C 
ChatGPT
The product that started the repricing of everything else on this list.
NOT REALLY
why this verdict
Keep paying — OpenAI has not replaced it
OpenAI's version overlaps, but does not finish the AI assistants job, so this one still earns its $20/mo.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- It is the thing replacing the others. OpenAI, November 30, 2022 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers not the job editorial call
- Parts of it. The job still needs the tool to get finished.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 3 of 3 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Claude, Google Gemini and Perplexity.
- What the call is worth $240/yr
- $20/mo at the entry paid tier — $240 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- November 30, 2022
- List price
- $20/mo
- Per year
- $240
The backstory
ChatGPT is the reason most of this archive exists. At $20/mo for Plus it absorbed writing tools, summarisers, paraphrasers, homework help and "chat with your PDF" apps wholesale. It is listed here as the benchmark every other entry is measured against.
Escape hatches
C 
Claude Anthropic's assistant, strong reasoning and long context
claude.ai open_in_new G 
Google Gemini Free multimodal assistant tied into Google
gemini.google.com open_in_new P 
Perplexity Answer engine with cited web search
perplexity.ai open_in_new3 of 3 replacements have a usable free tier.