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Best Virtual Assistant in 2026

16 apps
Research read 28 Sept 2026
How the order is worked out

1

Amazon Alexa

Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

Choose Amazon Alexa if you want voice control for compatible home devices, music, and tasks through an app or Alexa-enabled device.

7.6 Free plan Visit site
2

Amazon Q

Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

Choose Amazon Q if its developer allowances or business response and consumption options match your work.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $3/user/mo · 60-day trial Visit site
3

AnythingLLM

Free plan AndroidAPILinux+4

AnythingLLM offers local document and meeting tools alongside mobile, cloud, and self-hosted options. Consider its Windows 11 guidance and paid cloud pricing when choosing a deployment.

7.6 Free plan · paid from $50/mo Visit site
4

Claude
by Claude
Free plan AndroidAPIExtension+5

Claude combines work assistance, file editing, data analysis, and integrations across several platforms. Check the free-plan usage limits and the differences among paid plans before choosing.

7.5 Free plan Visit site
5

DeepSeek
by DeepSeek
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3

Choose DeepSeek if you want a free AI chat assistant with web search and file uploads, accessible on the web and mobile. Its listed free plan includes the assistant and official mobile apps.

7.4 Free plan Visit site
6

Gemini
by Gemini
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+3

7.3 Free plan Visit site
7

Jan
by Jan
Free plan APILinuxMac+3

Jan offers a choice between local model use and cloud providers, with a local API and MCP connections. Cloud use follows provider data policies, and Jan Agent depends on a remote model endpoint.

7.3 Free plan Visit site
8

Dust

Free plan APIExtensionWeb

Dust combines agent creation, company connectors, collaboration, and scheduled workflows, with a free tier and paid annual-billed plans.

7.2 Free plan · paid from €24/user/mo (annual) Visit site
9

Microsoft Copilot
by Microsoft Copilot
Free plan WebWindowsMac+2

Copilot offers a free entry point and paid Microsoft 365 plans with different levels of AI usage and bundled apps. Compare the plan-specific usage, storage, and family access terms before subscribing.

7.2 Free plan · paid from $9.99/mo Visit site
10

Open WebUI

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5

Open WebUI combines model connections, retrieval, extensions, and deployment choices in a self-hosted interface.

7.1 Free plan Visit site
11

Opera
by Opera
Free plan AndroidExtensioniPhone+4

Opera combines a free browser with tab organization, sidebar services, AI tools, ad blocking, and a free VPN. VPN Pro is optional and has separate paid plans.

7.1 Free plan Visit site
12

Qwen Chat

Free plan AndroidiPhoneMac+2

Qwen Chat brings reasoning, file analysis, multimodal input, and content creation into one assistant, with apps across mobile and desktop platforms.

7.0 Free plan Visit site
13

Pi
by Pi
Free plan AndroidiPhoneWeb

Pi focuses on emotionally aware conversation with voice, planning, learning, and search features at no listed cost. Consider its fixed model and chat-export limitation if those controls matter to you.

6.9 Free plan Visit site
14

You.com

Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+1

You.com groups web search, extraction, research, and grounded-answer APIs for developer applications.

6.9 Free plan · paid from $15/user/mo (annual) Visit site
15

Bixby

Free plan Android

Bixby brings automation and several personal-organization functions to a free Android app.

6.2 Free plan Visit site
16

Moveworks

Paid AndroidAPIExtension+2

Moveworks brings permission-aware knowledge search and cross-system task automation into one enterprise platform. Organizations need to request a quote, and the company offers a personalized demo.

5.6 Pricing on request Visit site

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