Best AI Tools by Category 2026
Curated list of the best AI tools organized by use case.
Coding & Development
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| Cursor |
AI-first code editor |
$20/mo |
| Windsurf |
AI IDE from Codeium |
Free/$15/mo |
| GitHub Copilot |
Microsoft's AI programmer |
$10/mo |
| Claude Code |
CLI coding agent |
Free |
| Replit Agent |
AI code generation |
$25/mo |
Writing & Content
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| ChatGPT |
General AI assistant |
Free/$20/mo |
| Claude |
Helpful AI |
Free/$25/mo |
| Gemini |
Google's AI |
Free/$20/mo |
| Jasper |
Marketing writing |
$49/mo |
| Copy.ai |
Marketing copy |
$36/mo |
Image Generation
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| Midjourney |
Discord image AI |
$10/mo |
| DALL-E 3 |
OpenAI image |
$15/mo |
| Stable Diffusion |
Open-source image |
Free |
| Leonardo.ai |
Creative images |
Free/$12/mo |
| Adobe Firefly |
Enterprise images |
$4.99/mo |
Video Generation
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| Suno |
AI music |
Free/$10/mo |
| Runway |
Video generation |
Free/$15/mo |
| Pika |
Short videos |
Free/$15/mo |
| Luma Dream Machine |
Video from images |
Free |
Voice & Audio
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| ElevenLabs |
Voice cloning |
Free/$11/mo |
| Murf AI |
Voice overs |
$29/mo |
| Descript |
Podcast editing |
Free/$24/mo |
| Whisper |
Transcription |
Free |
Search & Research
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| Perplexity |
AI search |
Free/$20/mo |
| Arc Search |
Mobile AI search |
Free |
| You.com |
AI search engine |
Free |
Enterprise AI
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| OpenAI Enterprise |
Business AI |
Custom |
| Anthropic Enterprise |
Claude for business |
Custom |
| Microsoft Copilot |
Enterprise AI |
$30/user/mo |
| Google AI Studio |
Developer tools |
Free |
Productivity
| Tool |
Description |
Price |
| Notion AI |
Notes & docs |
$10/user/mo |
| Slack AI |
Team communication |
$8.75/user/mo |
| Zoom AI |
Meetings |
$14.99/mo |
| Otter.ai |
Meeting notes |
Free/$10/mo |
Last updated: February 2026