AI Assistants

About this category

24 products from 23 companies, the earliest first recorded in 2022.

By business model: Freemium 19 · Free 4 · Paid 1.

Recorded uses in this category: Drafting and editing text, Questions over your own documents, Everyday productivity, Translation.

The longest-standing record here is Character.AI (2022); the most recent arrival is ChatGPT Atlas (2025).

This category covers general-purpose conversational assistants that answer questions, draft text, and help with everyday tasks. Most are offered as chat interfaces across web and mobile, and many now handle images, files, and voice.

Fields taken from the product records use the record dates shown. Sourced claims are labelled per product: verified against the linked page on the date shown, taken from the product record without re-checking, or not independently verified.

Every product here, one line each

• Apple Intelligence — Free; Drafting and editing text. Made by Apple, first recorded 2024. Pricing: Apple Intelligence is included with supported Apple devices and software; there is no separate Apple Intelligence subscription. Some optional features can use third-party assistants such as ChatGPT.
• Character.AI — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Character Technologies, first recorded 2022. Pricing: A free tier is available; the c.ai+ subscription adds faster responses, priority access, and early features.
• ChatGLM — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Z.ai (Zhipu AI), first recorded 2023. Pricing: The ChatGLM/Qingyan assistant is free for consumers, with paid tiers for advanced models; developers pay usage-based fees for the GLM API.
• ChatGPT — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by OpenAI, first recorded 2022. 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.
• ChatGPT Atlas — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by OpenAI, first recorded 2025. Pricing: Atlas is a free download for ChatGPT account holders; agent mode and higher limits are reserved for paid ChatGPT plans.
• Claude — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Anthropic, first recorded 2023. 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.
• Dia — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by The Browser Company (Atlassian), first recorded 2025. Pricing: Dia's browser is free but includes no AI features; the paid Better Answers and Better Days plans add AI with monthly usage limits.
• Doubao — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by ByteDance, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Doubao's base assistant is free, with optional paid subscription tiers; API access is usage-priced through ByteDance's Volcano Engine.
• Gemini — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Google DeepMind, first recorded 2023. Pricing: The standard Gemini assistant is free; paid Google AI plans unlock more capable Gemini 3.8 models, higher limits, and deeper Workspace integration.
• Grok — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by xAI, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Basic access is available to X users; X Premium and SuperGrok subscriptions raise usage limits and unlock newer Grok 4-class models.
• HuggingChat — Free; Drafting and editing text. Made by Hugging Face, first recorded 2023. Pricing: HuggingChat is free to use with a Hugging Face account; paid Hugging Face subscriptions raise usage limits.
• Kimi — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Moonshot AI, first recorded 2023. Pricing: The Kimi assistant is free to use; developer API access is usage-priced.
• Manus — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Manus AI, first recorded 2025. Pricing: A free tier with daily credits is available; paid plans add more credits and concurrent tasks. Manus Flex lets paid users run the workspace on their own API key, and there are separate Team and API offerings.
• MaxAI — Freemium; Drafting and editing text, Questions over your own documents, Everyday productivity. Made by MaxAI, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free responses have daily limits. Pro and Elite use different billing periods and model allowances; promotional annual equivalents should not be compared as month-to-month prices.
• Merlin — Freemium; Drafting and editing text, Questions over your own documents, Everyday productivity. Made by Foyer Tech, Inc., first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: The official site offers a free start and promotes paid access. Current pricing did not render readable amounts; verify model allowances and the selected billing term in account.
• Meta AI — Free; Drafting and editing text. Made by Meta, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Meta AI is free to use within Meta's apps and on the web.
• Microsoft Copilot — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Microsoft, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Core Copilot features are free; Copilot Pro is a paid subscription that adds newer models, higher limits, and Microsoft 365 integration.
• Monica — Freemium; Drafting and editing text, Questions over your own documents, Translation. Made by Monica, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: Free users have a daily usage limit; advanced features require upgrades. The pricing page did not expose readable current amounts, so no starting price is normalized.
• Pi — Free; Drafting and editing text. Made by Inflection AI, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Pi is free to use across web and mobile apps.
• Sider — Paid; Drafting and editing text, Translation, Everyday productivity. Made by Sider, first recorded Not recorded. Pricing: The pricing page says all plans include features, while higher plans add credits and cloud-computer capacity. Readable current plan amounts and free-credit renewal terms were not established.
• Talkie — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by MiniMax, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Talkie is free to download and use, with in-app purchases and a premium subscription for extra features and faster responses.
• Tencent Hunyuan — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Tencent, first recorded 2023. 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.
• Vibe — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Mistral AI, first recorded 2024. Pricing: A free plan covers quick answers and simple tasks; Pro adds deeper reasoning and all-day coding, Team adds a shared workspace with admin controls, and Enterprise covers custom deployments, model training, and dedicated support.
• Wenxin Assistant — Freemium; Drafting and editing text. Made by Baidu, first recorded 2023. Pricing: Consumer access is available; API usage of the ERNIE models is priced by tokens through Baidu Cloud.

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