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.
Completely free & open source
10DeepSeek V3 & R1
Open-architecture reasoning model matching top proprietary benchmarks
Cost-effective open-weights model trained with Multi-head Latent Attention (MLA) and DeepSeekMoE architectures.
Aider
Terminal-first AI pair programming tool with Git integration
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.
OpenAI Whisper
Open-weights automatic speech recognition and translation benchmark
Robust speech-to-text model trained on 680,000 hours of multilingual data, providing high accuracy across heavy accents and background noise.
AutoDraw
Fast drawing with machine learning
Google machine learning experiment that converts rough sketches into clean vector art.
Adobe Podcast
AI-powered audio recording and noise removal
AI audio recording suite with vocal clarity and studio-quality background noise removal.
Bark
Transformer-based audio and speech synthesis
Transformer-based generative audio model producing speech, music, and ambient noise.
Cline
Open-source coding agent for IDEs, terminals, desktop and apps
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.
n8n
Workflow automation platform for building AI agents and connecting apps
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.
LlamaIndex
Open-source framework for building AI agents over your data
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.
LangChain
Open-source frameworks for building agents powered by language models
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.
Free tier (freemium)
66Groq LPU Inference Engine
Ultra-fast inference delivering 500+ tokens per second
Custom Language Processing Unit (LPU) hardware providing real-time text and conversational inference for open-weights models like Llama 3.
Hugging Face Hub
The open-source repository for models, datasets, and Spaces
Collaborative platform hosting hundreds of thousands of open-source machine learning models, datasets, and serverless demo apps.
ChatGPT (GPT-4o)
The global standard conversational and reasoning model
OpenAIs flagship conversational intelligence platform offering voice mode, canvas document editing, visual comprehension, and web research.
DeepL Translator
High-precision neural machine translation and writing refinement
Advanced neural network translation capturing nuance, idioms, and industry-specific vocabulary across 30+ languages.
Perplexity AI
Conversational answer engine with real-time academic citations
AI search engine that synthesizes live web sources, academic papers, and financial data into sourced structured answers.
ElevenLabs
Leading generative voice synthesis and dynamic voice cloning
Neural audio platform offering realistic speech cadence, multilingual emotional inflections, and zero-shot voice cloning.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
Industry benchmark model for code generation and nuanced reasoning
Anthropics leading intelligence engine combining 200k context windows with Artifacts UI workspaces and code refactoring scores.
Cursor AI
The AI-first code editor built on VS Code with multi-file Composer
An advanced fork of VS Code integrating Claude 3.5 Sonnet and GPT-4o for whole-codebase indexing, synchronous refactoring, and terminal command execution.
AudioPen
Converts unstructured voice into clear text
Voice recording tool that condenses unstructured verbal thoughts into structured text.
Suno AI v4
Full-fidelity song generation with vocals and instrumentation
Produces complete multi-genre musical compositions with vocals, lyrics, and instrumental tracks from a single text prompt.
Arize AI
Production machine learning observability and monitoring
Machine learning observability platform tracking model drift and latency in production.
BeyondWords
AI audio publishing and voice CMS
AI audio publishing platform converting digital articles into audio episodes.
Bolt.new (StackBlitz)
In-browser full-stack AI development running in WebContainers
An AI-powered development sandbox that runs full-stack Node.js environments directly in the browser with npm package execution and live preview.
Axiom
Browser robotic process automation without code
Robotic process automation bot builder for browser tasks without code.
GIRLFRIENDGPT
Uncensored AI Companion and Chat Platform for Real Roleplay and Creative Interactions
GPTGirlfriend is an interactive AI companion and chat platform tailored for immersive roleplay and customizable conversational experiences.
Browse AI
Web scraping and extraction monitoring without code
No-code web scraper that trains bots to monitor sites and extract structured data.
Boomy
Generative music studio for instant songs
Automated generative music studio that creates full arrangements in seconds.
Runway Gen-3 Alpha
High-definition video synthesis with spatial camera control
Pioneering multimodal video platform capable of creating photorealistic 10-second cinematic scenes with motion brush parameters.
BlueWillow
Prompt-based digital art generator
Community-driven prompt-to-image generator designed for digital artists.
Beatoven.ai
Royalty-free background music composition
Royalty-free soundtrack and mood-based background music composer for creators.
