The Top 10 ChatGPT Alternatives You Can Try Today

This article provides a list of ChatGPT alternatives that will boost your productivity.

Since its public launch in late 2022, ChatGPT has taken the world by storm. Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is an advanced AI conversational agent with the ability to understand and generate human-like text. With an endless range of applications, it’s not surprising that ChatGPT is already the fastest-growing web application ever, reaching 100 million users in just two months.

If you want to know more about the potential of ChatGPT for data science, we have prepared a tutorial on using ChatGPT for data science projects. Equally, if you want to get your hands dirty on all types of use-cases, we highly recommend you check our Introduction to ChatGPT course.

ChatGPT is the most prominent and most successful generative AI tool. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Many next-generation AI tools are fuelling the current AI revolution. And as we will show below, there are good reasons to consider them as an alternative to ChatGPT.

This article provides a select list of some of the best 10 ChatGPT alternatives. Expanding from our previous post on the Generative AI Tool Landscape, we will focus on ChatGPT alternatives that can help you with a wide range of tasks. Also, if you are interested in open-source alternatives to the GPT API, check out our 12 GPT-4 Open-Source Alternatives. Let’s start!

1. Microsoft Copilot

ChatGPT was developed by OpenAI with funding and support from Microsoft. Following the successful launch of the tool, Microsoft took a significant step in the AI revolution by integrating ChatGPT’s capabilities into its AI companion, Microsoft Copilot.

Microsoft Copilot, previously referred to as Bing, is now an AI companion powered by GPT-4, a next-generation LLM that is considered more advanced than its predecessor GPT-3.5, which powered ChatGPT. It also integrates a text-to-image LLM. This allows Copilot to embrace multimodality, meaning it can answer users’ questions with text and images.

2. Google Gemini (Formerly Known as Google Bard)

Perhaps the main competitor to ChatGPT is Google Gemin, a suite of advanced AI models by Google DeepMind, designed to handle both text and images, integrating a memory system and APIs for real-time data access. It is versatile, supporting applications that require complex AI capabilities, such as conversational agents and multimodal tasks.

We've already looked at a comparison of Gemini's previous iteration, Bard, and ChatGPT. You can also check out our article on the potential of Bard for data science projects.

3. Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Claude 3.5 Sonnet is an advanced language model developed by Anthropic, designed to handle complex language tasks with enhanced efficiency and context understanding. Known for its nuanced reasoning capabilities and focus on ethical AI, it stands out for its ability to deliver coherent and detailed responses. Ideal for diverse applications, it balances innovation with safety in generating conversational and creative outputs.

Claude 3.5 Sonnet can also be used by developers through its its API. To learn more, read this Claude 3.5 Sonnet API tutorial.

4. Perplexity

Using the OpenAI API, Perplexity AI is an excellent alternative to ChatGPT. Designed following a minimalist interface, Perplexity offers a great conversational experience. You don’t even have to create an account to use its free version, which is powered by Claude 3 Haiku. A 'Pro' version offers access to GPT-4 and various other abilities.

Perplexity is essentially an AI-powered search engine and conversational assistant that provides direct answers to queries by summarizing and citing relevant information from the web. Furthermore, Perplexity is conceived to address the authenticity and copyright problems of ChatGPT, providing source cites in all its answers. Check, for example, its reply when we ask what Datacamp is.

Source. Perplexity AI

Finally, Perplexity also comes with a Pro version powered by GPT-4. The premium subscriptions include Copilot, an interactive search assistant that asks you clarifying questions to guide the AI search process and find the best answer for you.

5. ChatSonic

Branded as a conversational AI that addressed the limitations of ChatGPT, ChatSonic is a solid alternative for those interested in content creation and creative tasks.

The latest version of ChatSonic is powered by GPT-4 and Google Search, which can give you up-to-date information. It also offers multimodal replies and customized answers based on avatars.

ChatSonic allows multimodality and customized answers based on avatars. Source. ChatSonic

However, contrary to ChatGPT, the interface can be a bit complex and saturated. Also, the conversation can be slow, and ChatSonic can lose focus on an exchange after several prompts.

The tool brands itself as a free alternative to ChatGPT. While there is a free version, it is quite limited, with only 10.000 words per month. If you want to leverage its full potential, you have to pay for a subscription.

