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ChatGPT

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OpenAI flagship conversational AI assistant.

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OpenAI's ChatGPT remains the most widely used AI assistant in the world. We tested GPT-4o across writing, coding, reasoning, and research tasks to see if it still leads the pack.
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★★★★★
5/5 17 Aug 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Multilingual support is impressive, Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic”
By white
✓ Pros

Multilingual support is impressive, Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic

✗ Cons

Slow on very long prompts, Refuses some creative requests

★★★★★
5/5 16 Aug 2026
อมควย
“ชอบโดนอมควย, Great at long document summaries, Understands nuanced prompts well, Multilingual support is impressive, Exceptional reasoning and logic, Follows complex instruction...”
By ohm90  · พ่อแม่ลูกแนวครอบครัว  · Free tier
✓ Pros

ชอบโดนอมควย, Great at long document summaries, Understands nuanced prompts well, Multilingual support is impressive, Exceptional reasoning and logic, Follows complex instructions precisely

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages, Slow on very long prompts, Hallucinations on obscure facts, Refuses some creative requests, No real-time internet access

★★★★☆
4/5 14 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Used it initially but not anymore”
By eggressive
✓ Pros

Used it initially but not anymore

✗ Cons

The increased amount of subscription costs

★★★★☆
4/5 13 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“the speed the accuracy of information and the time saving”
By pirabelle
✓ Pros

the speed the accuracy of information and the time saving

✗ Cons

the stupidness of tasks in coding ,mathematics and presentations are very bad excuted

★★★★☆
4/5 13 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“>This tool shows extreme versatility in creating content; it can also assist in research work besides helping with programming languages. Besides this, it's known for the abilit...”
By ghachi
✓ Pros

This tool shows extreme versatility in creating content; it can also assist in research work besides helping with programming languages. Besides this, it's known for the ability to switch smoothly while writing lengthy texts without losing any aspect of the original tone and to tackle intricate inquiries efficiently. Also, it stands out very much for generating tabulated outputs or any kind of structured data.

✗ Cons

Occasional reasoning errors in complex mathematical tasks and occasional hallucinations when asking for niche factual details.

★★★★☆
4/5 12 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Pretty solid model overall, but I think Claude takes the cake in terms of coding, which is what I’m particularly interested in”
By brandonfromfuturo
✓ Pros

Pretty solid model overall, but I think Claude takes the cake in terms of coding, which is what I’m particularly interested in

✗ Cons

The model is a bit annoying for a lack of better words. It’s constantly complimenting me to the point where it’s just strange.

★★★★☆
4/5 09 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Aggregates freelance gigs from public communities, clean curated feed with no commission or spam, applications happen through the original source, built for developers designers...”
By sidequestboard
✓ Pros

Aggregates freelance gigs from public communities, clean curated feed with no commission or spam, applications happen through the original source, built for developers designers writers and other freelancers

✗ Cons

Limited free usage, requires paid subscription after trial

★★★★☆
4/5 02 Aug 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Multilingual support is impressive, Understands nuanced prompts well”
By freechatai
✓ Pros

Multilingual support is impressive, Understands nuanced prompts well

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 28 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
““Big thanks to ChatGPT for making things easier, faster, and way less stressful. Super helpful every time!” 😊”
By ayahonline40
✓ Pros

“Big thanks to ChatGPT for making things easier, faster, and way less stressful. Super helpful every time!” 😊

★★★★★
5/5 28 Jul 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Understands nuanced prompts well”
By edza2
✓ Pros

Understands nuanced prompts well

✗ Cons

Refuses some creative requests

★★★★★
5/5 28 Jul 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Helped me in my work, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Great at explaining complex topics simply”
By kiru
✓ Pros

Helped me in my work, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Great at explaining complex topics simply

✗ Cons

Repetitive phrasing in long outputs

★★★☆☆
3/5 28 Jul 2026
Solid tool — ChatGPT
“Imaging photos”
By ak5tld2egkbetaedupl
✓ Pros

Imaging photos

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages, No real-time internet access

★★★★☆
4/5 24 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Helped me write faster”
By 4giveus
✓ Pros

Helped me write faster

✗ Cons

Limited free

★★★★★
5/5 23 Jul 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“The best ever AI tool”
By sami
✓ Pros

The best ever AI tool

✗ Cons

Everything about the tool

★★★★☆
4/5 21 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Multilingual support is impressive”
By arichingolo
✓ Pros

Multilingual support is impressive

★★★★☆
4/5 21 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“It is a great tool for everyday tasks plus a perfect companion.”
By harsheenkaur
✓ Pros

It is a great tool for everyday tasks plus a perfect companion.

