Best AI Assistants tools
Claude is the most-adopted AI Assistants tool among creators we track, used by 115 creators (96% of its mentions organic over the past 90 days). This ranking counts real, receipt-backed creator usage — no editorial opinion, no paid placement.
Methodology: ranked by active tracked creators, ties broken by trending score · details
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- 1Claude
Anthropic's AI assistant for writing, analysis, coding and agentic work, available on web, desktop and mobile plus an API. Known for long context windows, Artifacts and the Claude Code terminal agent.
115 active creators · 632 mentions · 96% organic (past 90 days) · Free tier; Pro ~$20/month, Max from ~$100/month
“I stay in the Claude desktop app the whole time.” — ICOR with Tom | AI Productivitysource ↗
- 2ChatGPT
OpenAI's conversational AI assistant for text, images, voice and code, with custom GPTs, web browsing and data analysis. The most widely used consumer AI chat product; paid tiers unlock newer models and higher limits.
108 active creators · 492 mentions · 94% organic (past 90 days) · Free tier; Plus ~$20/month, Pro ~$200/month
“Type @Higgsfield /marketing and run your ads from ChatGPT.” — Higgsfield AIsource ↗
- 3GitHub Copilot
AI pair-programmer that suggests whole lines and functions inside the editor as you type.
77 active creators · 233 mentions · 99% organic (past 90 days) · From ~$10/month; free for verified students and OSS maintainers
“Setup of VS Code & GitHub Copilot” — Collaboration Simplifiedsource ↗
- 4Claude Cowork
Anthropic's workspace where Claude takes on longer tasks end to end, beyond writing code.
34 active creators · 83 mentions · 96% organic (past 90 days)
“You Have to Try Claude Cowork's New Built-In Browser” — The AI Advantagesource ↗
- 5Wispr Flow
AI voice dictation that transcribes natural speech into text across any app, faster than typing.
34 active creators · 56 mentions · 48% organic (past 90 days) · Free tier; Pro from ~$12/month
“Start using Wispr Flow for Free” — Tech With Timsource ↗
- 6Anthropic
AI company behind the Claude models, with safety research as a stated focus.
29 active creators · 67 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“You will learn exactly how to generate your secret API key from the Anthropic Developer Console, securely inject it into” — ProgrammingKnowledge2source ↗
- 8ChatGPT Work
20 active creators · 39 mentions · 95% organic (past 90 days)
“Step 1: Install ChatGPT Work, the desktop app.” — Sabrina Ramonov 🍄source ↗
- 9GLM 5.2
Language model from Zhipu AI, used through the Z.ai assistant, built for long task chains and coding.
20 active creators · 20 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“I've been testing GLM 5.2 on Z.ai and it genuinely made me question why I'm paying $30 a month for Claude.” — Andy Stapletonsource ↗
- 10Siri AI
Apple's voice assistant across iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch.
18 active creators · 41 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“after a week of testing out Siri AI, here are my honest thoughts” — Rachel Howsource ↗
- 11Kimi K3
Assistant from Moonshot AI with a very long context window, aimed at coding and research tasks.
17 active creators · 25 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“I’m testing Kimi K3 in my next videos to see how it performs on real tasks.” — King Charles Tvsource ↗
- 12Perplexity
AI answer engine that responds to questions with cited sources, combining web search with large language models. Pro adds more powerful models, file uploads and the Comet browser; positioned as a research-first alternative to classic search.
16 active creators · 22 mentions · 73% organic (past 90 days) · Free tier; Pro ~$20/month
- 13OpenClaw
Open tool for using Claude to run AI agents outside of Claude Code.
15 active creators · 52 mentions · 98% organic (past 90 days) · Open tool; bring your own Claude API key
“Openclaw setup” — Tech With Timsource ↗
- 14Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant for text, images and code, available in the browser, as an app and inside Google Workspace.
15 active creators · 15 mentions · 93% organic (past 90 days)
“we are going to show you exactly how to integrate Google Gemini in n8n, authenticate your Google AI Studio API key” — ProgrammingKnowledge2source ↗
- 15Grok
AI assistant from SpaceXAI with live access to posts on X, for chat, images and code.
13 active creators · 48 mentions · 98% organic (past 90 days)
“➡️ Get access to ChatGPT Plus, Claude Pro, Gemini, and Grok (paid versions) all in one plan” — Charlie Changsource ↗
- 16OpenRouter
One API across many model providers, with price comparison and automatic failover.
13 active creators · 15 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“OpenRouter is the only API you need for AI. Every model, the best uptime and no subscription. Try it free” — Fireshipsource ↗
- 17Gemini Omni
The multimodal tier of Google's Gemini, handling text, image, audio and video in one model.
12 active creators · 13 mentions · 92% organic (past 90 days)
“I tried Gemini Omni on Google's Flow Studio and made this entire video.” — Ishan Sharmasource ↗
- 18Genspark
Research agent that assembles its findings into generated overview pages.
11 active creators · 17 mentions · 53% organic (past 90 days)
“Genspark is the one I turned into a system that actually runs my business.” — Silicon Valley Girlsource ↗
- 19GPT 5.5
11 active creators · 7 mentions · 100% organic (past 90 days)
“Opus 4.7 builds and GPT 5.5 verifies completely unprompted” — IndyDevDansource ↗
- 20Hyperagent
9 active creators · 20 mentions · 55% organic (past 90 days)
“Get FREE Hyperagent credits here” — Nate Herk | AI Automationsource ↗
Questions, answered with receipts
What are the best AI Assistants tools that creators actually use?
By receipt-backed creator usage: Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude Cowork, Wispr Flow. Claude leads with 115 active creators, 96% of its mentions organic over the past 90 days.
Are these AI Assistants rankings affected by affiliate payments or sponsorships?
No. The ranking counts how many tracked creators genuinely use each tool, from dated mentions with receipts — editorial opinion and paid placement never move it.