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🆓 Free AI Tools 2026 · 76 verified tools

Free AI Tools 2026: every tool with a free tier

10 tools are completely free or open source, and 66 more offer a real free tier. Pricing labels were recorded from each vendor’s own pages in October 2026, so verify the current terms on the vendor site before committing to a plan.

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#12026
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DeepSeek V3 & R1

Open-architecture reasoning model matching top proprietary benchmarks

DeepSeek V3 & R1Open Source
LLMs & Reasoning

Cost-effective open-weights model trained with Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and DeepSeekMoE architectures.

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#22026
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Aider

Terminal-first AI pair programming tool with Git integration

AiderOpen Source
Coding Agents

Command-line coding tool that pairs with LLMs (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, DeepSeek) to edit code in your local git repository and auto-commit changes.

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#32026
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OpenAI Whisper

Open-weights automatic speech recognition and translation benchmark

OpenAI WhisperOpen Source
Audio & Voice

Robust speech-to-text model trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual data, providing high accuracy across heavy accents and background noise.

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#42026
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AutoDraw

Fast drawing with machine learning

Design

Google machine learning experiment that converts rough sketches into clean vector art.

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#52026
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Adobe Podcast

AI-powered audio recording and noise removal

Audio

AI audio recording suite with vocal clarity and studio-quality background noise removal.

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#62026
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Bark

Transformer-based audio and speech synthesis

BarkFree
Audio

Transformer-based generative audio model producing speech, music, and ambient noise.

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#72026
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Cline

Open-source coding agent for IDEs, terminals, desktop and apps

ClineOpen Source
Coding Agents

Cline is an open-source coding agent that runs in IDEs, a desktop app, the terminal, and through an SDK. It plans and executes multi-file edits, runs commands, and supports bring-your-own model keys or Cline's inference provider.

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#82026
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n8n

Workflow automation platform for building AI agents and connecting apps

n8nOpen Source
Workflow Automation

n8n is a workflow automation platform for connecting apps and building AI agent workflows. It offers a visual builder, 500+ integrations and human-in-the-loop controls, and can be self-hosted from its source code or used as a hosted cloud service.

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#92026
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LlamaIndex

Open-source framework for building AI agents over your data

LlamaIndexOpen Source
LLM Frameworks

LlamaIndex is an open-source Python and TypeScript framework for building AI agents over private data. It covers ingestion, parsing, indexing, and retrieval, while LlamaCloud adds managed document parsing and extraction. The framework is free under the MIT licence.

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#102026
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LangChain

Open-source frameworks for building agents powered by language models

LangChainOpen Source
LLM Frameworks

LangChain provides open-source frameworks for building applications with large language models. The ecosystem includes LangChain for model and tool integrations, LangGraph for stateful agent orchestration, and LangSmith for tracing, evaluation, and monitoring. The frameworks are free to use with many supported model providers.

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Free tier (freemium)

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#112026
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Groq LPU Inference Engine

Ultra-fast inference delivering 500+ tokens per second

LLMs & Reasoning

Custom Language Processing Unit (LPU) hardware providing real-time text and conversational inference for open-weights models like Llama 3.

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#122026
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Hugging Face Hub

The open-source repository for models, datasets, and Spaces

Productivity

Collaborative platform hosting hundreds of thousands of open-source machine learning models, datasets, and serverless demo apps.

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#132026
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ChatGPT (GPT-4o)

The global standard conversational and reasoning model

LLMs & Reasoning

OpenAIs flagship conversational intelligence platform offering voice mode, canvas document editing, visual comprehension, and web research.

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#142026
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DeepL Translator

High-precision neural machine translation and writing refinement

Productivity

Advanced neural network translation capturing nuance, idioms, and industry-specific vocabulary across 30+ languages.

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#152026
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Perplexity AI

Conversational answer engine with real-time academic citations

LLMs & Reasoning

AI search engine that synthesizes live web sources, academic papers, and financial data into sourced structured answers.

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#162026
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ElevenLabs

Leading generative voice synthesis and dynamic voice cloning

ElevenLabsFreemium
Audio & Voice

Neural audio platform offering realistic speech cadence, multilingual emotional inflections, and zero-shot voice cloning.

