Free AI tools for every job

ChatGPT

Best for: General business writing, brainstorming and analysis

✓ Very versatile
✓ Free tier

Claude

Best for: Long documents, careful writing and coding help

✓ Handles long documents well
✓ Thoughtful, natural writing

Google Gemini

Best for: Teams that already work in Google Workspace

✓ Works across Google apps
✓ Free tier

Perplexity

Best for: Research questions that need cited sources

✓ Answers come with citations
✓ Good for quick research

Microsoft Copilot

Best for: Windows and Microsoft 365 users

✓ Free consumer version
✓ Works inside Office on paid plans

Meta AI

Best for: Quick answers and images inside WhatsApp and Instagram

✓ Free
✓ Inside apps you already use

DeepSeek

Best for: Reasoning and coding questions on a budget

✓ Free chat
✓ Strong reasoning

Google AI Studio

Best for: Trying Gemini models free and building prototypes

✓ Free usage tier
✓ Latest Gemini models

Le Chat (Mistral)

Best for: A free, fast AI assistant from Europe

✓ Free plan
✓ Fast responses

Grok

Best for: AI answers with real-time X (Twitter) context

✓ Free tier
✓ Real-time social context

Qwen Chat

Best for: Free chat with Alibaba's open Qwen models

✓ Free
✓ Open-weight models available

NotebookLM

Best for: Studying and summarising your own documents

✓ Answers grounded in your sources
✓ Audio overviews

Hugging Face

Best for: Finding and trying thousands of open AI models

✓ Huge free model library
✓ Try demos in browser

Upscayl

Best for: Free AI image upscaling on your computer

✓ Completely free
✓ Works offline

OpenAI Whisper

Best for: Free speech-to-text transcription on your own machine

✓ Free and open source
✓ Many languages

Ollama

Best for: Running AI models privately on your own computer

✓ Free
✓ Data stays on your machine

LM Studio

Best for: Chatting with local AI models through a friendly app

✓ Free
✓ Easy interface

ComfyUI

Best for: Advanced, free image and video generation workflows

✓ Free
✓ Very flexible

Llama (Meta)

