ChatGPT
OpenAI
The default general-purpose AI assistant with the largest ecosystem.
Assistants $20/mo
AI Assistants & Chat
General-purpose AI assistants for writing, research, coding, and everyday tasks. This is where most people start — and where most people overpay for overlap.
How to choose
Pick one primary assistant. ChatGPT is the safest default (largest ecosystem, easiest start); Claude is stronger for long-form writing, reasoning, and coding; Gemini is best inside Google Workspace; Perplexity is best for cited research. Keep the others on free tiers — you rarely need to pay for two general assistants at once.
Tools in this category
Claude
Anthropic
Best-in-class long-form writing, document analysis, and coding.
Assistants $20/mo
Gemini
Best Google Workspace integration and multimodal understanding.
Assistants $20/mo
Grok
xAI
Real-time X/Twitter data and low-friction image generation.
Assistants $16/mo
Perplexity
Perplexity AI
AI search with citations, built for research.
Assistants $20/mo
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
AI woven into Windows and Microsoft 365.
Assistants $20/mo
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