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Ranking 2026

The best AI chatbots in 2026

Chatbots are most people's way into AI: they help you write, code, study, analyse documents or answer questions. Here are the best ones, with their pricing and their weak spots.

  1. Rank 1: ChatGPT

    4.7Freemium

    The world's most popular AI chatbot, built by OpenAI.

    Plus plan from $20/month. Free plan available.

    Free planIn SpanishAPI

  2. Rank 2: Claude

    4.7Freemium

    Anthropic's AI assistant, a benchmark for writing and coding.

    Pro plan from €18/month. Free plan available.

    Free planIn SpanishAPI

  3. Rank 3: Gemini

    4.5Freemium

    Google's AI, built into its entire ecosystem.

    Google AI Pro from €21.99/month. Very complete free plan.

    Free planIn SpanishAPI

  4. Rank 4: DeepSeek

    4.4Free

    Free, unlimited AI chatbot with very capable open-weight models.

    Free, unlimited chat. Pay-as-you-go API from $0.14 per million tokens.

    Free planIn SpanishOpen sourceAPI

  5. Rank 5: Perplexity

    4.4Freemium

    The AI search engine that answers with cited sources.

    Pro from $20/month. Generous free plan.

    Free planIn SpanishAPI

  6. Rank 6: Le Chat (Mistral)

    4.3Freemium

    Mistral AI's European chatbot: fast, capable and cheaper than ChatGPT.

    Free plan (~25 messages/day). Pro $14.99/month, Team $24.99/month.

    Free planIn SpanishOpen sourceAPI

  7. Rank 7: Kimi

    4.3Freemium

    Moonshot AI's chatbot with leading open models for coding.

    Free chat at kimi.com. Paid plans from $19/month. Pay-as-you-go API, one of the cheapest on the market.

    Free planOpen sourceAPI

  8. Rank 8: Qwen Chat

    4.3Free

    Alibaba's free chatbot, with open-weight models.

    Free web chat with no caps. Open models under Apache 2.0; Alibaba Cloud API is pay-as-you-go.

    Free planIn SpanishOpen sourceAPI

  9. Rank 9: Grok

    4.2Freemium

    xAI's chatbot (Elon Musk) with real-time information from X.

    Free plan with limits. SuperGrok Lite $10/month, SuperGrok $30/month, Heavy $300/month.

    Free planIn SpanishAPI

  10. Rank 10: Poe

    4.2Freemium

    Reach ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and dozens of models in one app.

    Free plan with 3,000 points every few hours. From $4.99/month to $249.99/month depending on points. ~17% cheaper annually.

    Free planAPI

  11. Rank 11: Microsoft Copilot

    4.1Freemium

    Microsoft's AI assistant, free and built into Windows.

    Free with limits at peak times. Microsoft 365 Premium $19.99/month (replaces the old Copilot Pro).

    Free planIn Spanish

  12. Rank 12: Character.AI

    4.0Freemium

    Chat with millions of AI characters or create your own.

    Free with ads and limits. c.ai+ $9.99/month (or $94.99/year).

    Free planIn Spanish

How do we build these rankings?

Every tool has a review with data verified on its official website (pricing, free plan, API, platforms and languages). The order reflects our editorial rating, which weighs output quality, value for money and real-world usefulness. We review the data regularly, but always confirm the price on the vendor's site before subscribing.

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