Free AI tools
Free AI tools, and what their free tiers actually give you
Every AI tool in our catalogue with a genuine free tier, grouped by what it does, with what the free plan gives you and what upgrading costs.
56 of the 72 tools in our catalogue have a free version. "Free" means different things in each one: some cap how much you can generate, some limit which model answers you, and some are only free while you evaluate them.
This page is generated from the same catalogue that powers the directory, so the prices below are the paid plan you would move to next — not a guess.
AI Chat Assistants
All ai chat assistants| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GPT ChatGPT | Free · Go $8/mo · Plus $20/mo · Pro $200/mo | The most widely used AI assistant, with reasoning models, voice mode, file analysis, image generation and a large ecosystem of custom GPTs. |
| CL Claude | Free · Pro $20/mo ($17/mo annual) · Max from $100/mo | A thoughtful assistant known for long-context reasoning, high quality long-form writing and strong coding with Artifacts and Projects. |
| GM Gemini | Free · AI Plus · AI Pro $19.99/mo · AI Ultra | Google's multimodal assistant, deeply integrated with Workspace, Search and Android, with strong image and video understanding. |
| CP Microsoft Copilot | Free · M365 Copilot $30/user/mo | AI woven through Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365 with document, email and meeting assistance. |
| GK Grok | Free · SuperGrok $30/mo | Realtime-leaning assistant with access to live social data, image generation and a playful tone. |
AI Search
All ai search| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| PX Perplexity | Free · Pro $20/mo | An answer engine that cites its sources, with Deep Research reports and focus modes for academic work. |
| CS Consensus | Free · Premium $11.99/mo | Search engine over peer-reviewed research papers with consensus meters and study summaries. |
| YC You.com | Free · Pro $20/mo | Multi-model AI search workspace where you can switch between frontier models and custom agents. |
AI Coding
All ai coding| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GH GitHub Copilot | Free · Pro $10/mo · Pro+ $39/mo · Business $19/user/mo | In-editor AI pair programmer with chat, agent mode and pull request reviews across every major IDE. |
| CU Cursor | Hobby free · Individual $20/mo · Teams $40/user/mo | An AI-first code editor with codebase-wide context, multi-file edits and background agents. |
| RP Replit | Free · Core $25/mo | Cloud IDE with an agent that builds, runs and deploys full apps straight from the browser. |
| WS Windsurf | Free · Pro $15/mo | Agentic IDE with flows that keep the AI and developer working on the same codebase state. |
AI Website & App Builders
All ai website & app builders| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| LV Lovable | Free · Pro $25/mo · Business $50/mo | Prompt-to-product web app builder with built-in database, auth, payments and one-click publishing. |
| BT Bolt | Free tokens · Pro $20/mo | In-browser full-stack builder that writes, runs and deploys web apps from a prompt. |
| FF FlutterFlow | Free · Standard $30/mo · Pro $70/mo | Visual builder for cross-platform mobile apps on Flutter, with AI generation and code export. |
| BB Bubble | Free · Starter $32/mo · Growth $134/mo | Mature no-code platform for database-driven web apps with workflows and a large plugin market. |
| V0 v0 | Free · Premium $20/mo · Team $30/user/mo | Generative UI tool from Vercel that turns prompts or screenshots into React and Tailwind components you can deploy. |
AI Image Generation
All ai image generation| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| DE DALL·E | Included with ChatGPT Plus $20/mo | Image generation built into ChatGPT with excellent prompt adherence and text rendering. |
| LN Leonardo AI | Free credits · Apprentice $12/mo | Creative image suite with fine-tuned models, custom model training and game-asset workflows. |
| AF Adobe Firefly | Free credits · Standard $9.99/mo | Commercially safe generative imaging integrated across Photoshop, Illustrator and Express. |
| ID Ideogram | Free · Basic $8/mo | Image model specialised in accurate typography, logos and poster layouts. |
AI Video Creation
All ai video creation| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| RW Runway | Free credits · Standard $15/mo · Pro $35/mo | Generative video studio with text-to-video, video-to-video, motion brush and editing tools. |
| SY Synthesia | Free 1,200 credits · Starter $29/mo · Creator $89/mo | AI avatar video platform for training, onboarding and localisation in 140+ languages. |
| VE Veo | Included in Gemini AI Pro $19.99/mo | High-fidelity text-to-video model with native audio, available through Gemini and Flow. |
| PK Pika | Free credits · Standard $10/mo | Playful short-form video generator with effects, lip sync and easy social formats. |
| DS Descript | Free · Hobbyist $24/mo ($16 annual) · Creator $50/mo | Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript, with AI voice cloning, filler-word removal and studio sound. |
| HG HeyGen | Free 3 videos · Creator $29/mo · Team $39/seat/mo | AI avatar video studio with realistic talking avatars, video translation and lip-sync in 40+ languages. |
AI Presentation Tools
All ai presentation tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| GA Gamma | Free credits · Plus $10/mo · Pro $20/mo | AI deck builder that turns prompts or documents into presentations, docs and websites. |
