AI tools for everyday work

General chat assistants for writing, analysis, research and everyday questions.

• ChatGPT

  Free plan

  OpenAI's general-purpose assistant for writing, analysis, coding help, image generation and web research.

  Go $8/month, Plus $20/month, Pro from $100/month; Business $25/user/month billed monthly ($20 billed annually)

• Claude

  Free plan

  Anthropic's assistant, known for long documents, careful writing and coding. Paid plans include Claude Code for software work.

  Pro $20/month ($17/month billed annually), Max from $100/month; Team from $20/seat/month billed annually

• Gemini

  Free plan

  Google's assistant, built into Gmail, Docs and Android, with image and video generation on paid plans.

  Google AI Plus $4.99/month, Google AI Pro $19.99/month, Google AI Ultra from $99.99/month (US prices)

• Microsoft Copilot

  Free plan

  Microsoft's assistant, available free on its own and built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with Microsoft 365 plans.

  Microsoft 365 Personal $9.99/month, Family $12.99/month, Premium $19.99/month (US prices)

Tools that find, cite and summarise information from the web or your own documents.

• Perplexity

  Free plan

  An answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, so you can check where each claim comes from.

  Pro $17/month and Max $167/month, both billed annually

• Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)

  Free plan

  Upload your own documents, PDFs and links, then ask questions, get summaries and generate study guides grounded only in those sources.

  Free; higher limits included with Google AI subscriptions

AI pair programmers and coding agents that work inside your editor.

• GitHub Copilot

  Free plan

  AI code completion, chat and coding agents inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and GitHub itself.

  Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month, Max $100/month; Business $19 and Enterprise $39 per seat/month

• Cursor

  Free plan

  A code editor built around AI, with an agent that can edit across many files and tab completion that predicts your next change.

  Plans changed recently; see the official pricing page

Note-takers that record, transcribe and summarise your calls.

• Otter.ai

  Free plan

  Joins your meetings to record, transcribe and summarise them, with searchable transcripts afterwards.

  Pro $16.99/user/month billed monthly; Business from $19.99/user/month billed annually

• Fireflies.ai

  Free plan

  An AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarises calls and can push notes into your CRM and other apps.

  Pro $10/seat/month and Business $19/seat/month, billed annually

Help with polishing text and turning ideas into slides.

• Grammarly

  Free plan

  Checks spelling, grammar and tone as you type in email, documents and the browser, with AI rewriting on paid plans.

  Pro $12/month billed annually ($144/year) or $30/month billed monthly

• Gamma

  Free plan

  Turns a prompt or an outline into a designed presentation, document or web page that you can edit afterwards.

  Paid plans available; see the official pricing page

Generate images and design graphics, social posts and marketing material.

• Midjourney

  Paid only

  An image generator known for highly artistic, polished results from short text prompts.

  Basic $10/month, Standard $30/month, Pro $60/month, Mega $120/month (20% less billed annually)

• Canva

  Free plan

  A design tool for social posts, presentations and documents, with AI features for writing, image editing, resizing and video captions.

  Pro and team plans available; see the official pricing page

Create videos, avatars and realistic voice-overs.

• HeyGen

  Free plan

  Creates talking-avatar videos from a script, including a digital twin of yourself, with translation and dubbing into other languages.

  Creator $29/month ($24/month billed annually), Pro $49/month, Business $149/month plus $20/seat

• ElevenLabs

  Free plan

  Realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and sound effects, available in the app and through an API.

  Paid plans from Starter upward; see the official pricing page for current prices

• Runway

  Free plan

  Generates and edits video and images from text, images or existing clips, aimed at creators and film-makers.

  Paid plans from $12/month

Connect your apps and let AI handle repetitive workflows.

• Zapier

  Free plan

  Connects thousands of apps so that an event in one (a new form entry, email or sale) triggers actions in others, with AI steps built in.

  Professional from $19.99/month, Team from $69/month

• n8n

  Free plan

  A workflow automation tool with strong AI agent features that you can use in the cloud or run on your own server.

  Cloud Starter €20/month and Pro €50/month, billed annually