9 Best ChatGPT Alternatives

When ChatGPT launched in November 2022, it was a sign of things to come.

Its ability to engage in human-like dialogues and answer complex questions took the world by storm.

Two years later, although much of the buzz has quieted down, tech giants have jumped on the AI bandwagon, releasing a wide array of generative AI tools.

We’ll be exploring 9 of the best ChatGPT alternatives while highlighting a bit of what makes each one unique.

(Pro tip: If you ever decide distilling an LLM is something you want to do, there are several good options on this list.)

ChatGPT overview

Pricing: Free (GPT-3.5); Plus (GPT-4, GPT-4o) for $20/month

Access to real-time information: Yes (paid)

Mobile apps: iOS, Android  

Within the first year of its launch, ChatGPT grew to 100 million users weekly. 

GPT, short for generative pre-trained transformer, is a family of large language models (LLM) developed by OpenAI. 

GPT-3 and GPT-4 are different generations of the same LLM whereas GPT-4o features large multimodal models that allow it to process images and audio along with text. 

Drawbacks of ChatGPT

As exciting as artificial intelligence is, the road to where we are has been filled with its fair share of twists and turns.

Even the case of ChatGPT hasn’t been a perfect ride.

Here are a few of the issues that have occasionally plagued ChatGPT.

Service outages

One of ChatGPT’s biggest drawbacks has been the relatively frequent outages, especially around major announcements.

A quick look at OpenAI’s status page reveals that there have been 10+ outages since May 1 (with June 4 standing out with a 5.5-hour major outage).

While OpenAI’s team is working hard to minimize these interruptions, they’re still a reality ChatGPT users have to deal with.

Scaling issues

Also around the time of major announcements, a huge surge in demand typically forces OpenAI to pause subscriptions for ChatGPT+. While OpenAI is scaling each new version, the outages and subscription pauses indicate that OpenAI has yet to fully solve its scaling problems.

While this is more of an inconvenience than an outright issue for customers, it can be frustrating to finally decide to subscribe only to discover OpenAI isn’t accepting subscription requests.

Jack of all trades (master of none?)

ChatGPT can create code, write essays, and even imitate Shakespeare. 

It knows a bit about everything, but it isn’t an expert in any particular field. 

For example, if you want ChatGPT to create a sales pitch, it can do so, but it probably won’t be very good. Without sufficient context and success frameworks, ChatGPT’s outputs are more likely to annoy prospects than convert them.

When it first launched, ChatGPT was also limited by its knowledge cut-off and it wasn’t able to browse the web in real time. Fortunately, OpenAI upgraded ChatGPT so it can search the web and even reference sources it relied on during the search. 

Alternatives to ChatGPT

ChatGPT certainly benefits from a huge first-mover advantage, but unless it continues to innovate, other options may start to close that gap.

As of now, most alternatives to ChatGPT fall in one of two categories: generalized (just like ChatGPT but created by a different company) and specialized (nowhere near as big as ChatGPT but trained for a specific task).

Here’s a look at 9 alternatives to ChatGPT.

Google Gemini

Pricing: Free (Gemini Pro); Gemini Advanced as part of Google One AI Premium Plan for $19.99/month with two first months free

Access to real-time information: Yes (including a free plan)

Mobile apps: iOS, Android  

Gemini (formerly known as Bard) is an AI model developed by Google. 

Here’s what sets it apart from ChatGPT:

• Gemini has a larger context window that supports up to 1 million tokens and plans to expand to 2 million. In comparison, ChatGPT only supports up to 128,000 tokens. This means Gemini can process and remember more information in a single conversation.
• As Google’s native product, Gemini allows you to double-check the generated text with Google search. It can mark text green if the statement is true or red if the check finds statements on Google that contradict Gemini’s output.
• You can request a specific image from the internet, and Gemini will provide it. ChatGPT can only give a link to the requested image.

Microsoft Copilot

Pricing: Free; Microsoft Copilot Pro for $20/month 

Access to real-time information: Yes (including a free plan)

Mobile apps: iOS, Android 

Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat) is an AI assistant built by Microsoft. Both ChatGPT and Copilot rely on language models developed by Open AI. 

However, Copilot has some capabilities that ChatGPT doesn’t:

• Copilot is embedded in Microsoft products, so it can access data from Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Teams to provide more contextualized support within the ecosystem.
• The Copilot Compose feature has pre-built options that allow you to customize your prompts for more accurate outputs.

