A clearer view of AI.
THE INDEPENDENT AI.

AI TOOLS · UPDATED 1 NOVEMBER 2026

278 AI tools,
reviewed honestly.

The AI tools small businesses actually ask about, checked for fact or hype. What each one does, what it costs, and three things to try in 10 minutes before you pay.

Rating278 tools

CONTENTS · 17 CATEGORIES

  1. 01Frontier lab / LLM21
  2. 02AI assistant12
  3. 03AI agent15
  4. 04App builder / no-code10
  5. 05Coding agent / dev tool20
  6. 06Video & avatars22
  7. 07Image & design22
  8. 08Voice & audio13
  9. 09Automation & integrations6
  10. 10Data & scraping7
  11. 11Research & analytics8
  12. 12Marketing & sales30
  13. 13Dev infrastructure / APIs30
  14. 14Agent infrastructure35
  15. 15Productivity & knowledge17
  16. 16Education & community6
  17. 17Fintech / crypto4
All categories, with introductions ↗

NEW THIS WEEK

  1. Added 1 Nov · Agent infrastructure

    Island Enterprise Browser for Agents

    Company-controlled browser and MCP server so AI agents can use business web apps safely.

  2. Added 1 Nov · Coding agent / dev tool

    Factory (Droid)

    Coding agent that works with many AI models; Droid 1.0 runs tool calls as small programs.

  3. Added 1 Nov · Voice & audio

    Suno

    AI music generator; now usable from Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP apps (beta).

  4. Added 31 Oct · Agent infrastructure

    agent-desktop

    Free Vercel Labs tool that lets AI coding agents see and operate desktop apps on Mac, Windows and Linux.

The companies and models behind most AI tools: chat models, open-weight models and APIs.

  1. Google

    Google's main account; parent of Gemini, AI Studio, Google Cloud, DeepMind and more.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Google AI Studio

    Google's fastest path from prompt to prototype to production with Gemini.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Mistral AI

    European frontier lab: Le Chat assistant, Mistral Vibe agent for long-horizon work and coding (@MistralVibe), and model APIs.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. OpenAI Developers (OpenAI Platform & Codex)

    Official updates for developers building with Codex and the OpenAI API platform.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Cohere

    Canadian enterprise AI company building private, deployable models (Command family, North agent platform) for regulated industries and governments;…

    Worth a lookFree trial

  6. DeepSeek

    Chinese AI lab with open-weight LLMs (DeepSeek V4 family) and a low-cost API.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  7. Gemma (Google DeepMind)

    Google's lightweight open models built on Gemini tech (Gemma 4, Apache 2.0).

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  8. gpt-oss (OpenAI open-weight models)

    OpenAI's open-weight models you can run locally (e.g. via Ollama).

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  9. Kimi (Moonshot AI)

    Moonshot AI's Kimi assistant and models; Kimi K3 adds agent swarms, Goal mode, consultant-grade slides, Excel and PDF work.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. Liquid AI

    Efficient Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs) for on-device, edge and cloud AI, plus d1 decision models.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Meta AI (Llama)

    Meta's AI lab and Meta AI assistant ('personal superintelligence'), plus open Llama models.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. MiniMax

    Multi-modal model company: MiniMax M3 LLM, H3 video, Speech 2.8, Music 3.0, plus Agent and Design apps.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  13. Nous Research

    Open AI research lab; makers of Hermes models and Hermes Agent.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Qwen (Alibaba)

    Alibaba's open foundation models and Qwen chat app: chatbot, image/video understanding, image generation, document processing and web search.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Recursive (Flint)

    Recursive (Recursive Superintelligence, @Recursive_SI) is an AI lab building 'recursive self-improving' research systems.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  16. Reflection

    AI lab making open frontier models; flagship Beam is a 501B open-weight model.

    Worth a lookPaid

  17. TypeSafe AI (Jev)

    AI lab whose 'System One' model Jev returns typed decisions with calibrated confidence, not chat.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  18. Desert Ant Labs

    European AI lab shipping small on-device AI models and SDKs.

    NicheFree

  19. Nanbeige (Nanbeige LLM Lab)

    Chinese AI lab releasing open-weight models.

    NicheFree / open source

  20. Thinking Machines Lab

    AI research lab; ships Tinker (@tinkerapi), a post-training/fine-tuning API.

    NichePay as you go

  21. Visko

    Builds 'Live Models' to predict the world; Orbis streams interactive living worlds in real time.

    NicheFree tier

General-purpose assistants you chat with to write, research, plan and get everyday work done.

  1. ChatGPT (OpenAI)

    OpenAI's AI assistant for work and personal use, now including Codex.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Claude & Claude Code (Anthropic)

    Anthropic's assistant Claude and its agentic coding tool Claude Code.