✗ Cons

sometimes it just doesn't get the context.

★★★★★
5/5 18 Jul 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Great at long document summaries”
By marvtech
✓ Pros

Great at long document summaries

✗ Cons

Hallucinations on obscure facts,, Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 18 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Writing, Creation, Promotion, etc.”
By emilyjones1217
✓ Pros

Writing, Creation, Promotion, etc.

★★★☆☆
3/5 18 Jul 2026
Solid tool — ChatGPT
“目に入ってきた記事が良かったので、Starter登録しました。”
By akkey
✓ Pros

目に入ってきた記事が良かったので、Starter登録しました。

✗ Cons

これから色々拝見させて頂きます。

★★★★☆
4/5 13 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Great Q&A and research assistant”
By neiloumou20241130
✓ Pros

Great Q&A and research assistant

✗ Cons

Knowledge cutoff limits currency

★★★☆☆
3/5 07 Jul 2026
Solid tool — ChatGPT
“user friendly. have used for over 6 months, desire it to be better stock trading tool”
By avern
✓ Pros

user friendly. have used for over 6 months, desire it to be better stock trading tool

✗ Cons

not real time trading tool for my needs,

★★★★★
5/5 06 Jul 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Exceptional reasoning and logic, Understands nuanced prompts well, Follows complex instructions precisely”
By kaironull
✓ Pros

Exceptional reasoning and logic, Understands nuanced prompts well, Follows complex instructions precisely

✗ Cons

Hallucinations on obscure facts

★★★★☆
4/5 05 Jul 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Really good — ChatGPT”
By rohit
✗ Cons

All, Slow on very long prompts

★★★★★
5/5 20 Jun 2026
Slightly more than just helpful assistant
“Fast response even on long texts, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Accurate math and calculations, Great at explaining complex topics simply, Handles creative writing beautifully”
By mykola_martych  · Coding, Homework helper, Mentor, Adviser, sometimes friend)  · Free tier
✓ Pros

Fast response even on long texts, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Accurate math and calculations, Great at explaining complex topics simply, Handles creative writing beautifully

✗ Cons

Very limited free usage as for me, can't chose mini models for simple tasks (so can waste more powerful models on very simple questions), Gemini from Google in this plan much better. For developers very limited free usage, they don't have platform like google ai studio, which make any ai models much more powerful.

★★★★☆
4/5 11 Jun 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Everything, I use it regulary”
By ldinev
✓ Pros

Everything, I use it regulary

✗ Cons

Not much to say

★★★★☆
4/5 28 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Best for coding, Text image, Follows complex instructions precisely”
By webdev130
✓ Pros

Best for coding, Text image, Follows complex instructions precisely

✗ Cons

Sometimes inaccurate don't understand what trying to say, Hallucinations on obscure facts

★★★★★
5/5 24 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“facil de fazer o cadastro”
By eugenio58
✓ Pros

facil de fazer o cadastro

✗ Cons

nada que desabone , por enqunto

★★★★★
5/5 21 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic”
By almazrouiesara
✓ Pros

Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 19 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Understands nuanced prompts well, Great at long document summaries, Multilingual support is impressive, Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic”
By nvvahedi1382
✓ Pros

Understands nuanced prompts well, Great at long document summaries, Multilingual support is impressive, Follows complex instructions precisely, Exceptional reasoning and logic

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages, Refuses some creative requests, No real-time internet access, Slow on very long prompts, Hallucinations on obscure facts

★★★★☆
4/5 14 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Great at long document summaries”
By Kinger422
✓ Pros

