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AI Chatbots

General-purpose AI assistants compared on reasoning quality, context length, pricing and data privacy.

How we picked the AI chatbots below

AI chatbots have become the default entry point for AI at work and home. The leading assistants now handle long documents, browse the web, generate code and analyze images - but they differ sharply in context length, answer quality, privacy posture and price.

We keep this shortlist current by re-testing each assistant on the same core tasks: summarizing long documents, drafting editorial copy, solving reasoning puzzles and citing sources. Every entry below links to a full overview with pricing tiers and trade-offs.

Start with our top picks if you want a fast answer: ChatGPT and Claude lead on general capability, Gemini wins for Google Workspace users, and Perplexity is the strongest choice when verified sources matter more than chat.

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Google Gemini

Multimodal assistant from Google DeepMind supporting chat, reasoning, image understanding and integration with Google apps.

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Lindy AI

AI agents for scheduling, support and operations with natural voice and chat interactions.

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