Best Claude alternatives

1. Gemini

Gemini is Google’s generative AI assistant for writing, planning, brainstorming, and other conversational tasks. It provides a chat interface where you can start a conversation about what you want help with. Its starting options include summarizing, learning, and coding, alongside its broader writing and…

• Writing assistance
• Planning and brainstorming
• Summarizing, learning, and coding

Best for Everyday users, Learners, People working with code

2. Grok

Grok is a general-purpose AI assistant that runs in the browser as a chat window. You type a question or request, or start with a slash command, and the assistant replies in an ongoing conversation, so follow-up questions and revisions stay in the same thread. Alongside conversation, it can generate images, help…

• Conversational chat
• Slash commands
• Image creation

Best for General users, X users, Developers

3. AutoGPT

Open sourceFrom $50/mo

AutoGPT brings together AI specialists called Experts to handle content, research, sales, and operational tasks. Its coordinating assistant, Otto, takes a plain-English brief, assigns work to relevant Experts, and reports progress. Users can also talk directly with a specialist or create one around their own working…

• Coordinated AI specialists
• Scheduled routines
• Visual workflow builder

Best for Content and marketing teams, Sales professionals, Operations professionals, Developers and self-hosters

4. ChatGPT

Freemium

ChatGPT is an AI assistant that brings conversation, writing, coding, and image creation into one interface. Users can start a chat to ask questions, draft text, or get help completing work. It supports a range of tasks rather than focusing on a single type of output, making it useful for people who want to move…

• Conversational assistance
• Image creation
• File uploads

Best for Everyday users, Writers and content creators, People working with code

5. Waper

FreemiumFrom $19.90/mo

Waper is a personal AI agent service for delegating tasks across connected apps and, through its Mac app, your computer. You describe a job in chat, such as organizing email, preparing a meeting brief, or adding travel bookings to your calendar. Agents can work in the background, run scheduled routines, and ask for…

• Background tasks and routines
• App and computer actions
• Cooperating agents

Best for Busy professionals, Researchers and industry watchers, Personal task organizers

6. Microsoft Copilot

Freemium

Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant for work, personal tasks, and school. Its chat interface lets you ask questions, explore ideas, think through projects, and summarize information within a conversation. It also supports content drafting and image generation, bringing several kinds of AI assistance into one…

• AI chat
• Work search
• Content and image creation

Best for Working professionals, Students, Personal users

7. Monica

Freemium

Monica is an AI assistant that brings multiple models together for chat, writing, research, translation, and creative work. It runs on the web, through a Chrome extension, and in desktop and mobile apps. Users can ask questions, compare model responses, summarize documents, and generate images or videos within the…

• Multi-model chat
• Browser sidebar and toolbar
• Writing and email assistance

Best for Researchers and analysts, Marketing professionals, Entrepreneurs, Customer service professionals

8. DeepSeek

Free

DeepSeek is a free AI assistant for iPhone and iPad, powered by DeepSeek’s flagship model. It provides a conversational interface for asking questions and getting help with problems and everyday tasks. Users interact with the assistant through chat, making it a general-purpose tool rather than an app dedicated to a…

• Conversational AI assistance
• DeepSeek flagship model
• Multilingual interface

Best for Everyday AI users

9. Osaurus

Open sourceFrom $20/mo

Osaurus is an open-source desktop app for running AI agents on your own computer. You can use local models offline or connect cloud models through your own API keys or prepaid credits. Agents work from folders of documents and references, retain conversation memory locally, and support tools, skills, and scheduled…

• Offline local agents
• Folder-based context and memory
• Approval-based file editing

Best for Privacy-conscious individuals, Small teams, Developers

10. Raycast AI

Free trialFrom $10/mo

Raycast AI brings chat, custom agents, and reusable AI commands into Raycast’s productivity app. It connects to multiple model providers and uses files, screen context, memory, and profile information to help with writing, research, coding, and everyday work. Quick AI handles short questions, while keyboard shortcuts…

• Custom agents and projects
• Scheduled automations
• AI Extensions

Best for Individual professionals, Developers, Teams