Facts read 20 Sep 2026 – 21 Oct 2026
AI assistants can search the web, examine files, create images and work with language models. This list helps you compare those tools by access, platform support and published capabilities.
| Name | In a line | Record score | Price from | Try it free | Runs on | Facts read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 GitHub Copilot | Copilot suits individual developers, freelancers, students, educators, and open source maintainers, with Business and Enterprise plans aimed at organizations. | 6.5 | $10 a month | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 02 Gemini | 6.4 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 19 Oct 2026 | |
| 03 Amazon Q | 6.3 | $3 a month | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 14 Oct 2026 | |
| 04 Claude | Claude may suit people who want an AI assistant for work involving files, data analysis, web search, or shareable artifacts. | 6.2 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 30 Sep 2026 |
| 05 Replit | Replit may suit people who want to create applications with natural-language prompts, as well as developers who want browser-based coding and collaboration. | 6.2 | $18 a month, billed yearly | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 06 AnythingLLM | It suits people seeking a desktop or mobile AI assistant with on-device document and meeting tools. | 6.0 | $50 a month | Free plan | Android, Web, Windows, Mac | 28 Sep 2026 |
| 07 Microsoft Copilot | Copilot suits people seeking an AI assistant across web and desktop or mobile platforms, including those who want it alongside Microsoft 365 apps. | 6.0 | $99.99 a year | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 27 Sep 2026 |
| 08 Cursor | Cursor suits developers who want coding assistance across desktop, terminal, Slack, or GitHub workflows. | 5.9 | $8 a month | Free plan | iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows, Mac | 21 Oct 2026 |
| 09 You.com | You.com suits developers building AI agents, RAG systems, knowledge bases, or other data-driven applications that need web retrieval and grounded responses. | 5.7 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, API | 4 Oct 2026 |
| 10 DeepSeek | 5.6 | Free plan | Free plan | Android, iPhone & iPad, Web, Windows | 11 Oct 2026 |
The page sorts releases by recency and shows the figures makers publish. It does not score the tools.
Copilot suits individual developers, freelancers, students, educators, and open source maintainers, with Business and Enterprise plans aimed at organizations.
Claude may suit people who want an AI assistant for work involving files, data analysis, web search, or shareable artifacts.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+5Replit may suit people who want to create applications with natural-language prompts, as well as developers who want browser-based coding and collaboration.
AndroidiPhone & iPadWeb+3It suits people seeking a desktop or mobile AI assistant with on-device document and meeting tools.
Copilot suits people seeking an AI assistant across web and desktop or mobile platforms, including those who want it alongside Microsoft 365 apps.
Cursor suits developers who want coding assistance across desktop, terminal, Slack, or GitHub workflows.
You.com suits developers building AI agents, RAG systems, knowledge bases, or other data-driven applications that need web retrieval and grounded responses.
It may suit students organizing course materials and people who need answers tied to supplied sources.
Look for whether an assistant has a free plan, a trial period or only a paid option. Compare the listed “Paid from” price when you need continued access.
Amazon Q notes a 60-day trial. Pricing notes vary by tool, so review the terms for the assistant you are considering.
Assistants in this list operate on web, Android, iOS, Windows, macOS or Linux. Choose a tool that supports the devices where you plan to use it.
A web option can suit shared computers, while a mobile app may fit work on an Android or iOS phone.
The comparison includes web search, file analysis and image generation. These fields show which kinds of work an assistant is built to handle.
If your work involves documents, look for file analysis. For visual work, check image generation before choosing.
An assistant’s context capacity and available models shape how you can use it. More context allows longer material, while model selection offers the models made available by that tool.
Check the published details for the tool and task you have in mind.
