AI assistants bring writing, research and creative tools into a conversation. Discover leading chatbots for answering questions, working with documents, generating images and getting more from the apps you already use.
ChatGPT combines conversational help with web research, image creation and tools for documents and data. Projects keep related work together, while ChatGPT Work handles tasks that produce files or reports.
Claude turns conversations and source material into drafts, analyses, presentations and interactive creations, with web research and connected tools for deeper work.
Gemini brings conversation, web research, image creation and study tools into one assistant, with an editable Canvas and connections to Google and other supported apps.
Draft documents, explore information and build presentations with Microsoft’s AI assistant. Free chat covers everyday questions; Microsoft 365 subscriptions bring Copilot into familiar productivity apps.
Explore current information with cited web and X search, bring your own files into the conversation, and create images or video with Grok Imagine.
Use DeepSeek on the web or mobile for AI conversation with thinking and search options. Developers can access its models through a separate token-priced API.
Research a topic, create documents and connect your work apps, then delegate coding tasks through Vibe’s terminal, editor and web agents.
Turn source material into research reports, editable office files and presentations, with dedicated tools for documents, spreadsheets and longer agent tasks.
Access AI chatbots from different providers, generate images and video, and use a shared points balance across the models you choose.
Give Muse a goal, connect the apps it needs and follow its progress as it researches, creates documents and handles tasks on a dedicated cloud computer.
ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini combine conversation with tools for documents and research. Specialist features broaden the experience: Grok includes web and X search, Poe brings multiple providers into one service, and Kimi combines office documents, slides and coding. Each product has its own mix of tools and subscription access.
A chatbot can be a writing partner, a document assistant or a way to search information across connected services. These functions often share a subscription but have different allowances. Microsoft Copilot extends into selected Microsoft 365 applications, while dedicated research platforms offer a more focused approach to papers and source material.
Free plans provide an entry point to several major assistants. Paid plans usually expand model access, tool availability or usage allowances. A consumer chat subscription and a developer API are separate purchases; buying one does not automatically include the other.
Depending on the product, an assistant can draft and revise text, answer questions, analyse files, search the web, generate images or use connected apps. The product pages explain which functions are available and how access varies by plan.
Some chatbots include web research. Academic research tools add specialised paper discovery, citation context or evidence extraction; they are covered in our search and research category.
Find answers, discover relevant papers and make sense of source material with AI search and research tools. Our collection covers web-answer engines, academic discovery and assistants that work with your own documents.
Write clearer copy, polish a draft or translate a document with specialist AI writing tools. Discover grammar checkers, paraphrasers, translation services and content platforms for personal and professional writing.
Build study resources, practise languages and prepare classroom materials with AI learning tools. Explore tutoring assistants, flashcards, document-based study and teacher platforms with dedicated classroom features.
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Product information checked 3 October 2026. About our editorial coverage
