Chat assistants · alternatives
People move off Wikis.ai because of how the allowance is counted. The free tier has 60 Basic and 6 Advanced prompts a month, each model panel spends one prompt, and export and web search are paid-only. Model availability and allowances can also change under its terms.
If you only need one strong model, ChatGPT starts at $20 per month on Plus (consumer) and Claude at $20 per month on Pro; both have free tiers. Google Gemini is cheaper to start at $4.99 per month on Google AI Plus, also with a free tier. Perplexity lists Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty) at $10 per month and has a free tier, so that price applies only to eligible users. None of the four compares several models side by side in one view.
"Better suited" below is based on documented features and pricing from our verified profiles, not on a head-to-head test. Prices are USD as published by each vendor.
Taken from the documented limitations in our Wikis.ai profile.
| Tool | Starting price | Free tier | Platforms | Main limitation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wikis.ai (this page) | $14.99 (Pro (annual)) | Yes | Web | Each model panel uses one prompt, so comparing four models spends four prompts of a small free allowance (60 Basic, 6 Advanced). |
| ChatGPT | $20/mo (Plus (consumer)) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | Almost every tool (uploads, images, voice, deep research, Codex) has plan-dependent usage caps that OpenAI states can change over time, and the API is billed separately from every ChatGPT subscription. |
| Claude | $20/mo (Pro) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile, API | All plans have usage limits that reset on a schedule; the paid chat subscription does not include API access, which is billed separately per token. |
| Google Gemini | $4.99/mo (Google AI Plus) | Yes | Web, Desktop, Mobile | Usage is governed by compute-based limits that refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly cap, and free-tier chats with Keep Activity on are used to train Google models with human review. |
| Perplexity | $10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) | Yes | Web, API | The consumer pricing page is blocked to automated checks, so the Pro price could not be confirmed here, and free-tier Pro Search and Research access are described only as 'very limited' / 'limited'. |
| Alternative | Pick it when | Starting price | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT |
$20/mo (Plus (consumer)) | ||
| Claude |
$20/mo (Pro) | ||
| Google Gemini |
$4.99/mo (Google AI Plus) | ||
| Perplexity |
$10/mo (Education Pro (consumer, verified students/faculty)) |
OpenAI's general-purpose AI assistant for writing, research, analysis, image generation and coding help.
Free stops at: Unlimited everyday text chats subject to abuse-prevention safeguards, Separate usage limits for file uploads,…
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding and multi-step work, with free and paid plans.
Free stops at: Usage limits apply, Projects: up to 5
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 30
Google's multimodal AI assistant, available free with higher limits through Google AI subscriptions.
Free stops at: Varying access to 3.1 Pro, Standard compute-based usage limits; refresh every 5 hours until weekly limit
Verified gemini.google.com (opens Google Gemini website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $4.99/mo US · checked Sep 30
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus developer search APIs.
Free stops at: Practically unlimited basic searches, Very limited amount of Pro Searches
Verified perplexity.ai (opens Perplexity website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $10/mo US · checked Sep 30
Orchestration layer that routes questions across many AI models, including EU-sovereign ones.
Free stops at: 50 chats per week, 10 images per week
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
AI shopping and support chat assistant for Shopify, Magento and Shopware stores, priced by recovered shoppers.
Free stops at: 5 win-backs per month, 1 storefront, 1 language, 1 seat
Free · paid from $39.99/mo US · checked Sep 29
Runs a question through three frontier AI models that critique each other and returns a verified answer.
Free stops at: 1 free session on pricing page (homepage says 3 free sessions), 2 reasoning iterations
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
Sends one question to several AI models at once and returns a consensus answer with side-by-side comparison.
Free stops at: 3 LLM query runs
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
Mac desktop app (Mach Studio) that runs open models locally and drives apps and browser with an agent.
Free stops at: Local models, No account
Verified withsyzygy.com (opens Syzygy (Mach Studio) website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
Multi-model AI workspace with chat, agents, meetings, knowledge bases and media generation under one credit-based subscription.
Free stops at: 100 credits/month, 5 meetings/month
Verified springbase.ai (opens Springbase website in a new tab)
Free · paid from $9.99/mo US · checked Sep 29
ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini and Perplexity each have a free tier in our data.
Small free allowance, one prompt per model panel, and paid-only export and web search.
Google Gemini at $4.99 per month on Google AI Plus. Perplexity's $10 price applies to verified students and faculty.
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