# The best AI assistants

> Which general-purpose assistant suits my day to day, and why pay for one?

- Canonical: https://serchai.com/en/best-ai/ai-assistants/
- Site: Serchai (https://serchai.com) — AI tools comparator
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-07-26

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> **The question this segment answers:** Which general-purpose assistant suits my day to day, and why pay for one?

## Ranking

1. [Claude](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/claude/) — 4.2/5 · Free + from $17 — Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysing and thinking through documents.
2. [Gemini](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/gemini/) — 4.2/5 · Free + from $4.99 — Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Drive and Android.
3. [ChatGPT](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/chatgpt/) — 4.1/5 · Free + from $20 — The AI assistant that covers the most ground.
4. [DeepSeek](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/deepseek/) — 4.1/5 · Free — The Chinese assistant running V4 with open weights, completely free.
5. [Z.ai (GLM)](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/glm/) — 4.1/5 · Free + from $18 — The assistant behind the GLM models, with its weights published openly.
6. [Kimi](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/kimi/) — 3.8/5 · Free + from $19 — Moonshot's assistant with a million-token context window.
7. [YesChat](https://serchai.com/en/reviews/yeschat/) — 3.3/5 · Free + from $8 — GPT, Claude, Gemini and video generators under a single subscription.