4.2 Good
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysing and thinking through documents.
The best AI assistants
Which general-purpose assistant suits my day to day, and why pay for one?
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Side by side
| Tool | Price | Free trial | Platforms | Rating | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | Free + from $17 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitClaude (opens in a new tab) | |
| Gemini | Free + from $4.99 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Chrome | VisitGemini (opens in a new tab) | |
| ChatGPT | Free + from $20 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitChatGPT (opens in a new tab) | |
| DeepSeek | Free | No | Web, iOS, Android | VisitDeepSeek (opens in a new tab) | |
| Z.ai (GLM) | Free + from $18 | No | Web | VisitZ.ai (GLM) (opens in a new tab) | |
| Kimi | Free + from $19 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitKimi (opens in a new tab) | |
| YesChat | Free + from $8 | No | Web | VisitYesChat (opens in a new tab) |
One by one
4.2 Good
Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Drive and Android.
4.1 Good
The AI assistant that covers the most ground.
4.1 Good
The Chinese assistant running V4 with open weights, completely free.
4.1 Good
The assistant behind the GLM models, with its weights published openly.
3.8 Fair
Moonshot's assistant with a million-token context window.
3.4 Fair
GPT, Claude, Gemini and video generators under a single subscription.
Where this fits
This segment belongs to Assistants. We compare within the segment and not within the category, because a whole category mixes tools nobody would put side by side to choose between.