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Explore 8 options alongside Vibe (Mistral AI), a product in AI Assistants.

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ChatGLM

Listed together in guide “AI assistants and chatbots”

Zhipu AI's conversational assistant (Qingyan) built on the GLM family of models.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Everyday Q&A and writing help in Chinese
  • Summarizing and querying uploaded documents
  • Drafting and explaining code

Pricing: The ChatGLM/Qingyan assistant is free for consumers, with paid tiers for advanced models; developers pay usage-based fees for the GLM API.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

Doubao

Listed together in guide “AI assistants and chatbots”

Conversational AI assistant from ByteDance offering chat, writing, and image generation.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Everyday questions and writing help in Chinese
  • Image generation in conversation
  • Developer integrations through Volcano Engine

Pricing: Doubao's base assistant is free, with optional paid subscription tiers; API access is usage-priced through ByteDance's Volcano Engine.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

Kimi

Listed together in guide “AI assistants and chatbots”

Conversational AI assistant from Moonshot AI, known for very long context windows, document and web analysis, and the Kimi K2 open-weight model line.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Reading and summarizing long reports, papers, and books
  • Research that combines uploaded files with web search
  • Chinese- and English-language writing assistance

Pricing: The Kimi assistant is free to use; developer API access is usage-priced.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-04.

Tencent Hunyuan

Listed together in guide “AI assistants and chatbots”

Tencent's conversational AI assistant built on its Hunyuan large language models.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Everyday Q&A and writing help in Chinese
  • Summarizing documents and web content
  • Generating images from text prompts

Pricing: The Hunyuan/Yuanbao assistant is free for consumers; Hunyuan model APIs are billed by usage on Tencent Cloud, and several Hunyuan models are also released with open weights.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

Wenxin Assistant

Listed together in guide “AI assistants and chatbots”

Baidu's consumer AI assistant built on its ERNIE models, now branded Wenxin Assistant (文心助手) after the ERNIE Bot name.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Chinese-language chat and writing assistance
  • Image generation from prompts
  • Developer integrations via the ERNIE API

Pricing: Consumer access is available; API usage of the ERNIE models is priced by tokens through Baidu Cloud.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

Character.AI

Related: shares the task Drafting and editing text

Platform for chatting with user-created AI characters and personalities.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Entertainment and role-play conversations
  • Language and interview practice partners
  • Creative storytelling with characters

Pricing: A free tier is available; the c.ai+ subscription adds faster responses, priority access, and early features.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-09-10.

ChatGPT

Related: shares the task Drafting and editing text

Conversational AI assistant from OpenAI, currently powered by the GPT-6 Astra model family, with chat, coding, agents, and multimodal features.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Drafting and editing text such as emails, articles, and summaries
  • Programming assistance, from writing code to debugging
  • Research, brainstorming, and multi-step agent tasks

Pricing: A free tier is available; ChatGPT Plus, Pro, Business, and Enterprise plans add newer models such as GPT-6 Astra, higher usage limits, and administrative controls.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

Claude

Related: shares the task Drafting and editing text

AI assistant from Anthropic designed for helpful, harmless, and honest dialogue, with the Claude Fable and Mythos 5.1 model family for long-document reasoning and coding.

Freemium

Use cases

  • Summarizing and questioning long documents and contracts
  • Software development assistance and code review
  • Careful drafting where tone and accuracy matter

Pricing: A free tier is available; Claude Pro, Team, and Enterprise plans add higher usage limits and access to newer models such as Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1.

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This record was last reviewed on 2026-10-10.

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