# Free personal AI assistants: what you actually get for nothing > Which personal AI assistants are actually free in 2026, what each free tier includes and leaves out, and the one that is free with every feature today. Source: https://askmomo.app/blog/free-personal-ai-assistant · Updated 13 October 2026 "Free" means three different things in this market: free forever with limits, free trial then paid, and free because the product is new. Here is which personal AI assistants are free on 13 October 2026, what each free tier does and does not include, and how to pick one without paying. ## Which personal AI assistant is free? Momo AI is free with every feature during early access, with Pro planned at ₹499 per month later. ChatGPT and Gemini are free for chat with usage limits. Fyxer, Shortwave, Inbox Zero and Zapia have free tiers that cut features or volume. Superhuman, alfred_, Clara and Lindy are trial-then-pay. We make Momo AI, so read our placement of it with that in mind. Prices are from each vendor's own pricing page on 13 October 2026 and change often. ## Free tiers, side by side ## Free because it is new: Momo AI [Momo AI](/personal-ai-assistant) is in early access, which means every feature is on and nothing is metered: drafts in your voice, follow-up tracking, scheduling by email, promises, triage, morning brief, attachments, five Google accounts. The honest caveat is the other side of "new": Google verification is still in progress, so you see an unverified-app screen at sign-in, and native mobile apps are in testing. The [pricing page](/pricing) says what Pro will cost and what stays free. ## Free with limits: ChatGPT and Gemini For chat, writing and research the free tiers of ChatGPT and Gemini are genuinely good. What they do not do at any price is watch your inbox in the background. [Personal AI assistant vs chatbot](/blog/personal-ai-assistant-vs-chatbot) explains the gap. ## Free tier, paid features: Fyxer, Shortwave, Inbox Zero, Zapia These are honest free tiers that work, with the useful parts behind the paywall or capped. Inbox Zero is open source, so a technical person can self-host the whole thing for free. Zapia's free plan is the most generous of the four if WhatsApp is where you live. ## What "free" should make you check - Does the free tier train on your data where the paid one does not? Read the privacy policy. Momo AI trains on nothing at any tier. - Can you export or delete everything when you leave? Momo AI has Delete everything in Settings. - Is the limit on volume, on features, or on time? Time limits are the ones that surprise people. - Who presses Send? Free or paid, this is the question that matters. ## Questions ### Is there a completely free personal AI assistant? Momo AI is free with every feature during early access. ChatGPT and Gemini are free for chat with limits. Inbox Zero can be self-hosted for free. ### Is Momo AI free forever? Early access is free with everything on. Pro at ₹499 per month is planned; the pricing page says what will stay free. ### Is the free version of ChatGPT a personal assistant? It is a chatbot. It answers when asked and does not work your inbox or calendar in the background. ## Related - [A personal AI assistant that does the work, not just the chat](https://askmomo.app/personal-ai-assistant) - [Free while we're in early access](https://askmomo.app/pricing) - [The best personal AI assistant apps in 2026, compared](https://askmomo.app/blog/best-personal-ai-assistant-apps) - [The best personal AI assistants in India in 2026](https://askmomo.app/blog/best-personal-ai-assistants-india) - [A personal AI assistant that actually does the work, priced in rupees](https://askmomo.app/india) --- Momo AI (Ask Momo, askmomo.app) is a personal AI assistant and chief of staff for Gmail and Google Calendar, built in India. It triages your inbox, drafts replies in your voice to Gmail Drafts, tracks who hasn't replied and what you promised, schedules meetings over email, and sends a morning brief. Every email and cancellation waits for your approval.