Which AI assistant connects to the apps I already use?
Last verified 2026-10-15Paid placement never changes our picks.
Short answer
As of October 2026, start with Claude if you use a mix of apps and want connectors on the free plan, Gemini if your work lives in Gmail, Calendar and Drive, and Microsoft Copilot if it lives in Outlook, Word and Teams. The catch: what each assistant can reach depends on plan, region and admin settings.
Top picks
Mixed app stacks, with a connector directory and custom connectors
- Free tier
- Chat, web search, file creation, code execution, memory; no Opus; 5 projects; 5…
- Starting price
- From $20
- Platforms
- Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Built by Anthropic, the maker of the model that drafted this page; held to the same standard. The free plan allows one custom connector.
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Keep and other Google apps
- Free tier
- Free with a Google Account; limited Nano Banana Pro; compute-based limits reset…
- Starting price
- From $4.99
- Platforms
- Web, Android, iOS
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Connect or disconnect each app; custom apps through MCP. With Keep Activity off, Connected Apps are limited.
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams users
- Free tier
- Limited free version, subject to capacity and limits; numbers not published
- Starting price
- From $9.99
- Platforms
- Windows, Mac, web, mobile
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Copilot in the desktop Office apps comes with Microsoft 365 plans. Coverage of non-Microsoft apps was not verified.
Setting per-app permissions from read-only to all actions
- Free tier
- Unlimited text chats under abuse guardrails; limited uploads, images, voice, de…
- Starting price
- From $8
- Platforms
- Web, desktop, mobile
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Help page names Drive, SharePoint, Outlook, Slack, GitHub and Notion, but not which plans get which app.
Niche apps and actions that run on triggers
- Free tier
- 100 tasks per month; unlimited Zaps, Tables and Forms; two-step Zaps.
- Starting price
- See pricing page
- Platforms
- Web, Chrome extension
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Lists 9,000+ apps; MCP lets other assistants call Zapier actions, each call using two tasks. Agents are billed separately.
Prices come from each tool's fact block. "See pricing page" means we have not confirmed the number on the official pricing page in the last 30 days, so we do not show one.
How to choose
- If your work lives in Google apps → Gemini (Connected Apps cover Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Keep and Google Home, switched on one by one; custom apps through an MCP server).
- If your work lives in Microsoft 365 → Microsoft Copilot (built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams); Claude and ChatGPT also list Microsoft 365 connectors.
- If you use a mix of tools such as Slack, Notion, Asana or Figma → Claude or ChatGPT (both publish connector lists; counts are not comparable, so search each list for your own apps).
- If you want work to run on a schedule or a trigger → Zapier Agents (9,000+ apps), ChatGPT Work's event-triggered tasks for Gmail, Slack and GitHub, or Claude's scheduled tasks on paid plans.
- If you worry about what it can change → check permissions (Claude connectors inherit your access in each app; ChatGPT lets you choose ask, read, low-risk or all actions; Team and Enterprise plans add admin controls).
How we checked
- 5 of 5 picks have a Toolsfine fact block.
- 5 of 5 picks had their pricing checked on the official site in the last 30 days.
- 1 of 1 models also suggested Claude.Panel: Claude (2026-10-12).
- Verified on 2026-10-15.
Listed in other directories
| Tool | theresanaiforthat.com | futurepedia.io | toolify.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
| Gemini | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
| Microsoft Copilot | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
| ChatGPT | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
| Zapier Agents | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
"Not checked" means we could not open that directory's page; it does not mean the tool is missing there.
Where sources disagree
- Fairness disclosure: Claude is built by Anthropic, the maker of the model that drafted this page; held to the same standard. Anthropic rows use the same fields and plain wording as the others, and ranks follow the reader's situation, not preference.
- Connector counts are not comparable: Claude's directory shows 936 entries in a marketplace that also holds plugins, Zapier counts apps, and ChatGPT gives no count. Search for your own apps instead.
- ChatGPT plan mapping: OpenAI says app availability depends on plan, region, workspace and model, but we found no official table of which plan gets which app.
- Microsoft third-party connectors: Microsoft's Copilot connectors documentation returned an error on our check, so we state no count for non-Microsoft apps.
Also mentioned elsewhere
Other sources name these tools for this job. They are not in our picks because we have not checked them yet.
- Slack AI · Official siteAssistant inside Slack itself, a different category from cross-app assistants; not evaluated.
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Changelog
- 2026-10-15 · Picks, prices and sources re-checked
- 2026-10-15 · Page updated
- 2026-10-15 · First published
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