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Conversational AI

AI chatbots, conversational assistants, and large language models

ChatGPT

OpenAI

Verified

Status not recorded

OpenAI's hosted assistant for conversation, source-based research and reviewable file work; features and allowances depend on the plan and account.

4.7/ 5
FreemiumRe-checked 2026-10-12
ChatFilesResearch

Claude

Anthropic

Verified

Status not recorded

Anthropic's hosted assistant for files, drafting, editable artifacts and connected tools; model access and usage limits vary by plan.

4.7/ 5
Freemium
ChatDocumentsTools

Gemini

Google

Verified

Status not recorded

Google's Gemini Apps assistant for conversations, supported media, research and connected tools; personal plans, Workspace and developer services have different conditions.

4.5/ 5
Freemium
Gemini AppsHosted assistantAccount-specific terms

Perplexity

Perplexity

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted search and research assistant with citations, file analysis and plan-dependent model tools; cited answers still need review and consumer, Enterprise and API rights differ.

4.6/ 5
Freemium
Search assistantSource reviewHosted research

Doubao

ByteDance

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted AI assistant for text, voice, image and file conversations, with free access and separately governed paid memberships and creative credits.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Personal assistantMultimodalHosted service

Kimi

Moonshot AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Moonshot AI's hosted assistant for cited web search, document and spreadsheet tasks, and configurable conversation memory.

4.5/ 5
Freemium
Hosted assistantDocumentsSearch

Character.ai

Character.ai

Verified

Status not recorded

Character.ai is a hosted character and storytelling service. Chat styles, paid premium-message allowances and age-based access vary; conversations are entertainment rather than verified factual advice.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Character chatInteractive entertainmentHosted service

DeepSeek

DeepSeek

Verified

Status not recorded

DeepSeek's hosted chat and separately metered developer API; service terms, model versions and public model licenses must be checked separately.

4.7/ 5
Pay-as-you-go
ChatAPIHosted service

Grok

SpaceXAI LLC (SpaceXSI)

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted assistant for conversation, web and public-X search, file analysis and creative tasks; account and subscription paths have different limits.

4.5/ 5
Freemium
Hosted assistantSearchAccount controls

Qwen

Alibaba Cloud

Verified

Status not recorded

Alibaba's hosted Qwen Chat assistant; the chat application, Model Studio API and downloadable Qwen models have separate access, pricing and licensing conditions.

4.6/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-10-12
Hosted chatQwenAlibaba

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft

Verified

Status not recorded

Microsoft's hosted assistant for chat, files and task-oriented work. Personal Microsoft accounts, Microsoft 365 plans and organizational Entra accounts have different entitlements and data rules.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
AssistantMicrosoft accountsDocument work

Meta AI

Meta

Verified

Status not recorded

Meta's free AI assistant powered by its Llama models, built into WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and the web for chat, image generation and search.

4.2/ 5
Free
ChatLlamaSocial

Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat)

Mistral AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Mistral's Vibe combines the former Le Chat assistant with work and coding agents; connectors, private deployments and usage rights depend on the plan and contract.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
AssistantWork agentsCoding

Poe

Quora

Verified

Status not recorded

Quora's hosted platform for discovering third-party AI bots and creating or sharing bots and apps, with plan- and bot-specific points.

4.3/ 5
Freemium
Multi-modelBotsPoints

Replika

Replika

Verified

Status not recorded

An AI companion built for open-ended conversation, roleplay and emotional support, with a persistent personality that develops through long-term interaction.

4.2/ 5
Freemium
CompanionRoleplayEmotional support

Pi

Inflection AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Inflection's personal conversational assistant with voice, reminders and editable cross-chat memories; current pricing and account entitlements remain unconfirmed.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
ConversationPersonal assistantMemory

HuggingChat

Hugging Face

Verified

Status not recorded

A free, open-source chat interface from Hugging Face that runs community models like Llama and Mistral, with switchable assistants.

4.2/ 5
Free
ChatOpen sourceFree

Janitor AI

Janitor AI

Verified

Status not recorded

A character-chat platform with thousands of user-created personas, from assistants to roleplay companions, powered by configurable language models.

4/ 5
Freemium
Character chatRoleplayCommunity

Chatsonic

Writesonic

Verified

Status not recorded

Writesonic's marketing chat application combines research, content drafting, brand voice and a canvas, with documented connections to tools such as Google Search Console and WordPress.

4.2/ 5
Freemium
Marketing chatBrand voiceContent drafting

Jasper Chat

Jasper

Verified

Status not recorded

Jasper's marketing chat inside its hosted platform, using company knowledge and brand guidance to draft and revise content; plan and data terms differ.

