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AI Tools Directory

Practical guides to the best AI tools — ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, Ollama, CrewAI, NotebookLM, and more. Learn what each tool is best for and how to use it.

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Video EditingContent Creation

Captions

Captions is an AI video app built for creators. It handles captions, editing, dubbing, and AI-generated presenters, aimed at short-form and social video that would normally take an editor much longer to produce.

Captions has a free plan with limited credits, plus paid tiers that unlock auto-captioning and generative features. Pricing uses a credit model and changes over time, so check the official Captions pricing page before you subscribe.

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Developer ToolsAI Agents

Coinbase x402

Coinbase x402 is an open payment protocol that lets apps, APIs, and AI agents make instant stablecoin payments over HTTP, using the HTTP 402 'Payment Required' status to automate machine-to-machine payments.

x402 is an open protocol that's free to adopt. Coinbase's hosted facilitator on the Coinbase Developer Platform offers a free tier (reported at 1,000 transactions/month); on-chain stablecoin payments still incur network and transaction costs. See the official docs for current details.

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ProductivityMeetings

Fathom

Fathom is an AI meeting notetaker that records, transcribes, and summarizes your video calls automatically. It's the highest-rated tool in its category, and its free plan includes unlimited recording with no time limits.

Fathom has a free plan with unlimited recording and AI summaries, one of the most generous free tiers in the meeting AI category. Paid plans add team features, CRM integrations, and additional sharing options. Check the official Fathom website for current pricing.

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ProductivityMeetings

Fireflies.ai

Fireflies.ai is a team-focused AI meeting recorder that transcribes, summarizes, and makes every meeting searchable across your organization. It integrates with CRMs, project tools, and collaboration platforms to automate meeting follow-up.

Fireflies.ai has a free plan with limited storage and transcription minutes. Paid plans unlock unlimited storage, more AI features, and CRM integrations. Check the official Fireflies.ai website for current pricing.

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AI Coding AgentsCoding

Gemini Code Assist

Gemini Code Assist is Google's AI coding assistant for the IDE. It brings Gemini models into editors like VS Code, JetBrains, and Android Studio for code generation, explanation, and chat, with a large context window for reasoning across a codebase.

Gemini Code Assist is offered in different editions, including options for individuals and for business and enterprise use. Availability, features, and prices vary by plan and can change, so check Google's official pricing before you rely on a tier.

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Image GenerationDesign

Ideogram

Ideogram is an AI image generator purpose-built for creating images that contain readable text. It achieves around 90% text accuracy, far ahead of most other AI image tools, making it the best choice for social graphics, posters, logos, and any image where readable text matters.

Ideogram offers a free tier with daily generation limits. Paid plans unlock more generations, faster processing, and private images. Check the official Ideogram website for current pricing.

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Image GenerationContent Creation

Muse Image

Muse Image is Meta's AI image generation model, built by Meta Superintelligence Labs. It creates and edits images from text prompts inside Meta AI, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and is rolling out to advertiser tools.

Meta says Muse Image is free for everyday use, with higher generation limits offered through Meta's subscription plans. It is newly launched and rolling out across Meta apps, so availability and limits vary. Check Meta's official pages for current access.

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AutomationAI Workflows

n8n

n8n is an open-source workflow automation platform, a more flexible, self-hostable alternative to Zapier. It connects hundreds of apps and APIs, supports code nodes for custom logic, and has strong AI workflow capabilities including native LLM integration.

n8n can be self-hosted for free (open-source). n8n Cloud is available with a paid subscription for those who don't want to manage their own server. Check the official n8n website for current cloud pricing.

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AI ResearchDeveloper Tools

OpenScience

OpenScience is an open-source, model-agnostic AI workbench for scientific research from Synthetic Sciences. It runs the full research loop across machine learning, biology, physics, and chemistry using agent skills and scientific databases.

OpenScience is open-source and released under a permissive license. It is bring-your-own-key: you supply your own model API keys (or run local models) and pay those providers directly. Check the official GitHub repository for the current license and setup.

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ProductivityMeetings

Otter.ai

Otter.ai is an AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations. Its OtterPilot bot joins Zoom, Google Meet, and Microsoft Teams calls, captures a live transcript, and produces summaries with action items.

Otter.ai has a free plan with a monthly transcription-minute limit, plus Pro, Business, and Enterprise tiers that add more minutes and features. Minute limits and prices change, so check the official Otter.ai pricing page before you subscribe.

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AutomationProductivity

Zapier

Zapier is the most widely used no-code automation platform, connecting 7,000+ apps so they work together automatically. With built-in AI features, you can now build automations that include AI-powered steps, not just data transfers.

Zapier offers a free plan with limited Zaps and tasks per month. Paid plans unlock more Zaps, tasks, and premium app connections. Pricing scales with the number of tasks automated monthly. Check the official Zapier website for current pricing.

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