Top 5 ChatGPT Alternatives To Use During OpenAI Outages

OpenAI recently experienced a significant outage affecting ChatGPT, Sora video generation, and its developer APIs.

While the issue has taken time to be fixed, there are some ChatGPT alternatives that you can keep always ready.

DeepSeek: It is fully free and open-source model focused on advanced reasoning.

Gemini (by Google): It is ideal for users in the Google ecosystem (Docs, Gmail, etc.).

Claude: Great for deep reasoning and safe AI conversations.

Perplexity: It combines search and summarization with sourced answers.

Microsoft Copilot: It simply integrates into Microsoft Office apps.