Claude
4.7Built by former OpenAI safety researchers around a written constitution
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Canva
4.7The design tool most competitors in this category get compared to
Notion AI
4.5AI woven into the workspace most PKM competitors get compared against
Zapier
4.5Still the widest app library after more than a decade
Surfer SEO
4.5Combines content scoring with an always-on alert for AI-visibility drops
Perplexity AI
4.6The AI answer engine most competitors measure themselves against
Cursor
4.7The AI-native editor most competitors now get compared against
Dola
4.1AI calendar assistant that adds, edits, and syncs events from chat messages, voice notes, and photos inside WhatsApp, Telegram, and iMessage.
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Writing214 toolsAI writing tools help you draft, rewrite, and polish text in seconds, from blog posts and…Show all Writing tools Image Generation310 toolsAI image generators turn a text description into original artwork, photos, logos, and illustrations in seconds,…Show all Image Generation tools Video283 toolsAI video tools create clips from text, turn scripts into talking-avatar presenters, and automate editing like…Show all Video tools Audio197 toolsAI audio tools generate lifelike voiceovers, clone voices, compose royalty-free music, and clean up or transcribe…Show all Audio tools Design241 toolsAI design tools help marketers, founders, and product teams create graphics, websites, logos, and interface mockups…Show all Design tools
Chatbots144 toolsAI chatbots hold natural conversations to answer questions, automate customer support, and act as everyday assistants…Show all Chatbots tools Research103 toolsThese tools help researchers, graduate students, and academics discover relevant papers, map citation networks, question documents,…Show all Research tools Customer Support191 toolsAI customer support tools answer questions, resolve tickets, and take actions across chat, email, and voice,…Show all Customer Support tools
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Web-based AI image generation platform with advanced editing tools.
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Video2text
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Photopea
4.2Free browser-based photo editor that works with PSD, RAW, SVG and 40+ other formats, with AI for one-click background removal and for replacing any part of an image from a text description.
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Mentimeter
4.2Interactive presentation tool for live polls, quizzes, word clouds and Q&A, with Menti AI turning a prompt into a drafted set of slides, questions and answer options in a chat-based builder.
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Linear
4.5Product development platform for planning, building and shipping that puts AI agents beside people, with Linear Agent, Triage Intelligence for routing and labeling issues, Code Intelligence and an MCP server.
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Actionstep
4.0Cloud practice management platform for midsize law firms with AI Time Capture through Trace, Actionstep Intelligence for intake, filing and administration, and Acumen analytics alongside case management and accounting.
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Novoresume
4.0Online resume builder with Claude-powered bullet-point suggestions, real-time writing coaching, an ATS checker, a Resume Job Matcher and an AI cover letter generator, free to start.
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NotePlan
3.8Notes, tasks and calendar app for Mac, iPhone and iPad built around daily notes and Markdown files, with Memo AI turning voice notes into structured insights.
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Enscape
4.2Real-time rendering and visualization plugin for architects and designers that works inside CAD and BIM software, with Veras AI for generating and comparing design options and AI-enhanced scenes.
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Optmyzr
4.2PPC management platform for Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, LinkedIn and TikTok ads with an AI Sidekick copilot for account questions, a Rule Engine for user-controlled automation and LLM-supported ad text suggestions.
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Octocom
4.1AI customer support platform for ecommerce brands whose agents work around the clock across chat, voice, email and social, completing tasks like refunds, returns and address changes from 200+ pre-built actions.
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Zencastr
4.1Podcast and video recording platform with a chat-based AI Producer for editing, automatic transcripts, AI cover art and show notes, plus 4K video recording and a free plan with unlimited recording.
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Re:amaze
4.0Customer service helpdesk for ecommerce teams that combines email, live chat, social, SMS, VoIP and video support with Cues proactive messages, an AI Agent and AI support tools.
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AI-powered enterprise search and discovery platform whose Fusion product combines neural hybrid search, query intent classification and guardrails for large language models, sold as packages, no-code Studios and Lucidworks AI.
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Business texting and calling platform for revenue teams that works inside the CRM, with an AI Booking Agent, an AI Calling Agent and an AI Inbox Agent that qualifies contacts and routes replies.
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Neota Logic
4.0Governed AI platform for legal teams that wraps OpenAI, Anthropic Claude and Google Gemini in deterministic workflows with human oversight and audit trails, built with a no-code Logic Engine.
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NLP Cloud
3.8Privacy-focused NLP and generative AI API platform covering text generation, translation, speech and more, with on-premise deployment and a free plan.
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VisualCV
3.8Resume builder with AI suggestions for improving bullet points, ATS-friendly templates, a cover letter builder and a personal career website, free to start with a $16 a month Pro plan.
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ShapeScale
4.0AI-powered 3D body scanner that creates a photorealistic avatar and tracks body composition changes over time, sold as a lease or one-time purchase for gyms, med spas and trainers.
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Drumloop AI
3.8AI drum loop generator that turns a text prompt or an uploaded guitar, bass or vocal take into an original, royalty-free drum track in seconds.
