Hands-OnAI
AI Toolbox

Every tool worth knowing, in one place.

Overwhelmed by the endless list of AI tools? So were we. This is the short list — searchable, sorted, and honest about what's free and what's not.

34 tools

ChatGPT

Freemium

The all-rounder — writing, analysis, images and voice in one place.

★ Must-know

Claude

Freemium

Thoughtful, careful, and great with long documents and code.

★ Must-know

Gemini

Freemium

Google's model, right inside Gmail, Docs and Sheets.

★ Must-know

Perplexity

Freemium

An answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources.

Grok

Paid

xAI's model with a real-time feed of what's happening now.

Copilot

Freemium

Microsoft's assistant, built into Windows and Office.

NotebookLM

Free

Turn your own documents into a smart, sourced notebook.

★ Must-know

Midjourney

Paid

The gold standard for striking, stylized AI images.

★ Must-know

Nano Banana

Freemium

Fast, controllable image edits from a plain-language prompt.

Ideogram

Freemium

Image generation that actually gets text and logos right.

Adobe Firefly

Freemium

Commercially-safe generation baked into Adobe apps.

Canva AI

Freemium

Generate and drop visuals straight into a design.

★ Must-know

Runway

Freemium

Text-to-video and pro editing tricks in the browser.

★ Must-know

Kling

Freemium

Cinematic AI video clips with strong motion.

Veo

Paid

Google's high-fidelity text-to-video model.

CapCut

Freemium

Fast, AI-assisted video editing for social content.

★ Must-know

HeyGen

Freemium

Turn a script into a polished talking-avatar video.

ElevenLabs

Freemium

Remarkably natural AI voices and voice cloning.

★ Must-know

D-ID

Paid

Bring a photo to life as a speaking avatar.

Synthesia

Paid

Studio-quality avatar videos for training and explainers.

Suno

Freemium

Write a full, original song from a single prompt.

★ Must-know

Udio

Freemium

High-quality AI music with fine control over style.

Gamma

Freemium

Type an idea, get a designed deck or one-pager back.

★ Must-know

Napkin

Freemium

Turn plain text into clean diagrams and visuals.

Tome

Freemium

AI-native storytelling and pitch decks.

Make

Freemium

Wire your apps together with visual, no-code automations.

★ Must-know

Zapier

Freemium

Connect thousands of apps and add AI steps between them.

n8n

Freemium

Powerful, self-hostable automation for the technically curious.

Claude Code

Paid

Let an AI build, automate and run tasks on your computer.

★ Must-know

ManyChat

Freemium

Automate DMs and chats across Instagram, WhatsApp and more.

GenSpark

Freemium

Many models and creation tools bundled into one workspace.

Lovable

Freemium

Describe an app and watch it get built for you.

★ Must-know

Google AI Studio

Free

A free playground to build with Google's models.

Fireflies

Freemium

Records, transcribes and summarizes your meetings.