Reviewed alternatives
Compare products with a sourced competitor or replacement relationship to ChatGPT. Pricing is vendor-published and may vary by plan, seats, usage, or contract.
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that combines conversational search with cited, real-time web results.
Published pricing
Free plan available
Categories
AI Assistant
Both are widely compared general-purpose AI chat/answer tools positioned against each other in consumer coverage.
Relationship verified September 25, 2026.
Microsoft Copilot is a free consumer AI chat assistant from Microsoft for chatting, image creation, and everyday tasks, distinct from Microsoft 365 Copilot and GitHub Copilot.
Published pricing
Free plan available
Categories
Productivity, AI Assistant
Microsoft Copilot and ChatGPT are directly compared as consumer AI chat assistants in independent comparison coverage.
Relationship verified September 25, 2026.
Grok is an AI assistant built by SpaceXAI (formerly xAI) offering chat, image generation, coding help, and real-time answers from the web and X.
Published pricing
Free plan available
Categories
AI Assistant
Grok and ChatGPT are directly and repeatedly compared as competing general-purpose AI chatbots.
Relationship verified September 25, 2026.
DeepSeek is a Chinese AI company offering a free conversational assistant and a usage-based API built on its DeepSeek large language models.
Published pricing
Free plan available
Categories
AI Coding, AI Assistant
DeepSeek and ChatGPT are extensively compared as competing general-purpose AI chatbot/model providers.
Relationship verified September 25, 2026.
Vibe (formerly known as Le Chat) is Mistral AI's assistant for chat, research, writing, and coding, combining conversational AI with agentic work and code modes.
Published pricing
Free plan available
Categories
AI Coding, AI Assistant
Mistral's assistant (Le Chat/Vibe) is positioned by reviewers as a competing general-purpose AI chat and coding assistant to ChatGPT.
Relationship verified September 25, 2026.