The best AI tools to build, automate and get more done

AI-native IDE (a VS Code fork) with a multi-file agent, autocomplete and Cloud Agents. Part of The X Subscription.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Plus $8/month; Premium $30/month; Super $100/month; Ultra $200/month (official prices at cursor.com/pricing; third-party models billed separately on Premium+)

Chat-based web app builder: generates frontend and backend (e.g. React + Supabase) from prompts, with built-in deployment.

Pricing: Freemium — free plan with daily credits; Pro from ~$25/month with monthly credits (lovable.dev/pricing)

Anthropic's terminal coding agent: reads and edits your repo, runs tests and iterates. Included in paid Claude plans.

Pricing: Included in Claude Pro ($17/month billed annually or $20/month) and Max (from $100/month); not sold separately (claude.com/pricing)

Low-code/open-source automation with AI nodes and agents; self-hosted Community Edition or Cloud.

Pricing: Free Community Edition (self-hosted); Cloud Starter US$20/month (billed annually); Pro US$50/month (billed annually); Business US$667/month (billed annually) (n8n.io/pricing)

OpenAI's general-purpose assistant for text, code, voice, images, deep research and Codex.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Go; Plus; Pro (openai.com/chatgpt/pricing — see website for exact amounts by region)

AI answer engine with citations: combines real-time web search with cited synthesis.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Pro (roughly $17–20/month depending on billing); higher Max tier (see perplexity.ai)

Open-source terminal pair programmer that edits your repo, makes git commits and works with local or API-based LLMs.

Pricing: Free and open source; you pay for whichever model/API you use (aider.chat)

Open-source platform for autonomous agents with a visual builder and briefable AI Experts.

Pricing: Open source / freemium — see website (agpt.co)

In-browser AI builder for apps and websites, with tokens, hosting and multi-framework support.

Pricing: Freemium — Free with a daily token limit; Pro $25/month (from ~10M tokens/month); Teams $30/user/month (bolt.new/pricing)

OpenAI's general-purpose assistant for text, code, voice, images, deep research and Codex.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Go; Plus; Pro (openai.com/chatgpt/pricing — see website for exact amounts by region)

Anthropic's assistant, strong at long documents, writing and code; paid plans include Claude Code.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Pro $17/month billed annually ($20 monthly); Max from $100/month; Team/Enterprise (claude.com/pricing)

Anthropic's terminal coding agent: reads and edits your repo, runs tests and iterates. Included in paid Claude plans.

Pricing: Included in Claude Pro ($17/month billed annually or $20/month) and Max (from $100/month); not sold separately (claude.com/pricing)

Open-source coding assistant extension for VS Code and JetBrains; you choose the model and context.

Pricing: Free and open source; model costs depend on the provider (continue.dev)

Open-source Python framework for building role-based 'crews' of agents; AMP platform for deployment.

Pricing: Open-source framework (MIT); AMP Basic free with limits; custom Enterprise pricing (crewai.com)

AI-native IDE (a VS Code fork) with a multi-file agent, autocomplete and Cloud Agents. Part of The X Subscription.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Plus $8/month; Premium $30/month; Super $100/month; Ultra $200/month (official prices at cursor.com/pricing; third-party models billed separately on Premium+)

Open-source visual builder for LLM flows and agents (LangChain-based) with a drag-and-drop UI.

Pricing: Open-source self-hosted; Cloud/commercial — see website (flowiseai.com)

GitHub's coding assistant with completions, chat, agent mode, CLI and a cloud agent across popular IDEs.

Pricing: Freemium — Free (limited); Pro $10/month; Pro+ $39/month; Max $100/month; Business/Enterprise plans (github.com/features/copilot/plans)

AI writing assistant for grammar, tone and clarity in the browser and apps.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; paid Pro/Business plans (grammarly.com/plans — see website)

No-code visual platform for building AI agents and workflows connected to business tools.

Pricing: Freemium / Pro (roughly from ~$37/month according to 2026 sources — see gumloop.com)

Libraries and platform for building LLM applications and agents; LangGraph for stateful graphs and fine-grained control.

Pricing: Open source + LangSmith/commercial platform (langchain.com — see website)

No-code AI agents that automate email, calendar and business tasks through natural-language instructions.

Pricing: Freemium / paid plans — see website (lindy.ai)

Chat-based web app builder: generates frontend and backend (e.g. React + Supabase) from prompts, with built-in deployment.

Pricing: Freemium — free plan with daily credits; Pro from ~$25/month with monthly credits (lovable.dev/pricing)

Visual automation (formerly Integromat) with scenarios, credits and a canvas for connecting apps and AI.

Pricing: Freemium — Free with monthly credits; paid Core/Pro/Teams plans (make.com/en/pricing — see website for current amounts)

High-quality artistic image generation via Discord/web, used for design and creative work.

Pricing: Paid — Basic ~$10/month; Standard ~$30/month; Pro ~$60/month; Mega ~$120/month (docs.midjourney.com)

Low-code/open-source automation with AI nodes and agents; self-hosted Community Edition or Cloud.

Pricing: Free Community Edition (self-hosted); Cloud Starter US$20/month (billed annually); Pro US$50/month (billed annually); Business US$667/month (billed annually) (n8n.io/pricing)

Google's research notebook that synthesises your own documents, with audio overviews and grounded Q&A.

Pricing: Free with a Google account; source limits per notebook (see website; offer may vary by region)

AI built into Notion to draft, summarise, search the workspace and run multi-step agents over pages and databases.

Pricing: Full AI features on Business plans (~$20/member/month billed annually) and above; Free/Plus with limits or a trial (notion.com/pricing)

OpenAI's coding agent geared towards GitHub/PR workflows and repository work; expanded access on ChatGPT Plus/Pro plans.

Pricing: Limited access on Free/Go; expanded on ChatGPT Plus and Pro (openai.com/chatgpt/pricing — see website for exact limits)

AI answer engine with citations: combines real-time web search with cited synthesis.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Pro (roughly $17–20/month depending on billing); higher Max tier (see perplexity.ai)

Keyboard launcher for macOS (and more) with extensions, snippets and Raycast AI to act without switching apps.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; paid Pro/Plus/Max plans with AI (raycast.com/pricing — see website)

Automation with human-in-the-loop steps and AI for business workflows.

Pricing: Freemium / paid plans — see website (relay.app)

Cloud IDE with Agent: build, run and deploy apps from the browser with nothing to install.

Pricing: Freemium — Free; Core ~$20/month ($18/month billed annually); Pro ~$100/month ($90/month billed annually); Agent with usage credits (replit.com/pricing)

Coding assistant focused on teams, privacy and models that can run in a controlled environment.

Pricing: Freemium / team plans — see website (tabnine.com)

Vercel's UI generator for React/Next.js and shadcn: turns prompts into ready-to-deploy interfaces.

Pricing: Freemium — Free (daily message limit); Plus $30/user/month; Business $100/user/month (v0.dev/pricing)

Agentic IDE (formerly Codeium/Windsurf; also referred to as Devin Desktop) with a plan-then-execute flow and the Cascade agent.

Pricing: Freemium — free plan available; Pro from ~$20/month (see website; the brand has evolved towards Devin Desktop)

No-code platform with 9,000+ apps, Zaps, Agents and Chatbots for automating business processes.

Pricing: Freemium — Free (100 tasks/month); Pro from ~$19.99/month billed annually (750 tasks); Team from ~$69/month billed annually; Agents add-on ~$33/month (zapier.com/pricing)