foundation models (llm) tools compared

Ranking August 2025

Foundation models (llm)

The RankmyAI Foundation Models (LLM) Overall Ranking presents the top 25 AI tools from our Overall ranking focusing on foundation models (LLM).

Foundation models, particularly large language models (LLMs), are general-purpose AI systems trained on vast datasets and designed to be adaptable across a wide range of tasks. These tools serve as the underlying engines behind many AI applications, enabling functionalities such as natural language understanding, text generation, summarization, translation, question answering, and code completion. The tools ranked here all offer their own foundation models and many provide services such as APIs and chat-based interfaces. The ranking also includes LLM initiatives that are currently under development, particularly efforts focused on country- or language-specific models.

The green up and red down arrows indicate how many positions a tool has increased or decreased compared to the previous month's ranking. A grey dash means the tool's position has remained unchanged.

Top 22 out of

Grok Grok-2 offers advanced conversational AI and prompt engineering tools for developers and consumers on the 𝕏 platform, featuring state-of-the-art reasoning capabilities.

freemium

United States

Claude Large-context language model service delivers low hallucination rates, red-teamed safeguards, and document-scale reasoning, enabling enterprises to automate analysis, draft content, and integrate custom assistants while reducing compliance and brand risk.anthropic.com

freemium

United States

Hugging Face Hugging Face offers a platform for model hosting, dataset sharing, and application collaboration, supporting various AI technologies. It enables efficient AI deployment through advanced infrastructure and community-driven innovation.

freemium

United States

ChatGPT Multimodal chat service exposes large language models via web and mobile, supporting voice interaction, image input, code execution, file analysis, and custom GPT creation with action workflow integration, enabling rapid content generation, research, and task automation for individuals and enterprises.

freemium

United States

-1

Qwen Qwen enables interactive AI communication through image and video generation, enhancing user experience for media content creation.

freemium

China

Imagine by Meta AI assistant built on Llama-3 integrates into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger, Quest, and Ray-Ban smart glasses, delivering real-time search, image generation, voice control, and contextual recommendations, enabling hands-free information retrieval, translation, and content creation across Meta’s social and device ecosystem.

unknown

United States

Mistral AI Mistral AI offers open and portable generative AI models, customizable for various business needs. Leveraging cloud services and serverless APIs, Mistral AI ensures flexible deployment with unmatched value and efficiency.

freemium

France

-1

Command R by Cohere Cohere offers enterprise-grade AI solutions optimized for generative AI, search, and advanced retrieval, enhancing productivity and competitiveness through scalable deployment options.

paid

Canada

MiniMax Chat Conversational AI platform based on proprietary large language models offers multilingual chat, knowledge-base grounding, and fine-tuning endpoints, enabling businesses to automate support, copywriting, and interactive experiences while retaining data isolation.

freemium

Singapore

Kimi AI assistant applies deductive reasoning to interpret academic papers, generate and debug code, and plan strategic tasks within a chat interface, enabling students and professionals to speed research, software delivery, and operational decision cycles.kimi.ai

free

China

-1

Perplexity AI Perplexity AI serves as an answer engine providing informed responses backed by current sources, facilitating knowledge and discovery.

DeepSeek DeepSeek is a comprehensive AI tool offering capabilities such as search, writing, and translation. It integrates seamlessly with various platforms through its open API, enhancing research and development within educational and IT sectors.

Agentgpt AgentGPT automates web scraping using AI agents, enabling scalable data collection tailored for businesses and developers. Leveraging models like GPT-3.5, it simplifies information extraction within the IT and software industries.

freemium

United States

Chatplayground.ai ChatPlayground AI facilitates access to multiple AI models, enabling users to compare and customize AI workflows. It focuses on model versatility and privacy compliance, enhancing productivity.

Falcon LLM Falcon LLM offers open-source generative AI models optimized for efficiency and performance, enabling innovative solutions in multiple sectors. It is designed to empower AI development with multilingual and multimodal capabilities.

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United Arab Emirates

SEA-LION SEA-LION is a family of open-source language models designed for Southeast Asian contexts, languages, and cultures. Developed under AI Singapore’s National Multi-Modal LLM Project, it improves representation of low-resource languages and reduces cultural bias in mainstream AI systems.

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Disclaimer

The RankmyAI Foundation Models (LLM) Overall Ranking is derived from our Overall ranking, which measures the popularity of AI tools based on three key metrics: website traffic, reviews, and investments. The Overall ranking is calculated as the weighted average of the individual rankings for each of these metrics (for more details, see our Methodology page).

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