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70 tools we have actually run, each with a signed verdict and named limitations. No pay-to-list — every entry is a pull request you can audit.
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Aider
Open-source pair programming in the terminal — git-native, works with any model.
coding
free · free, open source; bring your own API key
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Anthropic API
Claude models direct — the practitioner's pick for coding and long-form text.
models-api
paid · Sonnet $3/1M input, $15/1M output; Haiku from $0.80/1M input
API
ChatGPTfeatured
The general-purpose AI assistant that set the category baseline.
writing
freemium · free tier; Plus $20/mo
FREE TIER
Claude
Anthropic's assistant — the practitioner's favorite for prose and long documents.
writing
freemium · free tier; Pro $20/mo
FREE TIER
Claude Codefeatured
Anthropic's terminal agent that edits, runs and tests code in your repo.
coding
paid · included in Claude Pro from $20/mo; API pay-per-token
API
Cohere
Enterprise-focused models — Command generation plus best-in-class Rerank.
models-api
freemium · free trial keys; pay-as-you-go from $0.50/1M input tokens
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Consensus
Scientific search engine that answers questions with evidence from papers.
data
freemium · free tier; Premium from $10/mo
FREE TIER
Continue
Open-source AI autopilot for VS Code and JetBrains — completions, chat, agents.
coding
freemium · free, open source; paid Hub plans for teams
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CrewAI
Python framework for multi-agent crews — roles, tasks and processes.
agents
freemium · open source free; paid enterprise cloud
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Cursorfeatured
AI-first code editor (VS Code fork) with agent mode and inline edits.
coding
freemium · from $20/mo (Pro)
FREE TIER
DALL-E 3
OpenAI's earlier image model, still reachable via ChatGPT and the API.
image
paid · via ChatGPT Plus $20/mo; API from $0.04/image
API
Deepgram
Speech-to-text API built for developers — fast, cheap, real-time.
audio
freemium · $200 free credits; then from ~$0.0043/min (Nova models)
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DeepSeek API
Open-weights lab with frontier-ish reasoning at disruptive prices.
models-api
paid · deepseek-chat $0.27/1M input (cache miss), $1.10/1M output
API
ElevenLabsfeatured
The reference standard for AI voice — TTS, cloning, dubbing and voice agents.
audio
freemium · free tier (10k credits/mo); Starter $6/mo
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Elicit
AI research assistant that extracts structured data from academic papers.
data
freemium · free tier; Plus from $10/mo
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Fireflies.ai
Meeting bot that records, transcribes and summarizes across platforms.
productivity
freemium · free tier; Pro from $10/seat/mo (annual)
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Fireworks AI
Fast inference platform for open models — serverless and on-demand GPUs.
dev-infra
freemium · free credits; pay-per-token from ~$0.10/1M (small models)
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FLUX (Black Forest Labs)
Open-weights image models from the original Stable Diffusion team.
image
freemium · API from $0.04/image (FLUX1.1 pro); dev/schnell weights free
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GitHub Copilot
AI completions, chat and agents inside VS Code and JetBrains, from GitHub.
coding
freemium · free tier; Pro $10/mo
FREE TIER
Google AI Studio / Gemini API
Gemini API with a real free tier — huge context, multimodal, generous limits.
models-api
freemium · free tier; Gemini 2.5 Pro from $1.25/1M input
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Grammarly
Writing assistant for grammar, tone and clarity, everywhere you type.
writing
freemium · free tier; Premium $12/mo (annual)
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Granola
AI notepad for meetings — your rough notes enhanced, no bot in the call.
productivity
freemium · free tier; Business from ~$14/user/mo
FREE TIER
Groq
Ultra-fast inference on custom LPU hardware — open models at 500+ tok/s.
dev-infra
freemium · free tier; from $0.05/1M tokens (small models)
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HeyGen
AI avatar videos — talking presenters, translation and lip-sync dubbing.
video
freemium · free (3 videos/mo); Creator $29/mo
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Hugging Face
The GitHub of AI — models, datasets, Spaces and inference endpoints.
dev-infra
freemium · free; PRO $9/mo; inference pay-as-you-go
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Ideogram
Image generator with the strongest text-in-image rendering.
image
freemium · free tier; from $8/mo (Plus)
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Jasper
Marketing-focused AI writing platform for teams and brand voice.
writing
paid · Pro $69/seat/mo or $59/seat/mo billed yearly
API
Kling AI
Kuaishou's video model — strong motion and physics at aggressive prices.
video
freemium · free daily credits; from $10/mo (Standard)
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LangGraph
Graph-based agent orchestration from LangChain — stateful and controllable.
agents
freemium · open source free; LangSmith Plus $39/seat/mo
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Leonardo AI
Production-oriented image suite with fine-tuning, canvas editing and team features.
image
freemium · free daily tokens; from $12/mo (Apprentice)
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Lex
Minimal AI-native writing app — Google Docs with a co-writer built in.
writing
freemium · free tier; Pro $25/mo or $15/mo billed yearly
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Luma Dream Machine
Fast ideation video model with strong start/end keyframe control.
video
freemium · free tier; from $10/mo (Lite)
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Manus
General-purpose autonomous agent that executes multi-step web tasks.
agents
freemium · free daily credits; Pro from $20/mo
FREE TIER
Midjourneyfeatured
The aesthetic benchmark for AI image generation — Discord-born, now web-first.