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#172026
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Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Industry benchmark model for code generation and nuanced reasoning

LLMs & Reasoning

Anthropics leading intelligence engine combining 200k context windows with Artifacts UI workspaces and code refactoring scores.

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#182026
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Cursor AI

The AI-first code editor built on VS Code with multi-file Composer

Cursor AIFreemium
Coding Agents

An advanced fork of VS Code integrating Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o for whole-codebase indexing, synchronous refactoring, and terminal command execution.

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#192026
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AudioPen

Converts unstructured voice into clear text

AudioPenFreemium
Productivity

Voice recording tool that condenses unstructured verbal thoughts into structured text.

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#202026
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Suno AI v4

Full-fidelity song generation with vocals and instrumentation

Suno AI v4Freemium
Audio & Voice

Produces complete multi-genre musical compositions with vocals, lyrics, and instrumental tracks from a single text prompt.

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#212026
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Arize AI

Production machine learning observability and monitoring

Arize AIFreemium
MLOps

Machine learning observability platform tracking model drift and latency in production.

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#222026
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BeyondWords

AI audio publishing and voice CMS

BeyondWordsFreemium
Audio

AI audio publishing platform converting digital articles into audio episodes.

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#232026
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Bolt.new (StackBlitz)

In-browser full-stack AI development running in WebContainers

Coding Agents

An AI-powered development sandbox that runs full-stack Node.js environments directly in the browser with npm package execution and live preview.

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#242026
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Axiom

Browser robotic process automation without code

AxiomFreemium
Automation

Robotic process automation bot builder for browser tasks without code.

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#252026
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GIRLFRIENDGPT

Uncensored AI Companion and Chat Platform for Real Roleplay and Creative Interactions

Entertainment & Chat

GPTGirlfriend is an interactive AI companion and chat platform tailored for immersive roleplay and customizable conversational experiences.

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#262026
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Browse AI

Web scraping and extraction monitoring without code

Browse AIFreemium
Data Extraction

No-code web scraper that trains bots to monitor sites and extract structured data.

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#272026
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Boomy

Generative music studio for instant songs

BoomyFreemium
Audio

Automated generative music studio that creates full arrangements in seconds.

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#282026
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Runway Gen-3 Alpha

High-definition video synthesis with spatial camera control

Image Generation

Pioneering multimodal video platform capable of creating photorealistic 10-second cinematic scenes with motion brush parameters.

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#292026
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BlueWillow

Prompt-based digital art generator

BlueWillowFreemium
Image Generation

Community-driven prompt-to-image generator designed for digital artists.

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#302026
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Beatoven.ai

Royalty-free background music composition

Beatoven.aiFreemium
Audio

Royalty-free soundtrack and mood-based background music composer for creators.

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#312026
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AssemblyAI

Speech AI models and transcription APIs

AssemblyAIFreemium
Audio

Enterprise-grade speech-to-text transcription and audio intelligence APIs.

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#322026
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Make (Integromat)

Visual automation platform connecting 1,800+ apps with AI logic

Productivity

Visual workflow automation system supporting conditional branching, webhooks, JSON parsing, and native OpenAI/Anthropic modules.

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#332026
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Google Gemini Advanced

Multimodal reasoning with 1M+ token context window

LLMs & Reasoning

Google state-of-the-art multimodal model natively integrated across Google Workspace, supporting long-document processing, image synthesis, and coding analysis.

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#342026
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AgentGPT

Autonomous AI agent platform in the browser

AgentGPTFreemium
Agents

Browser-based autonomous AI agent builder and web task executor.

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#352026
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ZAPIER

Automate Workflows Across 5,000+ Apps in the Agentic AI Era

ZAPIERFreemium
Workflow Automation

Zapier is the industry-leading workflow automation platform connecting over 5,000 web apps and agentic AI tools into seamless automated pipelines.

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#362026
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Bertha AI

AI assistant for WordPress website builders

Bertha AIFreemium
Writing

In-editor WordPress and website builder plugin for content generation.

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#372026
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Superhuman AI

Perfect your writing with Grammarly, Put your inbox on autopilot with Email Assistant ,...

