For vibe coders & builders

Pick your stack. Ship this weekend.

The AI tools that take an idea to a live, paid app: builders, coding agents, backends, hosting and payments. Each one has its price checked on the official site, with a ready-made starter stack to copy.

🧱 Starter stacks

Ship an app this weekend

No-code / vibe coders

  1. Build Lovable $25/mo (Pro)
  2. Data + auth Supabase $25/mo (Pro)
  3. Payments Stripe 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment (US, no monthly fee)
  4. Automate emails & ops Zapier $19.99/mo (Professional, starting)
The indie dev stack

Coders who want speed

  1. Code Cursor $8/mo (Plus, Grok models only)
  2. Backend Convex $25/developer/mo (Professional)
  3. Auth Clerk $20/mo (billed annually)
  4. Deploy Vercel $20/mo (Pro)
  5. Charge Polar $20/mo (Pro, 3.8% + 40¢)
Launch an AI agent product

Agent builders

  1. Agent logic Vercel AI SDK Free (pay your model provider)
  2. Coding agent Claude Code $20/mo (Claude Pro; $17/mo annual)
  3. Database Neon Usage-based (Launch, typical ~$15/mo per Neon)
  4. Host workers Railway $5 minimum usage/mo (Hobby)
  5. Glue n8n €24/mo (Cloud Starter, ≈US$27) unconfirmed

Stacks are editorial suggestions of tools that fit each job. Check that they work together for your use case.

🏆 Top picks for builders

AI App Builders
  1. Lovable Non-coders shipping MVPs
  2. Bolt.new Fast prototypes
  3. Replit Build + host in one place
Coding Agents & IDEs
  1. Cursor Daily driver editor
  2. Claude Code Big agentic changes
  3. OpenAI Codex ChatGPT users
  4. Muse Code Budget coding agents
Backend, Database & Auth
  1. Supabase All-in-one backend
  2. Convex Realtime TypeScript apps
  3. Clerk Auth in minutes
Deploy & Hosting
  1. Vercel Next.js & frontends
  2. Netlify Static & Jamstack sites
  3. Railway Backends & databases
Payments & Billing
  1. Stripe Full control over billing
  2. Polar Indie devs & AI apps
  3. Lemon Squeezy Selling digital products
Agent Frameworks
  1. LangGraph Complex stateful agents
  2. Vercel AI SDK AI features in web apps
  3. Mastra TS agent backends
Automation
  1. n8n Self-hosted automations
  2. Zapier Connecting SaaS apps
  3. Make Visual scenarios
Design to Code
  1. Figma Make Designers prototyping
  2. Builder.io Design-to-code at scale
Top picks: assistants, creative, gaming & productivity
AI Assistants
  1. ChatGPT All-round assistant
  2. Claude Long, careful work
  3. Gemini Google ecosystem
Images
  1. Midjourney Art & concept art
  2. Ideogram Posters & logos
  3. Adobe Firefly Commercial design
Video
  1. Runway Creative video
  2. Pika Social clips
  3. Descript Streamers & podcasters
Audio & Voice
  1. ElevenLabs Voiceovers & voice agents
  2. Suno Music
  3. Udio Music remixes
Gaming & Game Dev
  1. Rosebud AI Vibe-coded games
  2. Scenario Game assets
  3. Meshy 3D props
Writing & Productivity
  1. NotebookLM (Gemini Notebook) Studying sources
  2. Gamma Slide decks
  3. Grammarly Polishing text

🔥 New releases

2026-10-16Autonomous
Harness by Autonomous

Open-source command center for coding agents across machines (desktop, CLI, mobile).

Official announcement →
2026-10-15Meta
Muse Spark Open

Open-weight multimodal coding/agent model: 816B MoE (42B active), 1M context; weights + hosted inference.

Official announcement →
2026-10-15GitHub
Agentic autofix for code scanning GA

Copilot remediates CodeQL alerts across the repo, re-runs CodeQL, then opens a draft PR (Code Security / Advanced Security).

Official announcement →
2026-10-15withHuman
withHuman

Open-source human approval layer for AI agent tool calls (AAP); hosted + self-host.

Official announcement →
2026-10-15Figma
Payload in Figma Make

Prompting an app in Make sets up database, login and admin (Payload); hosting free in beta.

Official announcement →
2026-10-14OpenCode
OpenCode 2.0

Open-source coding agent rewrite (latest v2.0.29): shared background service, Code Mode, background subagents.

Official announcement →
2026-10-14Vani AI
Vani Code Agent for VS Code

Free VS Code extension (preview): edits with diff review; commands need approval; billed via Vani API key.

Official announcement →
2026-10-14Lovable
Lovable growth tools

Growth plans, Google/Meta ads from chat, SEO and content; nothing spends until you approve. On Free, Pro, Business.

