Alternatives to Arena

A web tool for chatting with AI models, comparing their answers side by side and voting on them. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

  • Arena

    A web tool for chatting with AI models, comparing their answers side by side and voting on them.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as Arena.

  • ChatHub

    A browser extension and app for asking several AI chatbots the same question side by side.

    FreemiumProprietaryWebBrowser extension

    ChatHub compares several chatbots side by side as a browser extension and app, but full model access needs a paid subscription and there is no public leaderboard.

  • ChatALL

    A desktop app that sends one prompt to many AI chatbots at once and shows answers side by side.

    FreeOpen sourceWindowsmacOSLinux

    ChatALL is an open-source desktop app for Windows, macOS and Linux that sends one prompt to many chatbots, using your own accounts or API keys.

  • Big-AGI

    An open-source AI chat workspace that connects to many cloud providers and local model servers.

    FreemiumOpen sourceWebSelf-hosted

    Big-AGI uses its Beam feature to compare and merge answers from several models, with your own API keys and an optional self-hosted MIT-licensed install.

  • HuggingChat

    Hugging Face's chat app for talking to a choice of hosted open-source AI models.

    FreeProprietaryWeb

    HuggingChat lets you try a choice of hosted open-source models for free in the browser, one at a time rather than side by side with voting.

  • Poe

    A chat platform from Quora that gives access to several AI models in one place.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    Poe gives several AI models in one online interface with custom bots, with available models and limits depending on the plan instead of free community voting.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.

  • OpenRouter

    A unified API and chat interface that routes requests to hundreds of AI models across many providers.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

  • Mammouth

    A subscription service that bundles text and image models from several AI providers in one app.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

  • T3 Chat

    A web chat app that lets you switch between AI models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek and others.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

  • ChatLLM

    Abacus.AI's subscription assistant giving access to over 100 AI models, agents and generation tools.

    PaidProprietaryWeb

  • TypingMind

    A chat interface for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and other language models that runs on your own API keys.

    PaidProprietaryWeb