4.3/ 5
Paid
MarketingBrand contextContent drafting

ChatGLM (Zhipu Qingyan)

Zhipu AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Zhipu's Qingyan assistant application, distinct from downloadable GLM models; this review confirms limited official extension material while current app pricing and legal terms remain unread.

4.3/ 5
Freemium
Chinese assistantBrowser toolsTerms unconfirmed

Chai

Chai Research

Verified

Status not recorded

A mobile-first platform for chatting with thousands of community AI companions, from helpful personas to entertainment characters.

4/ 5
Freemium
CompanionMobileRoleplay

Character.ai (c.ai+)

Character Technologies

Verified

Status not recorded

Character.ai's c.ai+ subscription adds premium conversation styles, expanded memory tools, fewer usage restrictions and an ad-free experience; access still depends on age and region.

4.2/ 5
Paid
AI charactersPaid subscriptionCreative dialogue

DeepSeek R1

DeepSeek

Verified

Status not recorded

DeepSeek's original downloadable R1 reasoning model and related distilled checkpoints, with model-specific licenses and self-managed computing costs.

4.6/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-10-12
Reasoning modelDownloadable weightsMIT original model

Chatbase

Chatbase

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted AI customer-service agent builder using your knowledge sources, website widgets and configured actions. API access, helpdesk and other capabilities depend on the plan and integration setup.

4.5/ 5
FreemiumRe-checked 2026-09-08
Customer serviceKnowledge sourcesAgent builder

Monica

Butterfly Effect

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted assistant for chat, page/PDF summaries, writing and translation across browser, desktop and mobile; model access, credits and regional account conditions need separate checks.

4.4/ 5
FreemiumRe-checked 2026-09-08
Browser assistantWritingSummaries

Venice

Venice.ai

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted multimodal AI workspace with model-specific privacy modes, character creation and separately metered premium/API features.

4.3/ 5
FreemiumRe-checked 2026-09-08
MultimodalPrivacy modesHosted

Merlin

Merlin AI

Verified

Status not recorded

A browser extension and web assistant for multi-model chat, page/video/document summaries, drafting and translation, with plan-dependent query allowances.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Browser extensionSummariesHosted models

ChatLLM

Abacus.AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Abacus.AI's hosted multi-model assistant for chat, document/media work and connected agents; per-user subscriptions share a credit system with separately metered features.

4.3/ 5
Paid
Hosted assistantMulti-modelCredits

Llama

Meta

Verified

Status not recorded

Meta's downloadable model family, with generation-specific text or vision capabilities and custom community licenses rather than one universal service plan.

4.5/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-09-20
Model familyDownloadable weightsCustom licenses

Wenxin

Baidu

Verified

Status not recorded

Baidu's flagship AI assistant, now branded Wenxin (formerly ERNIE Bot / 文心一言): chat, multimodal generation and deep integration with Baidu Search and its cloud AI stack, tuned for Chinese-language work and domestic compliance.

4.2/ 5
FreemiumRe-checked 2026-09-20
ChatChinese AISearch grounding

Coze

ByteDance

Verified

Status not recorded

Coze's official SDK documents authenticated access to its global chat and workflow APIs. Current hosted-interface features, plan entitlements and service terms were not independently readable in this review.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Agent integrationGlobal APIHosted terms unconfirmed

Genspark

MainFunc

Verified

Status not recorded

An AI workspace whose Super Agent combines tools, connected data and files for research and content tasks, with plan-specific credits and usage allowances.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Agent workspaceResearchUsage credits

Inworld

Inworld AI

Verified

Status not recorded

A developer platform for realtime speech and model inference, with metered text-to-speech, transcription and separately contracted deployment options.

4.4/ 5
Pay-as-you-go
Realtime voiceInference APIDeveloper platform

Metaso

Metaso (秘塔科技)

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted AI search service that retrieves public web links and uploaded documents to generate answers, with credit-metered search and content tools.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
AI searchDocument questionsCredit metering

Tencent Yuanbao

Tencent

Verified

Status not recorded

Tencent's hosted assistant for questions and creation, with documented meeting-delegation and minutes features for eligible Tencent Meeting configurations.

4.3/ 5
Free
AssistantHostedMeeting integration

iFlytek Spark

iFLYTEK

Verified

Status not recorded

iFLYTEK's cognitive model assistant, built on China's leader in speech technology: strongest voice interaction, deep education and office integrations, and open API access through the Spark platform.

