Assistants and research: what to choose
A general-purpose helper for every day, answers with sources, private and local models for sensitive data. 42 services with scores, prices and verified facts.
- 42services
- 33with a free plan
- 5“Recommended”
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Microsoft Copilot
AI assistantsFree AI assistant from Microsoft: chat, web search, writing, images
- Free
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Perplexity
Search and researchSearch with answers and numbered sources
- Free plan
- from $20/mo
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NotebookLM
Search and researchAnswers only from your documents, audio and video overviews
- Free plan
- from $4.99/mo
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Microsoft Edge (Copilot)
AI browsers and in-browser agentsMicrosoft browser with built-in Copilot for page summaries and search
- Free
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Gemini in Chrome
AI browsers and in-browser agentsGemini assistant in Chrome: questions about pages and tabs
- Free
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ChatGPT Business
AI assistantsTeam plan of ChatGPT with admin controls and no training on your data by default
- from $20/mo
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Claude Team
AI assistantsTeam plan of Claude: shared Projects, admin controls, Cowork for teams
- from $20/mo
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Mistral Le Chat (Vibe)
AI assistantsEuropean AI assistant and agent from Mistral (now Mistral Vibe, formerly Le Chat)
- Free plan
- from $14.99/mo
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Claude Cowork
AI assistantsClaude agent that works with a chosen folder on your computer: spreadsheets, documents, presentations
- from $20/mo
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Microsoft 365 Copilot Business
AI assistantsCopilot in Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams and PowerPoint for small businesses on Microsoft 365
- from $21/mo
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Semantic Scholar
Search and researchFree scientific paper search from the Allen Institute with an AI influence ranking
- Free
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Claude in Chrome
AI browsers and in-browser agentsChrome extension where Claude reads pages and performs steps in the browser
- from $20/mo
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AnythingLLM
Private and local modelsLocal chat with documents and agents: desktop or your own server
- Free plan
- from $50/mo
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Open WebUI
Private and local modelsSelf-hosted shared chat for a team with several models and role-based access
- Open source
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TypingMind
Private and local modelsYour own chat interface for OpenAI, Anthropic and other models with a one-time license
- from $39 one-time
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Opera Neon
AI browsers and in-browser agentsPaid Opera AI browser with the Neon Do agent that takes actions on web pages
- from $19.9/mo
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