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Writing

ChatGPT

OpenAI

Free tier

The most widely used AI assistant; strong all-rounder with voice, vision and custom GPTs.

Visit ChatGPT

Claude

Anthropic

Free tier

Careful, well-structured writing and analysis; Projects for persistent context.

Visit Claude

Gemini

Google

Free tier

Google's assistant with deep Workspace integration and very long context.

Visit Gemini

Grammarly

Grammarly

Free tier

Grammar, tone and rewriting suggestions wherever you type.

Visit Grammarly

Coding

GitHub Copilot

GitHub

Free tier

AI pair programmer and coding agent inside your editor and on GitHub.

Visit GitHub Copilot

Cursor

Anysphere

Free tier

AI-first code editor with multi-file agentic edits.

Visit Cursor

Claude Code

Anthropic

Paid

Terminal-based agentic coding with Claude.

Visit Claude Code

OpenAI Codex

OpenAI

Paid

Cloud and CLI coding agent that works in your repositories.

Visit OpenAI Codex

Research

A student uses a laptop beside an open book in a library.
Desk research with a laptop and reference books.Illustrative photographPhoto: Ludovic Delot / Pexels

Perplexity

Perplexity

Free tier

Search-grounded answers with citations; strong for current information.

Visit Perplexity

NotebookLM

Google

Free

Upload sources and ask questions grounded only in them; audio overviews.

Visit NotebookLM

Elicit

Elicit

Free tier

Systematic literature review and paper data extraction.

Visit Elicit

Video

A video editor works at a desktop monitor showing a preview and editing timeline.
A conventional editing timeline; not output from a listed AI tool.Illustrative photographPhoto: André Eusébio / Pexels

Runway

Runway

Free tier

Text and image to video generation and editing tools.

Visit Runway

Google Veo (Flow)

Google

Paid

Google's video generation model in the Flow filmmaking tool.

Visit Google Veo (Flow)

Descript

Descript

Free tier

Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.

Visit Descript

Image Generation

A camera lens rises from a camera body against a dark background.
Camera optics. Illustrative of imaging, not AI-generated output.Photo: Clinton / Pexels

Midjourney

Midjourney

Paid

High-aesthetic image generation with strong style control.

Visit Midjourney

Adobe Firefly

Adobe

Free tier

Commercially safe generation integrated with Creative Cloud.

Visit Adobe Firefly

Ideogram

Ideogram

Free tier

Image generation with reliable text rendering.

Visit Ideogram

Productivity

Notion AI

Notion

Paid

Writing, summarising and Q&A across your Notion workspace.

Visit Notion AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft

Paid

AI in Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams for enterprise.

Visit Microsoft 365 Copilot

Otter.ai

Otter

Free tier

Meeting transcription, summaries and action items.

Visit Otter.ai

Zapier

Zapier

Free tier

Automate workflows across apps with AI steps and agents.

Visit Zapier

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