Alternatives to Wenxin Assistant
Baidu's Chinese-language AI assistant for writing, image creation, document reading and agent apps, formerly ERNIE Bot. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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Wenxin Assistant
Baidu's Chinese-language AI assistant for writing, image creation, document reading and agent apps, formerly ERNIE Bot.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as Wenxin Assistant.
Doubao
ByteDance's AI chat assistant for questions, writing, translation, coding and video generation.
Doubao is ByteDance's free Chinese-language assistant for chat, writing, translation and coding, with Seedance 2.0 video generation included at no cost.
Tencent Yuanbao
Tencent's Chinese-language AI assistant for chat, search and writing, available on the web and as apps.
Tencent Yuanbao is a free Chinese-language assistant combining chat, search and writing, available on the web and as downloadable apps.
Qwen Studio
Alibaba's AI chat assistant built on its Qwen family of language models.
Qwen Studio offers free access to Alibaba's Qwen models on web, Android and iOS, with the web page steering users toward the mobile app.
DeepSeek
A web chat assistant from Chinese developer DeepSeek, known for strong coding ability.
DeepSeek is a freemium web chat assistant known for strong coding ability, without Wenxin's image creation and agent app collection.
Kimi
Moonshot AI's chat assistant for long documents, research, coding and slide creation, powered by Kimi models.
Kimi from Moonshot AI focuses on long documents and research, with agent features for coding and slides and scheduled tasks, on a freemium plan.
iFlytek Spark
iFlytek's Chinese AI chat assistant for questions, reasoning, maths problems and code, built on its Spark model.
iFlytek Spark is a free Chinese-language assistant built on the Spark model for questions, reasoning, maths and code, with little public detail on plans.
Z.ai Chat
A web chat assistant from Zhipu AI that runs on its GLM language models.
Z.ai Chat is a free web assistant on Zhipu AI's GLM models, handling coding and website building from prompts with an agent mode.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Metaso AI Search
A Chinese AI search engine that gives ad-free, structured answers, with file upload and slide generation.
Polaris Office
Office suite for HWP, PDF and Microsoft Office files, bundled with AI tools called NOVA.
Genspark
An AI workspace that produces slides, documents, images, video, code and data dashboards from prompts.
QQ Browser
Tencent's Chinese-language web browser with a built-in Yuanbao AI assistant, split-screen browsing and file tools.
