AI Chat & Assistants (65)

65 free ai chat & assistants tools and 3 more — pricing tier and real capabilities on every entry. No ads, no sponsored placement.

All General Purpose Chatbots Browser Extensions & Copilots AI Companions & Roleplay Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients

ChatGPT

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free tier on OpenAI's fast GPT-6/GPT-5.x 'Luna' models, with a Think button for harder questions
Voice, vision, image generation and web search in one app
Agent mode, projects, memory and file uploads
Custom GPTs and a large app/connector ecosystem

Claude

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free tier on Anthropic's Claude 5 family (Sonnet-class model by default)
Top-tier coding, writing and long-document reasoning
Artifacts for live code, document and app previews
Projects, memory, web search and MCP tool connectors

Gemini

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free tier on Gemini 3.x Flash models, with limited access to the top Pro model
Very long context for whole books, codebases and long videos
Deep Google Workspace and real-time Search integration
Native image (Nano Banana) and video (Veo) generation, Gemini Live voice

Grok

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free, rate-limited access to xAI's latest Grok 4.x models
Live data from X and the open web
Grok Imagine for image and video generation
Fast, less-filtered conversational style

DeepSeek

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free web and app chat on DeepSeek's V4-series models
Instant and Expert (deep-thinking) modes
Strong math, coding and reasoning at open-model cost
Models are also released as open weights

Microsoft Copilot

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free tier mixing frontier OpenAI models with Microsoft's own MAI models
Built into Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365
Voice, vision and image generation
Copilot Vision can see and talk through your screen

Meta AI

General Purpose Chatbots

free

Free assistant now powered by Meta's Muse Spark models
Built into WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Ray-Ban Meta glasses
Image generation and editing in chat
Real-time web answers

Qwen Chat

General Purpose Chatbots

free

Free access to Alibaba's latest Qwen3.x models, including the Max tier
Strong multilingual and coding performance
Vision, web search, deep research and artifacts
Many of the same models ship as open weights you can run locally

Mistral Le Chat

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free tier from Europe's leading AI lab (Mistral Medium/Large 3-series)
Very fast 'Flash Answers'
Code interpreter, web search, deep research and image generation
Privacy-focused, EU-hosted option

Kimi

General Purpose Chatbots

free

Free access to Moonshot's Kimi K3 and K2-series agentic models
Very long context for large documents
Open weights, strong on agentic and coding tasks
Built-in research, browsing and agent modes

HuggingChat

General Purpose Chatbots

free

Completely free and open-source
Switch between top open models (Llama, Qwen, DeepSeek…)
Web search and tools enabled
Community assistants

Poe

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

One app for GPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek and more
Create and share custom bots
Compare model answers side by side
Small daily free points allowance across models

You.com

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

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

freemium

Free chat on Zhipu's flagship GLM-5.x models
Built-in full-stack app/website builder mode
Open-weight GLM checkpoints plus free Flash-tier API models

Doubao

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

ByteDance's flagship consumer assistant on its Doubao Seed 2.x models
Voice, image, video and document modes in one free app
China-first sign-up; the international sibling app is Dola

Tencent Yuanbao

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

Free assistant on Tencent's own Hunyuan Hy-series models alongside DeepSeek
One-tap access from inside WeChat chats, groups and Mini Programs
Pulls WeChat Official Account and Channels content into search answers
Sign-up is China-first; a mainland phone number may be required

Baidu Ernie Bot (Wenxin Yiyan)

General Purpose Chatbots

free

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

freemium

Consumer chat surface for MiniMax's M3 model family
Combines AI search, vision and voice chat in one assistant
Distinct product from MiniMax's Hailuo video model and Talkie companion app

iFlytek Spark (Xinghuo)

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

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

free

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

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

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

Upstage Solar Chat

General Purpose Chatbots

freemium

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

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

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

free

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

free

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

freemium

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

freemium

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

freemium

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

Dola

General Purpose Chatbots

freemiumNew

ByteDance's overseas assistant (renamed from Cici in Nov 2025) with free chat, translation, summarization and image generation
Supports about 19 languages on iOS, Android, Windows, web and a browser extension
Reported 10M+ daily users by end of 2025, strong in Southeast Asia, Latin America and the UK

Amazon Nova

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Amazon's web playground to chat with Nova models (Nova 2 Lite and others) with a model dropdown
Includes Nova Canvas image generation and a Nova Reel video gallery
Free Nova API key offered for developers

Xiaomi MiMo Studio

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Xiaomi's web chat for its open-source MiMo MoE models (MIT license) with classic, deep-reasoning and web-search modes
Sign in with a Xiaomi account
Latest listed models MiMo-V2.6-Flash and Pro (Sept 2026)

LongCat Chat (Meituan)

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Web chat for Meituan's open-source LongCat-Flash models (MIT license, 560B MoE)
Long-context and agentic tool-use focus
Companion free API tier of 500K tokens per day