    EssentialPaid

  3. Google Gemini (app)

    Google's AI assistant app (Gemini), with Nano Banana image tools and more.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Grok / SpaceXAI (formerly xAI)

    SpaceX's AI arm (xAI merged into SpaceX Feb 2026): Grok assistant, Grok Build, Grok Bot and Grok API.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Microsoft Copilot

    Microsoft's AI assistant across Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams via Microsoft 365.

    EssentialPaid

  6. Inbox Zero

    Open-source AI email assistant that now has its own email client, Inbox Zero Mail: one keyboard-first inbox for several Gmail and Outlook accounts,…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  7. Osaurus

    Free, open-source (MIT) Mac app for running AI models and agents on your own computer.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Perplexity Comet

    Perplexity's free AI web browser with a built-in assistant that can answer questions about pages and take actions in the browser, such as filling in…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Poke

    Personal AI assistant you text: it lives in Apple Messages, Telegram, WhatsApp and RCS, connects to email, calendar and other services, remembers…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. Sentient OS

    Open-source (AGPL-3.0), on-device personal AI for Apple-silicon Macs (YC F26).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Town

    Multiplayer AI work assistant: each person gets a 'Townie' that connects to their email, calendar, docs and work tools, learns their contacts,…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Robyn

    Invite-only personal agent platform (Robyn AI, Inc.).

    NicheFree tier

Agents that take a goal and work through the steps for you, from research to admin tasks.

  1. Boardy

    AI superconnector: tell it who you need to meet and it makes the introduction.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Claude Duet (Anthropic)

    Anthropic's proactive 'chief of staff' agent, in research preview from 21 Oct 2026.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Grok Bot

    Always-on personal AI agents from xAI (SpaceXSI).

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Lindy

    The AI employee that connects to all your tools, knows your company and does real work for the team.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Manus

    General AI agent that 'bridges minds and actions': it doesn't just think, it delivers results.

    EssentialFree tier

  6. Perplexity Computer

    Perplexity's 'Computer': a general-purpose digital worker that runs whole workflows.

    EssentialPay as you go

  7. ego(lite)

    Free Chromium-based browser built to be shared with AI agents.

    Worth a lookFree

  8. Genspark

    All-in-one AI workspace that autopilots your busywork.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Kylon

    A 'company harness': shared rooms where a team and AI agents (Kylon's own agents plus Claude Code, Codex and Devin brought in by users) work from the…

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  10. Meta Muse

    Meta's personal AI agent with its own cloud computer: it can open a browser, fill in forms, book travel, connect to apps and keep working after the…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. OpenClaw

    Open-source AI assistant that runs on your machine and works from WhatsApp, Telegram or any chat app.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  12. Polar

    Chromium-based AI browser from Recursive Intelligence (founded by ex-Perplexity Comet builders; $5.7M seed led by Madrona) that does long, multi-site…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. Polsia

    'AI that runs your company while you sleep': an autonomous AI co-founder for solo founders.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Capafy

    Marketplace for turning agent skills into closed-source AI agent products that others can buy and use; creators earn from sales.

    NichePricing unknown

  15. Concurrence

    Clinical AI agent platform for healthcare providers: intake and triage agents that collect patient histories, symptoms and medications over voice,…

    NichePricing unknown

Build websites, apps and internal tools by describing them, no coding needed.

  1. Base44

    Build fully functional apps, websites and agents from a description (no code).

    EssentialFree tier

  2. bolt.new

    AI website and app builder: describe it and Bolt builds, hosts and scales the app.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Lovable

    Build apps and websites by chatting with AI. @Ask_Lovable builds ideas you tag it with.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Replit

    Idea to app, fast: build and publish apps with Replit's AI Agent.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Emergent

    Vibe-code web and mobile apps with AI agents and turn ideas into monetizable software.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. Result

    One workspace to run a business end-to-end: build, market, sell, support.

    Worth a lookPaid

  7. Shipper

    No-code AI app builder: build websites, mobile apps, stores and bots by chatting with AI.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Despia

    Turn web apps (incl. no-code/AI-built ones) into native iOS and Android apps.

    NichePaid

  9. fx0 (Vercel Labs)

    Open-source 'mini v0' design agent from Vercel Labs built on libfx (Vercel's agent library from the fx coding agent): describe a page and the agent…

    NicheFree / open source

  10. Bud (formerly Orchids)

    AI vibe-coding and agent platform; team acquired by Figma (Jul 2026), service shut down.

    NicheDiscontinued

AI pair-programmers and developer tools, for when a no-code build needs real code.

  1. Cursor

    AI coding agent/editor; acquired by SpaceX (closed Aug 2026) and part of SpaceXAI.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. GitHub

    The AI-powered developer platform to build, scale and deliver secure software.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. GitHub Copilot

    GitHub's AI coding assistant and agent, in the editor, on github.com, in the CLI and in the new Copilot app.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Google Antigravity

    An agent-first software development platform from Google DeepMind.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Blume

    Desktop app that tracks what your coding agents built and lets you approve it with evidence.

