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The best Meta AI alternatives

Meta AI does one job — meta's assistant across whatsapp, instagram and the web — and it is not the right fit for everyone. These 12 chat & llms tools cover the same ground, each with a different trade-off. Prices and features last checked 2026-08-25.

  1. 1. ChatGPT

    EI 9/10
    Chat & LLMs

    General-purpose AI assistant for writing, coding, research and more.

    Switch here if: Rated higher on the Moyan EI score (9/10 vs 8/10), so it keeps more of the thinking with you.

  2. 2. Perplexity

    EI 9/10
    Chat & LLMs

    AI answer engine that researches the web and cites sources.

    Switch here if: Rated higher on the Moyan EI score (9/10 vs 8/10), so it keeps more of the thinking with you.

  3. 3. Character.AI

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Create and chat with custom AI personas.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Create and chat with custom AI personas.

  4. 4. Claude

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Long-form writing, analysis and coding assistant from Anthropic.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Long-form writing, analysis and coding assistant from Anthropic.

  5. 5. Copilot

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows & Office.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows & Office.

  6. 6. DeepSeek

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Fast, efficient reasoning and chat model.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Fast, efficient reasoning and chat model.

  7. 7. Gemini

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Google's multimodal AI assistant across text, image and video.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Google's multimodal AI assistant across text, image and video.

  8. 8. GLM (Z.ai)

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Zhipu AI's bilingual chat and agent model.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Zhipu AI's bilingual chat and agent model.

  9. 9. Grok

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Real-time, X-integrated AI assistant from xAI.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Real-time, X-integrated AI assistant from xAI.

  10. 10. Kimi

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    Long-document and agentic AI assistant from Moonshot AI.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: Long-document and agentic AI assistant from Moonshot AI.

  11. 11. Poe

    EI 8/10
    Chat & LLMs

    One subscription, access to many AI models in one place.

    Switch here if: Same job — chat & llms — approached differently: One subscription, access to many AI models in one place.

  12. 12. Britannica AI Chatbot

    EI 10/10
    Chat & LLMs

    An AI chatbot leveraging Britannica's trusted content to provide accurate, cited answers to user questions, facilitating learning and research directly from an authoritative knowledge base.

    Switch here if: Rated higher on the Moyan EI score (10/10 vs 8/10), so it keeps more of the thinking with you.

Still not sure?

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