AI Chat Assistants
Compare by ModelConsumer AI assistants for chat, search, research and writing — from first-party apps like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini to multi-model hubs that bundle many models under one subscription.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's AI assistant with built-in image generation via GPT Image 1.5 and DALL-E.
Go $8/mo (may include ads); Plus $20/mo; Pro from $100/mo (3 usage tiers, up to $200/mo); Business and Enterprise per-seat
Gemini
Google's AI assistant with built-in image generation via Imagen and Nano Banana models.
Google AI Plus $4.99/mo; Google AI Pro $19.99/mo; Google AI Ultra $99.99/mo (5x Pro limits) or $199.99/mo (20x)
Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis and coding, with Projects, Artifacts, Research and Claude Code included on paid plans.
Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually); Max from $100/mo (5x or 20x Pro usage); Team $25/seat/mo ($20 annual), Team Premium $125/seat/mo
Perplexity
AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources, with a picker of frontier models, its own Sonar model, Deep Research and an agent mode.
Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed annually); Max $200/mo ($167/mo annual); Education Pro $10/mo; Enterprise Pro from $40/seat/mo
Grok
xAI's assistant with real-time X and web search, voice mode, Imagine image and video generation and the Grok Build coding agent, bundled with X subscriptions.
Plus $8/mo (basic shared usage); Premium $30/mo (4x Plus, latest models, image/video gen); Super $100/mo (15x); Ultra $200/mo (50x); Teams $30+/user/mo. Usage pool shared with Cursor, refreshes weekly
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's consumer AI assistant for chat, web search, voice and image creation, with higher limits and Office-app integration on Microsoft 365 plans.
Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/mo ($99.99/yr); Family $12.99/mo (AI for owner only); Premium $19.99/mo (highest limits, agentic research). Copilot Pro retired
Meta AI
Meta's free assistant on meta.ai, the Meta AI app, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, powered by Muse Spark with voice, live camera and image generation.
Free; availability varies by region. Separate Muse agent app (Power $20/mo, Max $100/mo) is not part of Meta AI
DeepSeek
Free chat app from DeepSeek running its open-weight V4 models, with Instant and Expert modes, 1M-token context and web search.
Consumer app free; no paid consumer plan. API is pay-as-you-go
Mistral Vibe
Mistral AI's assistant (formerly Le Chat), combining chat, search, image generation, Work mode agents and the Vibe coding agent for CLI, IDE and web.
Pro $14.99/mo (includes $15/mo API credits); Education $5.99/mo (verified students); Team $24.99/seat/mo; Enterprise custom
Poe
Quora's multi-model AI hub: one subscription gives points-metered access to hundreds of third-party text, image, video and audio models plus user-built bots.
Starter $4.99/mo (10K points/day); Premium $19.99/mo (660K points/mo); Premium Plus $49.99/mo (1.65M); Pro $99.99/mo (3.3M); Pro Max $249.99/mo (8.25M); ~17% off annual. Each bot has its own per-message point cost
Qwen Chat
Alibaba's free chat app for its Qwen models, with search, deep research, image and video generation, slides and web-dev artifacts.
Free. The China-market Qwen app has separate CNY office-assistant memberships
Kimi
Moonshot AI's chat and agent app built on Kimi K3, with documents, slides, deep research, agent swarms, website deployment and the Kimi Code coding agent.
Plus $19/mo; Pro $39/mo; Max $99/mo; Ultra $199/mo (annual $15/$31/$79/$159 per mo). Kimi Code on Plus and above
Z.ai Chat
Zhipu's free chat and agent app for its GLM models, with full-stack app building, slides, writing, data analysis and deep research.
Chat free. Separate GLM Coding Plan for coding tools: Lite $18/mo; Pro $80/mo; Max $168/mo (quarterly -20%, yearly -30%)
T3 Chat
Fast multi-model chat app with Claude, GPT, Gemini, Kimi and image models in one interface at a low flat monthly price.
Pro $8/mo unlocks all models