AI chat assistants
General-purpose assistants for questions, writing, analysis and everyday tasks. 34 tools, in our ranking order.
Updated 9 October 2026 Top three Moving up Moving downHow rankings work
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#1
ChatGPT (moving up)
General-purpose AI assistant for questions, writing, analysis, images and voice.
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Claude (moving up)
AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding help and working with long documents.
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Gemini (moving up)
Google's AI assistant, connected to Search and Google apps like Gmail, Docs and Drive.
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Microsoft's free AI assistant on the web, Windows and mobile, with web-grounded answers.
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PerplexityEditor’s pick
Answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources.
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Mistral AI's assistant, built on its own models, with web search and document tools.
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Free chat assistant from DeepSeek, whose models are also released with open weights.
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xAI's assistant with real-time search across the web and posts on X.
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Run open models such as Llama, Gemma and Mistral locally on your own computer.
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Chat app for talking with community-made AI characters or creating your own.
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#11
Try Kimi K3 to build playable multiplayer and 3D games, create consulting grade slides, and run parallel tasks with Swarm and Goal to get more work done.
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Details coming soon.
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Use leading AI models in one place to chat, write, translate, research, and create with Monica on the web, in browser extensions, and on desktop and mobile.
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Bionic is LM Studio's agent for work and code.
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Why pay $20/month for just one AI model? ChatPlayground.ai gives you access to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and more!
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Use ChatGPT, Claude, and other AIs, privately.
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Build AI Agents in minutes that qualify leads, support customers and connect with your stack.
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Build a meaningful connection with Replika, your free AI friend for conversation, support, and exploring everyday life.
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Compare options with AI and get structured analysis, scores, and clear reasoning to make clearer decisions with confidence for ideas, content, product, and everyday choices.
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Your personal ChatGPT for all your files on Mac
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#23
It sees what you can't. It remembers what you won't.
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Littlebird remembers everything across your meetings, messages, docs, and apps, then takes action so you can recall any detail and never lose context.
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Jan is an open-source alternative to ChatGPT.
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Run AI on your own terms. Connect any model, extend with code, and protect what matters without compromise.
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A free, private AI assistant that runs on your device.
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Transform your workflow with BrainSoup! Create custom AI agents to handle tasks and automate processes through natural language.
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#29
Details coming soon.
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#30
For more demos, please check our YouTube channel.
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Stop configuring your AI stack. Start using it.
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LLM inference in C/C++. Contribute to ggml-org/llama.cpp development by creating an account on GitHub.
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LocalAI is the open source AI engine. Run any model, LLMs, vision, voice, image and video, on any hardware.
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#34
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