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Elastic
4.4Search AI company behind Elasticsearch, with a vector database, a Search AI platform, Agent Builder for context-driven AI agents, and AI-driven analytics across search, observability and security.
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Synthesio
4.0Consumer intelligence platform from Ipsos that analyzes social, search and ecommerce data, with Signals GenAI turning real-time consumer signals into insights and campaign ideas from a library of 30+ preset prompts.
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dotData
4.0Predictive analytics platform that automates feature engineering across multi-table data to find signals and KPI drivers, with products for no-code modeling, model operations and text analytics.
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Intento
3.9Enterprise language platform that uses AI agents and machine translation to automate localization, customer and employee communication in over 650 languages.
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SurveyMonkey
4.2Survey platform with an AI Survey Generator, Build with AI and Analyze with AI, used by more than 260,000 organizations to collect employee, customer and audience feedback.
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Applitools
4.1AI-augmented testing platform built around Visual AI, which validates what users actually see, and Autonomous, which creates and runs tests through AI-assisted recording and natural-language authoring.
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Biteable
4.0Online video maker for marketing, sales, HR and training teams that turns a script into an editable storyboard, with AI avatars, AI voiceovers, an ad generator and video translation.
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Localazy
4.0Software localization platform that combines AI translation for first drafts with human review, AI-generated context for accuracy, and unlimited seats and languages on every plan.
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Meltwater
4.2Media intelligence and social listening platform whose Meltwater AI filters coverage, flags narrative shifts, writes automated summaries and executive briefings, and tracks how AI platforms portray a brand.
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New Relic
4.3Observability platform that monitors applications, infrastructure and AI systems, with New Relic AI as a context-aware assistant, AIOps for predicting incidents and Autopilot for automated issue investigation.
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KineMaster
4.0Mobile video editor for iOS and Android with AI auto captions in 36 languages, AI voice, super resolution, object tracking, AI style filters and AI background removal.
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Verbit
4.0AI transcription and captioning platform that pairs automatic speech recognition with human review for courtrooms, law firms, media, education, corporate and government customers.
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Headliner
3.9Podcast and video marketing tool that turns full-length episodes into clips and audiograms, with AI transcription in 100+ languages, automatic captions and context-aware marketing text.
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Valossa
3.8Finnish video AI company whose platform transcribes, captions, tags and moderates video, with a conversational Valossa Assistant for asking questions about footage and pulling out clips.
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Yandex Translate
3.6Free neural machine translation service from Yandex covering 101 languages for text, web pages and documents, with voice input, photo translation and an API.
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Experience management platform, formerly SoGoSurvey, that gathers customer and employee feedback from surveys, chat, calls and reviews, with AI-powered theme and sentiment detection.
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GitLab
4.3DevSecOps platform covering planning, source control, CI/CD and security, with GitLab Duo Agent Platform and AI code suggestions across the software lifecycle.
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Audio Diary
3.8Voice journal app for iOS, Android, macOS and web that turns spoken entries into transcripts with AI summaries, goal suggestions, dream analysis and custom tags.
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Voicegain
4.0Voice AI platform with speech-to-text APIs, voice agents and healthcare call automation that runs on its cloud, a private VPC or fully on-premises.
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GitKraken
4.2Git client and developer-experience platform with AI commit messages, merge conflict resolution and explanations, plus GitLens for IDEs, a CLI and an MCP server that gives AI assistants git context.
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Evernote
4.0Note-taking and organization app, now owned by Bending Spoons, with AI Transcribe, AI Rewrite, AI Text To Speech, an AI Meeting Note Taker, AI Diagrams, an AI Assistant and semantic search.
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Acapela Group
4.0Text-to-speech company building AI-powered synthetic voices in 30+ languages, with custom voice branding, voice preservation from a person's own voice, children's voices and expressive Vocal Smileys.
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Trip planner for web, iOS and Android that builds day-by-day itineraries with AI from a traveler's interests, pace and style, plus AI trip cost breakdowns.
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Testim
4.0AI-powered test automation platform from Tricentis that creates tests from natural-language descriptions, uses AI locators to find elements and self-heals tests as an app changes.
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Speechlogger
3.5Real-time speech-to-text web service from WellSource that adds live captions and translation to meetings and events, with speaker identification, free during its alpha.
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Tripadvisor
3.8Travel review and booking site whose AI-powered Trips tool, built on OpenAI technology, generates day-by-day itineraries from a traveler's destination, dates, companions and interests, grounded in its reviews.
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H&R Block
3.8Tax preparation company whose AI Tax Assist answers filers' tax questions conversationally inside its online software, built on Azure OpenAI and backed by H&R Block's Tax Institute.
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Cypress
4.4JavaScript end-to-end and component testing framework with a free open-source app and a paid Cypress Cloud that adds AI test generation from natural-language prompts, self-healing tests and AI insights on failures.
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Movylo
3.8Customer retention and marketing automation platform for local businesses, built around Alex, an AI consultant that finds lapsed customers and drafts the promotions, messages and posts to win them back.
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Webcam background removal and meeting-polish app for Windows and Mac that runs its AI models on the device, with auto-framing, studio lighting and a library of 1,000+ virtual backgrounds.
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