Productivity

Perfect your writing with Grammarly, Put your inbox on autopilot with Email Assistant , Start every day fully briefed with Daily Briefs

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#382026
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Cast AI

Automated Kubernetes compute and cloud cost optimization

Cast AIFreemium
Cloud

Autonomous Kubernetes cost optimization and compute scaling platform.

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#392026
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Artflow AI

Animated video stories and character creation

Artflow AIFreemium
Video

Creates animated video stories and character avatars with synced voiceovers.

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#402026
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Bardeen

Workflow automation and one-click scraping

BardeenFreemium
Productivity

No-code browser extension automating repetitive tasks, web scrapers, and data workflows.

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#412026
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v0 by Vercel

Generative user interface and full-stack React components

v0 by VercelFreemium
Coding Agents

AI developer tool by Vercel that converts natural language prompts into responsive Tailwind CSS and React/shadcn UI code.

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#422026
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Descript

Text-based audio and video editing platform

DescriptFreemium
Video Generation

Transcribes video and podcast audio into text, allowing users to edit audio and video simply by editing the text transcript.

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#432026
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Pika 2.0

Idea-to-video platform with custom physics and effects

Pika 2.0Freemium
Video Generation

Generative AI video platform allowing users to generate short clips, expand existing footage, and apply special effects.

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#442026
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Grammarly

AI writing assistant for grammar, clarity, tone and rewriting

GrammarlyFreemium
Writing

Grammarly is an AI writing assistant that checks grammar, spelling and punctuation as you write across browser, desktop and mobile apps. Paid plans add clarity rewrites, tone suggestions, plagiarism detection with citations and generative writing tools; a free tier covers core corrections.

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#452026
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HeyGen

AI videos starring you, made in minutes

HeyGenFreemium
Video Generation

HeyGen is an AI video platform that creates videos with realistic avatars from scripts or prompts. It includes a Video Agent, AI Studio, and video translation with lip-sync across more than 175 languages. Developer APIs cover video generation, translation, and lip-sync.

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#462026
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Google AI Studio

Browser workspace for building and testing with the Gemini API

LLMs & Reasoning

Google AI Studio is a browser-based environment for building with Gemini models. Developers can write and iterate prompts, try very long context inputs, get an API key and move prototypes into apps through the Gemini API. A free tier offers limited model access and free tokens, with paid per-token pricing for production.

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#472026
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Ollama

Run open models locally or in the cloud

OllamaFreemium
LLM Infrastructure

Ollama runs open models on local hardware or in its cloud, with prompts never stored or trained on. It provides a model library, a CLI, and a REST API for local and cloud models. Paid cloud plans add usage credits and higher concurrency.

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#482026
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Cohere

Enterprise AI platform for secure models, retrieval and agents

CohereFreemium
LLMs & Reasoning

Cohere offers enterprise-focused language, embedding and reranking models that can run in its cloud or be deployed privately. The platform also includes North for agentic workplace assistants and Model Vault for isolated, encrypted inference. Free trial API keys are available; production usage is billed pay-as-you-go.

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#492026
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Amazon Q Developer

Generative AI assistant for software development on and off AWS

Coding Agents

Amazon Q Developer is AWS's generative AI assistant for software development. It works in IDEs and the command line, handles agentic coding tasks, code transformation, and AWS-related questions. A free tier is available, with a Pro tier for higher limits.

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#502026
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Tavily

Real-time search API for AI agents, with web search and extraction

TavilyFreemium
Search

Tavily provides a real-time search API for AI agents and RAG pipelines, returning ranked results and extracted page content. It offers search, extract, crawl, and map endpoints with filters for domains, dates, and search depth. A free Researcher plan includes 1,000 API credits per month.

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#512026
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Mistral Vibe (Le Chat)

Mistral's chat assistant and coding agent for work

LLMs & Reasoning

Mistral Vibe, formerly Le Chat, is Mistral AI's chat assistant and agent for work and code. It delegates multi-step tasks with live progress and approvals, and includes a canvas, connectors to workplace apps, web search with citations and voice mode. Free and paid plans are offered, with API access through Mistral's developer platform.

