AI Tools Directory
Browse 161 AI tools in 15 categories, with free plan labels and official links.
- ChatGPTAI assistants, Free planVisit ChatGPT (opens in a new tab)
- ClaudeAI assistants, Free planVisit Claude (opens in a new tab)
- GeminiAI assistants, Free planVisit Gemini (opens in a new tab)
- Listed161 toolsActive products only
- Free to start104 toolsFree plan or open source
- Open models11 toolsRun on your own servers
- ReviewedOct 22, 2026Links, names and pricing labels
Browse 161 AI tools
161 tools
Active products, each with its official link.
104 tools
A free plan, or free and open source.
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No company pays to be listed or ranked.
Check before paying
Plans and limits change often.
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ChatGPT
AI assistants
OpenAI’s assistant for questions, writing, images, files and voice chat, with deep research and agent modes on paid plans.
Best forEveryday questions, first drafts, explaining topics and quick images.
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Claude
AI assistants
Anthropic’s assistant, strong at long documents, careful writing, analysis and code, with projects and file uploads.
Best forLong reports, editing, analysing PDFs and coding help.
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Gemini
AI assistants
Google’s assistant, connected to Search, Gmail, Docs and YouTube; edits and creates images, and makes video on paid plans.
Best forGoogle Workspace users, research and image editing.
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Microsoft Copilot
AI assistants
Microsoft’s free assistant in Windows, Edge and Bing, with web answers, images and voice.
Best forWindows users and quick answers with sources.
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Meta AI
AI assistants
Meta’s assistant on the web and inside WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook.
Best forQuick answers and images without leaving WhatsApp.
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Grok
AI assistants
xAI’s assistant with access to posts on X, also built into the X app.
Best forFollowing news and trends that are discussed on X.
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DeepSeek
AI assistants
Free chat from the Chinese lab DeepSeek, strong at reasoning, maths and code; its models are released as open weights.
Best forMaths, logic and coding questions at no cost.
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Le Chat (Mistral)
AI assistants
Mistral AI’s assistant from France, with fast answers, web search, documents and image generation.
Best forUsers who prefer a European AI provider.
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Qwen Chat
AI assistants
Alibaba’s assistant built on the Qwen models, many of which are released as open weights.
Best forMultilingual tasks and trying open models in a chat.
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Kimi
AI assistants
Moonshot AI’s assistant with very long context and agent features; its K2 models are open weights.
Best forReading and summarising long documents.
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Sarvam AI
Models and AI platforms
Indian AI company building models and APIs for Indian languages: chat, translation, speech-to-text and text-to-speech.
Best forApps that need Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil and other Indian languages.
See pricingVisit site: Sarvam AI (opens in a new tab) -
OpenAI API
Models and AI platforms
OpenAI’s developer platform for GPT, image, speech and embedding models, billed per use.
Best forDevelopers adding OpenAI models to apps.
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Claude API
Models and AI platforms
Anthropic’s developer platform for Claude models, billed per use, with tools for agents and long documents.
Best forDevelopers building with Claude.
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Google AI Studio
Models and AI platforms
Free web studio to try Gemini models, get an API key and prototype apps.
Best forDevelopers starting with the Gemini API.
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Llama (Meta)
Models and AI platforms
Meta’s family of open-weight language models to download, fine-tune and run on your own servers.
Best forTeams that want to self-host a model.
Free, open sourceVisit site: Llama (Meta) (opens in a new tab) -
Mistral AI platform
Models and AI platforms
Mistral’s models, some open weights, available through its API and for self-hosting.
Best forEuropean companies and self-hosted deployments.
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Hugging Face
Models and AI platforms
The main hub for open models, datasets and demo apps (Spaces), with hosted inference.
Best forFinding, testing and sharing open models.
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OpenRouter
Models and AI platforms
One API and key for hundreds of models from many providers, including some free models.
Best forComparing and switching models without new accounts.
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Groq
Models and AI platforms
Very fast inference for open models on its own chips, with a free developer tier.