Great at long document summaries

✗ Cons

Hallucinations on obscure facts

★★★★☆
4/5 13 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“I would like to learn more about Data Analysis”
By motolani1234
✓ Pros

I would like to learn more about Data Analysis

✗ Cons

I dont Like wasted efforts

★★★★☆
4/5 12 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Great at long document summaries”
By aygambo
✓ Pros

Great at long document summaries

✗ Cons

Slow on very long prompts

★★★★☆
4/5 12 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Really good — ChatGPT”
By naotokomatsu
✓ Pros

good

✗ Cons

soso, No real-time internet access

★★★★☆
4/5 11 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Helps with non complex task execution efficiently”
By red
✓ Pros

Helps with non complex task execution efficiently

✗ Cons

The pricing is excessive and the outputs are not of great quality and often required a lot of tweaking to get the appropriate output

★★★★☆
4/5 10 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Provide fast and quick description on any topic I have raised so far, easy to learn new staff with or getting familiar with lingo I’m not familiar with. Learn about me so it ca...”
By galco
✓ Pros

Provide fast and quick description on any topic I have raised so far, easy to learn new staff with or getting familiar with lingo I’m not familiar with. Learn about me so it can respond and provide personalized answer.

✗ Cons

When providing a long task, it sometimes struggle to get it right and deviate from the goal. Challenged when it need to calculate.

★★★★☆
4/5 07 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“my partner at artilectworld.com”
By nanodoug
✓ Pros

my partner at artilectworld-com

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★★
5/5 06 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Quite simple and easy interactive ai model, with all-purpose Way, help in getting interactive results, take 10 to 100 sec but results are worthed fast reply, gets adjusted accor...”
By abhi_xox_99
✓ Pros

Quite simple and easy interactive ai model, with all-purpose Way, help in getting interactive results, take 10 to 100 sec but results are worthed fast reply, gets adjusted accordingly to users..., Exceptional reasoning and logic, Great at long document summaries

✗ Cons

Some time it gives results which are incomplete, many times takes prompt incorrectly, like some time in making a person standing, hands looks opposite, some time there are loopholes in content provided, repetition of same details using different different words, Refuses some creative requests, Slow on very long prompts, Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 06 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Really good — ChatGPT”
By radomirmilovanovic
✗ Cons

superb superb

★★★★★
5/5 06 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Excellent — ChatGPT”
By kosar
✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 06 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Escooter”
By lucauser01
✓ Pros

Escooter

✗ Cons

Notiert, Slow on very long prompts, Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 05 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“C'est une plus belle app pour une recherche rapide”
By kabambidan2002
✓ Pros

C'est une plus belle app pour une recherche rapide

✗ Cons

Rien de grave jusqu'à présent

★★★★☆
4/5 05 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“ChatGPT is genuinely useful when I need to think, write, research, or structure messy ideas faster. It helps with emails, content drafts, brainstorming, summaries, roleplay, and...”
By helium
✓ Pros

ChatGPT is genuinely useful when I need to think, write, research, or structure messy ideas faster. It helps with emails, content drafts, brainstorming, summaries, roleplay, and turning vague thoughts into clear action points. I also like that it can remember context across long chats, adapt to different tones, and act like a writing partner, research helper, and strategy sounding board in one place., Remembers context across long conversations, Great Q&A and research assistant

✗ Cons

It can sometimes sound too confident even when the answer needs checking. For recent facts, niche topics, or anything that needs exact data, I still need to verify the output. It also sometimes gives long answers when a short one would work better, and occasionally misses the exact tone or format requested unless guided very clearly., Struggles with very niche domains, Response quality varies by prompt wording

★★★☆☆
3/5 04 May 2026
Solid tool — ChatGPT
“It has improved in its reasoning considerably and its responses and output style are have improved”
By platformtaxhub
✓ Pros

It has improved in its reasoning considerably and its responses and output style are have improved

✗ Cons

but it does not get to the point quickly enough and sometimes introduces things you never even asked about.