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#522026
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Grok

xAI's assistant with reasoning, voice, image and video generation

GrokFreemium
LLMs & Reasoning

Grok is xAI's AI assistant, available on the web and in mobile apps and through the xAI API. It answers with step-by-step reasoning, runs parallel agents, and generates images, video and code in one thread. Paid plans add higher limits, priority access and multi-agent mode.

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#532026
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Synthesia

AI video platform for business with avatars, dubbing and translation

SynthesiaFreemium
Video Generation

Synthesia is an AI video platform for business that creates videos from scripts using AI avatars and voiceovers. It also provides video dubbing, translation, screen recording, and interactive avatars for training and communication. Plans include a free Basic tier and paid Starter, Pro, and Enterprise tiers.

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#542026
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Pinecone

Fully managed vector database for dense, sparse and full-text search

PineconeFreemium
Vector Databases

Pinecone is a fully managed vector database for AI search and retrieval. It supports dense and sparse vectors, BM25 full-text search, metadata filtering, and up to 100,000 namespaces per index through a serverless API. It is used to ground LLM applications in proprietary knowledge.

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#552026
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Speechify

Text to speech, voice typing and AI voice tools across devices

SpeechifyFreemium
Audio & Voice

Speechify is a text-to-speech app that reads documents, PDFs, and web pages aloud in natural-sounding voices. It also offers voice typing, an AI voice generator, dubbing, captions, and AI podcasts across mobile, desktop, and browser. A developer API covers speech generation and voice cloning.

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#562026
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Otter.ai

AI meeting notetaker that transcribes, summarizes and finds action items

Otter.aiFreemium
Audio & Voice

Otter.ai is an AI meeting notetaker that records and transcribes meetings from computer, phone and web, then produces summaries, action items and searchable notes. It adds chat-style search over past conversations and syncs with calendars, video conferencing tools and CRMs.

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#572026
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Google Jules

Autonomous coding agent that works in GitHub repositories

Google JulesFreemium
Coding Agents

Jules is an experimental coding agent from Google that works asynchronously in GitHub repositories to fix bugs, add documentation, and build features. It reads AGENTS.md instructions, plans and reviews changes, and is available through a free tier or the Google AI Pro and Ultra plans.

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#582026
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Gamma

Create presentations, documents and webpages from prompts or files

GammaFreemium
Presentations

Gamma is an AI tool for creating presentations, documents, and webpages from a prompt, pasted text, or imported files. It generates editable drafts and offers a free plan plus paid tiers with higher credit limits. A public API is documented for all plans, including Free.

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#592026
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OpenRouter

Unified API in front of hundreds of models from many providers

OpenRouterFreemium
LLM Infrastructure

OpenRouter provides a single API endpoint for hundreds of chat models from different providers, with routing, fallbacks and cost tracking. Pricing is pay-as-you-go per token at provider list price, with a platform fee on credit purchases. More than 25 models are usable free under rate limits.

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#602026
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Kling AI

AI video and image generation models for creators and developers

Kling AIFreemium
Video Generation

Kling AI is a generative video and image platform offering text-to-video, image-to-video, and image creation with its Kling 3.0 models. It sells consumer membership tiers and a developer API with per-unit pricing. A free Basic membership is listed.

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#612026
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Deepgram

Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs for developers

DeepgramFreemium
Audio & Voice

Deepgram provides speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and voice agent APIs for real-time and pre-recorded audio. Its Nova speech models support transcription, diarization, and multilingual audio, billed per minute on pay-as-you-go. New accounts receive $200 in free credit.

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#622026
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Ideogram

AI image generator for text, logos and layered image editing

IdeogramFreemium
Image Generation

Ideogram generates images from text prompts or reference images, with tools for text and logos, editing, backgrounds, and upscaling. It offers a free account with weekly credits and paid Plus, Pro, and Team plans, plus a pay-as-you-go API at one cent per credit.

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#632026
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Weaviate

AI-native vector database for search, RAG and agent memory

WeaviateFreemium
Vector Databases

Weaviate is an open-source, AI-native vector database for search, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent memory. It offers vector indexing, built-in vectorization, hybrid search, and SDKs for Python, Go, TypeScript, and JavaScript. It can run as a managed cloud service or self-hosted.

