All AI Tools
A curated directory of the most notable AI products on the market today, organized by category - not an exhaustive list (new tools launch every week), but a solid starting point.
Checked 2026-09-17 - pricing changes often, treat as approximate.
Conversational Assistants
ChatGPTFreemium
OpenAI's flagship chatbot, the one that started the current wave of mainstream AI adoption.
Free: GPT-5.3, limited messages & images
Paid: Plus $20/mo, Pro $200/mo
ClaudeFreemium
Anthropic's assistant, known for careful reasoning, long documents, and coding help.
Free: Full chat, web search, files
Paid: Pro $20/mo, Max $100-200/mo
GeminiFreemium
Google's assistant, deeply integrated with Search, Workspace, and Android.
Free: Flash + limited daily Pro
Paid: From $4.99/mo, Ultra $99.99+/mo
Microsoft CopilotFreemium
Microsoft's assistant, built into Windows, Edge, and the Office apps.
Free: Limited use
Paid: Bundled in Microsoft 365 Premium at $19.99/mo
GrokFreemium
xAI's assistant, integrated directly into X (formerly Twitter).
Free: Limited weekly access
Paid: SuperGrok $30/mo, Heavy $300/mo
Le ChatFreemium
Mistral AI's free assistant, built on its own open-weight models.
Free: ~25 messages/day, top models
Paid: Pro $14.99/mo
DeepSeekFree
A Chinese lab's assistant, known for strong reasoning at a very low cost.
Free: Unlimited chat (500 msg/hour cap)
Paid: No consumer plan - API billed separately
Meta AIFreemium
Meta's assistant, built into Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook.
Free: Core chat & image, capped prompts
Paid: Meta One from $7.99/mo
AI Search
PerplexityFreemium
An answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources for every answer.
Free: ~5 searches/day
Paid: Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo
You.comPaid
A search engine that blends web results with an AI chat assistant.
Free: 25 trial queries, then paywall
Paid: From $20/mo
Image Generation
MidjourneyPaid
The image generator most credited with kicking off the AI-art boom, known for its distinctive style.
Free: None - discontinued in 2023
Paid: From $10/mo (Basic)
DALL-EFreemium
OpenAI's image generator, built directly into ChatGPT.
Free: ~2-3 images/day via ChatGPT
Paid: Via ChatGPT Plus at $20/mo
Stable DiffusionFree
An open-weight image model you can also run on your own computer.
Free: Unlimited if self-hosted (open-weight)
Paid: Hosted options from ~$10
IdeogramFreemium
An image generator particularly good at rendering readable text inside images.
Free: 10 credits/week
Paid: Plus $15/mo, Pro $20/mo
Adobe FireflyFreemium
Adobe's image generator, built into Photoshop and Creative Cloud.
Free: 25 credits/month, watermarked
Paid: Standard $9.99/mo
Video Generation
RunwayFreemium
A pioneer in AI video generation and editing, popular with filmmakers.
Free: 125 one-time credits, watermarked
Paid: From $12/mo (Standard)
SoraPaid
OpenAI's video generator, turning text prompts into short video clips.
Free: Consumer app discontinued
Paid: Was via ChatGPT Plus - API sunsetting Sept 2026
PikaFreemium
A video generator focused on short, stylized, shareable clips.
Free: 80 credits/month, 480p, watermarked
Paid: From $8/mo (Basic)
Luma Dream MachineFreemium
A video generator known for realistic motion and camera movement.
Free: ~80 credits/day, 720p, no commercial use
Paid: Plus $30/mo, Pro $90/mo
Coding Assistants
GitHub CopilotFreemium
The original AI pair programmer, built into most major code editors.
Free: 2,000 completions/month
Paid: Pro $10/mo, Pro+ $39/mo
CursorFreemium
A code editor built around AI from the ground up, forked from VS Code.
Free: Limited agent requests (Hobby)
Paid: Pro $20/mo, Ultra $200/mo
WindsurfFreemium
An AI-native code editor with an agentic coding mode.
Free: Unlimited autocomplete, limited agent quota
Paid: Pro $20/mo, Max $200/mo
Claude CodePaid
Anthropic's terminal-based coding agent - the tool this entire directory was written with.
Free: Not included in the free Claude plan
Paid: Included from Claude Pro at $20/mo
ReplitFreemium
A browser-based coding environment with a built-in AI agent that can build and deploy apps.
Free: 1 published app, limited agent credits
Paid: Core from $17/mo
Audio & Music
ElevenLabsFreemium
The leading AI voice generator, used for narration, dubbing, and voice cloning.
Free: ~10 min audio/month, no commercial rights
Paid: From $6/mo (Starter)
SunoFreemium
Generates full songs, lyrics and all, from a text description.
Free: 50 credits/day (~10 songs), 7 lifetime downloads
Paid: Pro $10/mo, Premier $30/mo
UdioFreemium
A music generator similar to Suno, known for its audio quality.
Free: 10 credits/day (~3 songs)
Paid: Standard $10/mo, Pro $30/mo