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The best free AI tools of 2026

104 AI tools with a free plan, by use case. Every one comes from our editorial ranking and has a free plan confirmed on the official site.

The ranking never changes for money: it's computed only from each category's criteria, before any commercial deal. See the methodology.

  • #1

    ChatGPT

    OpenAI

    The world's most widely used AI assistant: it chats, writes, analyzes files and spreadsheets, searches the web, generates images and talks by voice.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #2

    Claude

    Anthropic

    Anthropic's assistant, known for natural writing, careful reasoning and handling long documents and code well.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #3

    Gemini

    Google

    Google's assistant, integrated with Gmail, Docs, Drive and YouTube, with a very large context window plus image and video generation.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Microsoft's free assistant, built into Windows, Edge and mobile, with Bing search and image generation.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Grok

    xAI

    xAI's assistant with real-time access to posts on X, useful for following news and trending conversations.

    Has a free plan

  • #6

    DeepSeek

    DeepSeek

    Chinese chat assistant known for strong reasoning (“deep thinking”) and web search, with a free web app and a low-cost API.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Le Chat

    Mistral AI

    Assistant from France's Mistral AI combining chat, coding, web search and integration with 100+ tools (email, calendar, Slack, GitHub).

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 14.99/month

  • #8

    Meta's free personal assistant, built on the Llama models, available on the web and embedded in WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.

    Has a free plan

  • #9

    MariTalk

    Maritaca AI

    Brazilian assistant from Maritaca AI, with the Sabiá models specialized in Portuguese and Brazilian contexts, able to query Brazilian databases and analyze documents.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Cursor

    Anysphere

    VS Code-based code editor with AI everywhere: autocomplete, chat with your project and an agent that edits multiple files.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 8/month

  • #4

    GitHub Copilot

    GitHub / Microsoft

    GitHub's coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains and other editors, with an agent that resolves issues and opens pull requests.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #5

    Devin Desktop

    Cognition

    Cognition's AI code editor, formerly Windsurf, with an agent that understands project context, makes multi-file changes and coordinates local and cloud agents.

    Has a free plan

  • #6

    Aider

    Aider

    AI pair programmer that runs in your terminal, edits your local Git repo and works with models like Claude, GPT and DeepSeek (you bring your own API key).

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Cline

    Cline Bot

    Open-source agent for VS Code that edits multiple files, runs terminal commands and uses models like Claude, GPT, Gemini and local models via Ollama.

    Has a free plan

  • #8

    Zed

    Zed Industries

    Fast, open-source code editor written in Rust, with optional AI: use your own API keys or Zed-hosted models.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #1

    Lovable

    Lovable

    Build full web apps by chatting: UI, database, auth and publishing, with code synced to GitHub.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Bolt.new

    StackBlitz

    Generates and runs full-stack apps right in the browser, with chat-based editing and built-in deploy.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    v0

    Vercel

    Vercel's tool that turns prompts into Next.js interfaces and apps with React and Tailwind, ready to deploy on Vercel.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Replit

    Replit

    Cloud development environment with an agent that builds, tests and deploys apps in many languages.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Base44

    Base44 (Wix)

    No-code platform from Wix that builds apps, websites and agents from a description, with backend, database, authentication and hosting built in.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 16/month

  • #6

    Create

    Anything

    Tool that turns text into web and mobile apps, websites and tools, with 40+ integrations and custom domains on paid plans.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 19/month

  • #7

    AI web-app builder from Hostinger, with two modes (drag-and-drop and chat), plus hosting, domain, email, database and payments built in.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 2.49/month

  • #1

    n8n

    n8n

    Visual automation platform with AI and agent nodes, which you can self-host or use in the cloud.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Zapier

    Zapier

    The automation platform with the most integrations, now with AI agents and workflows built from text.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Make

    Make (Celonis)

    Visual automation with flowchart-style scenarios, AI modules and agents, priced per operation.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Activepieces

    Activepieces

    Open-source (MIT-licensed) automation platform that combines workflows, AI agents, tables and 760+ integrations, with an MCP server and the option to host it on your own server.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #5

