Free AI tools, free plans and free trials
You can try most AI tools without paying. This page sorts every tool in our directory by how: a free plan you can keep using, a time-limited free trial, or free open-source software you run yourself. Prices are from each vendor's pricing page when we last checked.
Free plans you can keep
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Adobe Firefly
Images, video and audio in one app, with Adobe, Google and OpenAI models.
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Adobe Podcast
One-click cleanup of noisy voice recordings, right in the browser.
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Alexa+
Voice and chat help for smart home, reminders, music, shopping and quick questions.
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Auphonic
Automatic leveling, noise reduction and loudness fixes for finished podcast audio.
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Bolt.new
Build websites and full-stack web apps in the browser by chatting.
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CapCut
Free phone and desktop editing for short social videos, with AI tools.
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Captions
Editing talking-head clips on your phone: auto captions, AI edits, avatars.
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ChatGPT
All-round everyday help: writing, questions, images, voice, files and deep research.
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ChatGPT Images
Making and editing images by chatting, including photo edits and text in images.
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ChatGPT Work
Longer ChatGPT tasks: research, web forms, docs, decks and spreadsheets, checking in with you.
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Claude
Writing, coding and long documents; handing off multi-step tasks.
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Claude (Cowork and Claude in Chrome)
Longer tasks across your files, connected apps and Chrome, from one Claude app.
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Cursor
Code editor based on VS Code, with coding agents and tab autocomplete.
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DeepSeek
Free chat and step-by-step reasoning from open-weight Chinese models.
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Descript
Editing podcasts and videos by editing the transcript like a document.
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Devin and Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)
Code editor plus cloud agents that take on whole tasks and report back.
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Draw Things
Free, private image and video generation on your own Mac, iPhone or iPad.
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Duck.ai
Private, anonymous chat with several AI models; no account needed.
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ElevenLabs
Realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and sound effects.
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Fathom
Free unlimited meeting recordings and AI summaries.
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Fireflies.ai
Meeting bot that transcribes, summarizes and searches your calls.
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Fliki
Text-to-video with a large voice library; good for faceless social videos.
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Gamma
Turning a prompt or notes into slides, documents or web pages.
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Gemini (Nano Banana)
Quick image generation and photo edits inside Gemini, free with a Google account.
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Gemini in Chrome (Auto Browse)
Summaries and questions about open tabs; Auto Browse does web tasks for you.
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Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Studying your own documents; answers cite your sources; audio overviews.
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GitHub Copilot
Code suggestions, chat and coding agents inside VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.
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Google Antigravity
Google's desktop app, CLI and editor for running several coding agents at once.
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Google Flow
Google's studio for making video clips and scenes from prompts and images.
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Google Gemini
Google users: image generation, deep research; Gmail and Docs help on paid plans.
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Grammarly
Fixing grammar, tone and clarity wherever you type.
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Granola
Meeting notes without a bot joining the call.
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Grok
Real-time answers drawing on X posts and the web; image and video generation.
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HeyGen
Talking-avatar videos of yourself, plus video translation with lip-sync.
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Ideogram
Images with accurate text: posters, logos, thumbnails and social graphics.
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JetBrains AI and Junie
AI chat, completion and the Junie agent inside IntelliJ, PyCharm and other JetBrains IDEs.
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Kimi
Slides, office files, coding and agent tasks from China's Moonshot AI.
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Kiro
Amazon's AI code editor that turns prompts into written specs before coding.
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Kling
Realistic short video clips from text or images, with native audio.
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Krea
One app for many image and video models, real-time generation and upscaling.
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LALAL.AI
Splitting songs into vocals, drums, bass and other separate stems.
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Leonardo.Ai
Many image and video models, presets and custom model training in one app.
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LM Studio
Point-and-click desktop app to find, download and chat with local models.
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Lovable
Describe a web app in plain English and get a working, hosted version.
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Luma Agents
Creative workspace with AI agents for video, images and audio; replaced Dream Machine.
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MacWhisper
Private, on-device transcription of audio and video files on a Mac.
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Make
Visual no-code automations across 3,000+ apps, with AI agents (in beta).
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Manus
Hands-off research, slides, websites and videos from one prompt, run in the cloud.
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Meta AI
Quick free help inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook; image generation.
