For the last 2 weeks, I have been experimenting a number of other AI apps, to see if they are better than ChatGPT, the first AI I have used in my writing activities with amazing inhuman speed and great accuracy. I have tried Perplexity, Claude, Grok and Meta a number of times. I tried Google Gemini and DeepSeek once. But as of today, I still consider ChatGPT the best for my needs. In this article, I am reposting excerpt from the article,What makes the best ChatGPT alternatives for your reading pleasure and information?
" What makes ChatGPT great is that it's actually useful and usable. When you're using ChatGPT, you don't have to frame your questions in weird ways or cram in certain keywords to get it to answer your questions correctly (or at least, mostly correctly). You can just talk to it the same way you would another person. Sure, the clearer you are, the better the results you'll get—but that's true with people, too.
For any chatbot to be a legitimate alternative to ChatGPT, it has to capture this same chatbot magic. Using it needs to be easy and seamless, and you have to be able to just chat away to it, confident that it understands what you're asking.
Over the past year, chatbots have generally become more similar. Most of my top picks can search the web, work with documents and images, and have some kind of reasoning model for tackling harder problems. If they don't have these features, they really have to stand out in some other way.
So, to be a great ChatGPT alternative, an app needs to:
Do something better than ChatGPT. ChatGPT is still the best general-purpose chatbot, so to make this list, an AI chatbot had to be the best at something else specific.
Be easy to use. AI tools are rapidly developing. Some of the best ones require you to run your own AI models, either locally or on a cloud computing platform. While this gives you a lot of options, it's a lot harder than signing up for ChatGPT. To make this list, an app needs to be as easy as signing up and starting to chat. Some have more customization options or a steeper learning curve, but none of them require technical expertise to use.
Be widely available. Similarly, some widely touted AI tools are locked away in closed betas or have a long waiting list. I was only looking for apps that you can sign up for right now and start using.
Work reliably. Some AI tools I've tested are constantly offline or throwing errors. To make this list, the chatbots had to work reliably so you can count on them when you need them. Over the past few months, I've tested all these apps extensively, and the Zapier team has spent hundreds, if not thousands, of collective hours in them.
We'll continue to test these apps because they keep getting better and adding new features. But fair warning: this means that some details of this list will be out of date the second we hit publish. But we still stand over all these picks being great at what they do—and if the model numbers go up a digit or the number of parameters gets larger, we're confident the apps will only be better" .
The best ChatGPT alternatives at a glance
Best for | Pricing | |
|---|---|---|
Professionals | Free; Claude Pro is $20/month | |
Google integrations | Free; Gemini Advanced is $19.99/month (first 2 months free) | |
Creating an AI agent | Free; Premium plan is $50/month | |
An integrated experience | Free; Microsoft Copilot Pro is $20/month (first month free) | |
A free reasoning model | Free | |
Searching the web | Free; Perplexity Pro is $20/month | |
Meta social integrations | Free | |
Building your own AI chatbot | Free; Premium is $20/month | |
Integrating with X | Free; SuperGrok starts at $30/month; additional usage included with X Premium ($8/month) and X Premium+ ($40/month) |
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