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Writing

Drafting, editing and polishing text

  1. Claude8.4
  2. Grammarly8.1
  3. Jasper7.7

Image

Generate and edit images and graphics

  1. Midjourney7.8
  2. Adobe Firefly8.2
  3. Ideogram7.9

Video

Generative video, avatars and editing

  1. Runway7.8
  2. HeyGen8.0
  3. Descript8.2

Coding

Code completion and coding agents

  1. GitHub Copilot8.5
  2. Cursor8.2
  3. Claude8.4

Meeting notes

Record, transcribe and summarize calls

  1. Fathom8.5
  2. Fireflies.ai8.1
  3. Otter.ai7.9

Marketing

Content, SEO and campaign assets

  1. Jasper7.7
  2. Surfer7.8
  3. Canva8.6

Customer support

AI agents and helpdesks

  1. Fin by Intercom8.0
  2. Tidio8.2
  3. Zendesk7.7

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What AI chat costs right now

We track every plan for 27 tools, with the date each price was last checked. Sort, filter by use case, or show free tiers only.

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Cheapest paid plan for major AI assistants
AssistantCheapest paid planFree tier
ChatGPT$8/moYes
Claude$17/moYes
Gemini$4.99/moYes
Perplexity$20/moYes
Microsoft Copilot$19.99/moYes