A comparison of popular GenAI tools and what their capabilities are, so you can pick one or more tools for your needs.

MS Copilot should not be confused with Microsoft 365 Copilot (formerly office) or Microsoft’s coding AIs such as GitHub Copilot or the VS Code Copilot extension. MS Copilot can also be accessed via the Copilot sidebar in MS Edge browser.

Features

Last updated March 2025, here is what you can do on each platform on the free tier.

For more details including screenshots and sample prompts, see Feature comparison on my Dev Cheatsheets site.

Functionality ChatGPT Copilot Google Gemini Claude
Model used GPT-4o Microsoft Prometheus Gemini 2.0 Claude3.7
Mobile app available ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
API available ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Search the web ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
File upload ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Plugins or extensions ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Google Drive access ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Text-to-speech output ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Speech recognition ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ web, ✅ mobile
Voice call mode ✅ ✅ ❌ web, ✅ mobile ❌
Reasoning (deep think, think before responding) ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅
Generate images with AI ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌
Canvas/artifacts (output document or code as a file) ✅ ❌ ✅ ✅
Live app preview (HTML page in sidepanel) ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅
Dataviz (inline graphs using Python code) ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌
Memory about you ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌

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