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ChatGPT

The default AI assistant. Chat, voice, vision, and a tool ecosystem.

Category
Assistant
Pricing
FREEMIUM
Source
Proprietary
Hosting
Cloud
Platforms
WebiOSAndroidmacOSWindows
Models
Single model (proprietary)
Verified
Jun 6, 2026

OpenAI's consumer assistant — multimodal chat with voice, image input, web browsing, code, and custom GPTs. The product that put generative AI in everyone's hands.

Capabilities 6

What it actually does — grouped by capability family.

  • Sandboxed code execution (primary capability)
  • Voice agent (secondary capability)
  • AI app builder (secondary capability)
  • Text-to-image (secondary capability)
  • Web research agent (primary capability)
  • Data analysis / BI (secondary capability)

Pros & cons

  • Largest user base and ecosystem
  • Custom GPT store and tooling
  • Strong multimodal: voice, vision, web
  • Frequent frontier-model updates
  • OpenAI models only
  • Best features gated to paid tiers
  • Usage limits on advanced models

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