ChatGPT
Unlimited text chats (abuse guardrails); limited uploads, image creation, voice, deep research, Codex
Unlimited everyday text chats, with limited tools on top.
Paid from $8/mo · Official page ↗
28 of 40 tools · checked Oct 19, 2026
The best free tiers.
Start your side hustle for $0. Here's exactly what each free plan gives you, word for word from the official page, plus our pick in each category.
Chat assistants 5 free
Claude
Chat, web search, files, code execution, Artifacts; up to 5 projects
Paid from $20/mo · Official page ↗
Gemini (Google AI)
Flash-Lite model, limited Nano Banana Pro in Flow, 15 GB storage
Paid from $4.99/mo · Official page ↗
Perplexity
Free plan with basic search (details not listed on /pro page)
Paid from $17/mo yearly · Official page ↗
Grok (SuperGrok)
Limited Grok chat, Imagine and Build
Paid from $8/mo · Official page ↗
Image & design 3 free
Leonardo.Ai
150 fast tokens/day; public creations only
A daily token refill means you can keep making images every day.
Paid from $12/mo · Official page ↗
Krea
100 compute units/day; all image/video models; no credit card
Paid from $35/mo · Official page ↗
Canva
Up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses; 5GB storage
Paid from $12/mo yearly · Official page ↗
Video 8 free
CapCut
Basic editing tools and free templates; 200 welcome credits at sign-up
A full editor for free, plus welcome credits to try AI video.
Paid from $19.99/mo · Official page ↗
Runway
125 one-time credits; 5GB storage
Paid from $15/mo · Official page ↗
Kling AI
Free tier; page lists daily free credits for subscribers (free daily allowance amount not shown)
Paid from $10/mo · Official page ↗
Pika
0 monthly credits (credit packs only); no commercial license
Paid from $10/mo · Official page ↗
HeyGen
3 videos/month, up to 1 min each; 1 custom video avatar
Paid from $29/mo · Official page ↗
Synthesia
500 credits/month; watermark; no downloads
Paid from $19/mo · Official page ↗
OpusClip
60 credits; watermark; clips expire after 3 days
Paid from $15/mo · Official page ↗
Captions
Basic editing and captions; no AI credits
Paid from $24.99/mo · Official page ↗
Voice 2 free
ElevenLabs
10k credits/month; 3 Studio projects; no commercial license
The most generous monthly allowance of top-quality voices, but no commercial license.
Paid from $6/mo · Official page ↗
Murf AI
10 min of voice generation; no downloads; no commercial rights
Paid from $19/mo yearly · Official page ↗
Music 2 free
Suno
50 credits/day; no commercial rights; no song downloads
Daily credits for full songs. Paid plans are needed for commercial use.
Paid from $10/mo · Official page ↗
Udio
10 credits/day, 100/month; 3 full-length songs/day
Paid from $10/mo · Official page ↗
Writing & SEO 1 free
Grammarly
100 AI prompts/month; spelling and grammar
Free grammar checks everywhere, plus a monthly batch of AI prompts.
Paid from — · Official page ↗
Coding & app builders 4 free
GitHub Copilot
2,000 completions/month
Thousands of completions a month at no cost.
Paid from $10/mo · Official page ↗
Cursor
Limited agent and chat requests
Paid from $8/mo · Official page ↗
Lovable
Free credit grants; 5 lovable.app domains; no credit card
Paid from $25/mo · Official page ↗
Bolt.new
1M tokens/month, 300K/day; Bolt branding
Paid from $25/mo · Official page ↗
Productivity 3 free
Gamma
400 credits at sign-up; up to 10 slides per prompt
Sign-up credits are enough to build several real decks.
Paid from $12/mo · Official page ↗
Notion AI
Trial of Notion AI; basic forms and sites
Paid from $12/mo · Official page ↗
Descript
1 media hour/month; 100 AI credits (one-time)
Paid from $24/mo · Official page ↗
No free plan listed
These tools only list paid plans or trials on their pricing page: Midjourney, Ideogram, Luma, Higgsfield, InVideo AI, Writesonic, Jasper, Replit, Adobe Firefly, Microsoft Copilot (M365 Premium), VEED, Magnific (formerly Freepik).