AI assistant comparison

Eight AI assistants, compared feature by feature.

Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, and Grok, checked on the same 96 features: model choice, files, research, creation, meetings, automation, privacy, and team controls. Every cell links to the vendor page it came from.

We make Bearly, so read this as an interested party's homework with the receipts attached. Open any row for the plan, platform, limits, and source behind it. Sources read September 1, 2026.

The products compared

  • Bearly

    Bearly AI

    A workspace with models from several companies, plus research, media, meetings, and agents.

  • ChatGPT

    OpenAI

    OpenAI's assistant, from the free app to managed business workspaces.

    Bearly vs ChatGPT
  • Claude

    Anthropic

    Anthropic's assistant, including Cowork and Claude in Chrome.

    Bearly vs Claude
  • Gemini

    Google

    Google's consumer assistant and the Google AI plans that unlock more of it.

    Bearly vs Gemini
  • Microsoft Copilot

    Microsoft

    The consumer Copilot for personal Microsoft accounts.

    Bearly vs Microsoft Copilot
  • Microsoft 365 Copilot

    Microsoft

    The work and school Copilot, licensed per tenant and grounded in Microsoft 365.

    Bearly vs Microsoft 365 Copilot
  • Perplexity

    Perplexity AI

    A search-first assistant with the Comet browser and Computer agent.

    Bearly vs Perplexity
  • Grok

    SpaceXAI LLC (xAI)

    xAI's standalone assistant on grok.com and mobile.

    Bearly vs Grok

Where they differ

The rows that decide it.

Every product here does the basics, so those rows will not decide anything and this section skips them:

  • General file uploads
  • PDF input
  • Spreadsheet input
  • Image input
  • Web search
  • Inline web citations
  • Document Q&A
  • Multi-document analysis
  • Realtime voice conversation

One model, or several?

ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok are each one company's assistant. Bearly and Perplexity offer models from several companies in one app, and both can show you more than one answer to the same prompt or merge them into a single reply. Microsoft's Copilots use models from more than one company but do not hand you a full model picker. If you already know which model you want, this row matters less. If you like a second opinion, it is the biggest difference on this page.

Every models and chat row, with sources
Models from multiple providers
Built in: Bearly, PerplexityLimited: Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok
Side-by-side model comparison
Built in: Bearly, Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview), PerplexityNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok
Synthesized multi-model answer
Built in: Bearly, Microsoft 365 Copilot (preview), Perplexity, GrokNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot

What you can hand it

PDFs, spreadsheets, images, and general file uploads work everywhere, so those rows will not decide anything. Audio and video are less even: some products transcribe an uploaded recording as a matter of course, others only handle it through one specific feature. Working with files on your computer without uploading them first is newer, mostly desktop-only, and usually behind a permission prompt.

Every inputs and context row, with sources
Audio input
Built in: Bearly, Gemini, Perplexity, GrokLimited: ChatGPT, Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: Claude, Microsoft Copilot
Video input
Built in: Bearly, Gemini, GrokVia integration: Microsoft 365 CopilotLimited: Microsoft Copilot (preview), PerplexityNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude
Direct local file access
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini (preview), PerplexityNot available: Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: Microsoft Copilot, Grok

Research, citations, and projects

Web search with citations and questions over your own documents are universal, and nearly every product has a deep-research mode. The differences are smaller and more practical: whether a citation opens the exact passage in your file, and whether the files and instructions you gather stay together in a project you can come back to.

Every research and knowledge row, with sources
Source passage links
Built in: Bearly, PerplexityLimited: Gemini, Microsoft 365 Copilot, GrokNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot
Persistent projects
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, PerplexityLimited: Microsoft 365 Copilot, GrokNot checked: Gemini, Microsoft Copilot
Project-wide knowledge
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, PerplexityLimited: Gemini, GrokNot checked: Microsoft Copilot

What it can make

Documents, slides, spreadsheets, and charts come out of all of them in some form. Image generation is close to universal; Claude is the exception and says so, drawing diagrams and interactive visuals rather than photos or illustrations. Video generation and downloadable spoken audio are where the list gets short.

Every creation and analysis row, with sources
Image generation
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, GrokNot available: Claude
Video generation
Built in: Bearly, Gemini, Perplexity, GrokLimited: Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot
Text-to-speech files
Built in: BearlyLimited: Gemini, Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Grok

Meetings and voice

Talking to the assistant out loud is universal. Recording a meeting, getting a transcript with speaker names, and then asking questions about what was said is where the field thins out. Bearly and ChatGPT do it inside the app, and both need their desktop app to record. Microsoft 365 Copilot works from Teams recordings; Gemini's recording is a Google Meet feature rather than part of the Gemini app.