    Worth a lookFree

  6. Coldtea

    macOS agentic development environment that runs your coding agents, regression-tests every PR with QA agents and watches production, filing what…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  7. Devin / DeepWiki (Cognition)

    Makers of Devin, the AI software engineer; DeepWiki turns any GitHub repo into a browsable wiki.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Elu

    AI 'self-improving software' agent for product teams ('Make your software improve itself').

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Factory (Droid)

    Coding agent that works with many AI models; Droid 1.0 runs tool calls as small programs.

    Worth a lookPaid

  10. Kilo Code

    All-in-one open-source agentic engineering platform (5M+ users; bio says acquired by Anaconda).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. OpenCode

    Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal and desktop, an alternative to Claude Code and Cursor that works with many model providers.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  12. React Bits

    Free, open-source library of animated React components (text animations, backgrounds, interactive cards, micro-interactions) by David Haz.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. SkillSpector (NVIDIA)

    NVIDIA's open-source scanner for AI agent skills (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI and MCP skills).

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  14. TesterArmy (e2e)

    Agentic testing platform for web and mobile apps: AI agents test your app and report bugs (YC P26).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. tstack (Theo Browne's agent skills)

    MIT-licensed pack of nine agent skills for Claude Code and Codex covering the pull-request lifecycle: full-send (takes a change to a merged PR…

    Worth a lookFree

  16. Agentbox

    Free, open-source Mac app that gives your coding agents an inbox.

    NicheFree / open source

  17. Junie (JetBrains)

    JetBrains' AI coding agent, in JetBrains IDEs, JetBrains Air and the Junie CLI.

    NicheFree tier

  18. portless

    Replaces localhost port numbers with stable named .localhost URLs (HTTPS) for humans and agents.

    NicheFree / open source

  19. Repo Prompt

    Native macOS context-engineering tool to get more from AI coding subscriptions.

    NicheFree / open source

  20. shim-cli

    Open-source hook and local proxy for Claude Code, Codex, Copilot CLI and VS Code.

    NicheFree / open source

AI video generation, avatars, UGC-style ads and captions.

  1. HeyGen

    AI avatar video platform: avatars that look, sound and move like you.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Mirage (Captions)

    AI-native creative tools for video, motion and sound; the team behind the Captions app.

    EssentialPaid

  3. Runway

    Generative video, image and audio platform (Gen-4.5, Aleph) for creators and enterprises.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. CapCut

    ByteDance's all-in-one video editor (desktop, web, mobile and tablet) with templates, auto-captions, text-to-speech, background removal and a growing…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  5. Descript

    Edit video and podcasts by editing text; AI tools for clips, voices and fast editing.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. Genie (Google DeepMind)

    Google DeepMind's world model: turns a text or image prompt into an interactive, explorable world you can move through in real time.

    Worth a lookSee website

  7. Google Flow

    Google's AI creative studio for cinematic video, images and custom tools.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Higgsfield AI

    AI-native creative suite for video, image and audio, with ad and marketing studios.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  9. Kling AI

    Next-gen AI video and image generator (Kling 4.0, Kling Image 3.0).

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  10. Luma

    'Creative Agents That Make You Prolific': AI video/image generation with Luma Agents.

    Worth a lookPaid

  11. Mosaic

    Agentic AI video editing platform ('frontier video agents').

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  12. OpusClip

    AI video clipping and editing: turns long videos into viral short clips in one click.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. Pika

    Building AI for the future of creative work; launched a Founder Starter Kit of marketing skills.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Remotion

    Make videos programmatically with React; now with agent skills.

    Worth a lookSee website

  15. Riverside Agents (Riverside)

    Riverside, the remote podcast/video recording studio, launched Riverside Agents on 26 Oct 2026 on web and iOS: a Producer (preps and supports your…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. Seedance (ByteDance)

    ByteDance Seed's audio-video generation model.

    Worth a lookPricing unknown

  17. Synthesia

    AI video platform for business: avatar videos for training, communication and enterprise learning.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  18. Tavus

    'The human computing company': real-time conversational AI video humans (PALs) via API.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  19. VEED

    AI video creation platform for marketers and solopreneurs.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  20. WanGP (Wan2GP)

    Free, self-hosted web app (by developer DeepBeepMeep) for running open-weight generative models locally on consumer GPUs, aimed at the 'GPU poor'.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  21. Pexo

    AI video agent that turns ideas into videos through natural conversation.

    NicheFree tier

  22. snapcn (Shadcn Labs)

    shadcn registry of Remotion components for product demo videos. 100+ components (text animations, captions, device mockups, AI chat sequences, full…

    NicheFree / open source

Image generation, design tools and creative suites for social posts, ads and brand assets.

