AI assistants tools, tiered

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4 tools we track in this category, with a short reason and current starting price for each. Tiers are opinions; see how we rank.

The tiers

S
ChatGPT · Free / $20 mo
The default general assistant; broad tools and memory.
Claude · Free / $20 mo
Excellent writing, reasoning and artifacts.
A
Gemini · Free / $19.99 mo
Multimodal assistant tied into Google Workspace.
Grok · Free / from $8 mo
Real-time X data and strong reasoning modes.

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