Every voice and meetings row, with sources
Meeting recording
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPTVia integration: Microsoft 365 CopilotLimited: GeminiNot checked: Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Perplexity, Grok
Speaker labels
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPTVia integration: Microsoft 365 CopilotLimited: Perplexity (low confidence)Not checked: Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Grok
Meeting summary and chat
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPTVia integration: Gemini, Microsoft 365 CopilotLimited: Claude, Perplexity (low confidence)Not checked: Microsoft Copilot, Grok

What it does on its own

Recurring tasks, an agent that browses for you, and control of your desktop have moved from demos into shipping features, several still marked beta or preview. The differences are about reach: whether the agent works in its own browser or in the tabs you already have open and are signed into, whether it can operate desktop apps, and whether it can send an email once you approve it.

Every automation and agents row, with sources
Recurring workflows
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini (preview), Microsoft Copilot (preview), Microsoft 365 Copilot, PerplexityNot checked: Grok
Existing browser-tab control
Built in: Bearly, Claude (beta), PerplexityVia integration: Microsoft Copilot (preview)Limited: Gemini, Microsoft 365 CopilotNot available: ChatGPTNot checked: Grok
Desktop computer use
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude (preview), Gemini (preview), PerplexityNot available: Microsoft CopilotNot checked: Microsoft 365 Copilot, Grok
Send email from chat
Built in: Bearly, Microsoft 365 Copilot, PerplexityVia integration: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot (preview)Limited: Gemini (preview, low confidence)Not checked: Grok

Who sees your work

Most products here do not train on your content by default, but read the plan names on the row: for several, that default only covers business plans, and Gemini's consumer plans are the documented exception. Zero data retention, where the model provider keeps nothing once it has answered, is rarer and mostly tied to enterprise contracts. Working on local files without uploading them to a cloud project is a newer control and usually desktop-only. Single sign-on, SCIM, SOC 2, and audit logs live in the same table.

Every privacy and security row, with sources
No training by default
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, GrokNot available: Gemini
Zero data retention
Built in: BearlyLimited: Claude, Perplexity, Grok (low confidence)Not available: Gemini, Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot
Local file workflow
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, PerplexityLimited: Claude (beta), Gemini (preview)Not available: Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: Microsoft Copilot, Grok

Running it for a team

For a team the questions change: a managed workspace, roles, who may use which model, and how high the bill can go. Consumer Microsoft Copilot is not built for this, so its cells read not applicable. Gemini's answers depend on a qualifying Google Workspace account, and several of its admin cells are still unchecked. The rest offer the standard set, usually on their business or enterprise plans.

Every teams and administration row, with sources
Managed team workspace
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, GrokVia integration: GeminiNot applicable: Microsoft Copilot
Role-based access
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, GrokLimited: GeminiNot applicable: Microsoft Copilot
Model controls
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, PerplexityLimited: Microsoft 365 CopilotNot checked: Gemini, GrokNot applicable: Microsoft Copilot
Spend controls
Built in: Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft 365 Copilot, PerplexityNot checked: Gemini, GrokNot applicable: Microsoft Copilot

Where Bearly fits

Several models, one workspace, private by default.

Pick the model per task

Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, and more in one app. Ask several at once and get each answer plus a combined one; that part needs Pro or higher.

Finish the job in the same place

Research that opens the exact passage, documents and slides, images, video, and speech, meeting recordings with speaker names, a browser agent, desktop control, and routines that run on a schedule.

Keep it private

No training on your work, individually encrypted chats and files, password-protected projects, and zero-data-retention chat models where the provider supports it.

When something else fits better: If your work lives inside Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, the tenant-connected Copilot or Gemini may matter more than model choice. If you want one company's app exactly as they built it, use that app; access to its models inside Bearly is not the same as its subscription.

Free plan available. Models, tools, and usage vary by plan.

Full table

Every feature, every product.

96 features across 8 products, grouped by area. Search, narrow to an area, or show only the rows where the products you care about differ. Open a row for plans, platforms, limits, and the vendor pages we read.

Built in
The product does this itself.
Via integration
The product does this through a named first-party integration or connected service.
Limited
The product supports a materially narrower form of the capability. The limit is recorded on the cell.
Not available
A current first-party source or a dated hands-on test establishes that the capability is missing.
Not checked
Nobody verified this question for this product. It is not a claim that the capability is missing.
Not applicable
The question does not sensibly apply to this product.
Products

96 of 96 features across 8 products. Open a row for plans, platforms, limits, and sources. Tables scroll sideways on narrow screens; switch products off above to narrow them.

