Alternatives

Best Kimi alternatives

10 tools similar to Kimi, ranked by how closely they match what it does among chat assistants. All 10 have a free option.

Kimi alternatives at a glance

Tool	Pricing	Free option	API	Open source	Compare
Kimi(this tool)	Freemium
ChatGPT	Freemium				vs Kimi
Claude	Freemium · from $17/mo				vs Kimi
Gemini	Freemium · from $19.99/mo				vs Kimi
DeepSeek	Freemium
Grok	Freemium · from $8/mo
Microsoft Copilot	Freemium · from $20/mo
Poe	Freemium · from $19.99/mo
Meta AI	Free
Writesonic	Paid · from $79/mo
HuggingChat	Free

Top 10 alternatives to Kimi

ChatGPT

Chat assistants

OpenAI's conversational AI — the world's most widely-used LLM interface.

Free ($0/mo), Go ($8/mo), Plus ($20/mo), Pro (from $100/mo), Business and Enterprise plans also available.

Free tierEveryoneAPI

Claude

Chat assistants

Anthropic's safety-focused AI assistant — exceptional at long documents and nuanced reasoning.

Free ($0); Pro ($17/mo annual or $20/mo monthly); Max ($100–$200/mo); Team ($20/seat/mo annual or $25/mo monthly for standard, $100/seat/mo annual for premium); Enterprise (custom)

SlackGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365Microsoft Outlook+5

Free tierEveryoneAPI

Gemini

Chat assistants

Google's multimodal AI assistant with deep Search and Workspace integration

Free tier available

Free tierEveryoneAPI

Google10M+ users

DeepSeek

Chat assistants

Frontier AI models with world-class reasoning — free to chat, open to build on

Free to use with API options available

APIWeb AppMobile App

Free tierEveryoneAPIOSSSelf-host

DeepSeekPopular

Grok

Chat assistants

xAI's witty, real-time AI — has live access to X (Twitter) data and minimal content restrictions.

Free tierEveryoneAPI

Microsoft Copilot

Chat assistants

Your everyday AI companion powered by Microsoft and OpenAI

Free tierEveryoneAPI

OpenAI (GPT-4o)

Poe

Chat assistants

One platform to access, chat, and build with the world's best AI models

Points-based system mentioned ('Get more points')

Google (Sign-in)Apple (Sign-in)

Free tierEveryoneAPI

Multi-provider (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Mistral, and others)

Meta AI

Chat assistants

Meta's free AI assistant built into Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook.

MetaWhatsAppInstagramFacebook

Writesonic

Chat assistants

The AI Search Growth Engine — win customers from AI search with tracking, content, and citations

Starter at $79/mo (billed annually), Basic at $199/mo, Growth at $399/mo, Enterprise custom. Free trial available, no credit card needed.

ChatGPTClaudeGeminiGoogle

PaidEveryoneAPI

HuggingChat

Chat assistants

Open-source chat interface by Hugging Face for testing community models for free

Free

Open Source Models

FreeDevOSSSelf-host

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