Best Alexa+ Alternatives in 2026
Alexa+ scores 8.3/10 on our tests. Here are 7 alternatives worth considering in the AI Chatbots & Assistants space.
Alexa+
Amazon's reborn consumer AI assistant -- rolls out to every Alexa device with memory, multi-turn agent tasks, and Fire TV navigation
Top Alternatives, Ranked
The chatbot that started the AI revolution. **GPT-6 Astra launched 2026-09-03** -- OpenAI's new flagship at $10/$50 per 1M (long-context $20/$75, Fast mode 2x, no Fast mode under EU data residency), rolling out to Plus, Pro, Business and Enterprise within existing allowances, and the **first model OpenAI has ever designated Critical for cyber capability**. Enterprise access is off by default at launch. On 2026-08-06 the free tier changed materially: GPT-5.6 Luna becomes the default for Free and Go users with UNLIMITED text chats and a new Think button, while Plus/Pro get a retuned GPT-5.6 Sol in Chat plus an effort slider. GPT-5.6 went GA 2026-07-09 (Sol $5/$30 per 1M) and OpenAI CUT Luna 80% to $0.20/$1.20 and Terra 20% to $2/$12 on 2026-07-30. On 2026-08-13 OpenAI previewed **Ultrafast**, a Cerebras-powered API tier running GPT-5.6 Sol up to 14x faster (750 output tok/s) -- waitlisted, capacity-limited, and with no pricing published. Also now: Health in ChatGPT (7/23, US) and the ChatGPT Work agent (7/9)
AI-powered search engine that gives cited answers instead of a list of links
Google's free research assistant that turns your documents into an AI you can query -- and a podcast you can listen to. **Renamed from NotebookLM to Gemini Notebook on 2026-07-16**, still a standalone product, now with in-notebook code execution and syncing across the Gemini app and Search. **Expert Intelligence (2026-08-27) makes purchased Play Books ebooks a first-class source**; compute-weighted usage limits that refresh every 5 hours took effect 2026-09-02 (Google's help page still reads prospectively -- no delay announced)
Microsoft's answer to ChatGPT -- free GPT-4 access with Bing search built in, but it feels like a corporate product
Apple's ground-up Siri rebuild, unveiled at WWDC 2026 (June 8) -- conversational, on-screen aware, searches your personal data across apps, gets its own app with synced history. Built on Apple Foundation Models developed in collaboration with Google's Gemini. Developer betas now; public beta in July; ships this fall with iOS 27. Not in the EU (iPhone/iPad) or China at launch.
AI-character roleplay chat platform -- once 200M+ monthly visitors, now in a prolonged user exodus after the 2026-02-18 'Moderatedpocalypse' mass-delete and escalating TRAIGA-compliance restrictions. The alternatives market (Janitor AI, Chai, DreamGen) is now the real story
Score Comparison
| Tool | Ease of Use | Output Quality | Value | Features | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexa+(current) | 9.5 | 7.0 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
| ChatGPT | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.8 |
| Perplexity AI | 9.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 8.0 | 8.5 |
| Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) | 8.0 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 6.5 | 7.8 |
| Microsoft Copilot | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Poe | 8.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Siri AI (Apple) | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 7.5 |
| Character.AI | 8.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
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