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AI assistants · 11 alternatives

Instead of Mistral, try one of these 11.

Every alternative is lined up against Mistral on what people actually switch for: price, open source, self-hosting, offline use and platforms. Mistral 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
MistralWhat you have now
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
ChatGPT#1
The AI assistant that started the current wave.
PriceFreemium
plus $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android · Mac · Win
Claude#2
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#3
AI search that answers with cited sources.
PriceFreemium
pro $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Google Gemini#4
Google’s multimodal AI, woven into its apps.
PriceFreemium
advanced $20/mo
Open sourceNo
Self-hostNo
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
DeepSeek#5
Open-source AI assistant for chat and coding.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Lumo by Proton#6
Privacy-first encrypted AI chat assistant from Proton.
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · iOS · Android
Jan.ai#7
Runs open language models offline on your own desktop
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Linux
Qwen#8
Alibaba's chat assistant with long context and open model weights
PriceFreemium
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflinePartial
Platforms
Web · Win · Mac · Android
Ensu#9
Ente's on-device chat that never leaves your machine.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostNo
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux · iOS · Android
Meta Llama#10
Meta's open model family for building your own assistant.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineYes
Platforms
Win · Mac · Linux
Apertus#11
Fully open multilingual model with a transparent training pipeline.
PriceFree
Open sourceYes
Self-hostYes
OfflineNo
Platforms
Web

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Mistral alternatives at a glance

Mistral is a freemium ai assistants app (le chat from €5/mo). We compared 11 alternatives: 7 are open source, 4 are completely free, 3 can be self-hosted and 2 work fully offline. The most popular is ChatGPT, with 4.6k likes.

Most liked overallChatGPT

The AI assistant that started the current wave.

Freemium
Best free optionJan.ai

Runs open language models offline on your own desktop

Free · Open source
Best open-source optionDeepSeek

Open-source AI assistant for chat and coding.

Freemium · Open source
Best to self-hostQwen

Alibaba's chat assistant with long context and open model weights

Freemium · Open source · Self‑hostable

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