Most of these will require you to sign up for an account. While they are free, most also have paid plans if you need additional usage credits or more features.
Research / Chat
- OpenAI ChatGPT
- Anthropic Claude
- Perplexity — (Better than GPT for deeper research)
- Microsoft Copilot
- Google Gemini
- Meta
- Google NotebookLM — (Research assistant that analyzes documents you upload and lets you chat, create summaries, reports, or even podcasts from them)
Images
- ChatGPT (Choose image under tools)
- Adobe Firefly — (Saves history on the files menu)
- Google Labs ImageFX
- Craiyon
- Leonardo
- Ideogram — (Great at incorporating text accurately)
- Brandcrowd — Logos (also business cards, social, etc.)
Code
- Claude Sonnet — (Can show functioning previews of web apps/pages)
- Gemini
- ChatGPT (Choose write/code under tools)
- Bolt.new
- Canva
Video
Other
- ElevenLabs — Text to speech, different voices, even yours (Explore more!)
Explore More
The mainstream leaders I’m watching most are OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Meta, and Adobe. A few playground links…
- Google Labs — AI experiments
- Google AI Studio
- Google AI
- Adobe Labs
- Meta AI
- Future Tools — Curated directory
- Hugging Face — App spaces directory
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