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Claude
4.7Built by former OpenAI safety researchers around a written constitution
Transparently.AI
4.0Scores 85,000 listed companies for accounting manipulation risk in seconds.
Canva
4.7The design tool most competitors in this category get compared to
Zapier
4.5Still the widest app library after more than a decade
Cradle
3.8AI models that retrain on every round of your wet-lab data to guide the next protein design cycle – claimed 2-12x faster development, and your data never trains models for anyone else.
Cursor
4.7The AI-native editor most competitors now get compared against
ChatExcel
3.6Chinese AI spreadsheet assistant from Beijing Yuankong Intelligent Technology that turns natural-language requests into Excel formulas, PPT slides and Word documents.
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Writing213 toolsAI writing tools help you draft, rewrite, and polish text in seconds, from blog posts and…Show all Writing tools Image Generation306 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 Audio196 toolsAI audio tools generate lifelike voiceovers, clone voices, compose royalty-free music, and clean up or transcribe…Show all Audio tools Design239 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 Research102 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
Coding218 toolsAI coding tools autocomplete code, explain unfamiliar functions, fix bugs, and generate whole features from plain-English…Show all Coding tools Automation156 toolsAI automation tools help operators, marketers, and small teams connect their apps, move data between systems,…Show all Automation tools Data and Analytics251 toolsThese tools let analysts and business teams query data in plain English, build dashboards, and forecast…Show all Data and Analytics tools
Productivity386 toolsAI productivity tools summarize meetings, draft emails, organize notes, and automate repetitive busywork so you can…Show all Productivity tools Marketing225 toolsAI marketing tools generate ad copy and creative, optimize SEO, personalize campaigns, and analyze performance to…Show all Marketing tools SEO123 toolsAI SEO tools help marketers, bloggers, and agencies research keywords, optimize content against live search results,…Show all SEO tools Social Media115 toolsThese platforms help marketers, agencies, and creators plan posts across networks, draft captions with AI, track…Show all Social Media tools Education200 toolsThese tools help teachers plan lessons, differentiate materials, and grade faster, while students get tutoring, language…Show all Education tools
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Wispr Flow
3.5Voice dictation that writes polished text in any app
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Cimphony
4.0AI legal platform pairing automated contract drafting with human lawyer review for startups and small businesses.
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Jamix
3.7AI work assistant that connects to a company's apps and data so employees can search, chat, and automate tasks from one place.
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Fork
3.8B2B lead generation platform that surfaces verified emails and mobile app tech stacks.
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Crosshatch
3.7Identity and personalization API that lets developers build context-aware apps from data users choose to share.
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Kwal
3.8Voice AI agent that runs 24/7 candidate screening interviews for recruiting teams.
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Chromox
3.4AI platform converting text prompts and images into video-based visual stories and marketing graphics.
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Keboola
3.9Unified data and AI platform with 1,500+ sources, the Kai assistant, finance agents and an open-source MCP server.
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JIT.codes
3.5AI code playground that generates and previews apps with a choice of models, free hosting and usage-based pricing.
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Decision Mentor
3.6Decision-support app built on the Analytic Hierarchy Process, where AI drafts criteria and people make the trade-off judgments.
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Playlist Name AI
3.3Playlist name generator that suggests names from a mood, genre and purpose, with Spotify playlist input and personalised learning.
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RPG AI Selfie
3.5Turns one selfie into up to 20 fantasy character portraits, with race and class choices, animated clips and D&D character sheets.
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RecapioGPT
3.2Web summarizer that condenses a pasted link, text or file into a configurable summary.
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Real-estate photo staging that adds furniture to empty rooms in seconds, with furniture removal and 50+ design styles, from $16 a month.
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Haiku Lens
3.0Mobile app that turns a photo into a haiku, with optional animated and voiced versions.
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Basmo
3.5Reading tracker and journal app with ChatBook, an AI chatbot that lets you ask questions and get summaries about the books you read.
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Nichely
3.3AI topic and keyword research tool for niche sites that maps subtopics, terminology and FAQs, sold on credits during an early-access programme.
