DATAKU vs Zams (formerly Obviously AI)

DATAKU is a data science site that tracks AI benchmarks, API pricing, and model releases, then packages the numbers into free calculators and downloadable datasets. The homepage archives articles on inference costs, funding rounds, and head-to-head model comparisons, while the Tools section hosts eight utilities such as an LLM cost calculator, benchmark decoder, and model graveyard.

Most AI news sites summarize press releases. DATAKU cross-references provider docs, leaderboard scores, and its own pricing tables, which is why the downloadable datasets page lists 48-row pricing histories and 62-row benchmark score tables under CC BY 4.0 licenses.

Data analysts, ML engineers, and buyers use DATAKU when they need cost-per-token math, benchmark context, or CSV exports instead of marketing claims. The About page describes the project as benchmark and pricing tracking run by a former Tokyo data analyst.

Obviously AI rebranded to Zams in February 2025. The original no-code data science platform that built classification, regression, and time-series models from CSV uploads in minutes is now archived at obviously.ai. The live product at zams.com is an AI worker platform for sales and revenue teams.

The archived Obviously AI product targeted analysts who needed churn prediction, lead scoring, and dynamic pricing without Python. Zams pivoted entirely to named AI workers like Evan for meeting prep and Atlas for CRM hygiene, connected to Salesforce, HubSpot, email, and calendar through plain-English commands rather than model-building dashboards.

Revenue teams evaluating sales automation are the current audience. Evan starts at $50 per month for meeting intelligence, while the automation platform Basic plan runs $125 per month with 1,000 agent tasks. The free tier on the archived site offered 1,200 predictions for hobbyists, but new signups route to Zams.