Alternatives to Grok

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

Chat & assistants: apps

A Grok · Cloud · via Grok 4.7

Alternatives to Grok for chat & assistants
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	ChatLLM Abacus.AI	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	$10/mo	beginner
S	Gemini Google	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	Free tier · $4.99/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Mammouth Mammouth AI	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	—	beginner
S	Perplexity Perplexity AI	Apps + Runtimes & gateways	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Venice Venice.ai	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	Free tier · $18/mo	beginner
S	Poe Quora	Apps	Cloud	via Muse Wonder	Free tier	beginner
S	ChatWise ChatWise	Apps	Cloud	via Claude Opus 5.5	—	beginner
S	Claude Anthropic	Apps	Cloud	via Claude Opus 5.5	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner

B Grok · Cloud · 41 on DeepResearch Bench (RACE, GPT-5.5 judge)

Alternatives to Grok for search & research
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	Scira Scira	Apps	Cloud	via GPT-6.1 Sol	Free tier · $15/mo	beginner
S	Microsoft Copilot Microsoft	Apps	Cloud	via GPT-6.1 Sol	Free tier · $9.99/mo	beginner
S	Claude Anthropic	Apps	Cloud	via Claude Fable 5.1	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner
A	Gemini Google	Apps	Cloud	50 on DeepResearch Bench (RACE, GPT-5.5 judge)	Free tier · $4.99/mo	beginner	vs Grok
A	ChatGPT OpenAI	Apps	Cloud	48 on DeepResearch Bench (RACE, GPT-5.5 judge)	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
A	Kagi Assistant Kagi	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 3.1 Pro (Preview)	Free tier · $5/mo	beginner
B	Perplexity Perplexity AI	Apps + Search APIs & engines	Cloud	43 on DeepResearch Bench (RACE, GPT-5.5 judge)	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok

A Grok · Cloud · via Grok 4.7

Alternatives to Grok for writing
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	Claude Anthropic	Apps	Cloud	via Claude Opus 5.5	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner
S	Gemini Google	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 4 Argon	Free tier · $4.99/mo	beginner	vs Grok
A	Open WebUI Open WebUI Inc.	Apps	Local	via Kimi K3	Free	intermediate
A	TextGen (text-generation-webui) oobabooga	Apps	Local	via Kimi K3	Free	intermediate
A	Jan Menlo Research	Apps	Local	via Kimi K3	Free	beginner
A	SillyTavern SillyTavern (open-source project)	Apps	Local	via Kimi K3	Free	advanced
A	KoboldCpp LostRuins (open-source project)	Apps + Runtimes & gateways	Local	via Kimi K3	Free	intermediate
A	Kimi Moonshot AI	Apps	Cloud	via Kimi K3	Free tier	beginner

A Grok · Cloud · via Grok Imagine Image 2.0

Alternatives to Grok for image generation
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	ChatGPT OpenAI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Dreamina ByteDance (CapCut)	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier	beginner
S	getimg.ai getimg.ai	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	$15/mo	beginner
S	Glif Glif	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier	beginner
S	Higgsfield Higgsfield AI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	—	beginner
S	ImagineArt ImagineArt	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	$5/mo	beginner
S	Kittl Kittl	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier	beginner
S	Krea Krea	Apps + Workflow platforms	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $5.25/mo	beginner

A Grok · Cloud · via Grok Imagine Image 2.0

Alternatives to Grok for image editing
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	ChatGPT OpenAI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Dreamina ByteDance (CapCut)	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier	beginner
S	getimg.ai getimg.ai	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	$15/mo	beginner
S	Higgsfield Higgsfield AI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	—	beginner
S	Krea Krea	Apps + Workflow platforms	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $5.25/mo	beginner
S	Leonardo.Ai Leonardo.Ai (Canva)	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $12/mo	beginner
S	OpenArt OpenArt	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier · $14/mo	beginner
S	Picsart Picsart	Apps	Cloud	via GPT Image 2.5	Free tier	beginner

A Grok · Cloud · via Grok 4.7

Alternatives to Grok for image understanding
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	ChatGPT OpenAI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT-6.1 Sol	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Microsoft Copilot Microsoft	Apps	Cloud	via GPT-6.1 Sol	Free tier · $9.99/mo	beginner
S	Perplexity Perplexity AI	Apps + Runtimes & gateways	Cloud	via GPT-6.1 Sol	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok
S	Claude Anthropic	Apps	Cloud	via Claude Opus 5.5	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner
S	Meta AI Meta	Apps	Cloud	via Muse Spark 1.3	Free tier	beginner
S	Gemini Google	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 3.8 Flash	Free tier · $4.99/mo	beginner	vs Grok
A	Open WebUI Open WebUI Inc.	Apps	Local	via Gemma 4 (31B)	Free	intermediate
A	TextGen (text-generation-webui) oobabooga	Apps	Local	via Gemma 4 (31B)	Free	intermediate

B Grok · Cloud · via Grok Imagine Video 1.5

Alternatives to Grok for video generation
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill
S	Higgsfield Higgsfield AI	Apps	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	—	beginner
S	invideo AI invideo	Apps	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	—	beginner
S	Krea Krea	Apps + Workflow platforms	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	Free tier · $5.25/mo	beginner
S	Magnific (formerly Freepik) Freepik Company	Apps + Workflow platforms	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	$20/mo	beginner
S	Pika Pika Labs	Apps	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	Free tier · $10/mo	beginner
S	Runway Runway	Apps	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	Free tier · $15/mo	beginner
S	Wan Alibaba	Apps	Cloud	via Wan 3.0	—	beginner
S	PAI (Utopai Studios) Utopai Studios	Apps	Cloud	via Utopai X	$15/mo	intermediate

S Grok · Cloud · via Grok Voice 3.0

Alternatives to Grok for voice agents
Tier	Name	Approach	Runs	Rated by	Price	Skill	Compare
S	Gemini Google	Apps	Cloud	via Gemini 3.8 Live	Free tier · $4.99/mo	beginner	vs Grok
A	ChatGPT OpenAI	Apps	Cloud	via GPT-Live 1	Free tier · $20/mo	beginner	vs Grok

Tiers come only from public benchmarks; tools without a result of their own inherit the tier of the best model they offer. How we rank.