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Alternatives to ChatGPT

For each task ChatGPT is listed in, the highest-ranked other options of the same kind, ranked only from public benchmarks.

Chat & assistants: apps

S ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT-6.1 Sol

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S ChatLLM
Abacus.AI
AppsCloudvia Gemini 4 Argon$10/mobeginner
S Gemini
Google
AppsCloudvia Gemini 4 ArgonFree tier · $4.99/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Mammouth
Mammouth AI
AppsCloudvia Gemini 4 Argon—beginner
S Perplexity
Perplexity AI
Apps + Runtimes & gatewaysCloudvia Gemini 4 ArgonFree tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Venice
Venice.ai
AppsCloudvia Gemini 4 ArgonFree tier · $18/mobeginner
S Poe
Quora
AppsCloudvia Muse WonderFree tierbeginner
S ChatWise
ChatWise
AppsCloudvia Claude Opus 5.5—beginner
S Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloudvia Claude Opus 5.5Free tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT

Every chat & assistants option on the full map

Writing: apps

A ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT-6.1 Sol

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloudvia Claude Opus 5.5Free tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Gemini
Google
AppsCloudvia Gemini 4 ArgonFree tier · $4.99/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
A Open WebUI
Open WebUI Inc.
AppsLocalvia Kimi K3Freeintermediate
A TextGen (text-generation-webui)
oobabooga
AppsLocalvia Kimi K3Freeintermediate
A Jan
Menlo Research
AppsLocalvia Kimi K3Freebeginner
A SillyTavern
SillyTavern (open-source project)
AppsLocalvia Kimi K3Freeadvanced
A KoboldCpp
LostRuins (open-source project)
Apps + Runtimes & gatewaysLocalvia Kimi K3Freeintermediate
A Kimi
Moonshot AI
AppsCloudvia Kimi K3Free tierbeginner

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Data analysis: apps

C ChatGPT · Cloud · 45.5% on SpreadsheetBench (V1 full, 912 tasks)

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
A WPS Office (WPS AI)
Kingsoft Office
AppsCloud73.5% on SpreadsheetBench (V1 full, 912 tasks)Free tierbeginnervs ChatGPT
B Gemini in Google Workspace
Google
AppsCloud70.5% on SpreadsheetBench (V1 full, 912 tasks)—beginnervs ChatGPT
B Gemini
Google
AppsCloudvia Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)Free tier · $4.99/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
C Microsoft 365 Copilot
Microsoft
AppsCloud57.2% on SpreadsheetBench (V1 full, 912 tasks)$25/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
C Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloud42.9% on SpreadsheetBench (V1 full, 912 tasks)Free tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT

Every data analysis option on the full map

Image generation: apps

S ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT Image 2.5

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Dreamina
ByteDance (CapCut)
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tierbeginner
S getimg.ai
getimg.ai
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5$15/mobeginner
S Glif
Glif
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tierbeginner
S Higgsfield
Higgsfield AI
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5—beginner
S ImagineArt
ImagineArt
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5$5/mobeginner
S Kittl
Kittl
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tierbeginner
S Krea
Krea
Apps + Workflow platformsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tier · $5.25/mobeginner
S Leonardo.Ai
Leonardo.Ai (Canva)
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tier · $12/mobeginner

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Image editing: apps

S ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT Image 2.5

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Dreamina
ByteDance (CapCut)
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tierbeginner
S getimg.ai
getimg.ai
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5$15/mobeginner
S Higgsfield
Higgsfield AI
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5—beginner
S Krea
Krea
Apps + Workflow platformsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tier · $5.25/mobeginner
S Leonardo.Ai
Leonardo.Ai (Canva)
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tier · $12/mobeginner
S OpenArt
OpenArt
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tier · $14/mobeginner
S Picsart
Picsart
AppsCloudvia GPT Image 2.5Free tierbeginner
A Adobe Firefly
Adobe
AppsCloudvia Nano Banana 2.1$9.99/mobeginner

Every image editing option on the full map

Image understanding: apps

S ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT-6.1 Sol

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
AppsCloudvia GPT-6.1 SolFree tier · $9.99/mobeginner
S Perplexity
Perplexity AI
Apps + Runtimes & gatewaysCloudvia GPT-6.1 SolFree tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloudvia Claude Opus 5.5Free tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Meta AI
Meta
AppsCloudvia Muse Spark 1.3Free tierbeginner
S Gemini
Google
AppsCloudvia Gemini 3.8 FlashFree tier · $4.99/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
A Open WebUI
Open WebUI Inc.
AppsLocalvia Gemma 4 (31B)Freeintermediate
A TextGen (text-generation-webui)
oobabooga
AppsLocalvia Gemma 4 (31B)Freeintermediate
A Jan
Menlo Research
AppsLocalvia Gemma 4 (31B)Freebeginner

Every image understanding option on the full map

Voice agents: apps

A ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT-Live 1

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Gemini
Google
AppsCloudvia Gemini 3.8 LiveFree tier · $4.99/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
S Grok
SpaceXSI (formerly xAI)
AppsCloudvia Grok Voice 3.0Free tier · $8/mobeginnervs ChatGPT

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Slides & presentations: apps

A ChatGPT · Cloud · via GPT-6 Astra

TierNameApproachRunsRated byPriceSkill
S Playyy
Playyy
AppsCloud1,294 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)Free tierbeginner
S Gamma
Gamma
AppsCloud1,273 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)Free tierbeginner
S Replit
Replit
AppsCloud1,263 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)Free tier · $20/mobeginner
S Claude
Anthropic
AppsCloudvia Claude Fable 5.1Free tier · $20/mobeginnervs ChatGPT
A Moda
Moda
AppsCloud1,229 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)Free tier · $30/mobeginner
A Manus
Manus
AppsCloud1,217 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)—beginner
A Kimi
Moonshot AI
AppsCloudvia Kimi K3Free tierbeginner
C Snapdeck
Snapdeck
AppsCloud1,071 on Design Arena Slides (proprietary harness slides)Free tier · $10/mobeginner

Every slides & presentations option on the full map

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