Models and chat

Models and chat: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Inputs and context

Inputs and context: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Research and knowledge

Research and knowledge: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Creation and analysis

Creation and analysis: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Voice and meetings

Voice and meetings: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Automation and agents

Automation and agents: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Privacy and security

Privacy and security: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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Teams and administration

Teams and administration: how Bearly, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Perplexity, Grok answer each question, from sources reviewed September 1, 2026.
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How we checked

Features, not verdicts.

Whether a product has a feature and whether it does the job well are different questions, and only the first is answerable from documentation. We have written 8 hands-on scenarios for the second; 0 runs are recorded so far, and we will not name a winner from a checklist.

Coverage is uneven, and that cuts both ways: 2 of the other 7 products are researched more completely than Bearly here and 5 less. Where a competitor's cell says not checked, that is a gap in our homework, not a finding about their product.

Vendor documentation only

Product pages, help centers, policies, and developer docs published by the vendor, each read on a recorded date. Third-party roundups told us where to look; none of them made a claim publishable.

One product, one column

Microsoft Copilot and Microsoft 365 Copilot have different plans and different access to your data, so they are compared separately. Same rule everywhere: we compare things you can sign into, not company brands.

A blank says so

If nobody verified a feature for a product, the cell reads “not checked”. It is never shown as missing. “Not available” appears only when the vendor's own documentation or a dated hands-on test establishes it.

Plans, not prices

A plan name tells you where a feature lives. Prices move faster than a dated page can track, so they stay on each vendor's pricing page, and ours stays on /pricing.

Generated, not typed

The table is built from the product records by a script in our repository, so a cell cannot quietly disagree with the evidence behind it. A correction to a record shows up on every page that uses it.

Dated, and due for review

Sources were read on September 1, 2026 and are due for another pass by October 1, 2026. After that date, treat plan names, release states, and anything price-adjacent as unverified until we refresh them.

Sources, product by product

Bearly82 of 96 features checked · 47 sources read September 1, 2026
ChatGPT81 of 96 features checked · 61 sources read September 1, 2026
Claude75 of 96 features checked · 43 sources read September 1, 2026
Gemini80 of 96 features checked · 50 sources read September 1, 2026
Microsoft Copilot59 of 96 features checked · 32 sources read September 1, 2026
Microsoft 365 Copilot89 of 96 features checked · 68 sources read September 1, 2026
Perplexity84 of 96 features checked · 58 sources read September 1, 2026
Grok60 of 96 features checked · 21 sources read September 1, 2026

Found a cell that is wrong? Send the product, the feature, and the vendor page that shows it to support@bearly.ai. Corrections land in the product records this page is generated from, so the fix shows up everywhere at once. Vendors are welcome to do the same.

Questions

Before you decide.

Which AI assistants let you use models from more than one company?
In this comparison, Bearly and Perplexity. Both let you choose the model for a chat and can show several answers to one prompt. Microsoft's Copilots use models from more than one company but do not expose a full model picker, so their cells read limited.
Do these assistants train on my conversations?
Most exclude your content from training by default, but often only on business plans, so check the plan names on the row. Gemini keeps activity on by default on consumer plans and documents that it may be used for training. Every product's cell links to the policy page we read.
Which AI assistants can record and transcribe meetings?
Bearly and ChatGPT record and transcribe meetings inside the app, with speaker labels; both need their desktop app to record. Microsoft 365 Copilot works from Teams recordings and transcripts. Gemini's recording is a Google Meet feature rather than part of the Gemini app.
Which AI assistant is best?
This page cannot tell you, and neither can any feature table. Having a feature and doing the job well are different questions, and only the second one is answered by running the same task in each product. We have written 8 hands-on scenarios for that and recorded 0 runs so far. Until every product has been through the same scenarios, we will not name one.
Does Bearly include ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini subscriptions?
No. Bearly gives you access to models from those companies inside Bearly. Their own apps are separate products with their own features, and this table compares them as such.
How current is this comparison?
Sources were read on September 1, 2026 and are due for another pass by October 1, 2026. Plan names and release states move fastest, so treat them as unverified after that date. Send corrections, with the vendor page that shows the change, to support@bearly.ai.
What does “not checked” mean?
Nobody verified that feature for that product, so we do not claim it is missing. “Not available” appears only when the vendor's own documentation, or a dated hands-on test, establishes that the feature does not exist. The two look different in the table on purpose.

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