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#642026
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Fireflies.ai

AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes calls

Fireflies.aiFreemium
Productivity

Fireflies.ai joins meetings on major video platforms to record, transcribe and summarize conversations. Teams can search past calls, extract action items and push notes into CRM and project tools, with analytics on conversation activity.

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#652026
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Together AI

Full-stack AI cloud for inference, fine-tuning and GPU clusters

Together AIFreemium
LLM Infrastructure

Together AI is an AI-native cloud platform offering serverless inference for open-source models, dedicated GPU endpoints, fine-tuning, and GPU clusters. It provides an OpenAI-compatible API with per-token pricing across chat, vision, image, audio, and embedding models.

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#662026
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Firecrawl

Web data API that turns websites into markdown and structured data

FirecrawlFreemium
Data Extraction

Firecrawl is a web data API for AI agents that scrapes, crawls, maps, and searches websites, returning clean markdown or structured JSON. It handles JavaScript rendering and proxy management, and offers schema-based extraction for turning pages into structured data. One credit balance is shared across all endpoints.

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#672026
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Zed

Minimal code editor built for speed and collaboration with AI

ZedFreemium
Coding Agents

Zed is a minimal code editor written in Rust for speed and collaboration. It runs AI agents in parallel, supports real-time multiplayer editing, and is available on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

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#682026
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Recraft

AI design platform for images, editable vectors and brand styles

RecraftFreemium
Image Generation

Recraft is an AI design platform for generating images, editable vector graphics, and mockups, with custom styles learned from reference images. It offers a free plan and credit-based paid tiers, plus API access for developers.

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#692026
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Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows, Office apps and the web

LLMs & Reasoning

Microsoft Copilot is an AI assistant on the web, desktop and mobile, and is integrated into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams. It answers questions grounded in your work content, hands off multi-step tasks, and can build dashboards and apps from a description. A free tier works with a signed-in Microsoft account.

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#702026
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Lindy

AI assistant that connects to your tools and handles recurring work

LindyFreemium
Agents

Lindy is an AI assistant that connects to business tools such as Gmail, Slack, Notion, and HubSpot. It learns recurring workflows through editable memory, includes 40+ skills and routines, and requests approval before sending or writing. The vendor lists 1,500+ integrations.

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#712026
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Lovable

Build full-stack web apps by describing them in natural language

LovableFreemium
Coding Agents

Lovable is a full-stack AI development platform that turns natural-language prompts into web applications with frontend, backend, database, authentication, and integrations. Projects keep editable code and can sync with GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket.

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#722026
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Qwen

Alibaba's Qwen model family and chat assistant

QwenFreemium
LLMs & Reasoning

Qwen is Alibaba's family of large language and multimodal models, used through Qwen Chat and Alibaba Cloud Model Studio. Model Studio covers text generation, visual understanding, image, video and speech generation, and embeddings. Some models include a free token quota, after which usage is billed per token.

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#732026
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Murf AI

Build AI voice experiences that are natural and scalable

Murf AIFreemium
Audio & Voice

Murf AI is a voice platform for text-to-speech, voice replication, and conversational voice agents. It provides a studio for spoken audio, translation and localization tools, and developer APIs for speech synthesis. Subscription prices are shown on a client-rendered pricing page.

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#742026
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OpenAI Codex

Coding agent for the CLI, IDE, cloud and ChatGPT

OpenAI CodexFreemium
Coding Agents

OpenAI Codex is a coding agent available through a CLI, IDE extension, cloud, and ChatGPT. It can explore codebases, implement features, review code, and run tasks, with an SDK and app-server protocol for embedding.

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#752026
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Qdrant

Open-source vector search engine written in Rust for large-scale AI

QdrantFreemium
Vector Databases

Qdrant is an open-source vector search engine written in Rust. It combines dense and sparse vectors with keyword search, applies filters during HNSW traversal, and supports quantization to reduce memory use. It deploys on Qdrant Cloud, hybrid, private, or edge environments.

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#762026
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Exa

Search API for AI agents needing real-time web data and content

ExaFreemium
Search

Exa is a search API built for AI applications, returning ranked web results along with page contents, highlights, and summaries. It adds deep research, cited answers, and web monitors through the same API. Pricing is pay-as-you-go, with $10 of free credits each month.

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