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ChatGPT vs Claude vs Gemini vs DeepSeek (2026 comparison)

All four assistants are excellent, which is exactly why choosing between them is hard. The honest answer is that they have converged on features and diverged on character: where one is the safest all-rounder, another reads and writes long documents better, and another is still free with no meaningful limits.

4 tools · Updated October 2026. Ratings and pricing come from each tool's directory entry; ✓ marks pricing read from the vendor's own page.

Compare	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	DeepSeekCN
Rating	★ 4.7	★ 4.7	★ 4.5	★ 4.8
In one line	The conversational AI that started it all	An AI assistant that's helpful, harmless and honest	Google's multimodal AI model family	Open-weight reasoning models, free to chat with
Pricing model	Freemium subscription	Freemium subscription (monthly or annual)	Freemium, bundled with Google One AI	Free chat, paid API
Free tier	Free plan includes a small fast model with daily limits and limited access to flagship models — enough to evaluate the workflow.	Free plan covers chat, web search, file creation and Artifacts with a daily usage cap.	Free with any Google account, including the app integrations at reduced limits.	Unlimited chat on web and mobile with generous rate limits.
Entry paid plan	$20 / month (Plus)	$20 / month (Pro)	~$20 / month (Google AI Pro)	~$0.14 / 1M input (API)
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ChatGPT

☆

Rating★ 4.7

In one lineThe conversational AI that started it all

Pricing modelFreemium subscription

Free tierFree plan includes a small fast model with daily limits and limited access to flagship models — enough to evaluate the workflow.

Entry paid plan$20 / month (Plus)

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Claude

☆

Rating★ 4.7

In one lineAn AI assistant that's helpful, harmless and honest

Pricing modelFreemium subscription (monthly or annual)

Free tierFree plan covers chat, web search, file creation and Artifacts with a daily usage cap.

Entry paid plan$20 / month (Pro)

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Gemini

☆

Rating★ 4.5

In one lineGoogle's multimodal AI model family

Pricing modelFreemium, bundled with Google One AI

Free tierFree with any Google account, including the app integrations at reduced limits.

Entry paid plan~$20 / month (Google AI Pro)

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DeepSeekCN

☆

Rating★ 4.8

In one lineOpen-weight reasoning models, free to chat with

Pricing modelFree chat, paid API

Free tierUnlimited chat on web and mobile with generous rate limits.

Entry paid plan~$0.14 / 1M input (API)

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Pick ChatGPT if…

The all-rounder. Voice, image generation, agents and the largest plugin and integration ecosystem — if you want one assistant that does everything competently, this is still the default choice.

Pick Claude if…

Long documents, code and careful writing. Artifacts turn answers into interactive output, and the writing tone is the closest of the four to a human collaborator.

Pick Gemini if…

Deeply wired into Google Search, YouTube and Workspace. If your life already lives in Gmail and Docs, the integrations are worth more than small model differences.

Pick DeepSeek if…

The price breaker: free chat with generous limits on web and mobile, and open-weight models you can self-host. Reasoning benchmarks rival the paid leaders.