5 alternatives · AI assistants · 2026

Claude alternatives, by price.

Claude starts at $17 a month. 1 of the 5 alternatives below starts lower. Standing prices, not promotions — each read from the vendor's own page and linked to its source.

Claude price historyAll AI assistants pricing

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What the alternatives cost

ProductStarts atAgainst ClaudeFree planChanges on record
Claude
the one you are comparing against
$17
per month · Pro
—Yes2 since 2026
GitHub Copilot
GitHub
$10
per seat / mo · Pro
not like-for-likeYesnone
Grammarly
Grammarly
$12
per month · Pro
29% lessYesnone
Cursor
Anysphere
$20
per seat / mo · Individual
not like-for-likeYesnone
Copy.ai
Copy.ai
$29
per month · Chat
71% more—none
Jasper
Jasper
$59
per seat / mo, billed yearly · Pro
not like-for-like—none

CHEAPEST PAID PLAN FIRST. “NOT LIKE-FOR-LIKE” MEANS ONE IS PRICED PER USER AND THE OTHER IS NOT, ONE IS NOT BILLED BY THE MONTH OR YEAR, OR THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES. THE RECORD DOES NOT CONVERT ANY OF THOSE.

Questions

Claude alternatives, answered

Q1 What is the cheapest alternative to Claude?

GitHub Copilot, at $10 per user a month for its Pro plan — the lowest paid entry price of the 5 alternatives on the record. Claude itself starts at $17 a month. GitHub Copilot, Grammarly and Cursor also list a free plan.

Q2 Which Claude alternatives have a free plan?

GitHub Copilot, Grammarly and Cursor. Only a plan the vendor lists at $0 counts; free trials do not.

Q3 Is Claude more expensive than its alternatives?

1 of 5 alternatives starts below Claude's $17 a month: Grammarly. Entry prices are compared only where both are charged the same way — per user against per user, flat against flat.

Q4 How current are these prices?

Each pricing page is re-read by MarkupBot at least daily. The table shows the standing price of every plan — where a vendor is running a promotion, the price it reverts to — and every product name links to its dated history and the archived capture behind each figure.