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Compare every ChatGPT alternative.
By Daniel Reeve · figures read at source 2026-09-10 · page updated 2026-09-18
One table, one row per tool, one column per thing people actually choose on. Below it, the same data grouped by the tool you are replacing.
Tools tracked10
Attributes per tool11
Last read at source2026-09-10
Everything, in one table
All 10 tools, all attributes.
One row per tool, one column per thing people actually choose on. Every figure below was read from the vendor's own page on 2026-09-10. Where a vendor publishes nothing we could verify, the cell says so. See what has changed →
| Tool | Best for | Price | Free tier | Context window | Web search | File upload | Image gen | Cited sources | EU hosting | Open weights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | General-purpose work, the widest tool ecosystem | Free · Plus $20/mo · Pro tier above it | Yes — with lower limits | 1.05M tokens (GPT-6 Astra) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | No | No | Open ↗ |
 Claude |
Writing, analysis, long documents | Free · Pro $20/mo ($17 annually) · Max from $100 | Yes — Sonnet and Haiku, 5-hour rolling window | 1M tokens · 128K output | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Open ↗ |
 Gemini |
Google Workspace users, files, video | Free · Google AI Plus / Pro / Ultra (varies by country) | Yes — full app access | Not verified | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Depends | No | Open ↗ |
 Perplexity |
Research, cited answers, anything current | Free · Pro (see official page) | Yes — metered search | Not verified | Yes | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | No | Open ↗ |
 Microsoft Copilot |
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams | Bundled with Microsoft 365 tiers — check which product | Limited free tier | Not verified | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partial | Depends | No | Open ↗ |
 Grok |
High-volume generation, current topics | API $2.00 in / $6.00 out per 1M tokens | Limited | 500K tokens · cutoff 1 Feb 2026 | Yes | Partial | Yes | Partial | No | Not verified | Open ↗ |
 Mistral Le Chat |
EU data preference, self-hosting, budget | Free · Pro $14.99/mo · Team $24.99/user · Students $5.99 | Yes — plus $10/mo API credits | Not verified | Yes | Yes | Partial | Partial | Yes | Yes | Open ↗ |
 DeepSeek |
Coding, reasoning, cost-sensitive work | Free chat · API billed per token | Yes — free chat, no card | Not verified | Partial | Yes | Partial | No | No | Not verified | Open ↗ |
 Meta AI |
Quick questions inside WhatsApp and Instagram | Free | Yes — free | Not verified | Partial | No | Yes | No | No | Not verified | Open ↗ |
 MultipleChat |
Getting one verified answer out of several models — plus documents, decks, sheets and images | Free daily messages, no card · Pro plan (see site) | Yes — free daily messages, no credit card | Depends on the model you route to | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Not verified | No | Open ↗ |
Read from each vendor's own pages on 2026-09-10. Cells marked Not verified are gaps we could not close at source — we publish them rather than copy a figure from another comparison. How we test.
By tool
Alternatives to a specific tool.
Claude alternativesWriting, analysis, long documents
Gemini alternativesGoogle Workspace users, files, video
Perplexity alternativesResearch, cited answers, anything current
Microsoft Copilot alternativesWord, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams
Grok alternativesHigh-volume generation, current topics
Mistral Le Chat alternativesEU data preference, self-hosting, budget
DeepSeek alternativesCoding, reasoning, cost-sensitive work
By attribute
Filtered shortlists.
ChatGPT alternatives with live web searchWhich ChatGPT alternatives actually search the live web, which only cite sometimes, and which cannot search at all.
EU-hosted ChatGPT alternativesWhich ChatGPT alternatives are EU-hosted by default, which offer EU data residency only by tenant configuration, and which are neither.
ChatGPT alternatives with the largest context windowsPublished context-window figures for ChatGPT alternatives, with the vendors who do not publish one named rather than guessed at.
Cheapest ChatGPT alternativesPaid plan prices and published API token rates for ChatGPT alternatives, side by side, with the vendors who do not publish a readable price named.