ChatGPT
Best overall
OpenAI's general assistant for writing, questions, images and code.
Free$8/mo
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's free AI chat for answers, writing and everyday tasks.
Copilot is Microsoft's consumer AI assistant, available on the web, in Windows and in mobile apps. It answers questions with web results, helps write and summarize, and makes images. Paid Microsoft 365 plans bring it into Word, Excel and Outlook; we could not read current consumer prices on the page we checked.
What it's good for
- Web answers with sources
- Drafting in Word and Outlook
- Free image generation