Free Perplexity AlternativesTop AI Chatbots & AI Writing Tools like Perplexity

The best free alternative to Perplexity is ChatGPT. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 100 alternatives to Perplexity and loads of them is free so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting free alternatives to Perplexity are Google Gemini, Claude, Qwen and Duck.ai.

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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.

    615 ChatGPT alternatives

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  2. 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.

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  3. 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.

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  4. Qwen icon
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    The Qwen team is dedicated to pursuing artificial general intelligence (AGI) and is focused on building generalist models, including large language models and large multimodal models.

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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.

    152 Duck.ai alternatives

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  6. Ensu icon
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    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.

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  7. Microsoft Copilot (previously know as Bing Chat) is a new Chatbot feature for Microsoft Bing which aim to revolutionize the search engine experience through AI-powered technology.

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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!

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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.

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  10. 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.

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  11. Z.ai icon
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    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...

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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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