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ChatGPT
OpenAI's chat assistant for drafting, summarizing and answering questions.
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40 reputable AI tools you can try for free or on a free plan, sorted by what you want to do. Links checked 7 Oct 2026.
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Writing 5 tools
Draft, edit and rewrite text.
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Claude
Anthropic's chat assistant for writing, analysis and working with long documents.
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Google Gemini
Google's chat assistant that works with Search and Google apps.
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Grammarly
Grammar, spelling and tone suggestions in your browser and apps.
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QuillBot
Paraphrasing, grammar checking and summarizing tools.
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Make and edit pictures and graphics.
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Canva AI (Magic Studio)
AI image generation and editing features inside the Canva design app.
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Adobe Firefly
Adobe's generative image tools, with a limited number of free credits.
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Leonardo.Ai
Image generator with style presets and a limited free token allowance.
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Microsoft Designer
Create images, social posts and invitations from a text description.
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Ideogram
Image generator known for handling text inside images.
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Edit clips, add captions, make short videos.
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CapCut
Video editor with auto-captions, templates and AI effects.
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Descript
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript.
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Microsoft Clipchamp
Browser video editor with auto-captions and text-to-speech.
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Runway
AI video generation and editing tools with limited free credits.
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Kapwing
Online video editor with subtitles, resizing and AI tools.
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Voices, music, transcripts and cleaner sound.
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ElevenLabs
Text-to-speech and voice tools with a small free allowance.
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Adobe Podcast
Speech enhancement that cleans up voice recordings in the browser.
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Suno
Makes short songs from a text prompt, with limited free credits.
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Krisp
Background-noise removal and meeting notes for calls.
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Speechify
Reads documents, web pages and PDFs aloud.
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Write, explain and run code.
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GitHub Copilot
Code suggestions and chat inside your editor, with a limited free plan.
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Replit
Browser coding workspace with an AI agent to help build apps.
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Cursor
Code editor with built-in AI chat and editing.
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Hugging Face
Open hub for AI models, datasets and demo apps; free to browse and use.
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Google Colab
Run Python notebooks in the browser, with limited free compute.
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Research, notes, meetings and everyday tasks.
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Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's chat assistant for questions, writing and images.
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Perplexity
Answer engine that shows the web sources behind each answer.
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Notion AI
AI writing, search and summaries inside Notion pages.
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Otter.ai
Live meeting transcription and summaries.
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Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM)
Upload your own sources and ask questions grounded in them.
Visit Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) ↗Small business 5 tools
Marketing, websites, sales and automation.
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HubSpot AI
AI features in HubSpot's CRM, marketing and sales tools.
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Zapier
Connect apps and automate tasks, with AI steps available.
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Gamma
Turns a prompt or outline into slides, documents or a web page.
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Wix
Website builder with an AI site creator and text tools.
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Fathom
AI notetaker that records and summarizes video calls.
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Free courses to understand how AI works.
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Khanmigo
Khan Academy's AI tutor and teaching assistant; free for teachers.
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Elements of AI
Free online course on what AI is, written for non-experts.
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Grow with Google: AI
Google's AI training hub; some workshops are free, certificates are paid.
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DeepLearning.AI
Short courses on AI and machine learning, many free to take.
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fast.ai
Free practical deep learning course for people who can code.
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Links checked 7 Oct 2026. “Free” = free to use or a free course. “Freemium” = free plan with limits and paid upgrades.