ChatGTP o3
- Latest Version: ChatGPT o3 (based on GPT-4 lineage)
- Strengths: Versatile, robust content generation, excellent creative & coding outputs.
- Weaknesses: Occasional hallucinations; may struggle with up-to-date facts.
- Price: Free tier available; Premium at ~$20/month.
- Availability: Web-based only; not for local run.
- Open Source: Proprietary.
- Website: chat.openai.com
Claude 3.7
- Latest Version: Claude 3.7 Sonnet
- Strengths: Long context retention, natural conversational tone, strong creative reasoning.
- Weaknesses: Can overthink on some tasks; higher cost for extended outputs.
- Price: ~$18–$20/month (API and web access).
- Availability: Web/API based.
- Open Source: Closed-source.
- Website: claude.ai
Grok 3
- Latest Version: Grok 3 (xAI)
- Strengths: Advanced reasoning, strong in math & coding, “Think” modes.
- Weaknesses: Early access issues; occasional code errors.
- Price: Premium subscription (~$40/month) with free trial period.
- Availability: Web-based (via X platform/API).
- Open Source: Proprietary (with plans to open-source Grok-2 in future).
- Website: grok.com
Gemini
- Latest Version: Gemini 2.0 (by Google)
- Strengths: Multimodal integration, massive context window, real-time tool use.
- Weaknesses: Experimental features; some data privacy concerns.
- Price: Free preview tiers with competitive API pricing later.
- Availability: Integrated within Google services (web/API).
- Open Source: Proprietary.
- Website: about.google
QWEN
- Latest Version: QWEN 2.5
- Strengths: Excellent multilingual & multimodal support; efficient MoE design.
- Weaknesses: Documentation/support geared towards regional users; some safety concerns.
- Price: Competitive API pricing (around ~$10 per million tokens).
- Availability: Available via Alibaba Cloud (web/API) and select open-source releases.
- Open Source: Smaller models are open-source.
- Website: alibabacloud.com
Phi
- Latest Version: Phi 3 (assumed)
- Strengths: Natural dialogue, efficient reasoning, streamlined responses.
- Weaknesses: Smaller training data; less proven on complex tasks.
- Price: Likely free or low-cost; details emerging.
- Availability: Web-based with potential for local deployment in open-source releases.
- Open Source: Expected to be open-source or source-available.
- Website: phi.ai
Llama
- Latest Version: LLaMA 2 (by Meta)
- Strengths: Highly customizable, state-of-the-art research quality, free & open-source.
- Weaknesses: Requires significant hardware; less polished UI compared to commercial chatbots.
- Price: Free.
- Availability: Can be run locally and via API.
- Open Source: Open-source.
- Website: ai.facebook.com
DeepSeek
- Latest Version: DeepSeek V3 / R1
- Strengths: Cost-effective training, strong in coding and Chinese NLP, open-source friendly.
- Weaknesses: Censorship issues; controversies regarding training costs.
- Price: Free (with MIT license) and competitively priced API options.
- Availability: Web-based and can be run locally (open-source release).
- Open Source: Open-source under MIT license.
- Website: deepseek.ai