ChatGPT
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier runs GPT-5-class models
- Voice, vision, image generation & web browsing
- Agent mode for multi-step tasks
- Custom GPTs and file uploads
AI Chat & Assistants (52)
All 52 ai chat & assistants tools in the Flocci catalog, 50 of them free or freemium. Pricing tier and real capabilities on every entry — no ads, no sponsored placement.
AllGeneral Purpose ChatbotsBrowser Extensions & CopilotsAI Companions & RoleplayMulti-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
freemium
Claude
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier with the Claude family (Opus/Sonnet class)
- Best-in-class coding and long-form reasoning
- Artifacts for live code & document previews
- Projects, memory and MCP tool connectors
Gemini
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier with Gemini 3 models
- Up to 2M-token context (largest of any flagship)
- Deep Google Workspace + real-time Search integration
- Native image (Nano Banana) & video (Veo) generation
Grok
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier with Grok 4-series models
- Live data from X and the open web
- Grok Imagine for image & video generation
- Less-filtered, fast conversational style
DeepSeek
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free access to V3-series & R1 reasoning models
- Open-weight, MoE-efficient architecture
- Strong math, coding and reasoning
- Transparent chain-of-thought mode
Microsoft Copilot
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier with frontier OpenAI models
- Built into Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365
- Voice, vision and image generation
- Copilot Vision can see your screen
Meta AI
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free, powered by Llama 4
- Built into WhatsApp, Instagram & Messenger
- Image generation and editing in chat
- Real-time web answers
Qwen Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free access to Qwen3-series models
- Strong multilingual and coding performance
- Open weights you can also run locally
- Vision, web search and artifacts
Mistral Le Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free tier from Europe's leading AI lab
- Very fast 'Flash Answers'
- Code interpreter, web search & image gen
- Privacy-focused, EU-hosted option
Kimi
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free access to Kimi K2-series agentic models
- Excellent long-document understanding
- Open weights, strong on agentic tasks
- Built-in research and browsing
HuggingChat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Completely free and open-source
- Switch between top open models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek…)
- Web search and tools enabled
- Community assistants
Poe
General Purpose Chatbots
- One app for GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok & more
- Create and share custom bots
- Compare model answers side by side
- Free daily points across models
You.com
General Purpose Chatbots
- AI assistant with cited web answers
- Access to multiple frontier models
- Research and agent modes
- Custom sources and workspaces
Z.ai (GLM Chat)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free chat on flagship GLM-5.2 with no login required
- Built-in full-stack app/website builder mode
- Free GLM-4.5-Flash tier for API prototyping
Doubao
General Purpose Chatbots
- ByteDance's flagship consumer assistant, built on its own Seed models
- Deep integration with Douyin/TikTok-adjacent content workflows
- Voice, image and document modes in one free app
Tencent Yuanbao
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free full-version DeepSeek-R1 access alongside Tencent's own Hunyuan/Hongyuan models
- One-tap access from inside WeChat chats, groups and Mini Programs
- Pulls in WeChat Official Account and Video Channel content as search sources
Baidu Ernie Bot (Wenxin Yiyan)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Baidu's flagship consumer chatbot built on its Ernie model family
- One-stop office/study assistant positioning (办公学习一站解决)
- Tied into Baidu Search and Baidu ecosystem services
MiniMax Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Consumer chat surface for MiniMax's own M3/M2.5 model family
- Combines AI search, vision and voice chat in one assistant
- Distinct product from MiniMax's Hailuo video model (already listed) and Talkie companion app
iFlytek Spark (Xinghuo)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Voice-first Chinese chatbot from iFlytek, China's dominant speech-tech vendor
- Permanently free Spark Lite API tier for developers
- Claims support across 74 languages/dialects via Spark X1
Alibaba Quark AI Assistant
General Purpose Chatbots
- 200M+ existing users of Quark's browser/search app now get a free Qwen3-powered chat assistant
- Handles deep research, presentations, image generation and medical-info lookup in one app
- Voice and text chatbot modes built into a mainstream consumer surface, not a standalone chat site
Baichuan Bai Xiao Ying (百小应)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free consumer assistant from Baichuan, built on the Baichuan 4 base model
- Multi-turn AI search plus document/image upload and voice interaction
