AI assistants
The chat assistants most people use every day. A skill works best here: it teaches the assistant how you like things done, so you stop repeating yourself.
How we order tools: tools we earn a commission from are always listed first. After that, they're in our own order: free plan first, then clear UK prices and how well they work with a skill. Commission never changes what we write, and we include tools we earn nothing from.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's all-round assistant for writing, planning and questions.
Free plan: Yes
See the breakdownGemini
Google's assistant, with Gems to save your instructions.
Free plan: Yes, with 15 GB of storage
See the breakdownClaude
Anthropic's assistant for writing and long documents, with Skills.
Free plan: Yes
See the breakdownMicrosoft Copilot
Microsoft's assistant, in Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365.
Free plan: Yes (Copilot app)
See the breakdownPerplexity
An AI search engine that answers with sources you can click.
Free plan: Yes
See the breakdownMake any of these work your way
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