| TM Tome | Free · Pro $16/mo | Narrative-first AI storytelling and sales deck tool with tight brand controls. |
| NP Napkin AI | Free · Professional $10/mo | Turns plain text into editable diagrams, flows and infographics for decks and documents in a couple of clicks. |
AI Voice Tools
All ai voice tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| EL ElevenLabs | Free 10k credits · Starter $6/mo · Creator $22/mo | The benchmark for realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and conversational agents. |
| MU Murf AI | Free · Creator $29/mo | Voiceover studio built for e-learning and corporate narration with a timeline editor. |
| PH PlayHT | Free trial · Creator $39/mo | Low-latency conversational voice models and TTS API for products and agents. |
| SU Suno | Free daily credits · Pro $10/mo · Premier $30/mo | Generates full songs with vocals and instruments from a text prompt, with stem downloads for editing. |
AI Productivity
All ai productivity| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| NO Notion AI | $10/user/mo add-on | AI layered onto your workspace for search, writing, meeting notes and database automations. |
| CK ClickUp AI | $7/user/mo add-on | AI assistant inside ClickUp for task summaries, standups, docs and automations. |
| GR Grammarly | Free · Pro $12/mo · Business $15/user/mo | Writing assistant that corrects, rewrites and adapts tone everywhere you type, with generative drafting built in. |
AI Automation
All ai automation| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| ZP Zapier | Free · Professional from $29.99/mo | The largest automation network, now with AI agents, chatbots and orchestration across 7,000+ apps. |
| MK Make | Free · Core $9/mo · Pro $16/mo | Visual scenario builder for complex automations with powerful data mapping and AI modules. |
| N8 n8n | Self-host free · Cloud from €24/mo | Source-available workflow automation with native AI agent nodes and self-hosting. |
AI Business Tools
All ai business tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| CV Canva Magic Studio | Free · Pro $15/mo | AI design suite for brand assets, docs, videos and presentations for non-designers. |
| OT Otter.ai | Free 300 min/mo · Pro $16.99/mo · Business $30/user/mo | AI meeting assistant that joins calls, transcribes them live and turns them into summaries, action items and searchable notes. |
| FA Fathom | Free unlimited recordings · Team $19/user/mo | Free AI notetaker for meetings with unlimited recordings, instant summaries and CRM sync for teams. |
AI Sales Tools
All ai sales tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| HB HubSpot Breeze | Included in Sales Hub from $20/seat | AI copilot and agents across HubSpot CRM for prospecting, outreach and pipeline insight. |
| AP Apollo.io | Free · Basic $49/user/mo · Professional $79/user/mo | B2B prospecting database with AI research, email writing and sequencing across 275M+ contacts. |
AI Education Tools
All ai education tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| KH Khanmigo | $4/mo learners · free for many teachers | AI tutor and teaching assistant that guides students with Socratic questioning. |
| NB NotebookLM | Free · higher limits in Google AI Pro $19.99/mo | Research notebook grounded in your own documents, with cited answers, study guides and audio overviews. |
AI Writing Assistants
All ai writing assistants| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| CA Copy.ai | Free · Starter $49/mo · Advanced $249/mo | Go-to-market AI platform that automates sales and marketing content workflows, from blog posts to outbound sequences. |
| WS Writesonic | Free trial · Lite $39/mo · Standard $79/mo | SEO-first writing suite that researches keywords, drafts articles with live web data and publishes straight to your CMS. |
| WT Wordtune | Free · Advanced $13.99/mo · Unlimited $24.99/mo | Rewriting assistant that suggests alternative phrasings, adjusts tone and summarises long documents as you write. |
| QB QuillBot | Free · Premium $9.95/mo (annual) | Paraphrasing and grammar toolkit with summariser, citation generator and plagiarism checks, widely used by students. |
AI Data & Analytics
All ai data & analytics| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| JU Julius AI | Free · Basic $20/mo · Team plans available | Chat with your spreadsheets and databases: Julius runs Python behind the scenes to clean data, build charts and explain results. |
| HX Hex | Community free · Professional from $36/user/mo | Collaborative data workspace combining SQL, Python and an AI agent (Magic) that writes queries and builds interactive apps. |
| DN Deepnote | Free · Team $31/user/mo | AI-native notebook for Python and SQL with an agent that writes cells, fixes errors and turns analysis into shareable dashboards. |
AI Research Tools
All ai research tools| Tool | Plans | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| EL Elicit | Free · Plus $12/mo · Pro $49/mo | Research assistant that searches 125M+ papers, extracts findings into tables and summarises evidence with citations. |
| SS SciSpace | Free · Premium from $12/mo | AI copilot for reading papers: explains equations and jargon line by line, finds related work and builds comparison tables. |
Before you upgrade
Free tiers add up to a surprisingly complete stack. Work out what a paid plan would actually cost you per year before you commit.