  1. Adobe Firefly

    Adobe's all-in-one AI creative studio (images, video, audio; 30+ models).

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Canva

    Online design platform with AI image, writing and design tools for marketing assets, docs and presentations.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Krea

    Creative tools with AI inside: image, video, upscaling and LoRA training across many models.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Magnific (formerly Freepik)

    Pro creative platform (formerly Freepik): AI image, video and audio generation, upscalers and stock content.

    EssentialPay as you go

  5. Stitch by Google

    Turns your ideas into interface designs for mobile and web, powered by Gemini models.

    EssentialFree

  6. Black Forest Labs (FLUX)

    Creators of the FLUX image (and FLUX 3 video) models; API plus open weights.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  7. ComfyUI / Comfy

    The most powerful open-source workflow engine for visual AI, now with Comfy Cloud and Comfy Agent.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Figma

    Design and code platform: Figma Design, Make (prompt-to-app), Sites, Slides and an AI agent.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Glif

    Creative 'super agent' for images and video.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  10. Lovart

    'The design agent': from logo to a full marketing campaign in one conversation.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  11. MagicPath

    Shared visual workspace for humans and agents to create prototypes, apps and UIs.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Midjourney

    Leading AI image (and video) generation lab, community-supported.

    Worth a lookPaid

  13. Savee

    Ad-free place for designers to save, organise and share visual inspiration: one-click saving into boards, search by word, colour, image or tag, plus…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Snaptrude

    Browser-based building design and BIM platform for architects.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Sunra

    Creative suite that gives AI agents image, video, audio and 3D models (Seedance 2.5, GPT Image 2.5, Nano Banana Pro, Seedream 5.0 Pro, Kling 3.0, Veo…

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  16. Superdesign

    'The Autonomous AI Designer': an AI product design agent that turns a prompt into UI.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  17. CodedVisuals (pixelcave)

    Animated visual and illustration components for React and shadcn/ui, plus AI skills agents can build with.

    NichePaid

  18. Hi3D

    Image-to-3D model generator (formerly Sparc3D).

    NicheFree tier

  19. shadcncraft

    Production-ready shadcn/ui design system for Figma and React, built for AI workflows.

    NichePaid

  20. Shaders

    Open-source library of 200+ WebGPU shader components for sites and products.

    NicheFree / open source

  21. UI Rules

    Brand and design-system rules for AI agents, delivered over MCP.

    NicheFree tier

  22. Vyb (Coco Labs)

    Design model from Coco Labs (out of stealth 20 Oct 2026) that builds marketing designs layer by layer from your own logo, fonts, colours and photos,…

    NichePricing unknown

Text-to-speech, voice cloning, transcription and voice agents.

  1. ElevenLabs

    AI voice platform: text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice cloning, dubbing, music and voice agents.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. LiveKit

    Open-source framework and cloud for building voice, video and physical AI agents.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Cartesia

    Voice AI company: Sonic text-to-speech, Ink speech-to-text and Managed Agents, a fully managed platform to build and run real-time voice agents…

    Worth a lookPricing unknown

  4. Cekura

    Testing and monitoring for AI voice agents (YC F24).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  5. Deepgram

    Real-time speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs, used by enterprises and 200k+ developers.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. Dessa (Block)

    Research-preview voice AI from a small AI lab inside Block (Square, Cash App), reporting to Jack Dorsey and led by Ragavan Thurairatnam, co-founder…

    Worth a lookContact sales

  7. Fish Audio

    AI voices you can't tell from humans: expressive multilingual speech models and developer APIs.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. Gradium

    The voice layer for agents: real-time TTS, STT, voice cloning, voice design and live translation.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe

    NVIDIA's open-weight speech model (34B total / 4.3B active parameters): transcription in 40 languages, translation to and from English,…

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  10. Speechmatics

    Speech recognition for agents: 'the best ears in AI' to understand every voice.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Suno

    AI music generator; now usable from Claude, ChatGPT and other MCP apps (beta).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Vapi

    Developer platform to build, test and deploy voice AI agents at scale.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. Wispr Flow

    Voice dictation that turns speech into formatted text in any app; now with Notetaker.

    Worth a lookFree tier

Connect your apps and let AI move data and run workflows between them.

  1. Composio

    Tool-calling and integrations layer for AI agents ('Your agent is smart.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Make

    Visual no-code automation and AI agents platform with 1,000+ app integrations; billed in credits.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. n8n

    Workflow automation for technical teams: build AI agents and workflows that connect any app or API.

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Zapier

    Get your software working together, automatically, now with AI agents, chatbots and Copilot.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. changedetection.io

    Open-source (Apache-2.0, about 35K GitHub stars, github.com/dgtlmoon/changedetection.io) website change monitor.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. CodeWords

    Describe a repeated task in plain language and its agent 'Cody' builds and runs the automation.

