ChatGPT alternatives
What ChatGPT costs today: $8/mo (a free plan is available). site ↗pricing ↗
Below are the 2 other ai assistants tools we track daily, cheapest entry first — each one written up from what our record actually holds, with a link to its own site and pricing page. Where we have written a full comparison, the name links to it.
The alternatives, tool by tool
Mistral AIsite ↗pricing ↗
Paid plans start at $14.99/mo (Pro); no free plan is published.
Claudesite ↗pricing ↗
Anthropic's assistant, sold as a consumer and team subscription, used for long-document work, analysis and writing. Paid plans start at $17/mo (Pro); a free plan exists. The ladder we hold runs 2 paid tiers, topping out at $100/mo (Max). It bills by country — entry £15/mo to a UK reader and €15/mo in the eurozone, from our same-day reads. Its published prices moved on 2026-09-03 — the change log holds the rows.
Side by side
| Tool | Paid from | Free plan | Currency | Read | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mistral AI | $14.99/mo | — | USD | 2026-09-03 | page |
| Claude | $17/mo | Yes | USD | 2026-09-03 | page |