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AI 3D tools
AI app and website builders
- Bolt Free plan Starting an app from a prompt, a Figma file or a GitHub repository
- Lovable Free plan Turning a web-app brief into an editable prototype that a team can build on
- Replit Free options not stated People who want to build, host and share an app from one browser workspace
- v0 Free plan Designing and shipping interface prototypes that deploy to Vercel
AI assistants
- ChatGPT Free plan Everyday writing, analysis and questions on web, iOS and Android
- Claude Free plan Drafting, analysis and file-based work, with Artifacts and web search
- Gemini Free plan People in the Google ecosystem who want Deep Research, Gemini Live and image tools
- Microsoft 365 Copilot Free trial Organisations already on Microsoft 365 that want an assistant inside Office apps
AI automation tools
- Lindy Free trial Small teams that want an assistant to draft email replies and follow up after meetings
- Make Free plan Multi-step scenarios where you want to pay by the credit and manage the platform through an API
- n8n Free trial Technical teams that want unlimited users and workflows, or to self-host
- Zapier Free plan + trial Simple event-driven automations across apps, with a free plan to test
AI coding tools
- Amazon Q Developer Free plan Developers on AWS who want a free tier and IP indemnity on a paid plan
- Cursor Free plan Developers who want an AI-first editor and will manage a shared usage pool
- Devin Free plan Teams that want to delegate engineering tasks to cloud agents that return pull requests
- GitHub Copilot Free plan Developers who want AI completions and chat inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub
AI image tools
- Adobe Firefly Free plan + trial Creators and teams who want generative tools with stated commercial-use terms for Firefly models
- Canva Free plan + trial Creators and small teams who make social posts, presentations and product images in one place
- Ideogram Free options not stated Image generation where you want to see the credit cost of each model and quality setting
- Leonardo.Ai Free plan Hobbyists and small teams who want daily free generations and a path to API use
- Midjourney Paid only Creators who want stylised image generation and accept a paid subscription from the start
- Photoroom Free trial Sellers who need clean product photos, background removal and AI backgrounds at volume
- Pixelcut Free plan Sellers and small businesses cleaning up product photos with background removal and AI backgrounds
- Recraft Free plan Designers who need vector output and clear ownership terms for paid work
AI music tools
- AIVA Free plan Composing background music where copyright ownership and monetisation rules matter
- Soundraw Free options not stated Content creators who want background music with commercial use stated on the plan
- Suno Free plan Making songs from prompts, with commercial rights on paid plans
- Udio Free plan + trial Experimenting with song generation, editing and style references on a free daily quota
AI presentation tools
- Beautiful.ai Free trial Teams that want consistently designed slides and PowerPoint import and export
- Canva Free plan + trial Creators and small teams who make social posts, presentations and product images in one place
- Gamma Free plan Turning notes or an outline into a presentation quickly and exporting it to PowerPoint
- Pitch Free plan Teams that want shared presentation workspaces, roles and version history
AI research tools
- Consensus Free plan Finding what peer-reviewed research says about a question, with cited AI analysis
- Elicit Free plan Searching and extracting data from academic papers, including systematic reviews
- Perplexity Free plan Researching questions where inline citations to sources matter
- Scite Free trial Checking how papers cite each other, with an API on the Pro plan
AI video tools
- Descript Free plan Creators who record and edit audio or video and want a free start
- Fliki Free plan Creators turning scripts or blog posts into narrated videos with AI voices
- HeyGen Free plan Creators and small businesses testing avatar video without a card
- invideo AI Paid only Creators and small teams who generate AI video with a timeline editor and shared credits
- Pictory Free trial Marketers turning scripts or web content into branded explainer videos
- Runway Free plan Creators generating short video clips from prompts
- Synthesia Free plan Teams making presenter-style videos without filming
AI voice and audio tools
- Descript Free plan Creators who record and edit audio or video and want a free start
- ElevenLabs Free plan Creators and developers who want many voice features on one credit pool
- Fliki Free plan Creators turning scripts or blog posts into narrated videos with AI voices
- Murf Free plan + trial Voiceovers for presentations, e-learning and explainer videos
AI writing and document tools
- Copy.ai Free options not stated Individuals who want one low-cost chat assistant across several model providers
- Jasper Free trial Marketing teams that need one brand voice across many writers
- Notion Free plan Teams that keep documents and projects in one workspace and want AI inside it
- Writesonic Free trial SEO-led teams that want article allowances plus AI-search tracking
AI customer support
- Fin Pricing not verified Support teams adding a customer agent to their helpdesk
- Freshdesk AI Pricing not verified Freshworks teams evaluating agent assistance and customer self-service
- Zendesk AI Pricing not verified Service teams evaluating AI alongside their helpdesk and knowledge base
AI cybersecurity tools
- CrowdStrike Charlotte AI Pricing not verified Falcon teams evaluating assistance for security analysts
- Darktrace Pricing not verified Organizations evaluating behavioural security across multiple environments
- Microsoft Security Copilot Pricing not verified Security teams evaluating AI in Microsoft security workflows
AI data analysis
AI design tools
AI education tools
- Brisk Teaching Pricing not verified Educators adapting existing teaching resources
- Khanmigo Pricing not verified Educators exploring teaching assistance and guided learning
- MagicSchool Pricing not verified Teachers preparing classroom resources and feedback
AI finance operations
- Datarails Pricing not verified Finance teams organizing Excel-connected reporting
- Ramp Intelligence Pricing not verified Finance teams evaluating expense and policy automation
- Vic.ai Pricing not verified Accounts-payable teams evaluating invoice automation
AI HR tools
- Eightfold AI Pricing not verified HR teams assessing talent workflow assistance
- HireVue Pricing not verified Recruiting teams evaluating interview-process tooling
- Textio Pricing not verified People teams improving recruiting and feedback language
AI meeting note-takers
- Fathom Free plan + trial Freelancers and sales teams who want unlimited free call recording
- Fireflies.ai Free plan Teams recording many meetings that want unlimited transcription on paid seats
- Otter.ai Free plan Individuals who want a free transcription plan with every limit itemised
AI model platforms
- Hugging Face Pricing not verified Developers comparing models, datasets and application demos
- Ollama Pricing not verified Developers evaluating local versus hosted model execution
- Replicate Pricing not verified Developers using hosted model APIs
AI sales and CRM
- Clay Pricing not verified Revenue teams combining account research and enrichment
- HubSpot Agent Hub Pricing not verified Sales and marketing teams working with HubSpot customer data
- Salesforce Agentforce Pricing not verified Salesforce teams evaluating agents across customer workflows
AI translation tools
- DeepL Pricing not verified People comparing text and document translation workflows
- Google Translate Pricing not verified People needing everyday translation across several input types
- Smartcat Pricing not verified Teams managing multilingual content across formats