Alternatives to Grok
Ranked by capability overlap. Money plays no part in the order.
Free AI assistant from Meta, also inside WhatsApp and Instagram
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Image generation
Lacks: Research with citations
Overlap 75%(computed)Compare with Grok
FreeUnverifiedOne app to chat with many different AI models
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Image generation
Lacks: Research with citations
Overlap 75%(computed)Compare with Grok
FreeUnverifiedPrivacy-first AI assistant from Proton in Switzerland
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Image generation, Research with citations
Overlap 50%(computed)Compare with Grok
FreeUnverifiedAnonymous chat with AI models, from DuckDuckGo
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Image generation, Research with citations
Overlap 50%(computed)Compare with Grok
FreeUnverifiedGoogle's AI assistant, integrated with Gmail, Docs and search
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Image generation, Research with citations
Extra: Data analysis, Long-form writing, Summarization, Translation, Video generation
Overlap 44%(computed)Compare with Grok
European AI assistant from France's Mistral AI
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Research with citations
Extra: Chat with documents, Long-form writing, Translation
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 43%(computed)Compare with Grok
Free chat assistant from the Chinese AI company DeepSeek
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Coding assistant
Lacks: Image generation, Research with citations
Overlap 40%(computed)Compare with Grok
FreeUnverifiedGerman AI platform for companies, with chat and custom assistants
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: AI agents, Chat with documents
Lacks: Image generation, Research with citations
Overlap 33%(computed)Compare with Grok
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