4.2/ 5
Freemium
Chinese AIVoiceEducation

Talkie

SUBSUP PTE. LTD.

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted AI-character community for text and voice interaction, character creation and card rewards, with free access and Talkie+ subscriptions.

4.3/ 5
Freemium
AI charactersEntertainmentHosted

Fin

Intercom

Verified

Status not recorded

Intercom's customer agent for knowledge-based answers, configured workflows and human handoffs, available with Intercom or supported external helpdesks.

4.5/ 5
Pay-as-you-goRe-checked 2026-09-20
Customer agentHelpdesk workflowsOutcome billing

Ada

Ada

Verified

Status not recorded

Ada provides configurable enterprise customer-service agents across messaging, voice and email, with workflows, integrations and review tools. Access, usage and data terms are set by the customer order.

4.4/ 5
Paid
Customer serviceEnterprise agentsWorkflow integration

Zendesk AI

Zendesk

Verified

Status not recorded

Zendesk's support platform combines AI agents, knowledge tools, Copilot assistance and quality workflows, with human-agent seats, automated-resolution usage and add-ons priced separately.

4.3/ 5
Paid
Customer supportAI agentsHelpdesk

Bland AI

Bland AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Bland AI provides configurable phone agents with conversation pathways, integrations, transfers and monitoring. AI minutes, transferred minutes and carrier charges need separate budgeting.

4.4/ 5
Pay-as-you-go
Voice agentsPhone workflowsUsage-based service

Retell AI

Retell AI

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted platform for configuring phone and web voice agents, connected tools, human transfers and conversation monitoring.

4.5/ 5
Pay-as-you-go
Voice agentsTelephonyUsage billing

Baichuan AI

Baichuan AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Baichuan's model and hosted-service offering includes documented text/question-answering APIs and separately licensed medical-model releases such as M3-235B.

4.2/ 5
Paid
ModelsHosted APIMedical research

StepFun

StepFun

Verified

Status not recorded

StepFun supplies hosted model APIs for dialogue and audio, alongside separately licensed open releases such as Step3.5 Flash.

4.3/ 5
Paid
Model APIsOpen releasesAudio

Tiangong

Kunlun Wanwei

Verified

Status not recorded

Kunlun's consumer AI suite: chat, search, and music generation on the Skywork model line.

4.1/ 5
Free
ChatbotChinese AIConsumer

SenseChat

SenseTime

Verified

Status not recorded

The computer-vision giant's chatbot: SenseNova models behind enterprise and consumer chat.

4.1/ 5
Freemium
ChatbotVisionChinese AI

360 ZhiNao

360 Security Technology

Verified

Status not recorded

The security company's brain: search-native chat and enterprise agents from 360.

4/ 5
Free
ChatbotSearchChinese AI

MiniMax Agent

MiniMax

Verified

Status not recorded

A hosted MiniMax agent workspace for multi-step research and content tasks. Current Agent tool pages use MiniMax Code branding, with account-dependent presentation workflows and unified plan credits.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Agent workspacePresentationsUsage credits

Kagi

Kagi

Verified

Status not recorded

Subscription search with filtering and an optional multi-model Assistant; search quotas, AI usage budgets, provider retention and commercial rights require separate checks.

4.6/ 5
Paid
Subscription searchAI assistantUsage-based limits

Khoj

Khoj Labs

Verified

Status not recorded

An AGPL-licensed assistant for searching and chatting with notes and documents, available through self-hosting or a separately governed cloud service.

4.4/ 5
Freemium
Personal knowledgeAGPLSelf-hosting

MiniCPM

ModelBest

Verified

Status not recorded

An openly licensed language-model family for local and resource-constrained deployments; current MiniCPM5 artifacts and separate multimodal releases require artifact-specific checks.

4.4/ 5
Free
Language modelsLocal deploymentApache2 artifacts

InternLM

Shanghai AI Laboratory

Verified

Status not recorded

A downloadable language-model family whose documented InternLM3-8B-Instruct artifact offers normal and thinking modes; named code and weights declare Apache2.

4.3/ 5
Free
Language modelsLocal inferenceOpen weights

Taichu

Institute of Automation, CAS

Verified

Status not recorded

A multimodal model from a Chinese academy institute and a Wuhan research body, covering dialogue, text, image, 3D and signal tasks.

3.9/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-09-19
MultimodalResearchChina

Decagon

Decagon AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Enterprise customer-support agent platform with documented chat, voice and email workflows, tool integrations and human escalation; commercial terms require a sales discussion.