Best forApps that need quick responses.
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Together AI
Models and AI platforms
Cloud to run, fine-tune and deploy open models through an API.
Best forDevelopers building on open models at scale.
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Fireworks AI
Models and AI platforms
Fast hosted inference and fine-tuning for open models.
Best forProduction apps on open models.
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Replicate
Models and AI platforms
Run thousands of image, video, audio and language models through an API, paying per second of use.
Best forDevelopers trying many media models quickly.
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Ollama
Models and AI platforms
Free app to download and run open models on your own computer, with a local API.
Best forPrivate, offline use of AI models.
Free, open sourceVisit site: Ollama (opens in a new tab) -
LM Studio
Models and AI platforms
Desktop app to find, download and chat with open models locally.
Best forTrying local models without the command line.
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Cohere
Models and AI platforms
Enterprise language models for search, retrieval and multilingual business use.
Best forCompanies building search and RAG systems.
See pricingVisit site: Cohere (opens in a new tab) -
AI21 Labs
Models and AI platforms
Enterprise models (Jamba) and tools for long documents.
Best forBusinesses processing long documents.
See pricingVisit site: AI21 Labs (opens in a new tab) -
Amazon Bedrock
Models and AI platforms
AWS service to use models from several providers inside your AWS account.
Best forCompanies already on AWS.
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Google Vertex AI
Models and AI platforms
Google Cloud’s platform for Gemini and other models, with enterprise controls.
Best forCompanies already on Google Cloud.
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IBM watsonx
Models and AI platforms
IBM’s AI platform for building and governing models in large organisations.
Best forEnterprises with strict governance needs.
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Lambda
Models and AI platforms
GPU cloud for training and running AI models.
Best forTeams that need GPUs by the hour.
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Modal
Models and AI platforms
Serverless cloud for running Python and AI workloads on GPUs.
Best forDevelopers deploying AI code without managing servers.
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Anyscale
Models and AI platforms
Platform built on Ray for scaling AI and Python workloads.
Best forTeams scaling training and batch jobs.
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Manus
Agents and automation
General AI agent that plans and completes multi-step tasks such as research, slides and small apps; now owned by Meta.
Best forDelegating research and reports.
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Genspark
Agents and automation
AI workspace with agents for research, slides, sheets and calls.
Best forResearch reports and quick documents.
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Perplexity Comet
Agents and automation
Perplexity’s web browser with a built-in assistant that can read pages and do tasks.
Best forBrowsing with an assistant beside you.
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Zapier
Agents and automation
Automation between thousands of apps, with AI steps and AI agents.
Best forConnecting business apps without code.
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n8n
Agents and automation
Workflow automation with AI agent nodes; can be self-hosted free or used in the cloud.
Best forTechnical teams that want control of automations.
Free, open sourceVisit site: n8n (opens in a new tab) -
Make
Agents and automation
Visual automation builder with AI modules and agents.
Best forVisual, multi-step automations.
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Lindy
Agents and automation
Build AI assistants for email, meetings, scheduling and support.
Best forSmall teams automating inbox and calendar work.
Free trialVisit site: Lindy (opens in a new tab) -
GitHub Copilot
Coding assistants
AI pair programmer in VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub, with chat and a coding agent.
Best forDevelopers who live in VS Code or GitHub.
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Cursor
Coding assistants
AI code editor based on VS Code, with chat, edits across files and agents.
Best forDevelopers who want AI built into the editor.
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Claude Code
Coding assistants
Anthropic’s coding agent for the terminal, IDE and web that reads your codebase, edits files and runs commands.
Best forLarger code changes and refactors.
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OpenAI Codex
Coding assistants
OpenAI’s coding agent in ChatGPT, the terminal and IDEs, included with ChatGPT plans.
Best forDelegating coding tasks and reviews.
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Gemini CLI
Coding assistants
Google’s open-source command-line agent that uses Gemini for coding and tasks.
Best forDevelopers who work in the terminal.
