The best AI assistants in 2026
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot and Perplexity compared on free-plan limits, paid tiers and where each one fits best — pricing verified on each vendor's site.
AI Tools
Assistants, writers, image and video generators, coding copilots and agents — compared on what they actually include per plan.
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The best AI music generators in 2026
Suno, Eleven Music, Melody Genie, Moises and Udio compared on prices, download limits and commercial rights, verified on each vendor's own pages.
Apps we track in AI Tools
- ChatGPT
OpenAI's general-purpose assistant with the broadest feature set.
- Claude
Anthropic's assistant, strongest for long documents, writing and coding.
- Eleven Music
ElevenLabs' song generator, built with labels and publishers, with the clearest commercial-use terms in the category.
- Google Gemini
Google's assistant, deepest integration with Gmail, Docs and Android.
- Melody Genie
AI songwriting suite that writes lyrics with 100+ Style DNA profiles and turns them into full songs using a choice of seven music models.
- Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's assistant, built into Windows and Microsoft 365.
- Moises
AI toolkit for musicians: split any song into stems, detect chords, change key and tempo, and master tracks.
- Perplexity
AI answer engine that cites its sources by default.
- Suno
AI music generator that creates full songs with vocals from text, audio, image or video prompts.
- Udio
Text-to-song generator in transition to a licensed platform with Universal and Warner — downloads are currently disabled.