Best AI tools: General chat assistants

9 tools ranked by the public ToolStandings score. Orange "prov." = some inputs not yet verified.

#ToolUse casesPricingScore
1Open WebUI Run LLMs locallyGeneral chat assistants open-source72.2
2ChatGPT General chat assistantsWriting & copy freemium71
3Claude General chat assistantsWriting & copy freemium69 prov.
4Google Gemini General chat assistantsResearch & AI search freemium63.7 prov.
5Grok General chat assistantsResearch & AI search freemium62.7
6DeepSeek General chat assistantsLLM APIs & model providers freemium60
7Microsoft Copilot General chat assistantsProductivity & notes freemium52.6 prov.
8Council AI Rising General chat assistantsResearch & AI search unknown50.8 prov.
9Mistral Le Chat General chat assistants freemium49.6 prov.
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