AI TOOLS
What the most widely used AI tools do, who they suit, and what’s changed lately. Plans and prices change often, so we link to each vendor’s current pricing.
General-purpose chat assistants for writing, analysis, questions and everyday tasks.
OpenAI
OpenAI’s general-purpose assistant for writing, analysis, coding help, image generation and voice conversations, on web, desktop and mobile.
Best for: A broad all-rounder with a large ecosystem of integrations and custom GPTs.
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Overview & newsAnthropic
Anthropic’s assistant for writing, analysis, research and coding, with long-document handling and projects for organizing work.
Best for: Long documents, careful writing and coding assistance.
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Overview & newsGoogle’s assistant, available on the web, in Android and across Google Workspace apps such as Gmail and Docs.
Best for: People who live in Google’s apps and Android.
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Overview & newsMicrosoft
Microsoft’s assistant in Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365 apps such as Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
Best for: Teams and households already using Windows and Microsoft 365.
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Overview & newsAssistants and agents that write, explain and change code inside your editor or terminal.
GitHub (Microsoft)
Code completion, chat and agent features inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, GitHub and the command line.
Best for: Developers who want AI help inside the editor they already use.
Overview & newsAnysphere
An AI-first code editor built on VS Code, with codebase-aware chat, multi-file edits and agents.
Best for: Developers who want AI woven through the whole editor.
Overview & newsAnthropic
Anthropic’s agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs, desktop and web that reads, edits and runs code in your project.
Best for: Delegating multi-step coding tasks across a codebase.
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Overview & newsOpenAI
OpenAI’s coding agent, available in ChatGPT, the command line and IDE extensions.
Best for: ChatGPT subscribers who want an agent for coding tasks.
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Overview & newsReplit
A browser-based development environment with an AI agent that can build and deploy apps from a description.
Best for: Prototyping and deploying small apps without local setup.
Overview & newsTools that find, cite and summarize sources rather than answering from memory alone.
Perplexity AI
An answer engine that searches the web and responds with cited sources, plus deeper research modes.
Best for: Quick researched answers with sources you can check.
Overview & newsA research notebook that answers questions grounded in the documents, links and videos you upload, including audio overviews.
Best for: Studying or summarizing your own source material.
Overview & newsGenerate and edit images and video from text prompts or reference media.
Midjourney
An image generator known for its distinctive, high-quality artistic output, with video generation tools.
Best for: Stylized illustration and concept art.
Overview & newsAdobe
Adobe’s generative image, video and audio tools, built into Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere and the Firefly app.
Best for: Creative Cloud users who want generative tools inside Adobe apps.
Overview & newsRunway
AI video generation and editing tools for creators and production teams.
Best for: Generating and editing short video clips.
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Overview & newsAI built into the documents, notes and meetings you already use.
Notion
AI writing, search and meeting notes inside Notion workspaces, with answers drawn from your pages and connected apps.
Best for: Teams that already keep their docs and wikis in Notion.
Overview & newsGrammarly
Writing assistance for grammar, tone and rewriting across browsers, email and documents.
Best for: Polishing everyday writing wherever you type.
Overview & newsOtter.ai
Meeting transcription, summaries and action items for Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
Best for: Automatic notes from recurring meetings.
Overview & newsText-to-speech, voice cloning and transcription.
ElevenLabs
Realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and speech-to-text, through an app and API.
Best for: Narration, dubbing and voice features in apps.
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