ChatGPT has signaled the start of the race for generative artificial intelligence. Since its release in 2022, OpenAI’s intelligent chatbot has been become essential. From ChatGPT 3.5 to ChatGPT 4o to GPT-4, AI has improved significantly, especially with cutting-edge multimodal capabilities.
However, ChatGPT is far from the only generative AI on the market. Many tech giants have entered the great AI race by unveiling their own conversational robots. Below, we take stock of the best alternatives, depending on your needs.
The best multitasking alternatives
First, we compiled a list of the best alternatives offering multitasking capabilities. Like ChatGPT, the AIs listed below are designed to answer all your questions. They have no particular specialization. These are the Swiss Army knives of AI.
Claude d’Anthropic
Developed by the start-up Anthropic, Claude is one of the most popular alternatives to ChatGPT. To communicate with the chatbot, the third version of which was deployed in early 2024, simply enter your requests in the conversation interface. The chatbot includes multimodal features. That is to say, it can understand, process and analyze images as well as text. This is a solid alternative to ChatGPT for complex tasks and everyday questions. Note that the AI has been specifically trained to respond technical and scientific questions. Anthropic offers a paid version of Claude, at $18 per month, which allows you to converse with Claude 3 Opus, its most efficient model.
HuggingChat
HuggingChat was developed by Hugging Face, a Franco-American company specializing in open source artificial intelligence. Fully powered by language models open source, HuggingChat can respond to all your requests in the same way as ChatGPT. The chatbot aims to be accessible, flexible and transparent in order to facilitate its integration with third-party services. Note that the robot has a wide set of functionalities, such as image generation, calculation, online search or document consultation. You simply have to check the tools you need directly in the interface.
Flame 3 Goal
Like its rivals, Meta has entered the AI race by developing its own linguistic models. Designed to compete with advanced AI models, Llama 3 stands out for its ability to handle complex tasks, word processing efficiency, and solid power efficiency. You can run the model on your computer, even if it is not a war lightning. For simplicity, you can turn to the Poe app to communicate with Meta’s generative AI. This application allows you to use a wide range of popular chatbots, from ChatGPT to Llama via Claude, Gemini or Stable Diffusion.
The Cat of Mistral
Developed by the French start-up Mistral AI, the Le Chat chatbot stands out for its excellent mastery of the French language. The AI was in fact trained on a corpus of data highlighting emphasis on French. De facto, the robot has a certain finesse in writing messages, especially if you ask it to adopt a particular tone. Mistral AI provides four different models, including a model designed for coding, a more concise model and a faster model. Depending on your needs, you might need one AI model or another.
The Best Chatbots for Online Search
Some chatbots are particularly good at finding information online. By connecting to the Internet, these AIs can replace the traditional search engine. To launch a search, simply ask the chatbot what you most naturally need. No need to carefully choose your query.
Gemini the Google
This is why Google, the search giant, launched its own conversational agent, Gemini. Formerly called Bard, the chatbot works in the same way as ChatGPT, through a linguistic model and a conversational interface. The AI is designed to carry out searches on the Internet, by offering digests of websites or articles found online. Gemini is good at summarizing current information for you, listing all its sources. At the bottom of each response, the model lists all the links that allowed it to construct its text.
Copilot de Microsoft Bing
Mirroring Gemini, Copilot, formerly called Bing Chat, is designed to assist you in your web searches. AI is also directly integrated into Microsoft’s search engine, Bing. The robot can carry out searches for you, based on your location in particular. At the bottom of the answers provided, we again find easily accessible sources. Moreover, Copilot is also multitasking. It is also possible to adjust the creativity level of the AI using a cursor. In addition, Microsoft also offers a handful of versions of Copilot tailored for specific requests, such as vacation planning or cooking.
Perplexity
Let’s also mention Perplexity, a chatbot developed by a start-up of the same name. The chatbot stands out thanks to a press article summary tool, which allows you toget a digest of information about current events. Well designed, the interface allows you to choose which sources the AI should turn to to produce its answers, such as academic articles, Reddit or YouTube. Perplexity also offers a paid plan at $20 per month, labeled Pro, which guarantees faster and more precise searches.
