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Free Chat assistants tools: credits, trials and deals
Which Chat assistants tools are free, and where to get free credits, trials and discounts right now.Every plan and deal is checked against the official page.
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Chat assistants
$200 credit
$200 credit for new users, usable on Model StudioFree credit
Perplexity
Chat assistants
$125 statement credit
$125 Amex statement credit when you spend $325 or moreFree credit
Perplexity
Chat assistants
8,000 to 40,000 credits
Up to 40,000 bonus Computer credits for new subscribersFree credit
Perplexity
Chat assistants
35,000 credits
35,000 bonus Computer credits for new subscribersFree credit
Kimi
Chat assistants
$5 voucher
$5 voucher after your first $5 of top-upsFree credit
Google Gemini
Chat assistants
Up to 70% off
Google AI Pro plus YouTube Premium bundle for students at up to 70% offStudent
ChatGPT
Chat assistants
Up to 75% off
OpenAI for Nonprofits: up to 75% off ChatGPT Business or EnterpriseDiscount
Claude
Chat assistants
$3/user/mo
Team for nonprofits in low- and middle-income countries at $3 per user per monthDiscount
Claude
Chat assistants
6 months of Max free
6 months of Claude Max 20x free for maintainersExtended trial
DeepSeek
Chat assistants
Free until Nov 1, 2026
Free Search and Fetch tool calls until November 1, 2026Free credit
Grok
Chat assistants
25% off for 6 months
25% off the Plus plan for the first 6 monthsDiscount
Perplexity
Chat assistants
4,000 credits
4,000 bonus Computer credits for new subscribersFree credit
Google Gemini
Chat assistants
1 year free
One year free for university students outside the USStudent
Alibaba Cloud Model Studio
Chat assistants
1M tokens per model
About 1M free tokens per model for 90 daysFree credit
Claude
Chat assistants
$8/user/mo
Team plan for nonprofits from $8 per user per monthDiscount
Perplexity
Chat assistants
50% off
Education Pro for $10/month for students and facultyStudent
ChatGPT
Chat assistants
$100 credit
OpenAI Codex: $100 in Codex credits for US and Canadian university studentsFree credit
ChatGPT
Chat assistants
4 months free
Four free months of Plus for US college studentsStudent
Mistral Le Chat
Chat assistants
$5.99/mo
Pro plan for $5.99/month for verified studentsStudent
Perplexity
Chat assistants
1,000 credits
1,000 bonus Computer Credits when paying Enterprise with AmexFree credit
Microsoft Copilot
Chat assistants
1 month free
1 month of Microsoft 365 Premium freeExtended trial
ChatGPT
Chat assistants
1 year free
One free year of ChatGPT Plus for U.S. service members and veteransDiscount
Google Gemini
Chat assistants
1 year free
One year free for eligible US college studentsStudent
Chat assistants tools
- GrokxAI's chatbot with voice, image and video generation and real-time X searchActive deal
- KimiMoonshot AI's agentic assistant for docs, slides, deep research and codingActive deal
- Alibaba Cloud Model StudioAlibaba Cloud's API platform for Qwen and other modelsActive deal
- ChatGPTOpenAI's AI chat assistantActive deal
- ClaudeAI assistant from AnthropicActive deal
- DeepSeekFree DeepSeek chat app plus a low-cost API for its V4 modelsActive deal
- Google GeminiGoogle's AI assistant for chat, research and writingActive deal
- Microsoft CopilotMicrosoft's AI assistant inside Microsoft 365 appsActive deal
- Mistral Le ChatMistral's AI assistant and Vibe coding agent, with web, mobile and CLI access.Active deal
- PerplexityAI answer engine with cited sourcesActive deal
- Character.AIChat and roleplay with millions of user-created AI charactersFree plan
- LMArenaCompare anonymous AI models side by side and vote on a public leaderboardFree plan
- Meta AIMeta's assistant for chat, image creation, shopping and research in its appsFree plan
- PoeQuora's multi-model chat app with GPT, Claude, Gemini and more on one planFree plan
- Qwen ChatAlibaba's free Qwen chat assistant for text, images, video and codingFree plan
Free plans compared
| Tool | Free plan | Current offer |
|---|---|---|
| Grok | Free tier on the web and in the apps, with limited chat, Imagine and agent requests. | 25% off for 6 months |
| Kimi | Free Adagio plan at $0: 1 agent task at a time, 2 projects with 500MB storage, 2 scheduled tasks. | $5 voucher |
| Alibaba Cloud Model Studio | — | $200 credit |
| ChatGPT | — | $100 credit |
| Claude | — | 6 months of Max free |
| DeepSeek | — | Free until Nov 1, 2026 |
| Google Gemini | — | Up to 70% off |
| Microsoft Copilot | — | 1 month free |
| Mistral Le Chat | — | $5.99/mo |
| Perplexity | — | $125 statement credit |
| Character.AI | Character.AI is free to use. The c.ai+ subscription is optional. | — |
| LMArena | Free to use, with unlimited prompts and votes in Battle, Side by Side and Direct modes. | — |
| Meta AI | Meta AI is free for everyone. The optional Meta One subscription adds more access to some AI features, such as image and video generation. | — |
| Poe | Free daily compute points that reset every 24 hours. Unused points do not roll over. | — |
| Qwen Chat | Qwen Chat is free to use and open to everyone. | — |
Which Chat assistants tools have a free plan?
These Chat assistants tools have a free plan: Grok, Kimi, Character.AI, LMArena, Meta AI, Poe, Qwen Chat.
Where can I get free credits for Chat assistants tools right now?
Active free credit and trial offers: Alibaba Cloud Model Studio ($200 credit), Perplexity ($125 statement credit), Perplexity (8,000 to 40,000 credits), Perplexity (35,000 credits), Kimi ($5 voucher), Claude (6 months of Max free), DeepSeek (Free until Nov 1, 2026), Perplexity (4,000 credits), Alibaba Cloud Model Studio (1M tokens per model), ChatGPT ($100 credit).
How do you check these plans and deals?
We read each plan and offer on the vendor's official page, keep the source link, and check it again regularly. Expired offers move to the archive.