AI ASSISTANT COMPARISON
Five general-purpose AI assistants and what each is especially useful for.
A Quick Overview
There is no single best AI assistant for every task. These five assistants can all carry on conversations, help with writing, answer questions, and work with information. Their strengths and available features differ, and those differences change over time.
Use this comparison as a starting point. Try more than one assistant and see which works best for the task you have in front of you.
A simpler way to choose
Need a general-purpose assistant?
Try ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude.
Doing research where sources matter?
Try Perplexity, or use the research features in ChatGPT, Gemini, or Claude. All four now offer ways to search and cite web information.
Already live in Google's ecosystem?
Gemini may fit naturally with Google services and files.
Already live in Microsoft's ecosystem?
Copilot may fit naturally with Microsoft tools and files.
Want to work with a collection of documents over time?
ChatGPT Projects, Gemini's file-based workflows, Claude Projects, and Perplexity's project/file features are worth exploring.
One important reminder
Features change. Plans differ. Check the assistant's current features and limits before choosing it for an important task.
Your best comparison
Give the same prompt to two or three assistants. Compare the answers.
Which one understood what you wanted?
Which gave you the most useful result?
Which one was easiest to work with?