    NicheFree tier

Pull information from the web into spreadsheets, CRMs and AI workflows.

  1. Firecrawl

    Web search, scrape, crawl and interact API that turns the web into clean context for AI agents.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Context.dev

    Web data API for AI agents and apps (formerly Brand.dev, YC S26).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  3. Crawl4AI

    Free, open-source (Apache-2.0) web crawler and scraper that turns any website into clean, LLM-ready Markdown or structured JSON for AI agents.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  4. Exa

    AI search engine and API for agents: web search, deep research, people/company search and Websets.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  5. Ploid

    People-data and enrichment platform (YC F26, San Francisco) that claims an index of 2B+ people built from public web, social and professional sources…

    Worth a lookFree trial

  6. TinyFish

    Live web access for AI agents through one API (search, fetch, browser, agent).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  7. Dreambase

    The data factory for your agents: dashboards, datasets and metrics delivered to agents over one MCP.

    NicheFree tier

Research, analytics and AI-search (AEO/GEO) visibility tools.

  1. Artificial Analysis

    Independent benchmarks and analysis of AI models and API providers.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Cloro

    AI search / answer-engine monitoring API.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  3. Julius AI

    AI workspace for data analysis, research, dashboards and presentations: chat with your spreadsheets and data.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  4. Listen Labs

    AI researcher that interviews thousands of people and tells you what they want and why.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  5. Timestral (Mistral AI)

    Mistral's first family of open-weight time-series foundation models (5M, 28M, 123M and 209M parameters) for zero-shot forecasting: give it historical…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. Arena

    Community-driven AI evaluation: chat, compare and vote on models; public LLM, image and code leaderboards.

    NicheFree

  7. Axiom

    AI maths lab whose agents formalise proofs in the Lean proof assistant.

    NichePricing unknown

  8. Harvey

    Legal AI for law firms and corporate legal teams: contract analysis, due diligence, compliance and litigation.

    NicheContact sales

AI for ads, content, outreach, CRM and lead generation.

  1. Clay

    AI GTM data platform: enrich leads from 150+ providers, run Claygent AI research, track signals and launch outbound.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. HubSpot

    Agentic customer platform: CRM plus marketing, sales and service hubs with AI agents (e.g.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Intercom (Fin AI Agent)

    AI-first customer service platform with the Fin AI Agent, which resolves conversations across chat, email and phone, also on other helpdesks.

    EssentialFree trial

  4. Ahrefs

    The marketing platform for discoverability in search, AI and the web.

    Worth a lookPaid

  5. Arcads

    Generate AI UGC video and image ads with AI actors.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  6. Attio

    AI-native CRM ('the CRM for agentic revenue') with automatic data enrichment, flexible records and AI/agent features for go-to-market teams.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  7. Blotato

    Social media API and MCP server for AI agents, ChatGPT and Claude.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  8. Clean (Clean AI Labs)

    Finds companies with a real reason to buy what you sell from real-world records (customs shipments, permits, loans, supplier switches) and names who…

    Worth a lookContact sales

  9. CrowdReply

    AI search visibility platform: track and improve how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini etc. mention your brand.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  10. Fastlane

    AI marketing agent that creates, launches and scales short-form ads and organic content.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  11. Gojiberry

    YC-backed AI sales agent (Superfruits SAS, Paris) that finds B2B prospects from buying signals and lookalikes, enriches contacts and runs automated…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Instantly

    Cold email outreach platform with a 450M+ B2B lead database, AI sales agent and CRM.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  13. Lightreel AI

    AI UGC marketing researcher that 'doomscrolls for you' to find creators, hooks and viral formats.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  14. MakeUGC

    Create AI UGC video ads with 1,000+ realistic AI actors.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  15. Marketing Skills (Corey Haines)

    Free, MIT-licensed library of about 50 Agent Skills (SKILL.md) for marketing: CRO, copywriting, SEO audit, ai-seo (AEO/GEO), schema, programmatic…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. MaxFusion

    AI creative layer for ads: competitor research plus AI image and video generation.

    Worth a lookPaid

  17. Optimizely

    Enterprise digital experience platform (Optimizely One) with an AI agent layer on top.

    Worth a lookFree

  18. Ora

    Make your site work for agents: scan it, watch real agents try to use it, and fix what turns them away.

    Worth a lookFree

  19. Pamba

    AI creator engine: enter your website and Pamba turns AI creators (avatars) into an always-on organic social growth channel.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  20. Profound

    AI marketing platform: track how your brand appears in ChatGPT, Gemini and other answer engines, plus an 'AI Marketer' agent.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  21. SideShift

    Turn creators into your most profitable growth channel: 1M+ UGC creators, 1,000+ customers.