Free, open sourceVisit site: Gemini CLI (opens in a new tab) -
Kiro
Coding assistants
AWS’s AI coding environment built around specs and agents; AWS’s replacement for Amazon Q Developer in the IDE.
Best forPlanned, spec-driven development on AWS.
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Devin
Coding assistants
Cognition’s autonomous software engineer; Cognition also makes Devin Desktop, formerly Windsurf.
Best forTeams delegating whole engineering tasks.
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JetBrains AI
Coding assistants
AI assistant and the Junie agent inside JetBrains IDEs such as IntelliJ and PyCharm.
Best forDevelopers using JetBrains IDEs.
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Tabnine
Coding assistants
Code assistant focused on privacy, with options to run in your own environment.
Best forCompanies with strict code privacy rules.
See pricingVisit site: Tabnine (opens in a new tab) -
AI2sql
Coding assistants
Turns plain-English questions into SQL queries and explains them.
Best forWriting SQL without memorising syntax.
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Text2SQL.ai
Coding assistants
Generates, explains and fixes SQL from plain English.
Best forAnalysts who write SQL now and then.
See pricingVisit site: Text2SQL.ai (opens in a new tab) -
Lovable
App and website builders
Build web apps by describing them in chat, with a database, login and hosting.
Best forFounders turning an idea into a working app.
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Bolt
App and website builders
Chat-based builder that writes and runs full-stack web and mobile apps in the browser.
Best forFast prototypes you can deploy.
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v0
App and website builders
Vercel’s builder that turns prompts into web apps and interfaces, ready to deploy.
Best forReact and Next.js interfaces.
Free planVisit site: v0 (opens in a new tab) -
Replit
App and website builders
Online coding platform with an AI agent that builds, runs and deploys apps.
Best forBuilding and hosting apps from a browser.
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Firebase Studio
App and website builders
Google’s browser workspace to build full-stack apps with Gemini.
Best forApps on Google Firebase.
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Base44
App and website builders
Builds apps with a database and login from a description; owned by Wix.
Best forInternal tools and simple apps.
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Emergent
App and website builders
Agents that design, code and deploy apps through chat.
Best forNon-developers building full apps.
See pricingVisit site: Emergent (opens in a new tab) -
Rocket
App and website builders
AI app builder that also helps with market research and deciding what to build.
Best forFounders validating and building ideas.
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Readdy
App and website builders
AI website builder that creates, edits and hosts sites; custom domains on paid plans.
Best forSmall business websites.
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YouWare
App and website builders
Create and share small web apps and pages from prompts.
Best forQuick shareable mini apps.
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B12
App and website builders
AI-built websites for professional services, with booking, payments and email tools.
Best forConsultants and agencies.
Free trialVisit site: B12 (opens in a new tab) -
Bubble
App and website builders
No-code platform for full web and mobile apps, with AI to generate the first version.
Best forComplex apps without code.
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Glide
App and website builders
Turns spreadsheets into business apps, with AI features.
Best forInternal apps from Google Sheets or Excel.
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Grammarly
Writing and content
Grammar, clarity and tone checks with AI rewriting, in browsers and apps; now part of Superhuman.
Best forError-free emails and documents.
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QuillBot
Writing and content
Paraphrasing, grammar check, summaries and citations.
Best forRewording and summarising text.
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Wordtune
Writing and content
Suggests rewrites to make sentences clearer, shorter or more formal.
Best forPolishing sentences while you write.
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DeepL
Writing and content
High-quality translation of text and documents, plus DeepL Write for editing.
Best forTranslating business documents.
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Jasper
Writing and content
AI writing for marketing teams, with brand voice and campaign tools.
Best forMarketing teams producing on-brand content.
Free trialVisit site: Jasper (opens in a new tab) -
Copy.ai
Writing and content
AI workflows for sales and marketing writing.
Best forSales and marketing copy at volume.
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Writesonic
Writing and content
SEO writing and tools to track how your brand appears in AI search answers.
