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Best AI for Students

Ranked for students — free access + voice study mode + file upload + reasoning quality.

18 models ranked · Updated April 2026

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Microsoft Copilot scores 9.0/10 for students — strong free tier, voice support, and reasoning.

# Model Student score Standard plan Context
1 Microsoft Copilot Microsoft · GPT-5.2 (M365-tuned) 9.0/10 $20/mo 128K Compare →
2 Gemini Google · Gemini 3 Pro 8.0/10 $20/mo 2M Compare →
3 Qwen Alibaba · Qwen 3 Max 8.0/10 Plus 256K Compare →
4 Meta AI Meta · Llama 4 Maverick 7.8/10 Free 1M Compare →
5 Pi Inflection AI · Pi 3 7.3/10 Free 32K Compare →
6 ChatGPT OpenAI · GPT-5.2 7.0/10 $20/mo 256K Compare →
7 DeepSeek DeepSeek · DeepSeek V3 7.0/10 API only 128K Compare →
8 NotebookLM Google · Gemini 3 Pro (research-tuned) 6.8/10 $20/mo 1M Compare →
9 Character.AI Character.AI · Character (proprietary) 6.5/10 $9.99/mo 8K Compare →
10 Claude Anthropic · Claude Sonnet 4.6 6.3/10 $20/mo 1M Compare →
11 Grok xAI · Grok 4 6.3/10 $30/mo 256K Compare →
12 Le Chat Mistral · Mistral Large 2 5.8/10 $14.99/mo 128K Compare →
13 GitHub Copilot Microsoft / GitHub · GPT / Claude (configurable) 5.3/10 $10/mo 128K Compare →
14 Claude Opus Anthropic · Claude Opus 4.7 4.3/10 $100/mo 1M Compare →
15 Cursor Cursor · Claude / GPT (multi-model) 4.0/10 $20/mo 200K Compare →
16 Perplexity Perplexity · Sonar Pro 3.8/10 $20/mo 200K Compare →
17 Aymo AI Aymo · Aymo (proprietary) 3.5/10 $9.99/mo 32K Compare →
18 Claude Code Anthropic · Claude Sonnet / Opus 4.x 2.0/10 $20/mo 1M Compare →
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