ChatGPT
OpenAIGeneral assistant for writing, analysis, images and research
General assistants and chat interfaces.
7 tools
General assistant for writing, analysis, images and research
Google's assistant, connected to Search, Workspace and Android
Assistant focused on careful reasoning, long documents and writing
Assistant built into Windows, Microsoft 365 and Edge
xAI's assistant with live access to posts on X
Open-weight assistant with very low API pricing
European assistant from Mistral with fast responses and open models
Tools in this category overlap more than their marketing suggests. The useful difference is usually not the model behind them but what they let you do around it: how much control you get over the output, how the work is organised once you have it, and whether the free level is enough for what you are doing.
Each page below lists what the tool is good at and what it is not, along with alternatives worth comparing before you commit.