ChatGPT
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- All-round daily use: answers with interactive UI, images, voice, Codex.
- Watch out
- Go may show ads; the best models (Sol, Astra) are in paid plans.
Free? Yes: GPT-6 Luna with limits
Data checked on 15 October 2026
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Assistants & reasoning
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Claude
claude.ai ↗- Great for
- Careful writing, long-document analysis, code, Artifacts and shared docs.
- Watch out
- Usage limits on 5-hour windows; Opus only on paid plans.
Free? Yes: Sonnet and Haiku
Gemini
gemini.google.com ↗- Great for
- People living in Gmail, Drive and Docs; video and images via Flow and Nano Banana.
- Watch out
- Gemini 4 Argon just launched: features vary across countries and plans.
Free? Yes: Flash-Lite model
Le Chat (Mistral)
chat.mistral.ai ↗- Great for
- European alternative, useful when the provider location matters.
- Watch out
- A step below frontier models in benchmarks.
Free? Check the pricing page
Grok
grok.com ↗- Great for
- Real-time news and discussions thanks to X; Expert mode with Grok 4.7 and images/video with Grok Imagine.
- Watch out
- Less filtered tone and recurring moderation controversies; the free tier is tight and Imagine rules change often.
Free? Yes, with tight limits (SuperGrok from $30/month)
Meta AI
meta.ai ↗- Great for
- Already inside WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger: handy for quick questions without installing anything.
- Watch out
- The new Muse Spark models and the Muse agent are US and Canada only for now; mind what you type in linked chats.
Free? Yes
Research & study
Deep Research (ChatGPT / Gemini / Claude)
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- 10-30 page reports on a topic, with dozens of sources browsed autonomously.
- Watch out
- Slow and sometimes verbose; check key figures at the original source.
Free? Limited on free plans
Perplexity
perplexity.ai ↗- Great for
- Quick, bounded questions with clickable sources.
- Watch out
- Cited sources can be weak or indirect: always open them.
Free? Check the pricing page
Gemini Notebook
notebook.google.com ↗- Great for
- Studying a topic from YOUR sources (PDFs, videos, sites): cited answers, mind maps, audio overviews.
- Watch out
- Answers only from what you upload: quality depends on your sources.
Free? Yes, with limits
Docs, slides, sheets
Gamma
gamma.app ↗- Great for
- Presentations and visual docs from a text or outline in minutes.
- Watch out
- Check branding, editability and credits before using it for work.
Free? Yes; exports PDF and PPTX
Claude Docs, Slides e Dashboards
claude.ai ↗- Great for
- Docs and slides written and edited with the AI, shareable by link.
- Watch out
- Dashboards is in beta on paid plans only.
Free? Docs and Slides yes
Microsoft 365 Copilot
microsoft.com ↗- Great for
- People already working in Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams.
- Watch out
- Consumer and business licences differ: check what yours includes.
Free? Check the pricing page
Images
ChatGPT Images (GPT Image 2.5)
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- #1 on Arena images: legible text in images, conversational edits.
- Watch out
- Rights and commercial use: read your plan terms.
Free? Limited on Free
Nano Banana (Gemini)
gemini.google.com ↗- Great for
- Editing existing photos while keeping faces and objects consistent.
- Watch out
- A "3 Pro" version is in the works (TestingCatalog rumour).
Free? Yes, with limits
Krea
krea.ai ↗- Great for
- Fast, precise edits (Krea 3: 2K edits in under 8 s), trainable on a product or style.
- Watch out
- From $0.03 per image per the announcement: estimate volumes.
Free? Check the pricing page
Midjourney
midjourney.com ↗- Great for
- Aesthetics and artistic style, moodboards and concepts.
- Watch out
- Paid only; less precise on text and exact instructions.
Free? No
Video
Higgsfield
higgsfield.ai ↗- Great for
- One platform with many video models (incl. Seedance) and camera controls.
- Watch out
- Check continuity, exports and cost per generation.
Free? Limited free tier
Google Flow (Gemini Omni)
labs.google ↗- Great for
- The top-voted video models on Arena; coherent scenes with audio.
- Watch out
- Credit-based: Google AI plans include different amounts.
Free? Limited access
Voice & music
ElevenLabs
elevenlabs.io ↗- Great for
- Realistic voices, dubbing, voice agents; great in Italian too.
- Watch out
- Cloning a voice needs the person's consent; commercial licence is paid-only.
Free? Yes
Suno
suno.com ↗- Great for
- Full songs from a description, with Suno Studio to edit them.
- Watch out
- Usage rights vary by plan and generation.
Free? Check the pricing page
Automation & agents
n8n
n8n.io ↗- Great for
- Repeatable flows with human approval steps; self-hostable.
- Watch out
- Hosting and model API costs add up.
Free? Self-hosted Community edition
Zapier
zapier.com ↗- Great for
- Connecting thousands of apps in a few clicks, no server.
- Watch out
- Gets pricey at high volume (billed per task).
Free? Check the pricing page
Attività pianificate (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini)
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- Recurring reports without extra tools: "every Monday summarise news on…".
- Watch out
- Check where results go and which connectors access your data.
Free? On paid plans
ChatGPT dots
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- Always-on personal agent with its own cloud computer: pursues goals for days, uses connected apps and brings you results to approve.
- Watch out
- On Pro it is not available in the EU, Switzerland and the UK; set carefully what it can do on its own.
Free? No: included in Pro and Business Premium
Grok Bot
x.ai ↗- Great for
- AI "teammates" with a cloud computer that work on sites and apps even without APIs; several bots in parallel and routines taught by demonstration.
- Watch out
- In beta, usage billed separately; it signs into your accounts: watch out for phishing and permissions.
Free? No: SuperGrok or Cursor Pro
Meta Muse
meta.ai ↗- Great for
- Meta's personal agent with a browser in a virtual machine: shopping, bookings and long tasks in the background.
- Watch out
- US (and Canada) only for now; privacy and transparency concerns (Amazon blocked it).
Free? Yes in the US (plans at $20 and $100)
Code, sites & apps
Claude Code
claude.com ↗- Great for
- Coding agent in the terminal and app: builds, tests and fixes whole projects.
- Watch out
- Works on your files: use Git and review changes.
Free? Included from Pro
Codex (OpenAI)
chatgpt.com ↗- Great for
- Coding agent inside ChatGPT, parallel tasks in the cloud.
- Watch out
- Limits depend on your ChatGPT plan.
Free? Limited on Free
Google Antigravity
antigravity.google ↗- Great for
- Google's agentic development environment, with Gemini 4 Argon.
- Watch out
- Rate limits tied to your Google AI plan.
Free? Check the pricing page
Lovable
lovable.dev ↗- Great for
- App and site prototypes from a description, no coding needed.
- Watch out
- Before production, have code, data and security reviewed.
Free? Yes, limited credits
Replit
replit.com ↗- Great for
- Build and publish small apps with a database, from the browser.
- Watch out
- Deployments and databases cost extra.
Free? Check the pricing page
Local AI & privacy
LM Studio
lmstudio.ai ↗- Great for
- Run open-weights models on your computer: data never leaves the machine.
- Watch out
- Needs lots of RAM/VRAM; local models trail frontier ones.
Free? Free
Ollama
ollama.com ↗- Great for
- Download and run open models with one command; a base for private automations.
- Watch out
- Command-line based: some technical comfort helps.
Free? Free
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