---
title: AI chat experiences
description: AI chat can help with a wide range of tasks throughout Kibana, such as helping to answer questions about your data, suggesting next steps, and explaining...
url: https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/ai-features/ai-chat-experiences
products:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless
  - Elastic Observability
  - Elastic Security
  - Kibana
applies_to:
  - Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview
  - Elastic Stack: Preview since 9.3
---

# AI chat experiences
AI chat can help with a wide range of tasks throughout Kibana, such as helping to answer questions about your data, suggesting next steps, and explaining how to use Elastic's software.
There are two AI chat experiences which you can choose from:
- <applies-to>Elastic Stack: Preview since 9.3</applies-to> <applies-to>Elastic Cloud Serverless: Preview</applies-to> **AI Agent**: Powered by [Elastic Agent Builder](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/ai-features/elastic-agent-builder), this chat experience lets you create custom agents for specific tasks, with specialized tools, and provides a unified chat experience across all of Kibana.
- [AI Assistant](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/ai-features/ai-chat-experiences/ai-assistant): Elastic's original AI chat, AI Assistant offers features like chat sharing, data anonymization, and knowledge base that are not yet present in Agent Builder. The AI Assistant for Observability and Elasticsearch operates independently from the AI Assistant for Security.

If Kibana cannot use Elastic's public knowledge base artifact host—for example in air-gapped or restricted networks—refer to [Host a knowledge base artifact repo for AI Assistant](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/ai-features/ai-chat-experiences/ai-assistant-host-doc-artifacts).
To compare them and learn how to switch between them, refer to [Compare Agent Builder and AI Assistant](https://www.elastic.co/elastic/docs-builder/docs/3016/explore-analyze/ai-features/ai-chat-experiences/ai-agent-or-ai-assistant).