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Jasper

A governed AI marketing platform for on-brand content at scale.

MarketingWritingAutomation
Editorially researchedFrom $59/mo annually
★ Editor's pick

Grammarly

An always-on AI editor for clearer, more consistent workplace writing.

EditingWritingProductivity
Editorially researchedFree plan; Pro from $12
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Copy.ai

Build repeatable AI workflows for marketing and go-to-market teams.

MarketingAutomationSales
Editorially researchedChat from $24/mo annually
★ Editor's pick

ElevenLabs

Create expressive AI voices, dubbing, transcription, and real-time voice agents.

Voice AIText to speechAudio
Editorially researchedFree; paid from $6/mo
★ Editor's pick

Descript

Edit podcasts and videos as easily as editing a text document.

Video editingPodcastingTranscription
Editorially researchedFree; paid from $16/mo annually
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Synthesia

Turn scripts and business documents into scalable AI avatar videos.

AI avatarsVideo generationLocalization
Editorially researchedFree; paid from $29/mo
★ Editor's pick

Gamma

Turn ideas and existing content into polished presentations, documents, and web pages.

PresentationsDesignWeb publishing
Editorially researchedFree plan; paid plans available
★ Editor's pick

Zapier AI

Connect AI decisions to repeatable workflows across thousands of business apps.

AutomationAgentsIntegrations
Editorially researchedFree; Professional from $19.99/mo
★ Editor's pick

Granola

Capture useful AI meeting notes without adding a bot to the call.

Meeting notesTranscriptionCollaboration
Editorially researchedFree; Business $14/user/mo
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ChatGPT

A general-purpose AI workspace for research, creation, analysis, and problem solving.

AI assistantResearchProductivity
Editorially researchedFree; Plus $20/mo
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Google Gemini

Google's multimodal AI assistant for research, creation, and connected everyday work.

AI assistantGoogle WorkspaceResearch
Editorially researchedFree; AI Pro $19.99/mo
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Microsoft Copilot

An AI companion for web answers, creation, and work across Microsoft experiences.

AI assistantMicrosoft 365Research
Editorially researchedFree plan; paid Microsoft 365 tiers
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Canva Magic Studio

Turn a creative brief into polished, on-brand content inside Canva.

DesignImage generationMarketing
Editorially researchedFree plan; paid plans
★ Editor's pick

Adobe Firefly

Generate and refine creative assets across Adobe's production ecosystem.

Image generationVideoCreative Cloud
Editorially researchedFree; Standard from $9.99/mo
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Leonardo AI

Explore, edit, upscale, and animate visual concepts in one AI studio.

Image generationVideoModel training
Editorially researchedFree; Essential from $12/mo
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GitHub Copilot

AI coding assistance across your editor, terminal, GitHub, and pull requests.

CodingDeveloper toolsAgents
Editorially researchedFree; Pro from $10/mo
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Replit

Build, test, and publish full-stack applications with an AI agent in the browser.

CodingApp builderAgents
Editorially researchedFree; Core from $20/mo annually
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Windsurf

An agentic code editor transitioning into the Devin Desktop product family.

CodingIDEAgents
Editorially researchedFree; Pro from $20/mo

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