Alternatives to Poe
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
Overlap 100%(computed)Compare with Poe
FreeUnverifiedAI assistant from xAI, also built into X
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Image generation
Extra: Research with citations
Overlap 75%(computed)Compare with Poe
FreeUnverifiedPrivacy-first AI assistant from Proton in Switzerland
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 67%(computed)Compare with Poe
FreeUnverifiedAnonymous chat with AI models, from DuckDuckGo
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 67%(computed)Compare with Poe
FreeUnverifiedFree chat assistant from the Chinese AI company DeepSeek
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Coding assistant
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 50%(computed)Compare with Poe
FreeUnverifiedGerman AI platform for companies, with chat and custom assistants
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: AI agents, Chat with documents
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 40%(computed)Compare with Poe
—Google's AI assistant, integrated with Gmail, Docs and search
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant, Image generation
Extra: Data analysis, Long-form writing, Research with citations, Summarization, Translation, Video generation
Overlap 33%(computed)Compare with Poe
European AI assistant from France's Mistral AI
Shared capabilities: General AI assistant
Extra: Chat with documents, Long-form writing, Research with citations, Translation
Lacks: Image generation
Overlap 29%(computed)Compare with Poe