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Chai Research vs ChatGPT vs ChatGPT Sidebar with GPT-4

All three are chatbot tools. Here is what separates them.

	Chai Research	ChatGPT	ChatGPT Sidebar with GPT-4
What it is	Chai AI, the leading chat bot app. Create, share, and explore chatbots on the Chai AI platform. Create your dream Chai AI chatbot now.	Advanced AI chatbot by OpenAI for conversation, content creation, coding assistance, and much more.	Explore work made with Sider products: Research results generated by Deep Research and websites built with Web Creator. Preview, copy and reuse.
Category	Chatbot	Chatbot	Chatbot
Pricing	Paid	Freemium · $20/mo	Paid
How it bills	Not published	Flat monthly	Not published
Free tier	No	Yes	No
Rating	Not yet rated	Not yet rated	Not yet rated
Features	—	GPT-4o & GPT-4.5 models Custom GPTs marketplace Image generation with DALL-E Code interpreter & analysis Voice conversations File upload & analysis Web browsing Plugin ecosystem	—
What works	Sits in Chatbot, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare	Most versatile AI assistant Excellent reasoning capabilities Huge plugin ecosystem Regular model improvements Free tier available	Sits in Chatbot, one of the better-covered categories here — easy to compare
What does not	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 162 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 60 tools in the same category have a free tier	Can hallucinate facts Free tier has limitations Premium pricing for advanced features Occasional downtime during peak hours	No free tier — it has to be paid for before it can be tried Does not publish a price on its own site, so the cost is only clear after signing up 162 other tools in this catalogue claim to do the same job 60 tools in the same category have a free tier

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