Top 7 ARES Competitors & Alternatives in 2025

Competitors

1. 

   #1

   Poe

   Best for power users

   Poe (from Quora) is a consumer-focused chat hub that gives users access to many third-party models and community bots in one place, using a points/subscription model for premium models.

   Starts at $0 / other

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2. 

   #2

   You.com

   Best for power users

   You.com is a model-agnostic AI search and chat platform that lets users switch between and compare many LLMs and AI agents from a single interface, with free and paid YouPro tiers.

   Starts at $0 / other

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3. 

   #3

   Perplexity

   Best for consumers

   Est. 2022   •  51-200 employees

   An AI-powered answer engine that delivers cited, research-backed responses and offers consumer and Pro/enterprise subscriptions.

   Starts at $0

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4. 

   #4

   Hugging Face

   Best for power users

   Est. 2016   •  201-1k employees

   Community-driven model and dataset hub with developer tools, hosted inference, and Spaces for deploying interactive ML apps.

   Starts at $0

   Has a free trial

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5. 

   #5

   Runway

   Best for power users

   A creative AI platform focused on image and video generation/editing that bundles multiple generative models and credits for creators and teams.

   Starts at $15 / per user / monthly

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6. 

   #6

   Replicate

   Best for SMBs

   Est. 2019   •  11-50 employees

   Developer‑focused platform to run, host and pay‑for ML models (text‑to‑image models included) with granular, pay‑per‑use pricing.

   Starts at $0

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7. 

   #7

   Clarifai

   Best for mid-market companies

   An AI platform for vision and multimodal applications that provides prebuilt models, custom model training, and tiered plans for businesses.

   Starts at $30 / per user / monthly

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