TERMINAL AI · 2026 · DEPARTURES

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CLAUDE & THE ALTERNATIVES

FOUR PASSES · ONE COMPARISON · GATE 26

Anthropic Airoperated by Anthropic · est. 2021
★ Feature Flight
From
CLA
Claude Hub
▶
To
DOC
Document Analysis
Free Tier
YES
Pro Plan
$20/mo
API
Available
Agent
Claude Code
Carry on Opus, Sonnet, Haiku models. Strong on long form writing, careful instruction following, and software engineering. Long context window.
OpenAI Linesoperated by OpenAI · est. 2015
Standard
From
CHA
ChatGPT Hub
▶
To
MMA
Multimodal Apps
Free Tier
YES
Plus Plan
$20/mo
API
Available
Surface
Broad
Carry on GPT family. Image generation, voice mode, custom GPTs. The most widely adopted consumer assistant of 2026.
Google Skylinesoperated by Google DeepMind
Standard
From
GEM
Gemini Hub
▶
To
WKS
Workspace
Free Tier
YES
AI Pro
~$20/mo
API
Available
Context
Very Long
Carry on Gemini 2.x and 3.x family. Native integration with Docs, Gmail, Search, Android. Strong on long context, video, Deep Research.
xAI Expressoperated by xAI · est. 2023
Standard
From
GRO
Grok Hub
▶
To
XPL
X Platform
Free Tier
YES
Premium
via X
API
Available
Feed
Real Time
Carry on Grok 3 and 4. Real time access to content on X. Casual conversational tone by design. Current events orientation.
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