a lot behind that pill: | Card | What sits behind the pill | |---|---| | edit-images | Nano Banana in four sizes, GPT Image 2 and 1.5, FLUX 2 Pro and Max, Seedream 5 Pro, Reve Remix, P Image, Qwen Image 3 | | text-to-image | Nano Banana Pro, FLUX 2 Pro and Max, Recraft 4, GPT Image 2 and 1.5, Qwen 2 and 3, Ideogram v4 | | 3d-gen | Hunyuan 3.1, Tripo 3.1 HD, Tripo P1, Trellis 1 and 2, Meshy 7, Rodin Gen-2.5, plus text-to-3D variants | | image-upscale | P Image Upscale, SeedVR2, and two flavours of Topaz | ## Model pills and mode pills Some cards have a **model** pill and some have a **mode** pill. They look alike and do different things. A **model** pill changes the engine. Behind the card a different generator runs, with its own settings and its own price. A **mode** pill keeps the same engine and changes the brief. **describe** has a motion mode for video beside its image mode; **variations** has six axes. Same model underneath, different instructions to it. :::note[Why the settings panel changes when you swap] Each model brings its own controls, so swapping can add settings, remove them, or replace a whole section. On the Ideogram alternative in text-to-image the shared prompt box disappears entirely, because that model has its own layout canvas and compiles the prompt itself. ::: ## The comparison habit The workflow the pill is built for: 1. Write the prompt once and run it 2. Lock the card so it stays open 3. Swap the pill, press Run again 4. Repeat for the two or three engines you suspect Locked, every result lands in its own slot in a collecting frame rather than replacing the last one, so you end with a row of the same prompt read four ways. [Locking a card](/docs/using-plnty/using-a-tool/locking-a-card/) covers that. :::caution[Price moves with the pill] Swapping changes the number beside Run, sometimes by a lot. A draft-tier engine and a flagship on the same card can sit an order of magnitude apart, so glance at the pill before the second press. ::: ## When the pill is the whole tool A few cards exist mainly to put engines side by side. **3d-gen** is one drop zone in front of ten 3D generators, and its value is that "which one handles my object best" becomes one drop and four presses instead of four separate setups.You have written the prompt, you have a result, and it is nearly right in a way you cannot name. Swap the model in the card header, press Run again, and compare two readings of the same words side by side on the canvas.
Model behaviour differs wildly per task, and no ranking survives contact with a specific job.
Where the pill is
Section titled “Where the pill is”At the top of the card, showing the engine that will run. Click it for the alternatives, pick one, and everything else on the card stays exactly as you left it.
Some cards carry a lot behind that pill:
| Card | What sits behind the pill |
|---|---|
| edit-images | Nano Banana in four sizes, GPT Image 2 and 1.5, FLUX 2 Pro and Max, Seedream 5 Pro, Reve Remix, P Image, Qwen Image 3 |
| text-to-image | Nano Banana Pro, FLUX 2 Pro and Max, Recraft 4, GPT Image 2 and 1.5, Qwen 2 and 3, Ideogram v4 |
| 3d-gen | Hunyuan 3.1, Tripo 3.1 HD, Tripo P1, Trellis 1 and 2, Meshy 7, Rodin Gen-2.5, plus text-to-3D variants |
| image-upscale | P Image Upscale, SeedVR2, and two flavours of Topaz |
Model pills and mode pills
Section titled “Model pills and mode pills”Some cards have a model pill and some have a mode pill. They look alike and do different things.
A model pill changes the engine. Behind the card a different generator runs, with its own settings and its own price.
A mode pill keeps the same engine and changes the brief. describe has a motion mode for video beside its image mode; variations has six axes. Same model underneath, different instructions to it.
The comparison habit
Section titled “The comparison habit”The workflow the pill is built for:
- Write the prompt once and run it
- Lock the card so it stays open
- Swap the pill, press Run again
- Repeat for the two or three engines you suspect
Locked, every result lands in its own slot in a collecting frame rather than replacing the last one, so you end with a row of the same prompt read four ways. Locking a card covers that.
When the pill is the whole tool
Section titled “When the pill is the whole tool”A few cards exist mainly to put engines side by side. 3d-gen is one drop zone in front of ten 3D generators, and its value is that “which one handles my object best” becomes one drop and four presses instead of four separate setups.