AI tools directory

Every AI tool you actually need.

A categorized list of third-party products for people building alone. Listings are editorial. Featured badges are not paid placements we can document, and they are not a ranking.

10
Tools indexedAcross 8 categories
9
Free or freemiumOfficial site has a $0 plan (where labelled)
5
FeaturedEditorial pick — not a review score
All tools
10 tools
freemium
Claude
Anthropic’s AI assistant for writing, coding, research, and analysis.
Writing claude.ai
freemium
ChatGPT
OpenAI’s general-purpose AI assistant for chat, writing, coding, and research.
Writing chatgpt.com
freemium
Cursor
AI coding agent and editor for understanding a codebase, planning work, and shipping changes.
Coding cursor.com
freemium
Vercel
Hosting platform for web apps. Hobby is a $0 plan; Pro and Enterprise are paid. Hobby includes custom domains (limit applies) and included Web Analytics events.
Productivity vercel.com
freemium
Perplexity
AI answer engine: asks a question, searches the web, and returns cited answers.
Research www.perplexity.ai
freemium
Supabase
Postgres development platform: database, auth, storage, and edge functions. Open source and self-hostable.
Productivity supabase.com
paid
Midjourney
Text-to-image and video generator. Plans are paid subscriptions on midjourney.com and Discord.
Image midjourney.com
freemium
ElevenLabs
AI voice platform: text-to-speech, a voice library, and paid voice cloning.
Audio elevenlabs.io
freemium
Resend
Email API for developers. Send transactional and marketing email.
Productivity resend.com
freemium
Runway
AI creative suite for generating and editing video, images, and audio. Current Runway video model is Gen-4.5.
Video runway.com