    Worth a lookFree trial

  22. Tables

    AI lead finding, qualification and enrichment over 600M+ profiles.

    Worth a lookFree

  23. Unify

    Agentic outbound (go-to-market) platform: AI agents build prospect lists from 1.1B+ people and 65M+ company records, research accounts and write…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  24. Boring Funnels

    A library of real sales funnels whose ads are still running, taken apart step by step (ad, opt-in, pages, emails) and packaged as prompts and skills…

    NicheFree tier

  25. Content Rewards

    'The Marketplace for Virality': brands pay creators for content and views.

    NichePay as you go

  26. Droxy

    Customer-facing AI agents for website, social, messaging and phone.

    NicheFree tier

  27. Memo

    AI growth engine telling e-commerce brands what creative to produce, why it will win and when to launch.

    NicheContact sales

  28. Nectar

    'Agentic growth' platform for social, community, creator and customer-care teams (social listening, creator outreach, insights) with official data…

    NichePricing unknown

  29. outbid.lol

    Paid leaderboard: rank is what you pay; claim #1 to drive traffic to your product.

    NicheSee website

  30. ScaleBot

    AI creative intelligence for DTC brands: research winning ads, build statics, AI video and landing pages.

    NicheFree trial

Hosting, model APIs and building blocks for technical builds.

  1. AI SDK (Vercel)

    Open-source TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps and agents, by Vercel.

    EssentialFree / open source

  2. fal

    The generative media cloud: pay-per-use APIs for image, video, audio and 3D models, plus serverless GPUs.

    EssentialPay as you go

  3. Google Cloud

    Google Cloud's technical account: how-tos, demos and product news.

    EssentialPay as you go

  4. OpenRouter

    Unified API for 400+ LLMs (50+ free) with price/performance routing.

    EssentialFree tier

  5. Supabase

    The Postgres development platform (database, auth, storage, functions, vectors).

    EssentialFree tier

  6. Vercel

    Frontend cloud and AI app platform (@vercel_dev is the developer/changelog account).

    EssentialFree tier

  7. Baseten

    Inference platform to deploy and scale open-source and custom AI models.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  8. Chrome built-in AI (Gemini Nano)

    On-device AI APIs in Chrome (Prompt API etc.) running Gemini Nano locally.

    Worth a lookFree

  9. Cloudflare (Workers AI)

    Connectivity cloud; Workers AI runs AI models on Cloudflare's network.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. Convex

    Reactive backend platform (database, functions, realtime) popular with AI app builders.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Gemini API CLI (Google)

    Google's official command-line tool ('gemini-api') for calling the Gemini API from a terminal or from any coding agent with shell access (Claude…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Hugging Face

    The AI community hub for open models, datasets, Spaces and inference.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. InsForge

    Open-source, agent-native cloud: a coding agent provisions Postgres, auth, storage, functions and an AI gateway via one CLI.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Knock

    Customer messaging infrastructure for software products, now pitched as 'agentic customer engagement'.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Modal

    AI infrastructure developers love: inference, sandboxes, batch jobs and training, billed per second.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. Ollama

    Run open AI models locally or in Ollama's cloud.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  17. OpenShip

    Open-source, self-hostable application deployment platform (a Vercel/Heroku-style alternative) with managed cloud servers.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  18. Requesty

    AI gateway: one API for 600+ models with routing, caching, fallbacks, spend tracking and EU data residency.

    Worth a lookFree

  19. Resend

    Email for developers: an API, SMTP relay and SDKs for sending transactional and marketing emails at scale with good deliverability.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  20. Together AI

    Research-optimized platform for inference, fine-tuning ('model shaping') and pre-training.

    Worth a lookPay as you go

  21. Applied Compute

    'The best AI is built, not bought': train, serve and continuously improve open models for your business.

    NicheContact sales

  22. DigitalOcean

    'The AI-Native Cloud': droplets, GPU droplets, inference, agent sandboxes and an action gateway.

    NichePay as you go

  23. FriendliAI

    The frontier inference cloud for agents: serverless model APIs, dedicated GPUs and BYOG.

    NichePay as you go

  24. json-render

    Generative UI framework: AI to JSON to UI, constrained to components you define.

    NicheFree / open source

  25. Novita AI

    AI and agent cloud for developers: 200+ model APIs, GPU instances and agent sandboxes.

    NichePay as you go

  26. Overmind

    Turn your agents' production data into specialised models you own.

    NicheFree / open source

  27. scriptc (Vercel Labs)

    Compiles TypeScript/JavaScript to native executables and WebAssembly.

    NicheFree / open source

  28. supastarter

    SaaS starter kit for Next.js, Nuxt and TanStack, built for coding agents.