The best AI for writing
Trained on a mountain of written documents, ChatGPT is a writing assistant that is as valuable as it is effective. The robot is capable of generating texts on demand or helping you reformulate content. If you’re looking for a writing assistant, other generative AIs might appeal to you.
Writier
For aspiring writers, Writier is the ideal assistant. The chatbot can help in writing articles, blogs, product descriptions or emails. AI stands out for its ability to understand contextual and stylistic nuances of the language. During our tests, the tool proved very convincing. We really appreciated the functionality which allows the AI to continue a story started by the user. Above all, AI can adapt to your own style. For intensive use, you will need to upgrade to a Pro subscription, billed at $9 per month.
AI concept
Notion, the all-in-one productivity and project management app, has integrated generative artificial intelligence into its interface. Directly accessible in the application, Notion AI can help you write all your content. Through a drop-down menu, the AI allows you to lengthen your texts, shorten them, provide you with ideas, rephrase or even modify the tone. Finally, Notion AI helps you quickly navigate through data encoded in your Notion projects. Completely free, Notion’s AI has been easily integrated into our daily lives and our workflow.
Canva Magic Writing
Keen to diversify, Canva has added a tool designed for writing to its offering of online software dedicated to image editing. The feature, called Magic Writing, takes the form of a conversational interface similar to that of ChatGPT. It allows communication professionals to write convincing, inventive and correctly calibrated texts. Canva is mainly intended for reformulating texts. Like on Writier or Notion, you can ask the AI to shorten content orchange the tone, opting for a more relaxed or more formal tone. Effective and easy to learn, Writing Magic seemed less subtle and less complete than other AIs designed for writing. It will be reserved for the creation of short content or professional presentations.
The best alternative to ChatGPT for translating
Since its arrival, ChatGPT has managed to supplant traditional translation software, such as Google Translate. This is also the case for most generative AI, but some artificial intelligences stand out on this point.
Deep
Founded in 2017 by a German company of the same name, Deepl is an impressive translation software powered by neural networks. The service offers translations into several languages, including French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese and Chinese. It stands out for the naturalness of the translations offered. We are very far from the mechanical aspect of Google Translate for example. Deepl is billed at €7.49 per month, but has a 30-day free offer.
Deepl comes into its own when coupled with an AI-powered transcription tool, like Vook.AI. This converter allows you to obtain text from an audio file. The platform integrates Deepl, which allows it to translate all your transcriptions on the fly. Unfortunately, the tool is not free. It costs three euros for an hour of transcription.
The best AI for coding
Many developers rely on ChatGPT to assist them in writing code. Most generative AI is obviously able to write code or analyze lines of code for a vulnerability, but some models are specifically programmed for this purpose.
GitHub Copilot
Let’s first talk about GitHub Copilot, an AI that relies on data from the Github development platform. Designed by OpenAI, the artificial intelligence is based on OpenAI Codex, a model capable of imitating the way developers write code. It is designed as a real proactive assistant, proposing lines of code or the addition of functions based on your needs and the context. It costs 10 dollars per month.
Tabnine
Let’s also mention Tabnine, a programming assistance tool based on artificial intelligence whose main objective is to save developers time. Like Copilot, it can suggest lines of code in real time, making the process smoother. AI is also capable of learning based on projects you are working on to provide personalized suggestions. Tabnine is extremely effective in repetitive tasks. AI is priced at $12 per month, after a 90-day free trial period.
AskCodi
Finally, we will finish this selection of alternatives with AskCodi. Like the two solutions mentioned previously, it is a programming assistant designed to speed up code writing. It stands out through its ability to answer the user’s questions, detailing technical concepts or tips in the code. It is ideal for learn as you write code. AskCodi is therefore aimed more at apprentices. A free plan is available. For very intensive use, you will have to opt for the subscription at 24.99 euros per month.
Our selection of ChatGPT alternatives has come to an end. This is obviously a non-exhaustive directory. Other very convincing AIs are available on the web. If you have a tool to recommend, please let us know in the comments below.
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