AssemblyAI
Speech AI models and transcription APIs
Enterprise-grade speech-to-text transcription and audio intelligence APIs.
Make (Integromat)
Visual automation platform connecting 1,800+ apps with AI logic
Visual workflow automation system supporting conditional branching, webhooks, JSON parsing, and native OpenAI/Anthropic modules.
Google Gemini Advanced
Multimodal reasoning with 1M+ token context window
Google state-of-the-art multimodal model natively integrated across Google Workspace, supporting long-document processing, image synthesis, and coding analysis.
AgentGPT
Autonomous AI agent platform in the browser
Browser-based autonomous AI agent builder and web task executor.
ZAPIER
Automate Workflows Across 5,000+ Apps in the Agentic AI Era
Zapier is the industry-leading workflow automation platform connecting over 5,000 web apps and agentic AI tools into seamless automated pipelines.
Bertha AI
AI assistant for WordPress website builders
In-editor WordPress and website builder plugin for content generation.
Superhuman AI
Perfect your writing with Grammarly, Put your inbox on autopilot with Email Assistant ,...
Perfect your writing with Grammarly, Put your inbox on autopilot with Email Assistant , Start every day fully briefed with Daily Briefs
Cast AI
Automated Kubernetes compute and cloud cost optimization
Autonomous Kubernetes cost optimization and compute scaling platform.
Artflow AI
Animated video stories and character creation
Creates animated video stories and character avatars with synced voiceovers.
Bardeen
Workflow automation and one-click scraping
No-code browser extension automating repetitive tasks, web scrapers, and data workflows.
v0 by Vercel
Generative user interface and full-stack React components
AI developer tool by Vercel that converts natural language prompts into responsive Tailwind CSS and React/shadcn UI code.
Descript
Text-based audio and video editing platform
Transcribes video and podcast audio into text, allowing users to edit audio and video simply by editing the text transcript.
Pika 2.0
Idea-to-video platform with custom physics and effects
Generative AI video platform allowing users to generate short clips, expand existing footage, and apply special effects.
Grammarly
AI writing assistant for grammar, clarity, tone and rewriting
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.
HeyGen
AI videos starring you, made in minutes
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.
Google AI Studio
Browser workspace for building and testing with the Gemini API
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.
Ollama
Run open models locally or in the cloud
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.
Cohere
Enterprise AI platform for secure models, retrieval and agents
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.
Amazon Q Developer
Generative AI assistant for software development on and off AWS
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.
Tavily
Real-time search API for AI agents, with web search and extraction
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.
Mistral Vibe (Le Chat)
Mistral's chat assistant and coding agent for work
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.
Grok
xAI's assistant with reasoning, voice, image and video generation
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.
Synthesia
AI video platform for business with avatars, dubbing and translation
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.
Pinecone
Fully managed vector database for dense, sparse and full-text search
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.
Speechify
Text to speech, voice typing and AI voice tools across devices
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.
Otter.ai
AI meeting notetaker that transcribes, summarizes and finds action items
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.
Google Jules
Autonomous coding agent that works in GitHub repositories
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.
Gamma
Create presentations, documents and webpages from prompts or files
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.
OpenRouter
Unified API in front of hundreds of models from many providers
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.
Kling AI
AI video and image generation models for creators and developers
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.
Deepgram
Speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs for developers
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.
Ideogram
AI image generator for text, logos and layered image editing
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.
Weaviate
AI-native vector database for search, RAG and agent memory
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.
Fireflies.ai
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes calls
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.
Together AI
Full-stack AI cloud for inference, fine-tuning and GPU clusters
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.
Firecrawl
Web data API that turns websites into markdown and structured data
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.
Zed
Minimal code editor built for speed and collaboration with AI
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.
Recraft
AI design platform for images, editable vectors and brand styles
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.
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows, Office apps and the web
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.
Lindy
AI assistant that connects to your tools and handles recurring work
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.
Lovable
Build full-stack web apps by describing them in natural language
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.
Qwen
Alibaba's Qwen model family and chat assistant
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.
Murf AI
Build AI voice experiences that are natural and scalable
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.
OpenAI Codex
Coding agent for the CLI, IDE, cloud and ChatGPT
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.
Qdrant
Open-source vector search engine written in Rust for large-scale AI
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.
Exa
Search API for AI agents needing real-time web data and content
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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