Quick safety summary
Poe at a glance
63/100
teen
Ages 13+ per Poe/Quora terms; aggregates many third-party models and user-created bots including mature ones
Within intended range
Medium
Score 60/100
55/100
Inconsistent
Best use cases
- General-Purpose AI Assistant (LLM chatbot) workflows
- Personal exploration
Main risks
- No elevated risks identified.
Recommended for
Not ideal for
Product overview
How Poe works
Poe (by Quora) is an aggregator that gives users access to many underlying models (GPT-4, Claude, Gemini, Llama, Mistral, image and video models) plus a marketplace of user-created custom bots. Free tier and paid subscription tiers unlock higher-capability models.
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Risk intelligence
Risk level breakdown
Risk dimensions derived directly from the SafeGradeAI rubric scores (higher score = higher risk). Additional dimensions appear when entered by an evaluator.
Scores derived from the SafeGradeAI rubric. Methodology: read more.
Safety framework
Framework analysis
Five evaluation categories from the SafeGradeAI rubric. Each shows the rubric score, evaluator confidence, and (where documented) analysis, strengths, and concerns.
Strengths & concerns
Detailed pros & concerns
Strengths
- Access to multiple frontier models in one interface for AI literacy
- Underlying model is clearly labeled per response
- Users can delete conversations and control history
- Removed uncensored NSFW bots in 2024
Concerns
- Marketplace surfaces user-created bots of varying quality and appropriateness
- Companion, role-play, and personality bots are heavily represented
- No parental controls or child mode
- Prompts leave Poe to reach underlying model providers
Guidance at a glance
Recommendations for parents, teachers, and administrators
Parent guidance
For teens 13+, treat Poe as a general-purpose chat platform with a bot marketplace attitude closer to an app store. Discuss that bot personas do not equal safe content, and disable/uninstall if the teen gravitates toward companion or role-play bots.
Classroom-use recommendation
Not intended for classroom deployment. Could be useful for AI-literacy comparisons at the high-school level, but discovery of user-created bots is not appropriate for minors under adult supervision only.
School policy recommendation
Not recommended as a school-approved tool. If unblocked, cover in AUP and academic-integrity policy the same way you would cover ChatGPT plus a bot marketplace.
Trust & credibility
Evaluation integrity
Last reviewed
July 24, 2026
Report version
v1
Evaluator confidence
63/100
Monitoring
Active continuous monitoring
Methodology
Scored against the SafeGradeAI rubric covering privacy, moderation, generative safeguards, age-appropriate design, and transparency.
Read full methodology →Change log
- July 24, 2026Evaluation published.
Re-tested at least every 6 months and after any major release.
What changed since the previous evaluation
Reviewed July 24, 2026 · Confidence: high
- Initial SafeGradeAI evaluation published 2026-07-24.
Sources & citations
Every major claim in this evaluation is backed by at least one credible public source. Last reviewed July 24, 2026.
- 1Poe product page· poe.com
- 2Quora / Poe Privacy Policy· quora.com
- 3Poe Terms of Service· poe.com
- 4Poe Usage Guidelines· help.poe.com
Methodology
How this score was produced
Scored against the SafeGradeAI framework v2.5 across five dimensions — privacy, moderation, GenAI safeguards, age-appropriate design, and transparency — with COPPA, FERPA, and GDPR-K lenses. Independent. No vendor pay-for-rating.
Independent evaluation. SafeGradeAI does not accept payment from vendors for ratings.
Official website
Visit Poe directly
For the most current product capabilities, pricing, and policies, visit the official Quora, Inc. website.
poe.com