Chatbots & assistants
Conversational assistants that answer, reason and create.
18 tools
AI conversational assistants answer, reason, write and create from a simple chat. They've become the Swiss-army knife of digital life.
Versatility and ecosystem (ChatGPT), writing and analysis (Claude), Google integration (Gemini), sourced and up-to-date answers (Perplexity): each has its strength. Here's how to choose for your use.
Tools in this category
Claude
The assistant that shines at long-form writing and reasoning.
ChatGPT
The all-round AI assistant that started the wave.
Perplexity
The answer engine that always cites its sources.
Google DeepMind
Google's AI lab and its whole model lineup: Gemini, Veo, Imagen, Nano Banana.
Gemini
Google's AI assistant, woven into your whole ecosystem.
NotebookLM
Google's research assistant grounded in YOUR documents.
Mistral (Le Chat)
The French AI assistant: fast and privacy-minded.
DeepSeek
The low-cost frontier LLM: free chat and a very cheap API.
Groq
The fastest AI inference, at an unbeatable price.
Grok
xAI's conversational assistant, built into X.
OpenRouter
A single API key for hundreds of AI models.
Manus
An autonomous AI agent that completes tasks end to end.
Microsoft Copilot
The AI assistant woven into Microsoft 365 and the web.
Dify
NewThe open-source platform to build LLM apps and agents.
Genspark
An AI 'super agent' that researches, synthesizes and acts for you.
Cohere
Generative AI built for enterprise and RAG.
Hume AI
The AI voice that understands (and expresses) emotion.
You.com
An AI search engine with sources and multiple models.
Frequently asked questions
- What's the best AI assistant?
- ChatGPT for versatility, Claude for writing and analysis, Perplexity for sourced research, Gemini for the Google ecosystem.
- Are these assistants free?
- All have a generous free tier; subscriptions (~$20/mo) unlock the most powerful models.
- Can you trust them?
- They're very useful but can be wrong: verify important information, especially numbers or legal points.