🤖 AI Assistants — pricing, compared
4 tools tracked · prices verified against official pages · last sweep June 11, 2026
💸 Cheapest entry: ChatGPT from $20/mo
🆓 Free tiers: ChatGPT · Claude · Perplexity · Grok
All ai assistants tools
| Tool | Paid from | Free tier | G2 | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT The default AI assistant — GPT-5.x, agents, and deep research | $20/mo | ✅ | — | General-purpose default: best all-round ecosystem of plugins, agents, and integrations. | alternatives → |
| Claude Anthropic's assistant — strongest at long documents and coding | $20/mo | ✅ | — | Writers, analysts, and developers — long-context document work and the bundled Claude Code CLI. | alternatives → |
| Perplexity AI search with citations — the research-first assistant | $20/mo | ✅ | — | Research and fact-finding with sources — replaces Google for answer-seeking queries. | alternatives → |
| Grok xAI's assistant with real-time X data | $30/mo | ✅ | — | Real-time social/news pulse via X data, plus the most permissive image generation among majors. | alternatives → |