Best forContent teams working on SEO and AI visibility.
See pricingVisit site: Writesonic (opens in a new tab) -
Rytr
Writing and content
Simple AI writer for short content such as emails, posts and descriptions.
Best forShort copy on a small budget.
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Sudowrite
Writing and content
AI writing partner for fiction: brainstorming, drafting and revising stories.
Best forNovelists and story writers.
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Squibler
Writing and content
Plans and drafts books, novels and screenplays, from outline to manuscript.
Best forLong-form book projects.
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Automateed
Writing and content
Drafts, designs and publishes ebooks, print books and courses.
Best forSelf-publishing authors.
See pricingVisit site: Automateed (opens in a new tab) -
Notion AI
Writing and content
AI inside Notion for writing, summarising, meeting notes and searching your workspace.
Best forTeams that already use Notion.
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Surfer
Writing and content
SEO content editor that scores drafts against top-ranking pages.
Best forWriting articles to rank in search.
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Frase
Writing and content
SEO research and AI drafting from the questions people search.
Best forContent briefs and outlines.
Free trialVisit site: Frase (opens in a new tab) -
Midjourney
Image and design
Image and video generator known for artistic, high-quality styles.
Best forConcept art and stylised visuals.
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Adobe Firefly
Image and design
Adobe’s image, video and audio generation, trained to be safe for commercial use and linked to Photoshop.
Best forDesigners in the Adobe ecosystem.
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Canva
Image and design
Design platform with AI image generation, background removal and Magic tools.
Best forSocial posts, presentations and quick designs.
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Ideogram
Image and design
Image generator that is good at readable text inside images.
Best forPosters, logos and images with words.
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Leonardo.ai
Image and design
Image and video generation with many styles and fine control.
Best forGame assets and product visuals.
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FLUX (Black Forest Labs)
Image and design
Image models from Black Forest Labs, some released as open weights and used by many apps.
Best forDevelopers and creators who want top image models.
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Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)
Image and design
Stability AI’s open image models, plus its API and apps.
Best forRunning image models on your own computer.
Free, open sourceVisit site: Stable Diffusion (Stability AI) (opens in a new tab) -
Recraft
Image and design
Generates images, icons and vector graphics (SVG) in a consistent brand style.
Best forBrand illustrations and vector icons.
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Krea
Image and design
Real-time image generation, enhancing and video tools in one place.
Best forFast visual exploration.
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Microsoft Designer
Image and design
Free design app for images, stickers and social posts from prompts.
Best forQuick graphics with a Microsoft account.
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Photoroom
Image and design
Product photo editor: remove backgrounds and create studio-style shots.
Best forOnline sellers and product photos.
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remove.bg
Image and design
Removes image backgrounds automatically; full resolution needs credits.
Best forFast cut-outs of people and products.
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Let’s Enhance
Image and design
Upscales and enhances photos for print and web.
Best forMaking small images larger and sharper.
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VanceAI
Image and design
Photo upscaling, sharpening, denoising and restoration.
Best forRestoring old or blurry photos.
Free trialVisit site: VanceAI (opens in a new tab) -
Looka
Image and design
AI logo maker with a brand kit; free to design, pay to download.
Best forSmall business logos.
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Tailor Brands
Image and design
Logo design plus business formation and website tools.
Best forNew businesses that need a logo and site.
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Sora
Video
OpenAI’s video generator, available through the Sora app and ChatGPT plans in supported countries.
Best forShort cinematic clips from text.
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Google Flow (Veo)
Video
Google’s filmmaking tool using Veo video models, with sound and scene editing; on Google AI plans.
Best forShort films and ads with sound.
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Runway
Video
Video generation and editing tools for creators and studios.
Best forCreative video effects and generation.
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Kling AI
Video
Kuaishou’s video generator with realistic motion, from text or images.
Best forAnimating images into clips.
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Hailuo AI (MiniMax)
Video
MiniMax’s video generator for text-to-video and image-to-video.
