🧠 Choose a GenAI
A quick reference to help you decide which AI platform suits your needs.
How to Choose the Right GenAI in 2025
With dozens of generative AI tools available, picking the right one depends on your goals. Here's a quick guide based on the most popular and capable GenAIs as of mid-2025:
🧠 ChatGPT (OpenAI): Best for versatility, coding, logic, and tool integration (browsing, Python, file analysis). Ideal for professionals, educators, and power users.
📄 Claude (Anthropic): Excellent for processing large documents, contracts, and PDFs. Great for writers, lawyers, and researchers.
🔍 Gemini (Google): Good for users embedded in the Google ecosystem (Docs, Sheets, Gmail). Still catching up in memory handling.
📚 Perplexity: Ideal for research and question-answering with live sources. Not suited for creativity or file handling.
📘 Notion AI: Integrated into Notion for content summarization, planning, and note-taking. Limited outside of that environment.
📊 Copilot (Microsoft): Strongest in the Office suite (Word, Excel, Teams). Corporate productivity-focused.
🌟 Reka: An emerging contender blending speed and advanced reasoning. Watch this one closely.
🤖 Adept ACT-1: Still early, but pushing toward “agent”-like autonomy and real-world task automation.
For most users, start with ChatGPT for broad capability. If you’re document-heavy, try Claude. Researchers may love Perplexity, and Office users will feel at home with Copilot. Consider your workflows, memory needs, and integrations when choosing.
| Platform | Persistent Workspace | File Upload | Memory | Tool Use | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | ✅ Projects | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ (Code Interpreter, browsing, etc.) | Best all-around |
| Claude | ⚠️ Limited Threads | ✅ Large files | ✅ | ❌ | Great for doc-heavy tasks |
| Gemini | ⚠️ Light Memory | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ (Google tools) | Integrates Google ecosystem |
| Perplexity | ⚠️ Threaded only | ⚠️ Sources only | ✅ | ❌ | Best for research |
| Notion AI | ✅ Workspace AI | ✅ | ✅ | ❌ | Great in Notion |
| Copilot (MS) | ✅ App-based memory | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Office-focused |
| Reka | ✅ (Emerging) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ | Powerful early contender |
| Adept ACT-1 | ✅ | ⚠️ | ✅ | ✅ | Agent-based future tool |