K2 Think

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

MBZUAI/G42 chat app for the open Apache-2.0 K2 Think V2 reasoning model, served on Cerebras
Web, iOS and Android with Google or Apple sign-in and chat history sync
No subscription or in-app purchases

Apertus Chat (Public AI)

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Chat directly on Apertus 1.5, the fully open Swiss model from ETH, EPFL and CSCS (released 2026-07-24)
publicai.co/chat serves the 8B model with no login; a free account unlocks the 70B model with thinking mode
Hosted under Swiss jurisdiction

Euria (Infomaniak)

General Purpose Chatbots

freemiumNew

Swiss-hosted AI assistant from Infomaniak with a free basic version
Positioned on privacy and data sovereignty; integrates with kSuite
Paid kSuite plans extend usage

Reka Chat

General Purpose Chatbots

freemiumNew

Chat with Reka's multimodal models (Reka Flash 3 etc.) without needing an account for basic use
Reka Space adds an AI canvas over video, image and audio
Limited free features; paid API via Reka Gateway

Snapchat My AI

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Free chatbot inside Snapchat for everyone since 2023
Can be added to group chats and asked for place suggestions on Snap Map
Also Lenses and image generation features

Google AI Mode

General Purpose Chatbots

freeNew

Conversational AI search inside Google powered by Gemini with follow-up questions
Personal Intelligence brings Gmail, Photos and other Google apps context to free users in the US
Also reachable in the Chrome sidebar

Sider

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freemium

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

freemium

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

freemium

Works on any website
Summarize YouTube, articles and PDFs
Multiple frontier models in one place
Social-media reply generator

MaxAI.me

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freemium

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

freemium

AI web automation and monitoring
Track prices and page changes
Scrape and summarize sites
Custom command workflows

Brave Leo

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freemium

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

freemium

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

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

Firefox Smart Window

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freeNew

Built-in Firefox AI assistant that answers questions about the page and open tabs and searches browsing history in natural language
Switch models mid-chat: Google Gemini, Alibaba Qwen, OpenAI gpt-oss-120b, and Mistral Small 4 (added Sept 2026)
Free with no subscription; beta for macOS and Windows in the US, Canada and France, UK and Germany expected later
Conversations stay local by default; Mistral partnership uses zero data retention

Page Assist

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freeNew

Open-source (MIT) sidebar and ChatGPT-style web UI for local models via Ollama, LM Studio or Chrome's built-in Gemini Nano
Chat with the current webpage without sending data to a cloud service
Works on Chrome, Edge, Brave, Firefox, Vivaldi and Zen; about 8.2k GitHub stars

Gemini in Chrome

Browser Extensions & Copilots

freeNew

Gemini side panel that answers questions about the current tab and across tabs
Summarizes pages and videos, compares products
Available on desktop and Android for US users; expanded to Canada, NZ, India and more
Auto browse agent reserved for paid Google AI plans

Character.AI

AI Companions & Roleplay

freemium

Chat with millions of community characters
Create your own personas
Voice conversations and scenes
Free with generous limits

Replika

AI Companions & Roleplay

freemium

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

freemium

Massive library of community chat bots
Mobile-first roleplay experience
Build and tune your own bots
Free daily messages

Talkie

AI Companions & Roleplay

freemium

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

freemium

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

freemium

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

freemium

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

free

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

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

freemium

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

ChatHub

Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients

freemium

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

Chatbox

Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients

freeNew

Open-source (GPL-3.0) desktop and mobile client for OpenAI, Claude, Gemini and Ollama with local data storage
Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android
Markdown, LaTeX and code highlighting; about 41.9k GitHub stars

LobeHub

Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients

freemiumNew

Open-source multi-agent chat workspace (about 82.9k GitHub stars) built on Next.js, deployable via Docker or Vercel
Connects to OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama and any OpenAI-compatible endpoint
Plugins and MCP skills, knowledge base and editable agent memory

NextChat

Multi-Model Aggregators & Universal Clients

freeNew

MIT-licensed lightweight AI chat client with one-click Vercel deployment and roughly 5MB desktop apps
Works with Claude, DeepSeek, GPT and Gemini keys; local-first storage
Plugins, artifacts and Stable Diffusion integration in recent versions; about 88.8k stars

AI Chat & Assistants — straight answers

What ai chat & assistants tools does Flocci list?

Flocci AI Tools lists 68 ai chat & assistants tools, ordered free tiers first: Apertus Chat (Public AI), Chatbox, Falcon LLM Chat (TII), Google AI Mode and HuggingChat. 65 of the 68 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 — 27 of these are marked fully free with no paid plan attached: Apertus Chat (Public AI), Chatbox, Falcon LLM Chat (TII), Google AI Mode and HuggingChat. 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 68 tools between them. Each sub-category has its own page with the same pricing labels and capability lists.

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