Perplexity AlternativesAI Chatbots & AI Writing Tools like Perplexity

Apps similar to Perplexity include ChatGPT, which has a free version. Other options are Claude, Google Gemini, Qwen and Duck.ai. You're spoiled for choice with AI Chatbots like Perplexity: we list more than 100 alternatives for the web, Android, Windows, Mac and iPhone.

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  1. ChatGPT icon
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    AI language model perfect for generating interactive human-like text in various styles. Built on architecture allowing real-time natural language generation, ideal for applications demanding fluent, relevant output over diverse topics broadened by extensive training data.

    649 ChatGPT alternatives

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  2. Claude icon
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    AI assistant offering secure chat and API access, specializing in summarization, search, writing, Q&A, and coding, with large token windows, customizable behavior, top data retention policies, and advanced safeguards for secure and reliable enterprise or individual use.

    432 Claude alternatives

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  3. Google Gemini icon
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    AI assistant offers writing, planning, learning support, generating images from text, and transforming text to speech. Utilizes large language models and syncs across devices without requiring coding skills. Supports dark mode and ad-free experience.

    451 Google Gemini alternatives

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    • Google Docs
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  4. Qwen icon
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    Qwen.com is an interface to chat with Alibaba Qwen's Qwen series of models which are renowned for their huge context windows, generous free usage limits, reliability, and their continued tradition of being open-source.

    166 Qwen alternatives

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  5. Duck.ai icon
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    Duck.ai is a feature that allows you to have private conversations with 3rd-party AI chat models, anonymized by DuckDuckGo.

    158 Duck.ai alternatives

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  6. Ensu icon
     42 likes

    Private offline AI chat using local language models on mobile and desktop, no accounts or tracking, open source Rust core, privacy-first design, cross-platform availability, ideal for confidential conversations, with end-to-end encrypted sync coming soon.

    85 Ensu alternatives

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  7. AI chat interface for asking questions and receiving web-grounded responses with source links. It can help draft, rewrite and summarize text, carry on spoken conversations, and generate or restyle images from prompts or uploaded pictures for research.

    329 Microsoft Copilot alternatives

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  8. Grok icon
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    Grok is an AI-powered assistant, developed by xAI, designed to be maximally truthful, useful, and curious. Get answers to any question, generate striking images, and upload pictures to gain a deeper understanding of your world. With Grok, the universe is in your hands!

    230 Grok alternatives

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  9. Scira icon
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    Scira (Formerly MiniPerplx) is a minimalistic AI-powered search engine that helps you find information on the internet. Powered by Vercel AI SDK! Search with models like Grok 2.0.

    17 Scira alternatives

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  10. Z.ai icon
     23 likes

    Z.ai is an AI-powered conversational platform developed by Zhipu AI, designed to provide intelligent, natural, and context-aware interactions. It leverages Zhipu’s advanced large language models (GLM series) to support tasks such as answering questions, generating content...

    80 Z.ai alternatives

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  11. Kimi icon
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    AI assistant supports complex math, coding, image understanding, and reasoning with up to 128k token processing, short and long chain-of-thought tasks, visual and text input, accurate benchmarks, self-learning ability, and reinforcement learning for improvement.

    128 Kimi alternatives

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  12. Staan icon
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    We've built our own web search index, Staan API, and we're excited to share it with you! Designed specifically for LLMs and generative AI agents.

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