    Lindy

    Lindy

    Create AI agents that handle email, calendar, support and sales by describing the job in plain language.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 29.99/month

  • #6

    Dify

    Dify

    Open-source platform to build AI agent workflows and RAG systems, with a visual studio, knowledge base and plugin marketplace.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Gumloop

    Gumloop

    Team AI agent builder that connects 100+ apps (Slack, Gmail, Salesforce, Notion) and triggers automations from plain-English conditions.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 37/month

  • #8

    Manus

    Manus AI

    AI agent that carries out tasks from natural-language requests, with automations scheduled or triggered by events in apps such as Gmail, Slack and Notion, app connectors and support for custom MCP servers.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #1

    Perplexity

    Perplexity AI

    AI search engine that answers questions with cited sources, with a deep research mode and a choice of models.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #2

    Google's research notebook, formerly NotebookLM, that answers only from the sources you upload (PDFs, sites, videos), creates audio overviews and now runs code for data analysis.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Elicit

    Elicit

    Academic research assistant that finds papers, extracts data into tables and supports systematic reviews.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Consensus

    Consensus

    Search engine that answers questions from peer-reviewed papers and shows the level of scientific consensus.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Semantic Scholar

    Ai2 (Allen Institute for AI)

    Free scientific literature search engine from Ai2, with over 200 million papers, AI-generated TLDR summaries, recommendations of new papers (Research Feeds) and a reader that shows citation details inline in the text.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Undermind

    Undermind

    Scientific literature search assistant that reads and evaluates hundreds of papers per question, follows citation trails and delivers reports with inline citations that lead back to the source paper.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Google's image model (Gemini Image) that generates and edits photos by chat while keeping faces and objects consistent.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Ideogram

    Ideogram

    Image generator specialized in legible text, great for logos, posters, invitations and marketing assets.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Adobe's generative AI, integrated with Photoshop and Illustrator, trained to be commercially safe.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Recraft

    Recraft

    AI image and vector generator aimed at design, with editable SVG output, reusable styles from references and mockup and background-removal tools.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #8

    Krea

    Krea

    Creative suite that generates and edits image, video and 3D in real time, with access to dozens of models, custom style training and high-resolution upscaling.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 5/month

  • #3

    Runway

    Runway

    AI video suite for creators and studios: generation, editing, scene changes and camera control.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Kling

    Kuaishou

    Kuaishou's video generator with realistic motion, image animation and longer clips.

    Has a free plan

  • #6

    Pika

    Pika Labs

    AI creative platform to generate video, image and audio, with multi-shot clips up to 30 seconds and tools like Motion Transfer and automatic soundtrack.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #1

    ElevenLabs

    ElevenLabs

    Realistic synthetic voices in dozens of languages, voice cloning, automatic dubbing, sound effects and voice agents.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 5/month

  • #2

    Descript

    Descript

    Video and podcast editor where you cut content by editing the transcript, with filler-word removal and synthetic voice.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    AI voiceover studio for videos, training and presentations, with a voice library and pitch and emphasis controls.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Whisper

    OpenAI

    OpenAI's open-source model to transcribe and translate audio, running on your own computer in dozens of languages.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Speechify

    Speechify

    Voice assistant that turns text, PDFs and pages into audio, with 1,000+ natural voices, 60+ languages (including Portuguese) and AI summaries.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 29/month

  • #6

    Fish Audio

    Hanabi AI Inc.

    Text-to-speech and voice cloning platform with a community voice library, emotion control and a developer API; the current model, S2.1-Pro, covers 83 languages.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 15/month

  • #7

    Cartesia

    Cartesia

    Realtime voice platform for developers, with the Sonic speech model (text-to-speech) and Ink (speech-to-text) in one API, plus cloud, on-premise and on-device options.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 5/month

  • #1

    Suno

    Suno

    Generates complete songs with lyrics, vocals and instrumentals from a description, in many styles and languages.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Udio

    Udio

    AI music generator known for audio fidelity and control for extending and remixing tracks.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    AIVA

    AIVA Technologies

    AI composer for instrumental scores (orchestral, film, games), with MIDI export for editing in your DAW.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Mureka

    Mureka

    AI music-generation platform that creates original tracks from text, with tempo and instrumentation control, lyrics, vocals and stem separation.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 8/month

  • #1

    DeepL

    DeepL

    AI translator known for natural output, with full-document translation and DeepL Write to improve your text.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Grammarly

    Grammarly

    Writing assistant that fixes grammar, tone and clarity in English across nearly every app, with AI rewriting.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    QuillBot

    QuillBot (Learneo)

    Tool to paraphrase, summarize, check grammar and generate citations, popular with students, with Portuguese support.