4.6/ 5
Paid
SupportAgentsEnterprise

Forethought

Forethought (Zendesk)

Verified

Status not recorded

Forethought AI agents by Zendesk is a customer-support suite for automated answers, ticket triage, agent assistance and QA. It can serve non-Zendesk teams; channels, APIs and modules depend on the purchased plan.

4.5/ 5
Paid
Customer supportTicket workflowsAgent assistance

SpicyChat

SpicyChat AI

Verified

Status not recorded

An adult-only hosted character-roleplay platform with customizable bots and paid tiers for memory, models, images and speech.

4.3/ 5
Freemium
18+RoleplayHosted

Qwen 3

Alibaba

Verified

Status not recorded

Alibaba's original 2025 Qwen3 open-weight family with thinking/non-thinking modes; distinct from Qwen Chat and later Qwen generations.

4.6/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-10-12
Qwen3 original familyApache-2.0 weightsSelf-hosted LLM

Llama 4

Meta

Verified

Status not recorded

Meta's Scout and Maverick multimodal weight releases for text/image input and text/code output, under the Llama 4 Community License.

4.5/ 5
Free
Multimodal weightsLlama 4Self-hosting

Mistral Large

Mistral AI

Verified

Status not recorded

Mistral AI's versioned Large model line, with API access and release-specific weight availability, licenses and data controls.

4.5/ 5
Pay-as-you-go
Model lineVersioned APIDeployment choices

Gemini Flash 2.0

Google

Historical record

Google's 2026-06-01 Gemini API release note confirms shutdown of gemini-2.0-flash and gemini-2.0-flash-001. This exact-generation entry is retained for historical research and migration, and leaves current recommendations. This does not establish the model roster in the Gemini consumer app, Vertex AI or third-party services.

Historical editorial score: 4.7 / 5
Historical pricing model: Pay-as-you-goHistorical pricing date unrecordedRe-checked 2026-10-12
Historical modelAPI migrationGoogle

o3-mini

OpenAI

Verified

Active

OpenAI's deprecated text reasoning API model; o3-mini and its 2025-01-31 snapshot are scheduled to shut down on 2026-10-23.

4.6/ 5
Pay-as-you-goRe-checked 2026-10-12
Reasoning APIDeprecationOpenAI

Claude 4

Anthropic

Historical record

The original claude-opus-4-20250514 and claude-sonnet-4-20250514 models were retired from the Claude API on 2026-06-15. This entry preserves that release for historical research and migration, not current recommendations. Partner platforms set separate schedules; this review did not establish their availability or the current Claude app model roster.

Historical editorial score: 4.8 / 5
Historical pricing model: FreemiumHistorical pricing date unrecordedRe-checked 2026-10-12
LLMLegacy modelsMigration

GPT-5

OpenAI

Verified

Active

OpenAI's original GPT-5 API reasoning model with configurable effort, text/image input and text output. The gpt-5-2025-08-07 snapshot is deprecated with API removal scheduled for December 11, 2026.

4.7/ 5
Pay-as-you-goRe-checked 2026-10-12
Reasoning APILegacy snapshotOpenAI

Gemini 2.0 Pro Experimental

Google

Historical record

Google's 2025-11-04 Gemini API notice scheduled gemini-2.0-pro-exp and gemini-2.0-pro-exp-02-05 to shut down on 2025-12-09, a date now past. This exact-generation entry is retained as historical research and leaves current recommendations on that documented schedule; no API shutdown test was performed. This does not establish the model roster in the Gemini consumer app, newer Pro models or third-party services.

Historical editorial score: 4.6 / 5
Historical pricing model: FreemiumHistorical pricing date unrecordedRe-checked 2026-10-12
Historical modelMigrationGoogle

Grok 3

xAI

Historical record

xAI's named notice retires grok-3 from its API effective 2026-05-15 12:00 PM PT. Requests using that old slug automatically resolve to grok-4.3 at its different pricing; alias resolution does not mean the original Grok 3 model still serves requests. This exact-generation entry remains historical and outside current recommendations. The notice does not establish the consumer app's model selector or retirement of the Grok brand, and no API or account was tested.

Historical editorial score: 4.3 / 5
Historical pricing model: FreemiumHistorical pricing date unrecorded
Historical modelAPI migrationGrok 3

DeepSeek V3

DeepSeek

Verified

Status not recorded

Original 2024 DeepSeek-V3 Base/Chat weights and code: vendor-documented MoE architecture, MIT code and a separate model license; current hosted V3 access is unconfirmed.

4.7/ 5
FreeRe-checked 2026-10-12
LLMOpen weightsMoE