Best forExpressive short clips.
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Pika
Video
Fun, fast video generation and effects for social clips.
Best forSocial media effects.
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Luma Dream Machine
Video
Video and image generation from Luma AI.
Best forSmooth camera-motion clips.
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HeyGen
Video
AI avatar videos and video translation with lip sync.
Best forExplainers and multilingual videos without filming.
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Synthesia
Video
Avatar videos from a script for training and business.
Best forCompany training videos.
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InVideo AI
Video
Turns a prompt or script into an edited video with stock media and voice-over.
Best forYouTube and social videos from a script.
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Descript
Video
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript, with AI voice and clean-up.
Best forPodcasters and talking-head videos.
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OpusClip
Video
Cuts long videos into short clips with captions for Shorts and Reels.
Best forRepurposing long videos.
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ElevenLabs
Voice, music and audio
Natural text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and sound effects, in many languages including Hindi.
Best forVoice-overs, audiobooks and dubbing.
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Suno
Voice, music and audio
Creates full songs with vocals from a text prompt.
Best forQuick songs and jingles.
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Udio
Voice, music and audio
Music generator; song downloads were switched off after its 2025 deal with Universal Music, so check its current terms.
Best forExploring AI music ideas.
See pricingVisit site: Udio (opens in a new tab) -
Murf AI
Voice, music and audio
Studio for AI voice-overs with many voices and languages.
Best forPresentations and e-learning narration.
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Speechify
Voice, music and audio
Reads documents, PDFs and web pages aloud.
Best forListening instead of reading.
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Adobe Podcast
Voice, music and audio
Enhance Speech makes recordings sound studio-quality.
Best forCleaning up voice recordings.
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Krisp
Voice, music and audio
Removes background noise in calls, with meeting notes.
Best forCalls from noisy places.
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Perplexity
Search and research
Answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.
Best forQuick research with links to check.
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NotebookLM
Search and research
Google’s research notebook that answers only from your uploaded sources and makes audio and video overviews.
Best forStudying and summarising your own documents.
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Consensus
Search and research
Searches peer-reviewed papers and summarises what the research says.
Best forEvidence-based answers.
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Elicit
Search and research
Finds papers and extracts data from them for literature reviews.
Best forSystematic reviews and academic research.
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SciSpace
Search and research
Reads and explains research papers, with literature search.
Best forUnderstanding difficult papers.
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Semantic Scholar
Search and research
Free AI-powered search engine for scientific papers.
Best forFinding and tracking research papers.
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Exploding Topics
Search and research
Spots fast-growing topics and products before they peak.
Best forFinding trends for content and products.
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Gamma
Productivity and meetings
Creates presentations, documents and web pages from a prompt.
Best forQuick slide decks.
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Beautiful.ai
Productivity and meetings
Presentation software that designs slides for you as you add content.
Best forBusiness presentations.
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Napkin AI
Productivity and meetings
Turns text into diagrams and visuals.
Best forVisuals for posts and slides.
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Microsoft 365 Copilot
Productivity and meetings
Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
Best forOffice-based work.
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Otter.ai
Productivity and meetings
Live meeting transcription, summaries and action items.
Best forMeeting notes in English.
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Fireflies.ai
Productivity and meetings
Records, transcribes and summarises meetings across apps.
Best forSearchable meeting history.
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Fathom
Productivity and meetings
Free AI notetaker for Zoom, Google Meet and Teams.
Best forMeeting summaries at no cost.
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Read AI
Productivity and meetings
Meeting summaries and reports across meetings, email and chat.
Best forTeams with many meetings.
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Motion
Productivity and meetings
Plans your day by scheduling tasks into your calendar.
Best forBusy calendars and task lists.
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Reclaim.ai
Productivity and meetings
Finds time for tasks, habits and focus in Google Calendar or Outlook.
Best forProtecting focus time.
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Rows
Productivity and meetings
Spreadsheet with an AI analyst and built-in data connections.
Best forAnalysing data without formulas.
