AI Productivity tools

Meeting notes, task assistants and AI features built into the apps you already use.

What to look for in ai productivity tools

  • Integrations with your calendar, email and document tools
  • Consent features for recording meetings — notify participants
  • Where recordings and notes are stored, and for how long
  • Whether the AI features cost extra on top of the base subscription

AI Productivity tools in our database

Listed alphabetically — this is not a ranking. We only rank tools after hands-on testing.

ChatGPT

AI Writing

OpenAI’s general-purpose AI assistant. You type (or speak) a request and it replies conversationally — drafting text, explaining topics,…

Main use
Drafting emails and posts
Free plan
Not yet verified
Pricing
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Last reviewed
Not yet reviewed

Notion

AI Productivity

A flexible workspace for notes, documents, wikis and simple databases, with AI features for writing, summarising and searching your…

Main use
Team wikis
Free plan
Not yet verified
Pricing
Not yet verified
Last reviewed
Not yet reviewed

Otter.ai

AI Productivity

An AI meeting assistant that records and transcribes meetings and generates summaries, so you can focus on the conversation instead of…

Main use
Meeting notes
Free plan
Not yet verified
Pricing
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Last reviewed
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