Instead of Claude, try one of these 3.
Every alternative is lined up against Claude on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Claude sits in the first row, so you can see what you give up.
Alternative
Price
Open source
Self-host
Offline
Platforms
Likes
ClaudeWhat you have now
Anthropic’s AI, praised for coding and long context.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
The AI assistant that started the current wave.
PriceFreemium
plus $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
LikesVisit ↗
AI search that answers with cited sources.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
Google’s multimodal AI, woven into its apps.
PriceFreemium
advanced $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
LikesVisit ↗
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 Claude to first. How we compare.
Claude alternatives at a glance
Claude is a freemium ai assistants app (pro $20/mo). We compared 3 alternatives: 0 are open source, 0 are completely free, 0 can be self-hosted and 0 work fully offline. The most popular is ChatGPT, with 4.6k likes.