AI tools can save hours — or create new problems if you pick the wrong one. Browse by job, check what has and hasn’t been verified, and read our checklists before you hand over a credit card or your data.
Assistants that draft, rewrite, summarise and proofread text — from emails to long-form articles.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Generate, edit and upscale images from text prompts or reference pictures.
2 tools + buying checklist →
Create video from text, images or avatars, or speed up editing with AI-assisted features.
2 tools + buying checklist →
Text-to-speech, voice cloning, transcription, noise cleanup and music generation.
2 tools + buying checklist →
Code completion, chat-based programming help and AI-first code editors.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Meeting notes, task assistants and AI features built into the apps you already use.
3 tools + buying checklist →
Search engines and assistants that find, read and summarise sources for you.
4 tools + buying checklist →
AI help for ad copy, social posts, SEO content and campaign planning.
1 tool + buying checklist →
16 tools. Profiles clearly show what we have and haven’t verified.
OpenAI’s general-purpose AI assistant. You type (or speak) a request and it replies conversationally — drafting text, explaining topics,…
Anthropic’s AI assistant. Like other chat assistants it drafts, edits, analyses and explains, and it is often used for working through…
A writing assistant that checks spelling, grammar and clarity as you type, with AI features for rewriting and adjusting tone. It works…
An AI image generator known for stylised, artistic results. You describe an image in words and it produces several variations you can…
Adobe’s family of generative AI models and apps for creating and editing images, with features that also appear inside Adobe products…
A creative platform focused on AI video. It generates short video clips from text or images and offers AI-assisted editing tools for…
An AI video platform that turns a script into a presenter-style video using digital avatars and synthetic voices — no camera or studio…
An AI voice platform for realistic text-to-speech, voice cloning and dubbing. You paste text, choose a voice and download…
An audio and video editor that transcribes your recording so you can edit it by editing the text. It also includes AI tools for cleaning…
GitHub’s AI pair programmer. It suggests code as you type and offers a chat assistant inside popular code editors and on GitHub itself.
An AI-first code editor built on the same foundations as Visual Studio Code. It lets you chat with your codebase and ask the AI to make…
A flexible workspace for notes, documents, wikis and simple databases, with AI features for writing, summarising and searching your…
An AI meeting assistant that records and transcribes meetings and generates summaries, so you can focus on the conversation instead of…
An AI-powered answer engine that searches the web and responds with a written answer plus links to its sources, so you can check where…
A Google research assistant grounded in the sources you upload. Add documents, notes or links and ask questions — answers reference your…
An AI content platform aimed at marketing teams, with brand-voice settings and templates for campaigns, ads, blogs and social posts.
A seven-point checklist for testing AI tools: accuracy, privacy, ownership of output, real costs and whether you even need a specialised tool.
Three popular AI tools, three different strengths. How to decide which assistant to use for writing, analysis and research — and how to test them.
Count words, sentences and paragraphs, estimate reading and speaking time, and spot overused words.
Convert text to UPPERCASE, lowercase, Title Case, Sentence case, camelCase, snake_case and more.
Pretty-print or minify JSON with your choice of indentation and optional key sorting.