Pro reviews

Brave Leo is a privacy-first AI assistant built into Brave browser, with no data logging, multi-model support, and page awareness on desktop and mobile.

HuggingChat gives you free access to 120+ open-weight AI models in one interface, with no paywalls or proprietary lock-in.

Express AI is a private AI chat platform built by ExpressVPN, offering five models, end-to-end encryption, and zero data retention for Pro subscribers.

Lumo is Proton's privacy-first AI assistant with zero-access encryption, no data logging, and open-source models at a price below ChatGPT Plus.

Duck.ai offers private, no-login AI chat through DuckDuckGo, with six free models and paid tiers that unlock GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.7, and more.

DeepSeek delivers frontier-class AI performance at a fraction of competitor prices, but serious privacy concerns make it a complicated choice for businesses.

A more elegant and practical daily driver.

Mistral Vibe packs agentic work automation and cloud coding into one assistant, with strong privacy guarantees and API pricing that undercuts most rivals.

Kimi is Moonshot AI's AI assistant built on K2.6, offering deep research, agentic workflows, and developer-friendly pricing for demanding workloads.

HIX.ai packs chat, writing, image, video, and deep research agents into one platform, with access to GPT-5.5, Claude, and Gemini.