AI assistants · Writing
Le Chat (Mistral)
The AI assistant from French publisher Mistral, French interface, billed in dollars.
Free version, then paid·from $14.99/monthFrench
AI assistants
The best general-purpose AI assistants
Conversational AI for everything: writing, summarizing, analyzing a document, preparing a meeting. Almost always the first tool a company adopts.
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AI assistants · Writing
ChatGPT
OpenAI's assistant — the one your teams have often installed before telling you about it.
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AI assistants · Writing
Claude
Anthropic's assistant, at ease with long documents and structured writing.
Data in the United StatesFree version, then paid·from $17/month
AI assistants · Productivity
Gemini
Google's assistant, grafted onto Gmail, Docs and the rest of the suite.
Price not verified
AI assistants
Grok
xAI's general-purpose AI assistant, with real-time access to posts on the X network.
Price not verified
Browser extensions · AI assistants
Merlin
Browser extension that overlays a multi-model AI assistant onto Gmail, LinkedIn, YouTube and the rest of the web.
Free version, then paid·from $19/month
AI assistants
Meta AI
Meta's general-purpose AI assistant, available standalone or integrated into WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook.
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AI assistants
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's general-purpose AI assistant, integrated into Windows and Edge, for answering, writing and searching the web.
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Browser extensions · AI assistants
Monica
Browser extension that gives access to several AI models (GPT, Claude, Gemini...) directly on any web page.
Free version, then paid·from $10/month
AI assistants
Pi
Inflection AI's conversational AI assistant, designed for spoken and written exchange rather than content production.
Price not verified
AI assistants
Poe
Platform that centralizes models from several vendors (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta) and user-created bots in a single interface.
Free version, then paid·from $4.99/month
Browser extensions · AI assistants
Sider
AI sidebar in the browser, connected to several models of your choice.
Price not verified
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