    NichePaid

  29. vLLM

    High-throughput, memory-efficient open-source inference and serving engine for LLMs.

    NicheFree / open source

  30. wafer

    Continual inference: the fastest inference for open models, continuously optimised to your workload.

    NichePay as you go

Plumbing for AI agents: tool access, memory, browsers, email and payments.

  1. 1Password

    Password manager (Toronto) that now offers '1Password for Agents', a platform that lets personal AI agents sign in to your accounts without ever…

    EssentialFree tier

  2. AgentMail

    Email inboxes for AI agents, via API (YC, General Catalyst).

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Agent Relay

    Messaging layer so AI agents can talk to each other directly instead of through you: channels, DMs, shared searchable session history, hand-offs and…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  4. agent-desktop

    Free Vercel Labs tool that lets AI coding agents see and operate desktop apps on Mac, Windows and Linux.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  5. Agentcard (opencommerce)

    Payments and checkout for AI agents (YC S26).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. Browser Use

    Agents that use the browser: open-source framework plus cloud browsers for AI agents.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  7. Browserbase

    Cloud headless-browser infrastructure for AI agents (creators of the open-source Stagehand browser-automation framework).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  8. CLI-Anything

    Open-source project from HKU Data Intelligence Lab (HKUDS) that wraps ordinary desktop software (e.g.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  9. CopilotKit

    The frontend stack for agents and generative UI; open source (MIT); creators of the AG-UI protocol.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. Google ADK (Agent Development Kit)

    Google's open-source, code-first framework for building, evaluating and deploying AI agents (Python, TypeScript, Go, Java), with multi-agent patterns…

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  11. Harness2 (Google Research)

    Open-source (Apache 2.0) research framework from Google Cloud AI Research that automatically improves an agent's harness (system prompt, guardrails,…

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  12. HarnessRouter

    Open-source gateway (Community Edition, Apache-2.0, self-hosted via Docker) that runs existing agent harnesses such as Codex, Claude Code, Hermes and…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. Inkbox

    Identity and communication layer for AI agents: email, phone, iMessage and Agent2Agent under one identity (YC S26).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  14. Manufact (mcp-use)

    The MCP cloud: deploy, test and monitor MCP servers and ChatGPT/Claude apps; from the makers of mcp-use.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Mem0

    Memory layer for AI assistants and agents: stores and recalls facts, preferences and past conversations so a bot remembers each user across sessions.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. Mintive

    Enterprise infrastructure for company AI agents: MCP gateway (approved tools), LLM gateway (approved models, budgets), Agent Identity (each agent…

    Worth a lookContact sales

  17. Monid

    'OpenRouter for agent tools': one skill unlocks 1,800+ tools and APIs, paid per call.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  18. OpenAI Agents SDK (TypeScript)

    OpenAI's open-source SDK for building agents in TypeScript.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  19. Photon

    Bring agents to iMessage, WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord and other channels people already use.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  20. WebMCP (Google Chrome)

    Proposed web standard that lets a website expose structured 'tools' (e.g. search_products, add_to_cart, book_table) to AI agents running in the…

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  21. 1Claw

    Secret management for AI agents: an HSM-backed vault, MCP server and policy-based access.

    NicheFree tier

  22. agent-browser

    Browser automation CLI designed for AI agents (native Rust).

    NicheFree / open source

  23. AQuA – Ambient Quality Agent (Google ADK)

    Open-source Google ADK recipe for an 'outer loop' agent that keeps evaluating a production AI agent's traces (BigQuery Agent Analytics, Cloud Trace…

    NicheFree / open source

  24. Blaxel

    Infrastructure for autonomous agents: microVM sandboxes, memory and networking.

    NicheFree tier

  25. Flue

    The open agent framework: build durable AI agents with a programmable TypeScript harness.

    NicheFree / open source

  26. Goshen Email

    Open-source email inboxes for AI agents, self-hostable on Cloudflare.

    NicheFree tier

  27. Hy-Memory (Tencent Hunyuan)

    Tencent Hunyuan's open-source long-term memory stack for AI agents (v2.0): the hy-memory Python SDK, MemHub (local-first desktop/CLI app that imports…

    NicheFree / open source

  28. Island Enterprise Browser for Agents

    Company-controlled browser and MCP server so AI agents can use business web apps safely.

    NicheEnterprise

  29. meaningtech (Fluxkit, Growup)

    Italian 'decision infrastructure' studio; products include Fluxkit agent toolkit and open-source Growup.

    NicheFree / open source

  30. Mubit

    'Agentic runtime calibration' platform: point your agents' model calls at Mubit (one-line SDK init for OpenAI/Anthropic/LiteLLM), it records traces…

    NichePricing unknown

  31. nekuda

    Makes websites actionable for AI agents via WebMCP tools, skills and policy.

