ENGL 3374 - Abarca

Tool

Best Use

Best Features

Disadvantages

Access

Free Features

ChatGPT

General conversation, writing, coding, brainstorming

Strong reasoning, creative writing, code generation, large knowledge base, GPT-4o vision capabilities

Can generate outdated info, occasional hallucinations, limited real-time data

Web, mobile app, API

GPT-4o mini model, limited messages per hour, basic conversations, file uploads

Copilot

Research, web-connected tasks, Microsoft integration

Real-time web search, Microsoft 365 integration, citations, image generation (DALL-E)

Limited conversational ability, can be verbose, Microsoft ecosystem dependency

Web (Microsoft account), Edge browser, Microsoft 365

Web search, basic conversations, limited daily messages, some image generation

Claude

Complex reasoning, analysis, coding, long-form content

Excellent reasoning, nuanced responses, strong safety measures, large context window, artifact creation

No real-time web access (without search), more conservative responses

Web, mobile app, API

Claude 3.5 Sonnet access, generous daily limits, file uploads, artifact creation

Gemini

Google integration, multimodal tasks, research

Google services integration, strong multimodal capabilities, real-time information, YouTube/Gmail integration

Inconsistent performance, less conversational, privacy concerns with Google data

Web, mobile app, Google products

Gemini 1.5 Flash, Google services integration, reasonable daily limits, multimodal input

Perplexity

Research, fact-checking, current information

Excellent web search integration, source citations, real-time information, research-focused interface

Limited creative tasks, less conversational, smaller knowledge base for general topics

Web, mobile app, API

Web search with citations, limited daily searches, basic AI responses, file uploads