# The best ai assistants and general-purpose ai tools

> General-purpose AI products used across a company rather than for one job: chat assistants, writing and research tools, and the model providers behind them.

Last reviewed 2026-09-23. Canonical page: https://launch500.com/best/ai-assistants

## What has to be true to appear here

- General-purpose rather than built for a single workflow, which has its own category
- Available directly to a business, not only as an API for developers
- States which models it runs and whether your inputs train them

## What every product here was put through


## The shortlist

Ranked by Crash Test score. Untested products appear below tested ones regardless of community rating.

| Product      | Crash Test | Verified reviews | From (5 seats) | Best for |
| ------------ | ---------- | ---------------- | -------------- | -------- |
| ChatGPT      | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Claude       | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Perplexity   | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Gemini       | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Midjourney   | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| ElevenLabs   | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Grammarly    | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Otter.ai     | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |
| Fireflies.ai | not tested | too few          | sales-gated    | -        |

## Verdicts

## Frequently asked questions

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