    Has a free plan

  • #6

    Writesonic

    Writesonic

    AI writing and search-visibility platform that tracks your brand's mentions and citations across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and others, with content optimization.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 79/month

  • #1

    Fathom

    Fathom

    Records, transcribes and summarizes Zoom, Google Meet and Teams calls, with highlights and CRM sync.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Otter.ai

    Otter.ai

    Meeting assistant that transcribes in real time, writes summaries and answers questions about what was said.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Fireflies.ai

    Fireflies.ai

    Bot that joins meetings, transcribes in dozens of languages and creates summaries, action items and searchable history.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    tl;dv

    tl;dv

    Meeting recorder for Meet, Zoom and Teams with AI summaries in many languages and CRM integrations.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Avoma

    Avoma

    AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes in 75+ languages, with conversation intelligence, deal analytics and a scheduler.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 19/month

  • #6

    Read AI

    Read AI

    Assistant that records, transcribes and summarizes Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls, generates action items and offers search with citations, with Portuguese among the supported languages.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 15/month

  • #7

    Supernormal

    Supernormal

    Tool that turns meeting recordings into ready-to-use deliverables — slides, documents and proposals — connecting notes to email and document context.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #1

    Gamma

    Gamma

    Creates presentations, documents and websites from a prompt or text, with ready-made design and PowerPoint and PDF export.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Canva

    Canva

    Design platform with AI features (Magic Studio) to generate and edit images, presentations, videos and social media assets.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Presentations.AI

    Presentations.AI

    AI presentation generator that turns text, PDFs and URLs into slides in minutes, with “Brand Sync” to apply brand identity and PPTX export.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #1

    Rosebud AI

    Rosebud AI

    Build 2D and 3D browser games by describing your idea in text, with editable code and one-click publishing.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Meshy

    Meshy

    Generates textured 3D models from text or images, with export to Unity, Unreal, Blender and Godot.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    3D model generator from text and images, with retopology, auto-rigging and engine export.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    Inworld AI

    Inworld AI

    AI engine for consumer apps and games, with realtime voice (text-to-speech, speech-to-text) and open LLMs served through an OpenAI-compatible API.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 25/month

  • #7

    Spline

    Spline

    Web tool to create interactive, realtime 3D experiences, with an AI agent for 3D design, 3D and texture generation and export to web, iOS and Android.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 15/month

  • #1

    Ollama

    Ollama

    Run open models on your computer with one command, with apps for Mac, Windows and Linux and a local OpenAI-compatible API.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    LM Studio

    Element Labs

    Desktop app with a graphical interface to download, test and chat with open models, plus a local API server.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Hugging Face

    Hugging Face

    The largest hub of open AI models, datasets and demos, with libraries such as Transformers and inference services.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Jan

    Jan

    Open-source ChatGPT alternative that runs 100% offline on your computer, with local or cloud models.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    GPT4All

    Nomic AI

    Free, open-source app from Nomic AI to run open language models locally on Windows, macOS and Linux, with chat over documents on your computer.

    Has a free plan

  • #6

    Open WebUI

    Open WebUI

    Self-hosted, open-source web interface to run AI models locally, connecting to Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic or any compatible API.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Msty

    CloudStack

    Desktop app and private AI workspace to chat with local and online models, with personas, agent mode and knowledge stacks.

    Has a free plan

  • #3

    Raycast

    Raycast

    App launcher and shortcuts tool with built-in AI that lets you chat with multiple models and automate tasks on your computer.