    NicheFree trial

  32. PhoneUse

    Phones for AI agents: gives Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Windsurf or your own code a phone through an MCP server, API or CLI (12 tools such as acquire…

    NichePaid

  33. PraisonAI

    Open-source multi-agent framework (agents, workflows, memory, RAG, MCP).

    NicheFree / open source

  34. Sequential Thinking MCP

    MCP server giving agents a structured, revisable step-by-step thinking tool.

    NicheFree / open source

  35. Treg

    'OpenRouter for tools': one MCP server/key for 4,000+ agent-friendly data and tool endpoints.

    NicheFree tier

Notes, meetings, email and personal knowledge tools with AI built in.

  1. Gamma

    AI design partner for presentations, websites and social posts from a prompt.

    EssentialFree tier

  2. Granola

    AI notepad that transcribes meetings without a bot and turns your rough notes into clean meeting notes and actions.

    EssentialFree tier

  3. Notion

    Connected workspace for docs, wikis and projects with Notion AI and agents ('where teams and agents think together').

    EssentialFree tier

  4. Buzz (Block)

    Open-source (Apache-2.0) team chat workspace from Block, Inc. where people and AI agents share channels, DMs, canvases, git, workflows and huddles.

    Worth a lookFree / open source

  5. Cap

    Open-source screen recorder and Loom alternative (macOS, Windows, Linux).

    Worth a lookFree tier

  6. CleanShot

    Pro screen capture and recording for Mac (CleanShot X).

    Worth a lookPaid

  7. FocuSee

    AI-powered screen recorder that auto-edits recordings into polished videos (Windows & Mac).

    Worth a lookFree trial

  8. Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)

    AI research tool and thinking partner that analyses your sources and turns them into clear outputs.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  9. Google AI Edge Foresight

    Free, experimental on-device meeting companion app for Macs with Apple silicon, from Google AI Edge.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  10. MonoDesk (Envato)

    New all-in-one workspace from Envato for freelance creatives and small studios: leads, proposals with e-signature, projects and tasks, weekly…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  11. Obsidian

    Free, flexible app for your private thoughts; widely used as a Claude 'second brain'.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  12. Otter.ai

    AI meeting notetaker for Zoom, Teams and Meet with live transcription, summaries, AI chat across meetings and an MCP server.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  13. Screen Studio

    Professional screen recorder for macOS with automatic zoom and smooth cursor.

    Worth a lookPaid

  14. Screenpipe

    AI memory for your computer: it records your screen, audio and meetings locally (on macOS, Windows and Linux) so you can search anything you saw or…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  15. Superhuman (Grammarly suite)

    Suite of Grammarly writing assistant, Superhuman Mail, Docs and the Go agent that works across apps.

    Worth a lookFree tier

  16. Serro

    'Agentic TPM' (technical programme manager) for engineering teams: connects Slack, Linear, GitHub, Jira, Zoom, Notion, email and your codebase, keeps…

    NicheContact sales

  17. Sutyo AI

    Personal memory app for iOS and Android: capture voice notes, conversations, screenshots, saved links and documents, then ask questions about them…

    NichePricing unknown

Courses, communities and learning resources for AI and no-code.

  1. Devpost

    The home for hackathons: participate in or host online and in-person hackathons.

    Worth a lookFree

  2. Prompt Motion

    Free, hand-reviewed gallery of AI motion-design videos made with Claude Opus (showreels, product launch films, UI motion, explainers, kinetic type),…

    Worth a lookFree tier

  3. Agent Native

    'The Agent Company': guides, weekly updates and an 'Agent Landscape' of agent tools; main announcement pending.

    NicheFree

  4. Awesome LLM Apps

    Open-source collection of 100+ AI agent, skills and RAG apps (~142K GitHub stars).

    NicheFree / open source

  5. Buildcamp

    Project-based courses for building apps and agents with Claude Code, ChatGPT and Cursor.

    NichePaid

  6. supatools.dev

    Directory of web developer tools, plus research on expired Chrome extensions to rebuild.

    NicheFree tier

Payments, finance and crypto projects using AI.

  1. GrowFi

    On-chain regenerative finance: fund real agroforestry harvests and share revenue.

    NichePay as you go

  2. Moca Network

    Chain-agnostic decentralized identity network (Animoca Brands), with the AIR Kit SDK.

    NichePricing unknown

  3. Percolator

    Permissionless perpetual futures for any Solana token with a DEX pool.

    NicheFree / open source

  4. Real Vision AI Trade Agent

    Investor-intelligence marketplace with an AI Trade Agent built on 'RV Brain'.

    NicheFree tier

How we knowRatings (Essential, Worth a look, Niche) are editorial; there are no paid placements. Prices are as listed by each maker on the date we last checked. Logos are each maker’s own icon, shown in ink; tools without a usable icon get a lettered plate.