Every useful AI tool, described in plain language.

CH ChatGPT Freemium OpenAI · Chat The default general-purpose assistant most people start with. Open chatgpt.com ↗

CL Claude Freemium Anthropic · Chat A chat assistant that is especially good with long context and tone. Open claude.ai ↗

CU Cursor Freemium Anysphere · Code A fork of VS Code built around agents, not just autocomplete. Open cursor.com ↗

EL ElevenLabs Freemium ElevenLabs · Audio The default high-quality text-to-speech and voice-clone tool. Open elevenlabs.io ↗

GE Gemini Freemium Google · Chat Google’s assistant, tied into Search, Gmail, Docs, and Android. Open gemini.google.com ↗

MI Midjourney Paid Midjourney · Image The image generator people still open when looks matter most. Open midjourney.com ↗

PE Perplexity Freemium Perplexity · Research Ask a question; get a sourced summary rather than a guess. Open perplexity.ai ↗

RU Runway Freemium Runway · Video A video studio for generation, motion, and green-screen-style edits. Open runwayml.com ↗

AF Adobe Firefly Freemium Adobe · Image Adobe’s generative tools, trained with an eye on commercial use. Open adobe.com ↗

AP Adobe Podcast Freemium Adobe · Audio One-click Enhance Speech for rough microphone takes. Open podcast.adobe.com ↗

AQ Amazon Q Freemium Amazon Web Services · Code Amazon’s assistant for builders already on AWS. Open aws.amazon.com ↗

BO Bolt.new Freemium StackBlitz · Code Prompt an app; it boots in a WebContainer with no local setup. Open bolt.new ↗

CA Canva Freemium Canva · Design The design tool most non-designers already know, now with AI. Open canva.com ↗

CA CapCut Freemium ByteDance · Video The free-ish editor most TikTok and Shorts makers already have. Open capcut.com ↗

CH Character.AI Freemium Character.AI · Chat Chat with user-made characters rather than a generic assistant. Open character.ai ↗

CO Cody Freemium Sourcegraph · Code Chat and edits that use Sourcegraph’s code intelligence. Open sourcegraph.com ↗

CO Consensus Freemium Consensus · Research A search engine over research papers, with yes/no-style summaries. Open consensus.app ↗

CO Continue Free Continue · Code Bring your own model (or local Ollama) into the editor. Open continue.dev ↗

CO Copy.ai Freemium Copy.ai · Writing Started as an ad-copy generator; now a GTM automation workspace. Open copy.ai ↗

DE DeepSeek Free DeepSeek · Chat A capable free chat model, strong at math and code. Open chat.deepseek.com ↗

DE Descript Freemium Descript · Video Cut audio and video the way you cut a Google Doc. Open descript.com ↗

EL Elicit Freemium Elicit · Research An AI research assistant that tables findings from PDFs. Open elicit.com ↗

EX Exa Freemium Exa · Research A search API and web app that finds pages by meaning, not keywords. Open exa.ai ↗

FI Figma Freemium Figma · Design The product-design canvas; AI features help with first passes. Open figma.com ↗

FI Fin Paid Intercom · Productivity Intercom’s support agent that replies from your actual docs. Open intercom.com ↗

FI Fireflies Freemium Fireflies.ai · Productivity Another meeting bot, with more storage and CRM-oriented features. Open fireflies.ai ↗

FL FLUX Freemium Black Forest Labs · Image The FLUX image models, via Black Forest Labs and many hosts. Open blackforestlabs.ai ↗

GA Gamma Freemium Gamma · Productivity Generate a presentation, then tweak cards instead of pixel-pushing. Open gamma.app ↗

GC GitHub Copilot Paid GitHub · Code Microsoft/GitHub’s copilot, wired into the tools you already use. Open github.com ↗

GR Grammarly Freemium Grammarly · Writing The writing assistant that sits on top of email and Google Docs. Open grammarly.com ↗

GR Grok Freemium xAI · Chat xAI’s assistant, with a live view of X and a more casual voice. Open grok.x.ai ↗

HE HeyGen Freemium HeyGen · Video AI avatars plus language translation of existing videos. Open heygen.com ↗

HF Hugging Face Freemium Hugging Face · Code The public hub for open models, datasets, and Spaces demos. Open huggingface.co ↗

ID Ideogram Freemium Ideogram · Image An image model that is unusually good at spelling in pictures. Open ideogram.ai ↗

JA Jasper Paid Jasper · Writing An AI writing workspace aimed at content and demand-gen teams. Open jasper.ai ↗

KH Khroma Free Khroma · Design You vote on colors; it invents palettes in your taste. Open khroma.co ↗

KI Kittl Freemium Kittl · Design A design studio strong on illustration styles and lettering. Open kittl.com ↗

KL Kling Freemium Kuaishou · Video A strong text-to-video model, especially with motion and duration. Open klingai.com ↗

KR Krea Freemium Krea · Image A visual canvas that generates as you sketch or type. Open krea.ai ↗

KR Krisp Freemium Krisp · Audio An AI noise canceller that sits on your microphone. Open krisp.ai ↗