image
paid · from $10/mo (Basic)
Mistral API (La Plateforme)
European frontier lab — efficient models, open-weights options, EU hosting.
models-api
freemium · free experiment tier; Mistral Large $2/1M input
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Motion
AI project manager that auto-schedules tasks into your calendar.
productivity
paid · from $19/seat/mo (annual, Pro AI)
Murf AI
Business-focused voiceover studio for presentations and e-learning.
audio
freemium · free tier; Creator Lite $29/mo or $23/mo billed yearly
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n8n
Source-available workflow automation with strong AI agent nodes.
agents
freemium · self-host free; cloud Starter €24/mo (€20/mo billed yearly)
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NotebookLM
Google's research notebook — grounded Q&A and audio overviews over your own sources.
data
freemium · free; Plus via Google AI Pro $20/mo
FREE TIER
Notion AI
AI assistant embedded in Notion — summarize, draft and search your workspace.
writing
paid · add-on from $8/user/mo (annual billing)
OpenAI API
GPT-5 family and o-series reasoning models behind one API.
models-api
paid · GPT-5 $1.25/1M input, $10/1M output; mini from $0.25/1M input
API
OpenAI Responses API
OpenAI's agent-building API — tools, web search and file search built in.
agents
paid · pay-per-token; e.g. GPT-5 mini $0.25/1M input
API
OpenRouterfeatured
One API for every major model — unified billing, fallbacks and routing.
dev-infra
freemium · pay-per-token pass-through plus a small fee
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Otter.ai
Meeting transcription and summaries with deep calendar integration.
productivity
freemium · free (300 min/mo); Pro from $8/mo (annual)
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Perplexity
Answer engine with citations — search rebuilt around LLMs.
data
freemium · free tier; Pro $20/mo
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Pika
Fast, playful video generation with viral creative effects (Pikaffects).
video
freemium · free tier; from $10/mo (Standard)
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Pinecone
Managed vector database — the serverless default for embeddings at scale.
data
freemium · free Starter; Builder $20/mo; Standard pay-as-you-go (min $50/mo)
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Qdrant
Rust-built open-source vector DB — fast, lean and easy to self-host.
data
freemium · self-host free; managed cloud free tier, paid usage-based
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Raycast
macOS launcher with built-in AI chat, commands and a huge extension store.
productivity
freemium · free; Pro with AI from $8/mo (annual)
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Reclaim.ai
AI calendar that defends focus time, habits and tasks automatically.
productivity
freemium · free tier; from $8/user/mo (annual)
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Recraft
Design-focused image model with vector output and brand style controls.
image
freemium · free tier; from $10/mo (Basic)
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Relevance AI
No-code platform for building AI agent workforces for ops teams.
agents
freemium · free tier; paid plans usage-based from ~$19/mo
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Replicate
Run any community model via API — pay per second, no GPU wrangling.
dev-infra
paid · pay per run; image models from ~$0.003/image
API
Runwayfeatured
The incumbent AI video suite — Gen-4 generation plus a full editing toolchain.
video
freemium · free one-time credits; from $15/mo (Standard)
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Sora
OpenAI's video model, bundled into ChatGPT subscriptions.
video
paid · ChatGPT Plus $20/mo; serious use needs Pro $200/mo
Sourcegraph Cody
AI coding assistant with deep code-search context from Sourcegraph.
coding
freemium · free tier; Pro $9/mo
FREE TIER
Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)
The open-weights classic — the largest community ecosystem of checkpoints and tools.
image
freemium · weights free under community license; API pay-per-image
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Sudowrite
Fiction-first AI writing — brainstorm, expand and revise novels.
writing
paid · from $10/mo (Hobby & Student)
Suno
Full-song generation — vocals, lyrics, arrangement — from a text prompt.
audio
freemium · free (50 credits/day); Pro $10/mo
FREE TIER
Superhuman
Premium email client with AI triage, drafts and follow-ups.
productivity
paid · $30/mo
Together AI
Cloud inference for open models — serverless endpoints and fine-tuning.
dev-infra
freemium · starter credits; from $0.10/1M tokens (small open models)
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Udio
High-fidelity music generation, strong on vocals and mix quality.
audio
freemium · free tier; Standard $10/mo
FREE TIER
Veo 3featured
Google's video model with native audio generation — the current quality leader.
video
paid · via Google AI Pro $20/mo (limited); API from $0.75/sec
API
Vercel AI SDK
TypeScript toolkit for AI apps — unified providers, streaming UI primitives.
dev-infra
free · free, open source
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Weaviate
Open-source vector database with hybrid search and modular ML integrations.
data
freemium · self-host free; cloud free tier, Flex from $45/mo
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Whisper
OpenAI's open-weights speech recognition — the default transcription model.
audio
free · free (open weights); hosted API $0.006/min
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Windsurf
Agentic IDE (VS Code fork) built around the Cascade agent flow.
coding
freemium · from $15/mo (Pro)
FREE TIER
xAI API
Grok models via API — strong reasoning, X integration, big context.
models-api
paid · Grok 4 $3/1M input, $15/1M output
API
Zapier
The automation incumbent — 7000+ app integrations, now with AI steps.
agents
freemium · free tier (100 tasks/mo); Professional from $20/mo
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Zed
Blazing-fast open-source editor (Rust) with a built-in AI panel and agent mode.
coding
freemium · editor free; hosted AI plans from $10/mo
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