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Best AI Assistant Tools

AI assistant tools, each scored against our published rubric. Our AI SEO tools guide prices AI answer tracking from $0.0312 a prompt a month.

149 tools, each scored against our published methodology

There are 149 AI Assistant tools here. 46.3% have a free tier, and the median score is 4.3. Freemium is the most common pricing model at 49.6%.

149Tools
46.3%Free tier
1.3%Open source
4.3Median score

Pricing breakdown

  • Freemium 49.6%
  • Paid 24.8%
  • Free trial 24.0%
  • Open source 1.6%

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