Claude
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Personally UsedFree Plan Available
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis and coding, with Claude Code for software work.
Best for: Writing, research, coding and document work with long-form reasoning
ChatGPT
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Free Plan Available
OpenAI's conversational assistant for answering questions, drafting text and working through problems.
Last reviewed 11/1/2026
Overview
ChatGPT is OpenAI's AI assistant. You can chat with it, ask it to search the web, analyze files and data, create images, and run longer research or agent tasks. It has a free tier and paid plans for individuals, and Business and Enterprise plans for organizations that need admin and security controls.
Best For
General AI help: writing, analysis, images, coding and agent-style tasks
Key Features
- Web search, projects and study mode on the free tier
- Deep research and agent mode (Plus and above)
- Custom GPTs and scheduled tasks (Plus and above)
- Memory and data analysis
- Image generation
- Codex coding agent on Plus, Pro and Business
Pricing
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Free plan: Available
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Free plan with web search and projects
- Several individual tiers, from Go up to Pro
- Large app directory and spreadsheet extensions on paid plans
Cons
- Free tier limits messages, uploads, images and deep research
- Consumer-plan chats may be used for training unless you opt out
- Higher-end features need a paid plan
Alternatives
Gemini
AI Assistants & Chatbots
Free Plan Available
Google's AI assistant, connected to Google's apps and services.
Best for: AI assistance built into Google apps such as Gmail, Docs and Chrome
Related learning
- Compare the underlying models on the AI Intelligence Dashboard and AI model tracker.
