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Best AI Chatbots

31 curated AI Chatbots, updated 2026-10-22. Top picks include Kimi, DeepSeek, 通义千问. Compare free, freemium and paid options, then open a tool page or browse alternatives.

31 toolsUpdated 2026-10-22Free 10Freemium 17Paid 4
FeaturedFree
Kimi
Kimi

From Moonshot AI — the long-context champion

AI Chat
FeaturedFree
DeepSeek
DeepSeek

China's open-source value king with frontier reasoning

AI ChatCoding
Freemium
通义千问
通义千问

Alibaba's open-model family, top of global downloads

AI Chat
Freemium
腾讯混元
腾讯混元

Tencent's fully in-house LLM family

AI Chat
Free
智谱清言
智谱清言

The consumer face of Zhipu's GLM models

AI Chat
Freemium
文心一言
文心一言

Baidu's ERNIE chat product

AI Chat
Free
豆包
豆包

ByteDance's mass-market AI assistant

AI Chat
Freemium
Kindroid
Kindroid

Deeply customizable AI companion with long-term memory

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
猫箱
猫箱

ByteDance's AI roleplay app with swipeable story worlds

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
CrushOn.AI
CrushOn.AI

Unfiltered character chats with multi-model support

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
Candy.ai
Candy.ai

AI girlfriend experience with voice calls and generated photos

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
Chai
Chai

Swipe-through feed of AI characters to chat with

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
MiniMax
MiniMax

China's AI tiger behind Hailuo, full-modal LLMs

LLMsAI Chat
Free
Cherry Studio
Cherry Studio

Open-source desktop client for many LLM providers

Desktop AIAI Chat
Paid
MindMac
MindMac

Elegant native macOS client for LLM APIs

Desktop AIAI Chat
Free
NextChat
NextChat

One-click deploy your own ChatGPT web UI

Desktop AIAI Chat
Freemium
LobeChat
LobeChat

Beautiful open-source AI chat framework

Desktop AIAI Chat
Freemium
Msty
Msty

One app blending local and online AI models

Desktop AIAI Chat
Paid
左手医生
左手医生

AI triage and consultation assistant for clinics and hospitals

HealthcareAI Chat
Freemium
壹心理
壹心理

AI emotional support plus a large therapist marketplace

Mental HealthAI Chat
Freemium
医联
医联

MedGPT medical LLM plus AI-driven chronic disease management

HealthcareAI Chat
Free
Earkick
Earkick

Free AI panda companion for daily mental health check-ins

Mental HealthAI Chat
Free
Woebot
Woebot

Clinically grounded CBT chatbot for on-demand mental health support

Mental HealthAI Chat
Paid
Sonia
Sonia

AI CBT therapist offering voice-based therapy sessions

Mental HealthAI Chat
Paid
ElliQ
ElliQ

Proactive AI companion robot that keeps seniors company at home

Elder Care & RehabAI Chat
Free
同程旅行
同程旅行

Chengxin AI travel assistant for mass-market trips

TravelAI Chat
Free
飞猪
飞猪

Alibaba's OTA with one-click AI itineraries

TravelAI Chat
Freemium
阶跃星辰 StepFun
阶跃星辰 StepFun

StepFun's Step series: strong multimodal open models

LLMsAI Chat
Freemium
星野
星野

MiniMax's immersive AI character community, China's top companion app

AI RoleplayAI Chat
Freemium
Chatbox
Chatbox

Cross-platform desktop client for ChatGPT and more

Desktop AIAI Chat
Freemium
讯飞星火 SparkDesk
讯飞星火 SparkDesk

iFlytek Spark Desk, LLM with top speech tech

LLMsAI Chat

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Every listing is reviewed by a human before publishing. We group tools by use case, keep pricing and category data current, and link to official websites — paid placement never determines order.

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