    Has a free plan

  • #5

    AI built into the ClickUp workspace that accesses multiple models (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini) in one subscription, generates presentations, dashboards and analyses and joins meetings.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 9/month

  • #6

    Reclaim.ai

    Reclaim.ai

    AI calendar assistant that automatically schedules meetings, focus time, tasks and habits, protecting your calendar across Google and Outlook accounts.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #7

    Taskade

    Taskade

    AI workspace to build no-code apps, assemble agent teams and automate workflows, with 100+ integrations like Stripe, Slack and Google Sheets.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 10/month

  • #1

    Jus IA

    Jusbrasil

    Jusbrasil's legal AI assistant, built with the Brazilian Maritaca model, that researches and validates case law, drafts and reviews documents and analyzes cases over Brazil's largest legal database.

    Has a free plan

  • #2

    Jurídico AI

    Jurídico AI

    Brazilian AI platform for lawyers, trained on Brazilian law, that searches case law with links to the full decision, drafts pleadings and contracts, analyzes documents and tracks cases by OAB bar number.

    Has a free plan

  • #4

    Tidio

    Tidio

    Customer service platform with live chat, a helpdesk and the Lyro AI agent, which answers in 45+ languages based on the company's help content, on the website, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and email.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 24.17/month

  • #5

    Crisp

    Crisp IM SAS

    French customer service platform with website chat, a shared inbox, a help center and an AI agent trained on the knowledge base, website and files, answering on chat, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and email.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 45/month

  • #1

    Semrush

    Semrush

    Digital marketing platform with keyword research, competitor analysis, SEO content creation and monitoring of brand visibility in AI answers such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 139/month

  • #2

    Ahrefs

    Ahrefs

    AI marketing platform built on Ahrefs' own web index, with keyword research, competitor analysis, site audits, content tools and monitoring of brand visibility in AI answers.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 29/month

  • #5

    Content marketing software that combines AI content creation with a CMS to create, repurpose and manage content, with an AI blog writer and SEO recommendations.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #1

    Better Analyst

    Better Analyst

    AI data analysis app, the new name of Formula Bot, that analyzes spreadsheets, documents and databases through chat and builds dashboards and automations.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 20/month

  • #2

    Hex

    Hex

    Data analytics platform with notebooks that combine SQL, Python and no-code tools, plus AI agents that answer plain-language questions.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 36/month

  • #3

    Rows

    Superhuman

    Online spreadsheet with an AI analyst that imports data from documents and business tools and lets you analyze it in plain language.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 8/month

  • #4

    Quadratic

    Quadratic

    AI spreadsheet where you ask in plain language and the AI writes formulas, Python and SQL code and charts, with connections to files and databases.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 18/month

  • #6

    Coefficient

    Coefficient

    No-code platform that connects live business data to Google Sheets and Excel, with AI agents to import, clean, analyze and build dashboards.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 49/month

  • #7

    SheetAI

    IndianAppGuy Tech

    Google Sheets add-on that brings AI into cells with functions such as =SHEETAI, a formula generator and bulk tasks to classify, clean and summarize data.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 12/month

  • #1

    OpusClip

    OpusClip

    AI tool that turns long videos into short clips with automatic captions and reframing and publishes them to social networks.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 15/month

  • #3

    quso.ai

    quso.ai

    AI tool (formerly vidyo.ai) that finds the best moments in long videos, podcasts and streams, reframes them to vertical, adds animated captions and schedules social posts.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 29/month

  • #4

    CapCut

    CapCut

    Video editor with a free plan and AI tools, including a feature that finds highlights in long videos and cuts them into captioned vertical clips.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 19.99/month

  • #5

    2short.ai

    2short.ai

    Web app that uses AI to find the best moments in long YouTube videos and turn them into clips for YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Reels, with animated captions and face tracking.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 9.9/month

  • #6

    Vizard

    Vizard, Corp.

    AI tool that turns long videos into clips for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts, with captions, vertical reframing and direct publishing.

    Has a free plan

  • #7

    Captions

    NOCAP, Inc.

    AI video editor that produces edited videos, with captions in 100+ languages and clip creation from long videos.

    Has a free planPaid plans from US$ 24.99/month

“Free” here means the tool has a free plan (often with limits) or is fully open. Prices change often; always check the official site.

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