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Kickresume
Productivity and meetings
Resume and cover letter builder with AI writing.
Best forJob seekers.
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Zety
Productivity and meetings
Resume builder with templates and suggested content.
Best forPolished resumes.
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AdCreative.ai
Marketing and sales
Generates ad images and copy and predicts which may perform best.
Best forAd creatives at volume.
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Predis.ai
Marketing and sales
Creates social posts, carousels and videos and schedules them.
Best forSmall brands on social media.
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Lately
Marketing and sales
Turns long content into social posts in your brand voice.
Best forRepurposing content for social.
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Lavender
Marketing and sales
Coaches you to write better sales emails as you type.
Best forSales emails that get replies.
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CopyMonkey
Marketing and sales
Writes and optimises Amazon product listings.
Best forAmazon sellers.
See pricingVisit site: CopyMonkey (opens in a new tab) -
Tome
Marketing and sales
Now an AI tool for sales teams; it no longer focuses on slide decks.
Best forSales research and account prep.
See pricingVisit site: Tome (opens in a new tab) -
HubSpot AI (Breeze)
Marketing and sales
AI agents and assistants inside HubSpot’s CRM for marketing, sales and service.
Best forTeams using HubSpot.
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Tidio
Marketing and sales
Live chat with the Lyro AI agent for customer service.
Best forOnline shop support.
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Zendesk AI
Marketing and sales
AI agents and assistance in the Zendesk help desk.
Best forSupport teams.
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Namelix
Marketing and sales
Generates short, brandable business names with logo ideas.
Best forNaming a new business.
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Shopify Business Name Generator
Marketing and sales
Free name ideas for a store or business.
Best forNew online stores.
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Khanmigo
Education and learning
Khan Academy’s AI tutor that guides students instead of giving answers; free for teachers in some countries.
Best forStudents and teachers.
See pricingVisit site: Khanmigo (opens in a new tab) -
Quizlet
Education and learning
Flashcards and practice tests, with AI study tools.
Best forExam revision.
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Photomath
Education and learning
Google’s app that solves maths problems from a photo, step by step.
Best forChecking maths homework.
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Wolfram Alpha
Education and learning
Computes answers to maths, science and data questions.
Best forExact calculations.
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Duolingo
Education and learning
Language learning app; Duolingo Max adds AI explanations and role-play.
Best forLearning a new language.
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Brainly
Education and learning
Homework help community with an AI tutor.
Best forSchool homework questions.
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Gauth
Education and learning
Homework helper that solves problems from a photo.
Best forStep-by-step homework help.
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Harvey
Business and industry
AI platform for law firms and legal teams.
Best forLegal research and drafting.
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AlphaSense
Business and industry
Market and financial research across filings, transcripts and expert calls.
Best forAnalysts and investors.
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HireVue
Business and industry
Video interviews and assessments for hiring.
Best forLarge hiring teams.
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Eightfold AI
Business and industry
Talent platform that matches people to jobs.
Best forEnterprise recruiting.
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PathAI
Business and industry
AI for pathology in medical research and diagnostics.
Best forPathology labs and research.
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Zillow Zestimate
Business and industry
Zillow’s automated home value estimates, for US homes only.
Best forUS home buyers and sellers.
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Character.ai
Fun and stories
Chat and stories with AI characters; open-ended chat is limited to adults.
Best forEntertainment and role-play stories.
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AI Dungeon
Fun and stories
Text adventure game where an AI writes the story with you.
Best forInteractive stories.
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Book by Anyone
Fun and stories
Personalised printed books and comics starring someone you choose.
Best forPersonal gifts.
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Supermeme.ai
Fun and stories
Makes memes from text in many languages.
Best forSocial media memes.
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InspiroBot
Fun and stories
Generates random, often absurd motivational posters.
Best forA laugh.
Names, links and pricing labels were last reviewed on October 22, 2026. AI companies change plans, limits and availability often, so check the official site before you sign up or pay. Trademarks belong to their owners.