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Meta Muse
Errands like booking travel, filling forms and shopping, from a cloud computer Meta runs.
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Microsoft Copilot
Windows and Microsoft 365 users; AI in Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint on paid plans.
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Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat)
Chat assistant and coding agent from French company Mistral AI.
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Msty Studio
Desktop workspace for local and online models, with document chat and personas.
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Murf
Business voiceovers for training videos, explainers and slides.
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n8n
Visual workflow builder for AI agents; self-host it free or use n8n's cloud.
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Ollama
Download and run open models with one command; local API for other apps.
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Open WebUI
Self-hosted ChatGPT-style web interface for Ollama or any OpenAI-compatible model.
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OpenAI Codex
OpenAI's coding agent in ChatGPT, the terminal and your editor; included with ChatGPT plans.
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Otter
Live meeting transcripts and summaries for Zoom, Meet and Teams.
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Perplexity
Web research with clickable sources and quick fact-finding.
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Perplexity Comet
Free AI browser that summarizes pages and can do tasks in your tabs.
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Pika
Quick, playful video clips and effects; also runs other companies' models.
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Poe
Trying many chatbots and image models in one app and subscription.
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QuillBot
Paraphrasing, grammar checks and summaries for essays, reports and emails.
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Qwen
Free chat with Alibaba's Qwen models, plus image, video and deep research.
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Read AI
Meeting summaries plus search across meetings, email and messages.
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Recraft
Vector graphics, icons and on-brand illustrations you can export as SVG.
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Replit
Build, run and publish apps in the browser by describing them to an agent.
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Riverside
Recording remote interviews with a separate clean track for each guest.
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Runway
Generating and editing short film clips from text, images or video.
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Siri
Built-in Apple assistant; finds your photos and emails, takes actions in apps.
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Speechify
Having articles, PDFs and books read aloud at high speed.
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Suno
Making full songs with vocals and lyrics from a short text prompt.
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Superhuman
AI email app for Gmail and Outlook; suite also bundles Grammarly.
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Synthesia
Training and explainer videos with AI presenters, in 140+ languages.
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tl;dv
Recording and summarizing Zoom, Meet and Teams calls.
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Udio
Making and sharing AI songs inside Udio; downloads are switched off.
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v0
Vercel's app builder for React and Next.js sites; deploys straight to Vercel.
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Wispr Flow
Dictating text into any app by talking instead of typing.
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Zapier Agents
AI agents that work across 9,000+ apps, set up in plain English.
Free trials
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Adobe Photoshop
Precise photo editing, with Generative Fill to add, remove or extend content.
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Canva AI
Turning a prompt into editable social posts, flyers, slides and other designs.
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Jasper
On-brand marketing content for teams, with brand voice controls.
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Krisp
Removing background noise from your mic on calls, plus meeting notes.
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Midjourney
Polished, artistic images with a distinctive look; also short video clips.
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Notion AI
AI agents, meeting notes and search inside your Notion workspace.
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Pictory
Turning blog posts, scripts or slides into narrated videos with captions.
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Writesonic
Tracking how AI chatbots mention your brand; SEO article drafts.
Free and open source
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AnythingLLM
Chat with your own documents using local or cloud models; desktop app.
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Cline
Open-source coding agent for VS Code and the terminal; bring your own model.
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ComfyUI
Node-based local workflows with full control over open image and video models.
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Hermes Agent
Self-hosted agent that saves what worked as reusable skills; works with any model.
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Invoke (InvokeAI)
Image generation app with a canvas for repainting parts of a picture or extending it.
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Jan
Open-source ChatGPT-style desktop app that runs models offline.
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llama.cpp
The engine behind many local apps; full control from the terminal.
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MLX (mlx-lm)
Running and fine-tuning models on Apple silicon Macs from Python or the terminal.
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OpenClaw
Personal assistant on your own computer, controlled from WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack or Discord.
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OpenCode
Open-source terminal coding agent that works with almost any model provider.
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Pinokio
One-click installer and launcher for open-source AI apps, no terminal needed.
Free plans change often and most don't allow commercial use; check the vendor's terms before publishing anything made with them. For hand-picked free tools by task, see free AI tools that are actually useful, or use the AI tool finder and tick "only show tools with a free plan".