★★★★★
5/5 03 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Great at long document summaries”
By marko
✓ Pros

Great at long document summaries

★★★★☆
4/5 03 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“i am going to use 1st time then let u know”
By mehreen
✓ Pros

i am going to use 1st time then let u know

✗ Cons

No real-time internet access

★★★★★
5/5 03 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Excellent — ChatGPT”
By ahmedalkarshodi
✗ Cons

I like to use AI tools

★★★★★
5/5 02 May 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Understands nuanced prompts well”
By mohd
✓ Pros

Understands nuanced prompts well

✗ Cons

Refuses some creative requests

★★★★☆
4/5 02 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Understands nuanced prompts well”
By aly35
✓ Pros

Understands nuanced prompts well

✗ Cons

No real-time internet access

★★★★☆
4/5 01 May 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Parece bom”
By mdesousa963
✓ Pros

Parece bom

✗ Cons

Vamos ver agora

★★★★☆
4/5 30 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“upload the text to design better pptx”
By mrhmt
✓ Pros

upload the text to design better pptx

✗ Cons

تصميم عرض بوربينت الصحة الرقمية فى السودان تحميل ملف للتنسيق فى شكل بوربينت pptx

★★★★☆
4/5 29 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“quick and prompt response”
By drzahra
✓ Pros

quick and prompt response

✗ Cons

unaccess to paid services

★★★★☆
4/5 25 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Exceptional reasoning and logic”
By lilysdesigns
✓ Pros

Exceptional reasoning and logic

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 25 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Multilingual support is impressive”
By eloy
✓ Pros

Multilingual support is impressive

✗ Cons

No real-time internet access

★★★★☆
4/5 25 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Really good — ChatGPT”
By 3ae
✗ Cons

i am students so i do not like laziness

★★★★☆
4/5 24 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Handles creative writing beautifully”
By tuiper
✓ Pros

Handles creative writing beautifully

✗ Cons

No memory across sessions by default

★☆☆☆☆
1/5 22 Apr 2026
Not great — ChatGPT
“Not great — ChatGPT”
By muhammad123
✗ Cons

Slow on very long prompts

★★★★★
5/5 20 Apr 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Very easy to use and fast responses.”
By suzan07
✓ Pros

Very easy to use and fast responses.

✗ Cons

Sometimes gives incorrect answers.

★★★★☆
4/5 20 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“tout, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Handles creative writing beautifully, Fast response even on long texts”
By salmafadilpiw
✓ Pros

tout, Excellent for brainstorming ideas, Handles creative writing beautifully, Fast response even on long texts

✗ Cons

Can be overly cautious

★★★★☆
4/5 20 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Great for automating repetitive tasks, Transparent about AI limitations”
By bizgoals2027
✓ Pros

Great for automating repetitive tasks, Transparent about AI limitations

✗ Cons

Data import can be finicky, Free plan is too limited

★★★★★
5/5 20 Apr 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Very Good”
By schammu
✓ Pros

Very Good

✗ Cons

Less visible charts

★★★★★
5/5 19 Apr 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Great at long document summaries, Exceptional reasoning and logic, Follows complex instructions precisely”
By bn09i
✓ Pros

Great at long document summaries, Exceptional reasoning and logic, Follows complex instructions precisely

✗ Cons

Limited free tier messages

★★★★☆
4/5 19 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Exceptional reasoning and logic, Understands nuanced prompts well, Follows complex instructions precisely, Multilingual support is impressive, Great at long document summaries”
By pattwentyfive
✓ Pros

Exceptional reasoning and logic, Understands nuanced prompts well, Follows complex instructions precisely, Multilingual support is impressive, Great at long document summaries

✗ Cons

Slow on very long prompts, No real-time internet access, Limited free tier messages, Refuses some creative requests, Hallucinations on obscure facts

★★★★★
5/5 19 Apr 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“Get the prompts I need it.”
By sandro
✓ Pros

Get the prompts I need it.

✗ Cons

I like everything

★★★★★
5/5 18 Apr 2026
Excellent — ChatGPT
“I like its explanation model”
By bizgoals202121
✓ Pros

I like its explanation model

✗ Cons

some times lag too much

★★★★☆
4/5 18 Apr 2026
Really good — ChatGPT
“Really good — ChatGPT”
By michelle16_
✓ Pros

todo

✗ Cons

nada me gusto todo

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