Mistral's assistant, renamed from Le Chat, with web search, deep research, connectors and a coding mode.
General-purpose AI Chatbots
As of , EffectHub tracks 24 live AI tools in its General-purpose AI Chatbots category; 19 (79%) have a free tier, and paid plans start at $4.99 a month.
24 verified tools
General-purpose conversational assistants.
Showing 1–24 of 24
Meta AI
50Meta's assistant inside WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Facebook, its glasses and a standalone app
Zecoba
68Pay-per-token ChatGPT-style interface with GPT-3.5/GPT-4 modes, a prompt store, plugins, and an API for developers.
Grok
71xAI's assistant with live X and web search, image and video generation, voice mode and a per-token API
Consumer chatbot with 70+ preset characters and writing tools on web, iOS and Android
ChatGPT
50General assistant with tools, memory, files and voice
Claude
50Assistant focused on long documents and code work
Kimi
75Moonshot AI's assistant, built on its own K-series models for agentic coding and knowledge work
DeepSeek
68Open-weight reasoning models with a free chat app
Gemini
71Google assistant wired into Workspace and Android
Langdock
68Enterprise AI workspace: model-agnostic chat, agents and workflows with EU hosting and admin governance
Uncensored chat with image generation, image-to-video and an API on a flat monthly plan
Encrypted access to GPT, Claude, Gemini and other models inside Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, the browser and Telegram.
Venice
61Uncensored, privacy-focused AI chat covering text, image, video, audio, code, and search.
A chatbot called Lexi that argues real positions on contested topics instead of deflecting with disclaimers.
Windows Store client that wraps ChatGPT in a native desktop interface with markdown and dark mode
GPT4All
85Free desktop app that runs open language models privately on your own computer, with local document chat.
A privacy-focused AI chat assistant from Proton with zero-access encryption on conversations.
Microsoft's consumer assistant for chat, image creation and search across Windows, Mac, mobile and Edge
Qwen
89Alibaba's free web and mobile AI chat assistant, with a separate metered API for developers.
A free, ad-free chat and image-generation app from an independent developer, no account required.
Runs 140+ open-weight chat models on iPhone, iPad and Mac with no account and no cloud call
Brings ChatGPT into Slack workspaces with file, URL, and Google Workspace document support.
Z.ai
79Web chatbot and API access to Zhipu AI's GLM reasoning models, including a 1M-token context window.
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As of October 26, 2026, EffectHub tracks 24 live AI tools in its General-purpose AI Chatbots category; 19 (79%) have a free tier, and paid plans start at $4.99 a month. (EffectHub, “General-purpose AI Chatbots”, Oct 2026, https://effecthub.net/ai-tools/general-chatbots)
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