Best for: Developers building with open-weight models

✓ Free to download
✓ Large community

Copy.ai

Best for: Sales and marketing teams automating copy workflows

✓ Workflow automation
✓ Free tier to try

Grammarly

Best for: Anyone writing emails, proposals and blog posts in English

✓ Works in browsers and apps
✓ Free grammar checks

Notion

Best for: Small teams that want docs, wikis and tasks in one place

✓ Very flexible
✓ Free plan

QuillBot

Best for: Rewriting, summarising and grammar checks

✓ Free paraphraser
✓ Browser extensions

Canva

Best for: Small businesses creating social posts, flyers and presentations

✓ Huge template library
✓ Free plan

Gamma

Best for: Creating presentations and one-pagers quickly with AI

✓ Fast first drafts of decks
✓ Modern layouts

Microsoft Designer

Best for: Quick social posts and invitations

✓ Free to start
✓ Simple

Predis.ai

Best for: Generating social posts and ads from a prompt

✓ Built in India
✓ Posts plus scheduling

Napkin AI

Best for: Turning text into diagrams and visuals

✓ Free plan
✓ Great for presentations and blogs

ElevenLabs

Best for: Realistic voiceovers and audio

✓ Very natural voices
✓ Free tier

Descript

Best for: Podcasters and creators editing by text

✓ Text-based editing
✓ Filler-word removal

Otter.ai

Best for: Meeting transcripts and notes

✓ Automatic notes
✓ Free tier

Fireflies.ai

Best for: Sales and client meetings that need searchable notes

✓ CRM integrations
✓ Searchable transcripts

GitHub Copilot

Best for: Developers working in VS Code and JetBrains

✓ Works inside popular editors
✓ Free tier

Cursor

Best for: Developers wanting an AI-first code editor

✓ Strong codebase context
✓ Familiar VS Code feel

Replit

Best for: Non-developers building simple apps with AI

✓ Build from a prompt
✓ Hosting included

v0 by Vercel

Best for: Generating React UI and web apps

✓ Clean React output
✓ One-click deploy

Windsurf

Best for: Developers wanting an agentic AI code editor

✓ Free tier
✓ Agentic multi-file edits

GitHub

Best for: Developers hosting code and collaborating

✓ Free for unlimited repositories
✓ Huge ecosystem

Leonardo.Ai

Best for: Marketing visuals and concept art with fine control

✓ Daily free credits
✓ Many styles and models

Ideogram

Best for: Posters, logos and images that need readable text

✓ Excellent text in images
✓ Free tier

Krea

Best for: Real-time image generation and upscaling

✓ Real-time generation
✓ Upscaler

Freepik AI Suite

Best for: Designers wanting stock assets and AI generation in one place

✓ Huge stock library
✓ Multiple AI models

NightCafe

Best for: Hobbyists experimenting with many AI art models

✓ Free daily credits
✓ Active community

Bing Image Creator

Best for: Free AI images with a Microsoft account

✓ Free
✓ Simple

remove.bg

Best for: Instant background removal for product and profile photos

✓ Very fast and accurate
✓ API for bulk work

Photoroom

Best for: E-commerce sellers creating product photos on a phone

✓ Great for marketplace listings
✓ Batch editing

Picsart

Best for: Creators editing photos and social graphics on mobile

✓ All-in-one mobile editor
✓ Lots of templates

Pixelcut

Best for: Small sellers making product photos quickly

✓ Easy to use
✓ Product templates

Fotor

Best for: Beginners editing photos and designs online

✓ Beginner friendly
✓ Templates

Photopea

Best for: Editing PSD files in the browser for free

✓ Free
✓ Opens Photoshop files

Pixlr

Best for: Quick browser photo edits

✓ Free in browser
✓ Simple

Snapseed

Best for: Free pro-level photo edits on a phone

✓ Completely free
✓ No ads

Adobe Lightroom

Best for: Consistent colour presets for an Instagram feed

✓ Presets keep feed consistent
✓ Free mobile version

Runway

Best for: Creative teams generating and editing video with AI

✓ Leading video models
✓ Editing tools included

Pika

Best for: Short creative clips and effects for social media

✓ Easy to start
✓ Creative effects

Kling AI

Best for: Realistic AI video clips with strong motion

✓ High-quality motion
✓ Free credits

Suno

Best for: Creating full songs with vocals from a prompt

✓ Remarkably complete songs
✓ Free daily credits

AIVA

Best for: Soundtracks and instrumental compositions

✓ Editable compositions
✓ Free tier

Murf AI

Best for: Professional voiceovers for videos and e-learning

✓ Natural voices incl. Indian English and Hindi
✓ Video sync

Speechify

Best for: Listening to documents and articles

✓ Great for reading on the go
✓ Many voices

Tidio

Best for: Small online stores adding live chat and an AI bot

✓ Free plan
✓ Easy store integrations

Chatbase

Best for: Training a chatbot on your own website and documents

✓ Quick setup
✓ Trains on your content

Botpress

Best for: Developers and agencies building custom AI agents

✓ Flexible builder
✓ Free tier

ManyChat

Best for: Creators and brands automating Instagram DMs

✓ Instagram comment-to-DM automations
✓ Free plan

Landbot

Best for: No-code conversational forms and bots

✓ Visual builder
✓ WhatsApp support

Consensus

Best for: Finding what research papers say

✓ Answers backed by papers
✓ Free tier

Elicit

Best for: Literature reviews and data extraction from papers

✓ Saves hours on reviews
✓ Extraction tables

Reclaim.ai

Best for: Protecting focus time in Google Calendar

✓ Free plan
✓ Smart time blocking

tl;dv

Best for: Recording and summarising Meet, Zoom and Teams calls

✓ Free plan
✓ Multilingual notes

Read AI

Best for: Meeting summaries and productivity insights

✓ Free tier
✓ Cross-platform

ChatPDF

Best for: Asking questions about a PDF

✓ Very simple
✓ Free tier

Wix

Best for: Small businesses wanting a drag-and-drop website

✓ Very easy editor
✓ Lots of templates

Framer

Best for: Startups that want a polished landing page fast

✓ Beautiful templates and animations
✓ Very fast to publish

Lovable

Best for: Founders building web apps by chatting

✓ Very fast prototypes
✓ Connects to databases

Bolt.new

Best for: Prototyping web apps in the browser

✓ Runs entirely in browser
✓ Quick deploys

DeepL

Best for: High-quality translation of documents and emails

✓ Excellent quality for European languages
✓ Document translation

Google Translate

Best for: Quick translation in 200+ languages including Indian languages

✓ Free
✓ Many Indian languages

Bhashini

Best for: Translation and speech in Indian languages

✓ Built for Indian languages
✓ Free public services

HubSpot CRM

Best for: Small teams starting with a CRM for the first time

✓ Generous free CRM
✓ Easy to start

Apollo.io

Best for: B2B teams finding contacts and running outreach

✓ Free plan
✓ Database plus sequences

Clay

Best for: Growth teams enriching leads with AI

✓ Powerful enrichment
✓ Free trial credits

Zoho CRM

Best for: Indian SMBs wanting an affordable, customisable CRM

✓ Good value
✓ Deep customisation

Pitch

Best for: Startups making investor and sales decks

✓ Beautiful templates
✓ Free plan