LC Le Chat Freemium Mistral AI · Chat Mistral’s chat app — fast, and based in Europe. Open chat.mistral.ai ↗

LE Leonardo.Ai Freemium Leonardo · Image A studio-style image app with models aimed at game and product art. Open leonardo.ai ↗

LO Lovable Freemium Lovable · Code A chat-to-app builder aimed at founders who do not want an editor. Open lovable.dev ↗

LD Luma Dream Machine Freemium Luma AI · Video Dream Machine generates video; Luma also does 3D scenes. Open lumalabs.ai ↗

MA Make Freemium Make · Productivity A scenario builder that is more diagram-like than Zapier. Open make.com ↗

MA Meta AI Free Meta · Chat Llama-powered chat in Meta’s apps and on the web. Open meta.ai ↗

MC Microsoft Copilot Freemium Microsoft · Chat Microsoft’s assistant across Windows, Edge, and Office. Open copilot.microsoft.com ↗

MO Motion Paid Motion · Productivity A calendar that places your tasks in the holes between meetings. Open usemotion.com ↗

MU Murf Freemium Murf · Audio A voiceover studio with a large library of stock voices. Open murf.ai ↗

N8 n8n Freemium n8n · Productivity Open-source automation you can run on your own server. Open n8n.io ↗

NO NotebookLM Free Google · Research Ground a notebook on files you add, then ask questions or listen. Open notebooklm.google.com ↗

NA Notion AI Paid Notion · Writing AI that already has access to your team’s Notion pages. Open notion.so ↗

OP OpusClip Freemium OpusClip · Video Finds highlight moments and recrops them for TikTok and Shorts. Open opus.pro ↗

OT Otter.ai Freemium Otter.ai · Productivity A meeting notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes. Open otter.ai ↗

PH Phind Freemium Phind · Research A search/chat hybrid aimed at programmers. Open phind.com ↗

PH Photoroom Freemium Photoroom · Image Turn messy product snapshots into clean catalog images. Open photoroom.com ↗

PI Pi Free Inflection · Chat A voice-first assistant aimed at supportive, everyday talk. Open pi.ai ↗

PI Pika Freemium Pika · Video A friendly text-to-video app for short, stylized clips. Open pika.art ↗

PL Playground Freemium Playground · Image Prompt-based photo editing on a simple design canvas. Open playground.com ↗

PO Poe Freemium Quora · Chat One app that routes you to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and others. Open poe.com ↗

QU QuillBot Freemium QuillBot · Writing A paraphraser, grammar checker, and citation helper. Open quillbot.com ↗

QC Qwen Chat Free Alibaba · Chat Alibaba’s Qwen models in a public chat UI. Open chat.qwen.ai ↗

RE Recraft Freemium Recraft · Image Generate vector art, icons, and matched illustration sets. Open recraft.ai ↗

RE remove.bg Freemium Kaleido AI · Design Upload a photo; get a transparent background in a few seconds. Open remove.bg ↗

RE Replit Freemium Replit · Code A cloud IDE with an agent that can scaffold and deploy. Open replit.com ↗

SC SciSpace Freemium SciSpace · Research Upload a paper; get plain-language explanations in the margin. Open scispace.com ↗

SO Sora Paid OpenAI · Video OpenAI’s video generator, available through ChatGPT plans. Open sora.chatgpt.com ↗

SP Speechify Freemium Speechify · Audio A read-aloud app for people who would rather hear the page. Open speechify.com ↗

SA Stability AI Freemium Stability AI · Image The company behind Stable Diffusion and related open models. Open stability.ai ↗

SU Sudowrite Paid Sudowrite · Writing A writing room built for novelists, not marketing teams. Open sudowrite.com ↗

SU Suno Freemium Suno · Audio Type a style and lyrics; get a complete song back. Open suno.com ↗

SY Synthesia Paid Synthesia · Video Turn a script into a presenter video without a camera. Open synthesia.io ↗

TA Tabnine Freemium Tabnine · Code Code completion with options to run privately for a team. Open tabnine.com ↗

UD Udio Freemium Udio · Audio Another strong AI music studio, often compared with Suno. Open udio.com ↗

UI Uizard Freemium Uizard · Design Screenshot, wireframe, or text in; a mockup out. Open uizard.io ↗

V0 v0 Freemium Vercel · Code Describe a UI; get Next.js components you can copy or deploy. Open v0.dev ↗

WI Windsurf Freemium Cognition · Code A VS Code-based editor with Cascade, its repo-wide agent. Open windsurf.com ↗

WO Wordtune Freemium Wordtune · Writing Inline rewrite suggestions, more surgical than a full chat. Open wordtune.com ↗

WR Writesonic Freemium Writesonic · Writing Article writer, chatbot, and SEO toolkit in one dashboard. Open writesonic.com ↗

YO You.com Freemium You.com · Research Search results first, with chat and research modes attached. Open you.com ↗

ZA Zapier Freemium Zapier · Productivity The mainstream automation tool; AI is one of the step types. Open zapier.com ↗