AI Chatbots · benched & ranked

Best AI Chatbots tools, tested

29 ai chatbots tools, ranked by bench score — not by who paid. Pricing verified, every verdict hands-on.

1. 01ChatGPT

   OpenAI's flagship assistant.

   score9.4/10

   $20/mo

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2. 02Claude

   Anthropic's assistant, strong at writing and code.

   score8.9/10

   $20/mo

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3. 03Character.AI

   A platform for creating and chatting with AI characters with distinct personalities.

   score8.5/10

   Custom

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4. 04NotebookLM

   Google's AI research notebook that lets you interact with your documents.

   score8.4/10

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5. 05Kimi Chat

   Moonshot AI's conversational assistant with long-context understanding.

   score8.3/10

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6. 06Llama 2 Chat

   Meta's open-source large language model available for conversational AI.

   score8.3/10

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7. 07Poe

   A platform offering access to multiple AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others.

   score8.3/10

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8. 08Kimi

   AI chatbot by Moonshot AI with extended context window.

   score8.2/10

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9. 09Alibaba Qwen

   Alibaba's open-source large language model available for chat applications.

   score8.1/10

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10. 10Hugging Face Chat

    A free chat interface by Hugging Face for conversational AI powered by open-source models.

    score8.1/10

    Custom

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11. 11Llama.cpp

    An open-source tool for running large language models locally on consumer hardware.

    score8.1/10

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12. 12Cohere Chat

    Cohere's AI chatbot focused on enterprise-grade text generation and understanding.

    score8.0/10

    Custom

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13. 13HuggingChat

    An open-source AI chat interface by Hugging Face powered by various models.

    score8.0/10

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14. 14Mistral

    French AI company's conversational AI platform.

    score8.0/10

    Custom

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15. 15DuckDuckGo AI Chat

    DuckDuckGo's private AI chat service powered by various language models.

    score7.9/10

    Custom

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16. 16LLaMA2-Chat WebUI

    An open-source chat interface leveraging Meta's Llama 2 model.

    score7.9/10

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17. 17Jasper Chat

    AI writing assistant with conversational capabilities.

    score7.8/10

    Custom

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18. 18LLaMA-based Llama.cpp Web UI

    Lightweight open-source large language model inference platform.

    score7.8/10

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19. 19OpenRouter

    A unified API providing access to multiple AI language models including Claude and GPT.

    score7.8/10

    Custom

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20. 20You.com

    An AI search engine and chatbot with privacy-focused features and web integration.

    score7.8/10

    Custom

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21. 21Baidu Ernie Bot

    Chinese AI assistant by Baidu powered by ERNIE.

    score7.7/10

    Custom

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22. 22Zhipu ChatGLM

    Chinese language AI model by Zhipu AI.

    score7.7/10

    Custom

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23. 23Baidu Ernie

    Baidu's AI assistant powered by the Ernie language model.

    score7.6/10

    Custom

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24. 24Pi by Inflection

    Personal AI assistant focused on thoughtful conversation.

    score7.3/10

    Custom

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25. 25Candy.ai

    An AI chat platform for interactive conversations and roleplay.

    score7.1/10

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26. 26Monica

    Chrome extension AI assistant for productivity and writing.

    score7.1/10

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27. 27Replika

    AI companion designed for personalized conversations.

    score7.1/10

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28. 28YouChat

    A privacy-focused AI search engine combining web results with conversational AI.

    score7.1/10

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29. 29Bard

    Google's earlier conversational AI assistant (now integrated into Google Gemini).

    score5.9/10

    Custom

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