AI software

42 apps. Assistants, image makers and other AI apps

AllFree planPaidOpen source

Jasper

AI writing for marketing teams

Paid · Web

Gemini

Google’s chat assistant

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

ChatGPT

A chat assistant from OpenAI

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android +2

Perplexity

Answers from the web, with sources

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android +2

Midjourney

Make images from a text prompt

Paid · Web

Leonardo

AI images for artists and game makers

Free plan · Web, iOS

Character.AI

Chat with made-up characters

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Pika

Turn ideas into short video clips

Free plan · Web, iOS

Fireflies

An AI note taker for calls

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

LangChain

Build apps on language models

Free plan · Web

Descript

Edit audio and video like a document

Free plan · Web, Windows, Mac

Ideogram

AI images with readable text

Free plan · Web, iOS

Claude

A chat assistant from Anthropic

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android +2

Grammarly

Writing help that follows you around

Free plan · Web, Windows, Mac +2

Mistral

AI models and a chat app from France

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Suno

Make songs from a prompt

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Krisp

Noise removal and call notes

Free plan · Windows, Mac

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft’s chat assistant

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android +2

Stability AI

The team behind Stable Diffusion

Free plan · Web

Bolt

Prompt, run and deploy in the browser

Free plan · Web

Luma AI

Realistic AI video

Free plan · Web, iOS

Cursor

A code editor built around AI

Free plan · Windows, Mac, Linux

Lovable

Build web apps by chatting

Free plan · Web

Otter

Meeting notes and transcripts

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Hugging Face

A home for open AI models

Free plan · Web

DeepSeek

Open-weight AI models and a chat app

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Runway

Make and edit video with AI

Free plan · Web, iOS

Poe

Many AI models in one app

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Writesonic

AI writing and SEO content

Free plan · Web

HeyGen

AI avatars and video translation

Free plan · Web

v0

Generate web interfaces from text

Free plan · Web

Grok

The chat assistant from xAI

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

NotebookLM

Ask questions of your own documents

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

Replit

Write and run code in the browser

Free plan · Web, iOS, Android

DeepL

Natural-sounding translation

Free plan · Web, Windows, Mac +2

Gamma

Make slides from a short prompt

Free plan · Web

Warp

A modern terminal with AI

Free plan · Windows, Mac, Linux

Ollama

Run AI models on your own computer

Open source · Windows, Mac, Linux

Surfer

Write content that can rank

Paid · Web

About AI software

AI software uses language, image and audio models to write, summarise, create and answer questions. This category covers chat assistants, image and video generators, meeting note takers and coding helpers.

What are the most popular AI products?

Popular choices right now include Jasper, Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Midjourney. The list above is ordered by what people view and like, and it changes over time.

Is there any free AI software?

Yes. Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Leonardo and Character.AI have free plans or are free to use. Check each website for current limits.

How do I choose AI software?

Try each tool on a real task. Compare the quality of the results, what the free plan allows, and how your data is used.