- Distinct from Baichuan's 2026 pivot to medical LLMs (M3/M4) — this is the general consumer app
Sarvam Indus
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free (beta) chat assistant natively handling all 22 official Indian languages plus Hinglish code-switching
- Built on Sarvam's own 105B parameter model, not a foreign-model wrapper
- Voice, document upload and web research included at no cost during beta
Aleph Alpha Pharia Assistant
General Purpose Chatbots
- Germany's flagship 'sovereign AI' chat/assistant platform (PhariaAssistant), built for EU data-residency requirements
- Deep-research report generation over uploaded documents
- Positioned explicitly against US/Chinese model dependence for European enterprises and governments
Upstage Solar Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free hosted chat interface for South Korea's Solar Pro model family, no API key needed to try it
- Solar Pro 4 (Aug 2026) ships aggressively low promotional API pricing
- Free access for schools, hospitals and nonprofits to the underlying model for up to a year
Sakana Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free general-public chat service from Sakana AI, built on its own Namazu model
- Real-time web search integration and three selectable tones including a distinct 'Osaka' dialect style
- Launched March 2026 as Sakana's pivot from pure R&D into consumer products alongside Marlin and Fugu
Falcon LLM Chat (TII)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Free public playground for Abu Dhabi TII's open-weight Falcon models
- Falcon-H1 Arabic leads the Open Arabic LLM Leaderboard across model sizes
- Fully open-source, permissively licensed models downloadable from Hugging Face
Jais Chat
General Purpose Chatbots
- Bilingual Arabic/English chatbot built on Jais 30B/70B, the leading Arabic-trained LLM family
- Trained on 475B+ Arabic tokens, culturally and linguistically tuned rather than translated
- Free web and mobile app with model choice (fast 30B vs precise 70B vs K2-Diamond-Chat for math/code)
Pi (Inflection AI)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Fully free personal-AI chatbot with no subscription tier at all — unlimited conversations, no paywall
- Voice mode with 8 selectable voices, plus iOS/Android/web/Apple Messages clients
- Tuned for supportive, conversational tone rather than task-completion, a distinct niche from utility chatbots
DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Duck.ai)
General Purpose Chatbots
- Anonymous, no-account access to Claude, GPT, Mistral and open models with IP stripped before forwarding
- Contractual guarantees that conversations aren't used for vendor model training, deleted within 30 days
- Free voice mode with daily limits; paid Plus/Pro tiers add GPT-5.4, Claude Sonnet/Opus access and higher limits
Venice AI
General Purpose Chatbots
- Browser-side conversation storage — Venice's servers never see or keep chat history
- Requests routed through proxies to decentralized GPU providers, obscuring both identity and full history
- Runs uncensored open-source models with no content-filter layer, a distinct positioning from mainstream chatbots
Proton Lumo
General Purpose Chatbots
- Zero-access encrypted chat from the makers of Proton Mail/VPN — no account needed to start chatting
- Open-source client, no conversation logging or training on user data, by design
- Free tier includes web search and basic chat history, not just a stripped demo
Sider
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- ChatGPT/Claude/Gemini in a browser sidebar
- Summarize any page, PDF or YouTube video
- Translate, rewrite and explain selections
- Works across every website
Monica
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- All-in-one AI copilot for the browser
- Access to GPT, Claude & Gemini
- Writing, translation and search tools
- Desktop app and memo features
Merlin AI
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- Works on any website
- Summarize YouTube, articles and PDFs
- Multiple frontier models in one place
- Social-media reply generator
MaxAI.me
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- One-click rewrite, reply and summarize
- Chat with any page or image
- Instant translation and grammar fixes
- Prompt library built in
Harpa AI
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- AI web automation and monitoring
- Track prices and page changes
- Scrape and summarize sites
- Custom command workflows
Brave Leo
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- Built directly into the Brave browser sidebar — no separate site, no account, no signup required for free tier
- Access to Claude, Mixtral and Llama models without opening a separate chatbot site
- Conversations never stored on Brave's servers and not used for model training
Dia
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- AI-native Chromium browser (from the makers of Arc) with AI chat built into every tab, not bolted on as a sidebar
- Free for light AI use; a Pro tier lifts the usage caps
- Now backed by Atlassian after its 2026 acquisition of The Browser Company
Opera Browser AI (Aria)
Browser Extensions & Copilots