Anthropic Claude 

Pricing: Free (Claude 3.5 Sonnet); Pro Plan (Claude 3 Opus and Haiku) for $20/month

Access to real-time information: No

Mobile apps: iOS 

Claude was created by Anthropic, a company on a mission to develop a safe and ethical AI. 

Although it may not have all the bells and whistles of ChatGPT like access to real-time information and voice inputs, it excels in these areas:

• Claude has a wider context window with 200,000 tokens.

• Claude’s outputs tend to be more friendly and empathetic. Users often praise its capabilities in logic and reasoning, creativity, text summarizing, and proofreading. 

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Perplexity

Pricing: Free (Standard Perplexity AI model); Professional (GPT-4o, Claude-3, Sonar Large (LLaMa 3), and more) for $20/month

Access to real-time information: Yes

Mobile apps: iOS, Android  

Perplexity is an AI-powered search engine and question-answering tool. 

Even though it’s designed for data searching and not conversations, Perplexity AI has its advantages:

• The paid version offers access to different AI models. This comes in handy if you don’t want to pay for both Claude and ChatGPT.
• In addition to text output, Perplexity shows images and videos related to your question. It can also generate images to visualize its answers.
• Perplexity allows you to search a specific area from the entire internet to just Reddit or YouTube.

Mistral Le Chat

Pricing: Currently in free beta access

Access to real-time information: No

Mobile apps: No

Mistral AI represents a set of large language models developed by a French AI startup of the same name. They’ve just introduced Mistral Le Chat, a chatbot with an interface similar to ChatGPT’s that serves as a gateway to its diverse range of models.

While Mistral hasn’t yet reached ChatGPT’s capabilities, it has shown promising results. A comparative user test revealed that Mistral Le Chat is better at common-sense reasoning than ChatGPT.

Grok

Pricing: Requires a subscription to X Premium or X Premium+

Access to real-time information: Yes

Mobile apps: No standalone mobile apps

Grok is an AI chatbot launched a year ago by Elon Musk’s xAI. 

Here’s how Grok differs from ChatGPT:

• While ChatGPT maintains a neutral tone by default, xAI Grok has a sarcastic and even rebellious personality. Grok claims to answer spicy questions most AIs shy away from.
• Grok uses data from your activity on X and even lets you share your conversations with Grok directly on the platform.

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Meta AI

Pricing: Free

Access to real-time information: Yes

Mobile apps: Integrated into Meta’s apps

Meta AI is an AI assistant released by Meta using Meta Llama 3. It’s available with Meta’s family of services, and you can log in using your Facebook account so long as you’re in a country where Meta AI is available.

Here’s what else you should know about Meta AI:

• As a Meta-native model, Meta AI can be used across Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. This means you can search for information and interact with AI without leaving the app or even a group chat.
• One of Meta AI’s standout features is Imagine. The tool generates images as you type and continuously adapts them based on the context until you’re done. It can even convert any image into a GIF, which you can share with friends directly in the app.
• Meta AI will soon add a new feature that lets you generate images using another person’s likeness.
• Llama 3.1 (the AI engine behind Meta AI) is the world’s largest-ever open-source AI model and – according to Meta – beats ChatGPT and Claude on several benchmarks. 

Einstein AI

Pricing: Requires Salesforce

Access to real-time information: Relies on real-time data in the Salesforce ecosystem

Mobile apps: No 

Einstein AI is a platform designed by Salesforce to integrate AI directly into Salesforce’s CRM and other business applications. Unlike ChatGPT and other jack-of-all-trades alternatives, Einstein AI focuses on sales and marketing. 

Here’s how users can benefit from Einstein:

• Einstein AI is available for any activity in the Salesforce environment, increasing employee productivity.
• Einstein can improve the end customer experience by generating content enriched with relevant customer data. 

AiSDR

Pricing: $750/month for 1,000 emails

Access to real-time information: Yes

Mobile apps: No 

AiSDR is an AI that was trained and fine-tuned to tackle the workload of a sales development representative. It finds, qualifies, and speaks with prospects over email and text with the goal of getting a meeting booked.

Here’s a closer look at how AiSDR helps sales and marketing teams:

• Connect to your HubSpot account and automate inbound outreach to all leads in your sales funnel.
• Simplify outbound outreach by configuring AiSDR to look for companies and people who match your ideal customer profile.
• Send 100% unique first-touch emails and timely follow-ups.
• Personalize messages using a lead’s segment, their LinkedIn activity, and your HubSpot data.
• Add AI video replicas, memes, and images to make email content more engaging.

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