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AI assistants · 13 alternatives

Instead of ChatGPT, try one of these 13.

Every alternative is lined up against ChatGPT on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. ChatGPT sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.

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Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
ChatGPTWhat you have now
The AI assistant that started the current wave.
PriceFreemium
plus $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
Claude#1Our pick
Anthropic’s AI, praised for coding and long context.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
Perplexity#2
AI search that answers with cited sources.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Google Gemini#3
Google’s multimodal AI, woven into its apps.
PriceFreemium
advanced $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Microsoft Copilot#4
AI assistant bundled into Windows and Office.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · Win · iOS · Android
Ollama#5
Run open-source models locally on your own machine.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Mac · Linux · Win
Character.AI#6
Chat with AI personas and fictional characters.
PriceFreemium
plus $10/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Mistral#7
European AI lab with open-weight models and Le Chat.
PriceFreemium
le chat from €5/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
HuggingChat#8
Free chat over open models from Hugging Face.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web
Grok#9
xAI’s chatty assistant with real-time X data.
PriceFreemium
super $30/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
DeepSeek#10
Open-source AI assistant for chat and coding.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Lumo by Proton#11
Privacy-first encrypted AI chat assistant from Proton.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
You.com#12
AI search and chat platform.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Meta AI#13
Meta's free AI assistant across its apps.
PriceFree
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Mac · iOS · Android

How to read this. “Yes” means fully supported by the maker. “Partial” means it works with caveats. Likes reflect community popularity; vendors can’t pay for them or for placement. Our pick, marked in lime, is the option we would point most people leaving ChatGPT to first. How we compare.

ChatGPT alternatives at a glance

ChatGPT is a freemium ai assistants app (plus $20/mo). We compared 13 alternatives: 4 are open source, 3 are completely free, 1 can be self-hosted and 1 works fully offline. The most popular is Claude, with 2k likes.

Most liked overallClaude

Anthropic’s AI, praised for coding and long context.

Freemium
Best free optionOllama

Run open-source models locally on your own machine.

Free · Open source · Self‑hostable · Works offline
Best open-source optionHuggingChat

Free chat over open models from Hugging Face.

Free · Open source

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