- Free, native AI assistant built into Opera's mainstream and GX browsers, no separate app needed
- Powered by a mix of OpenAI GPT and Google Gemini models under the hood
- 2025-2026 upgrade added faster models, higher usage limits and access to open-source local models
Character.AI
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Chat with millions of community characters
- Create your own personas
- Voice conversations and scenes
- Free with generous limits
Replika
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Personal AI companion that remembers you
- 3D avatar and voice/AR modes
- Focus on emotional support and journaling
- Free tier available
Chai
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Massive library of community chat bots
- Mobile-first roleplay experience
- Build and tune your own bots
- Free daily messages
Talkie
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Voice-first character companion app built on MiniMax's own voice models
- Mini-Theater structured roleplay mode plus 95+ language support
- Millions of community-built characters, free tier capped at ~50 messages/day
Polybuzz
AI Companions & Roleplay
- 20M+ user-created characters for roleplay and companion chat, on web, iOS and Android
- Multi-character group chat rooms alongside 1:1 companion conversations
- Voice interaction and AI-generated images included, free tier allows ~120 messages before an ad interrupt
Nomi
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Free tier keeps full intelligence, memory and personality — not a stripped-down demo like most companion apps
- No credit card required to start; one active companion plus limited daily image generation on free plan
- Long-term memory positioned as its core differentiator versus competitors
Kindroid
AI Companions & Roleplay
- Deep, persistent memory system marketed as its core differentiator among companion apps
- Free tier (150 messages) available, with voice calls and video selfies gated to paid plans
- Highly configurable custom-character creation beyond template personas
LibreChat
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Fully open-source, self-hostable ChatGPT-style interface connecting to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Bedrock, OpenRouter and more from one UI
- Built-in Agents, MCP support, Code Interpreter and Artifacts — enterprise-grade features free to self-host
- 41.7k GitHub stars and active development as of Aug 2026, with secure multi-user auth for team deployments
Cherry Studio
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Free, open-source (AGPL-3.0) desktop client unifying OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, Qwen and local Ollama/LM Studio models in one window
- 300+ models across 50+ providers behind a single chat interface, no per-provider app-switching
- Built-in RAG knowledge base — chat directly with imported PDF/Word/Excel/Markdown files or web URLs
t3.chat
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Fast, developer-built multi-model chat UI giving access to Claude, GPT and DeepSeek from one subscription
- Low-cost Pro tier undercuts mainstream chatbot subscriptions
- Free tier lets users test multiple frontier models before committing to a paid plan
TypingMind
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Bring-your-own-API-key chat frontend — you pay providers directly instead of a subscription markup
- One-time lifetime licence instead of forced recurring billing, unusual here
- Optional paid cloud sync for cross-device history, otherwise fully local
Abacus ChatLLM
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Single subscription bundling chat access to 100+ models including GPT-5.6, Claude Opus 5 and Gemini 3.1 Pro
- Includes a built-in coding/research agent (DeepAgent) and always-on cloud compute (SuperComputer), not just chat
- Priced per seat rather than per model provider
ChatHub
Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients
- Side-by-side comparison of multiple AI chatbots' answers in one browser view
- Free plan compares 2 models at once; paid unlocks up to 6 models simultaneously
- Browser-extension-first design rather than a standalone web app, fits directly into existing workflows
AI Chat & Assistants — straight answers
What ai chat & assistants tools does Flocci list?
Flocci AI Tools lists 52 ai chat & assistants tools, ordered free tiers first: Alibaba Quark AI Assistant, Baichuan Bai Xiao Ying (百小应), Baidu Ernie Bot (Wenxin Yiyan), Cherry Studio and Falcon LLM Chat (TII). 50 of the 52 are free or have a free tier. Every entry states what it uniquely does, not a score.
Which ai chat & assistants tools are completely free?
Yes — 15 of these are marked fully free with no paid plan attached: Alibaba Quark AI Assistant, Baichuan Bai Xiao Ying (百小应), Baidu Ernie Bot (Wenxin Yiyan), Cherry Studio and Falcon LLM Chat (TII). The rest are freemium, trial or paid, and each row states which.
How is AI Chat & Assistants organised?
Into 4 sub-categories — General Purpose Chatbots, Browser Extensions & Copilots, AI Companions & Roleplay, Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients — holding 52 tools between them. Each sub-category has its own page with the same pricing labels and capability lists.