Best for: Edit video
CapCut
Free, easy video editor with templates and auto-captions.
Free plan works, with limits
Search tools
Best for: Write
ChatGPT
The best-known AI chat assistant: ask anything, get a written answer.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Make slides
Gamma
Type a topic, get a ready-made slide deck in a minute.
Free credits or trial only
Best for: Make images
Ideogram
Image generator that is good at putting readable text in pictures.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Build an app
Lovable
Describe an app or website in plain English and it builds it.
Free credits or trial only
Best for: Meeting notes
Otter.ai
Live transcripts and AI summaries of your meetings and lectures.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Study & research
Perplexity
An AI search engine that answers with sources you can click.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Voice & music
Suno
Describe a song and it writes and sings it for you.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Automate stuff
Zapier
Connect your apps so tasks happen automatically.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Make images
Adobe Firefly
Adobe's image and video generator, designed for commercial-safe use.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Build an app
Bolt
Build and host web apps by chatting, right in your browser.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Make slides
Canva
Drag-and-drop design for posters, slides and social posts, with AI.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Write
Claude
A careful, clear AI writing and thinking partner from Anthropic.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Edit video
Descript
Edit video by editing the transcript, like a Word document.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Voice & music
ElevenLabs
Realistic AI voiceovers from text, in many languages.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Meeting notes
Fathom
Free AI notetaker that summarises your video calls.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Study & research
Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM)
Upload your notes or PDFs and chat with them, or hear them as a podcast.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Build an app
Google AI Studio
Google's free playground to try Gemini models and build with them.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Write
Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant, free with any Google account.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Write
Grammarly
Fixes spelling, grammar and tone wherever you type.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Edit video
HeyGen
Make talking-presenter videos from a script, in 30+ languages.
Free credits or trial only
Best for: Automate stuff
IFTTT
Simple "if this, then that" automations for phones and smart homes.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Study & research
Khanmigo
Khan Academy's AI tutor that guides you instead of giving answers.
No free plan
Best for: Make images
Leonardo.Ai
AI art generator with daily free tokens.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Automate stuff
Make
Visual drag-and-drop automations between apps.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Write
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's free AI assistant for chat, images and voice.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Make images
Midjourney
Famous for beautiful, artistic AI images. Paid only.
No free plan
Best for: Write
Mistral
A European AI assistant with a free plan for chat and search.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Make slides
Napkin AI
Turns your text into diagrams and visuals for slides.
Free plan is enough to start
Best for: Write
Notion
Notes, to-do lists and docs in one app, with built-in AI.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Write
QuillBot
Rephrase, summarise and grammar-check text in one place.
Free plan works, with limits
Best for: Edit video
Runway
Create short AI video clips from text or an image.
Free credits or trial only