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AI tools for “Chat & assistants”: list and how to choose
General assistants can write, summarize, translate and analyze. When choosing, consider the ecosystem you already use (Google, Microsoft or independent), file and document length limits, the data policy of the exact plan you use, and whether you hit usage caps in a normal month.
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11 tools in this category
- ChatGPT FreemiumEditor's pick
General-purpose assistant from OpenAI for writing, analysis, coding, files and images. Visit website ↗ - Claude FreemiumEditor's pick
Anthropic's assistant, strong at long documents, careful writing and code. Visit website ↗ - Gemini FreemiumEditor's pick
Google's multimodal assistant, integrated with Workspace and Search. Visit website ↗ - DeepSeek Free
Chinese lab's assistant known for strong reasoning at low cost; open-weight models. Visit website ↗ - Grok Freemium
xAI's assistant with real-time access to posts on X. Visit website ↗ - Kimi Free
Moonshot AI's assistant, popular for long-document reading. Visit website ↗ - Meta AI Free
Meta's free assistant, also built into WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. Visit website ↗ - Microsoft Copilot Freemium
Microsoft's assistant across Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365. Visit website ↗ - Mistral Le Chat Freemium
Assistant from European lab Mistral AI. Visit website ↗ - Poe Freemium
Use many AI models and custom bots in one app. Visit website ↗ - Qwen Chat Free
Alibaba's Qwen assistant, with a large open-weight model family. Visit website ↗
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