Best AI Assistants tools

Claude is the most-adopted AI Assistants tool among creators we track, used by 60 creators (97% of its mentions organic). 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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Claude
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.
60 active creators · 299 mentions · 97% organic · Free tier; Pro ~$20/month, Max from ~$100/month
“then pushed it into full cinematic filmmaking, and even wired it straight into Claude for business use” — AI Master source ↗
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ChatGPT
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.
58 active creators · 197 mentions · 98% organic · Free tier; Plus ~$20/month, Pro ~$200/month
“asked ChatGPT to find the structural logic first” — Aishwarya Srinivasan source ↗
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GitHub Copilot
AI pair-programmer that suggests whole lines and functions inside the editor as you type.
48 active creators · 121 mentions · 100% organic · From ~$10/month; free for verified students and OSS maintainers
“I will be utilizing co-pilot here as we write code” — sentdex source ↗
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Wispr Flow
AI voice dictation that transcribes natural speech into text across any app, faster than typing.
18 active creators · 35 mentions · 74% organic · Free tier; Pro from ~$12/month
“Start using Wispr Flow for Free” — Tech With Tim source ↗
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Anthropic
AI company behind the Claude models, with safety research as a stated focus.
16 active creators · 25 mentions · 100% organic
“I love Claude Code and I love Opus as my model. I've kind of shifted from that opinion between Opus, 4.7 and 4.8.” — IBM Technology source ↗
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Claude Cowork
Anthropic's workspace where Claude takes on longer tasks end to end, beyond writing code.
16 active creators · 30 mentions · 97% organic
“Claude Cowork runs multi-step agentic research tasks with human-in-the-loop approval” — Andy Stapleton source ↗
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Hermes
Tool for running your own AI agents on Claude models outside of Claude Code.
11 active creators · 22 mentions · 95% organic · Usage-based on your Claude credits
“Hermes Agent is basically an AI assistant that lives on a server, runs 24/7, and remembers everything you tell it.” — Charlie Chang source ↗
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Perplexity
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.
11 active creators · 15 mentions · 67% organic · Free tier; Pro ~$20/month
“Why I use perplexity for research” — Reysu source ↗
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GLM 5.2
Language model from Zhipu AI, used through the Z.ai assistant, built for long task chains and coding.
9 active creators · 9 mentions · 100% organic
“GLM 5.2 is one of the best open source models available right now” — Tech With Tim source ↗
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OpenClaw
Open tool for using Claude to run AI agents outside of Claude Code.
8 active creators · 17 mentions · 100% organic · Open tool; bring your own Claude API key
“Openclaw setup” — Tech With Tim source ↗
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Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant for text, images and code, available in the browser, as an app and inside Google Workspace.
8 active creators · 9 mentions · 100% organic
“Gemini wins on multiodality. In plain English, Gemini is able to process a massive amount of mixed media” — Jeff Su source ↗
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Gemini Omni
The multimodal tier of Google's Gemini, handling text, image, audio and video in one model.
8 active creators · 8 mentions · 100% organic
“I tried Gemini Omni on Google's Flow Studio and made this entire video.” — Ishan Sharma source ↗
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ChatGPT Work
7 active creators · 10 mentions · 90% organic
“This video takes you from "why does my ChatGPT look different??" to "Oh my gosh this is the best update ever and I can't” — The AI Advantage source ↗
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Grok
AI assistant from SpaceXAI with live access to posts on X, for chat, images and code.
7 active creators · 9 mentions · 100% organic
“You should be using AI-generated code from Claude Code, Codex, and Grok to build test harnesses” — Theo Browne source ↗
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GPT 5.5
7 active creators · 10 mentions · 100% organic
“GPT-5.5 is here, and I tested it across research, coding, Codex, GPT Image 2 asset workflows” — MattVidPro AI source ↗
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Kimi K3
Assistant from Moonshot AI with a very long context window, aimed at coding and research tasks.
6 active creators · 7 mentions · 100% organic
“Open the AI Playground and select "Kimi K3" from the model selector.” — Matt Wolfe source ↗
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Genspark
Research agent that assembles its findings into generated overview pages.
6 active creators · 9 mentions · 44% organic
“We use @GensparkProduct which removes all the technical complexity” — Tech With Tim source ↗
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OpenRouter
One API across many model providers, with price comparison and automatic failover.
6 active creators · 6 mentions · 100% organic
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Grok 4.5
AI assistant from SpaceXAI with live access to posts on X, for chat, images and code.
5 active creators · 6 mentions · 100% organic
“I used Cursor and Grok 4.5 to write a Winamp-style music player” — Coding with Lewis source ↗
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Siri AI
Apple's voice assistant across iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch.
5 active creators · 8 mentions · 100% organic
“after a week of testing out Siri AI, here are my honest thoughts” — Rachel How source ↗
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Questions, answered with receipts

What are the best AI Assistants tools that creators actually use?

By receipt-backed creator usage: Claude, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Wispr Flow, Anthropic. Claude leads with 60 active creators, 97% of its mentions organic.

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.

data updated 31 Jul 2026