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Unicorn Platform
3.7AI website builder for founders that creates SaaS, app, directory and blog sites from a prompt, with a free plan and paid plans from $14 a month.
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Dictation.io
3.4Free Chrome-based dictation editor that turns speech into text in real time using Google speech recognition, in 80+ languages.
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School Hack
3.5Free AI study platform that turns uploaded notes into quizzes, flashcards, podcasts and an AI tutor called Andy.
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Algoriz
3.5No-code algorithmic trading platform that turns plain-English rules into backtests, paper trading and live execution for stocks and crypto.
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AI tool that generates 3D models from text and automatically rigs and animates them for Unity, Unreal, Blender and Roblox.
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deepset
4.1Berlin-based maker of the Haystack framework for building, testing, deploying and governing RAG systems and agents on your own infrastructure.
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SimSimi
3.0Long-running Korean chat app with a community-taught chatbot and AI characters, rated 16+ for mature themes.
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Cleverbot
3.1Long-running conversational AI that answers by matching your whole conversation against millions of earlier ones.
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Ecrett Music
3.3Royalty-free music generator that composes tracks from scene, mood and genre choices, from the maker of SOUNDRAW.
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Signum.AI
3.7AI-visibility platform that tracks how a brand appears in ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini and what drives the citations.
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Logo.com
3.6AI logo generator that produces custom icons from a business name and packages the result as a brand kit.
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StoryLab.ai
3.3Marketing content suite of 50+ AI generators for captions, scripts, blogs, ads and eBooks, plus team social tools.
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Autobound
3.8B2B signal-intelligence API: buying signals on contacts and companies, delivered by REST API, MCP server or file push.
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Supermeme.ai
3.6AI meme generator that matches a written idea to templates and drafts editable captions in 110+ languages.
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Kroma AI
3.3Free presentation generator that turns a prompt, URL or document into an editable deck using GPT-4o.
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Immersity AI
3.9AI 2D-to-3D image and video converter from Leia Inc. (formerly LeiaPix) that turns flat photos and videos into immersive, depth-based experiences for screens and XR headsets.
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LazyWeb
3.4A conversational, ad-free search engine – chat with it like a smart friend instead of scanning a page of blue links, with privacy and no tracking built in.
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Mistral AI
4.5European frontier AI platform with open models, fine-tuning and enterprise deployment.
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Vidu AI
4.0Video generation from text, images and reference material with fast social-first workflows.
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Luma AI
4.3Dream Machine, Luma's generative image and video models with a board-based workflow.
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Thumbsnap
3.1A free AI art generator attached to a long-running photo and video sharing service.
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Niomake
3.6AI platform that converts static documents and slide decks into interactive 3D presentations with talking avatars.
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Audyo
3.9A text-to-speech platform generates multilingual voiceovers and podcasts from written scripts.
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Generates multilingual training videos with AI avatars from documents, links, or existing course outlines.
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Turns existing course content into auto-graded, multilingual quizzes without manual question writing.
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AI LMS turns documents, videos, and websites into a full online course with automated grading and an AI tutor chatbot.
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AI Flashcard Maker converts training documents, slides, and video into branded, multilingual flashcards inside Coursebox.
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AI Character Generator keeps AI-drawn characters consistent across every frame of a Boords storyboard.
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Captions
4.1Dubs and lip-syncs talking-head video into 28+ languages so translated content actually looks synced
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ImageFX
4.2Google's free image experiment, now folded into Flow
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Krea
4.3Generates and updates images live, as you type or sketch
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Flowmingo
3.9AI hiring platform with unmetered free AI interviews, CV screening and skills tests
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Mingle.Fit
3.6Live voice translation in the browser for face-to-face conversations and multilingual meetings
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LongScribe
3.6AI transcription software for long prerecorded audio and video
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Musuw
3.6Turn your documents into cited answers and connected knowledge
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SayVocal
3.5Compare AI voices and text-to-speech outputs before choosing.
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AI Image Cleaner
3.3Removes people, clutter, text and watermarks from photos with brush-mask AI inpainting
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Moonshot
3.7Mac screen recorder that turns recordings into Linear, Jira and GitHub issues, Slack summaries and HubSpot leads
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