4.1 Good
Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Drive and Android.
The best AI assistants
Which general-purpose assistant suits my day to day, and why pay for one?
11 toolsUpdated on
Side by side
| Tool | Price | Free trial | Platforms | Rating | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini | Free + from $4.99 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Chrome | VisitGemini (opens in a new tab) | |
| DeepSeek | Free | No | Web, iOS, Android | VisitDeepSeek (opens in a new tab) | |
| Grok | Free + from $30 | No | Web, iOS, Android | VisitGrok (opens in a new tab) | |
| Qwen Studio | Free | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitQwen Studio (opens in a new tab) | |
| Claude | Free + from $17 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitClaude (opens in a new tab) | |
| Z.ai (GLM) | Free + from $18 | No | Web | VisitZ.ai (GLM) (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mistral Vibe | Free + from $14.99 | No | Web, iOS, Android | VisitMistral Vibe (opens in a new tab) | |
| ChatGPT | Free + from $20 | No | Web, iOS, Android, macOS, Windows | VisitChatGPT (opens in a new tab) | |
| Meta AI | Free | No | Web, iOS, Android | VisitMeta AI (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
4.1 Good
The Chinese assistant running V4 with open weights, completely free.
4.1 Good
xAI's assistant with real-time search, voice, images and video.
4.1 Good
Qwen's free assistant with research, images, video and visual editing.
4.0 Good
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysing and thinking through documents.
4.0 Good
The assistant behind the GLM models, with its weights published openly.
4.0 Good
The European assistant bringing work, research and code together.
3.9 Fair
The AI assistant that covers the most ground.
3.9 Fair
Meta's free assistant for chat, search and visual creation.
3.7 Fair
Moonshot's assistant with a million-token context window.
3.3 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.