6. Poe

ChatGPT, Bing, or Bard are great tools, but each has strengths and weaknesses. Wouldn’t it be great to have all these chatbots in the same place, so you can seamlessly switch between them? That’s the idea behind Poe.

Developed by Quora, Poe uses state-of-the-art models like GPT-3.5-Turbo, GPT-4, Claude +, LlaMA 2, PaLM, and many other large language models (LLMs). Further, it allows you to create personalized chatbots using initial prompts.

Poe is fast, easy to use, and provides accurate answers based on prompts that can be passed through different chatbots as if you were sending the same message to different friends on WhatsApp.

Poe’s mobile app looks like a standard messaging app. Source: Quora

Although Poe includes a free version, you have to purchase the premium version to use all the available AI models without limit.

7. Pi

Designed by Inflection AI, Pi is a personal AI assistant designed to be supportive, smart, and always available. Pi stands for “personal intelligence” and has been designed to orient its behavior toward users' unique interests.

Source: Inflection

In many ways, Pi is one of the most innovative alternatives to ChatGPT. First, it’s clearly oriented to smartphones. It’s available on several popular platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram, and has its own iOS app. It is also available through its website. Second, you can speak to Pi instead of just chatting using one of its charming and comforting voices.

However, Pi is still nascent in development. It can suffer hallucinations and may not be capable of answering complex questions. It also struggles with languages other than English. Moreover, for now, it doesn’t yet know about events after November 2022. Finally, Pi is currently only available for Apple, so Android users must wait.

8. Amazon CodeWhisperer

Another tool in the realm of AI coding assistants like GitHub Copilot is Amazon CodeWhisperer. Trained with a vast corpus of open-source code and code hosted in Amazon servers, CodeWhisperer helps developers with coding recommendations, security checks, and much more.

As an Amazon product, CodeWhisper is particularly well-suited for developers working with Amazon services, although it can also be used in popular integrated development environments IDEs), like JupyterLab, VS Code, and PyCharm, and performs remarkably well with Python, Java, and JavaScript. Another great point is that CodeWhisperer can be used for free by developers across the world.

Finally, it’s also worth mentioning that CodeWhisperer provides source citations for generated code suggestions, which is great for providing attribution and enhancing security.

Amazon CodeWhisperer provides references when making code suggestions. Source: Amazon

By contrast, compared to GitHub Copilot, Amazon CodeWhisperer supports a narrower range of programming languages and has limited integration options.

9. Jasper AI

If you are working in marketing, SEO, or any related field, Jasper AI is one of the best options. Designed by Jasper, an on-brand AI platform for businesses, Jasper AI is a conversational AI chatbot that can help you in a wide variety of content creation tasks, such as writing blog articles, brainstorming title ideas, editing emails to adopt a certain tone, or writing love letters.

Powered by a mix of the best-in-class LLMs, including OpenAI's GPT-4, Claude, and Google's models, Jasper AI is capable of learning and adapting to your voice in order to keep the tone of your brand consistent. It’s a highly efficient assistant that can help you write complete pieces in a matter of seconds, thanks to its high-quality templates designed for over 50 different use cases. Another great point of Jasper AI is that it’s been trained in more than 30 languages, thereby allowing you to launch marketing campaigns in multiple countries.

Source: Jasper AI

While Jasper AI is a great tool for content creation, it can struggle with more technical questions. Also, users have reported that the generated replies can sometimes be generic and repetitive and always requires fact-checking. Finally, and unfortunately, there isn’t a free version of Jasper, which comes with several plans starting at $39/month.

10. DataLab

Last but not least, let’s talk about the DataLab AI assistant. We have recently introduced an AI coding assistant in our data science notebook, DataLab. Designed with data democratization in mind, DataLab initially gained traction among learners building portfolios for their data science careers. It became a valuable tool for team collaboration and organizational learning across various industries as it evolved.

With the new AI Assistant, DataLab aims to make data science even more accessible and productive for data practitioners. This includes the "Fix Error" button, which not only corrects code errors but also explains them, making it the perfect tool in learning environments. The “Generate Code” feature allows you to generate code based on natural language queries and answer key questions about a dataset. Additionally, the AI Assistant provides intelligent suggestions based on existing code and context, making code writing smarter and more efficient.