Official announcement →
2026-10-14SpaceXSI (xAI)
Grok Voice 3.0

Speech-to-speech model for real-time voice agents; $0.08/min in the API.

Official announcement →
2026-10-13Google
Gemini 4 Argon

Flagship for complex coding, science and agent work; 1M-token limit.

Official announcement →

📚 Directory 67 tools

AI App Builders

Lovable

Chat-to-app builder that generates full-stack web apps.

FreemiumFree tier

From $25/mo (Pro)
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ⓘ Price from Lovable's official docs; the pricing page blocks automated checks.

Best for: Non-coders shipping MVPs
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Bolt.new

Build websites, apps and prototypes from a prompt in the browser.

FreemiumFree tier

From $25/mo (Pro, billed monthly)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Fast prototypes
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Replit

Describe an app and Replit's agent builds and hosts it.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Core; $18/mo billed annually)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Build + host in one place
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v0

Vercel's AI builder for full-stack web apps, strong on React/Next.js UI.

FreemiumFree tier

From $30/user/mo (Plus)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Polished Next.js frontends
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Coding Agents & IDEs

Cursor

AI code editor with agents that you hand tasks to.

Freemium (sold via X Subscription)Free tier

From $8/mo (Plus, Grok models only)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ cursor.com/pricing now lists X Subscription tiers sold by X Subscription Corp. Plus ($8) is Grok-models only; third-party models are billed separately on Premium ($30)+.

Best for: Daily driver editor
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Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic coding tool: reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands in terminal and IDE.

Paid (in Claude Pro/Max)No free tier

From $20/mo (Claude Pro; $17/mo annual)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Not included on Claude's Free plan (official pricing table).

Best for: Big agentic changes
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OpenAI Codex

OpenAI's coding agent, included across ChatGPT plans, with a desktop app.

Included in ChatGPT plansFree tier

From Included from ChatGPT Free; limits vary
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: ChatGPT users
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Muse Code

Meta's coding and agent IDE with Muse Wonder models.

FreemiumNo free tier

From $5/mo (Everyday Usage)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Defaults to Contributor mode (trains on your content); can be turned off.

Best for: Budget coding agents
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GitHub Copilot

AI coding agent from issue to PR, in editor, terminal and GitHub.

FreemiumFree tier

From $10/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: GitHub-centric teams
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Devin

Autonomous AI software engineer with parallel cloud agents.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ windsurf.com now redirects to Devin's site.

Best for: Delegating whole tasks
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Kiro

Agentic IDE that turns prompts into specs and code.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/user/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Spec-driven builds
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Cline

Open-source coding agent extension; bring your own model keys.

Free / open source + usageFree tier

From Free; pay only for AI inference
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: BYO-model coding
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Gemini CLI

Open-source terminal agent for Gemini.

Free / open sourceFree tier

From Free tier: 1,000 requests/day (personal Google account)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Free terminal agent
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Aider

Open-source AI pair programming in your terminal.

Free / open sourceFree tier

From Free; bring your own API keys
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Best for: Git-native terminal edits
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Harness

Open-source command center for coding agents across every machine (desktop, terminal, mobile).

Free / open sourceFree tier

From Free app (Mac/Linux); bring your own agent subscriptions
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ⓘ PH launch 2026-10-16. Official FAQ: free download; agent/model usage billed separately. Open source: github.com/autonomous-ai/openharness.

Best for: Running Claude Code, Codex and more side by side
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Parallax

Runs Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and other coding agents in one app with Captain orchestration and review.

FreemiumFree tier

From Free to start ($50 Conifer credit + 5 free reviews with GitHub signup)
checked 2026-10-16 · source

ⓘ PH launch 2026-10-16. Official page: free start with GitHub signup credit; Mac/Linux.

Best for: Multi-agent coding with subscription fallback
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Backend, Database & Auth

Supabase

Postgres platform with auth, APIs, realtime, storage and vectors.

FreemiumFree tier

From $25/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: All-in-one backend
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Convex

Reactive backend platform for apps and agents.

Freemium + usageFree tier

From $25/developer/mo (Professional)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Realtime TypeScript apps
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Clerk

Drop-in authentication and user management.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (billed annually)
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ⓘ Free up to 50K monthly retained users per Clerk's pricing page.

Best for: Auth in minutes
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Firebase

Google's app platform: database, auth, hosting and more.

Free tier + pay as you goFree tier

From Pay as you go (Blaze plan)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Mobile apps
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Neon

Serverless, branchable Postgres for apps and agents.

Free + usage-basedFree tier

From Usage-based (Launch, typical ~$15/mo per Neon)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Serverless Postgres
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Deploy & Hosting

Vercel

Deploy and scale web apps and agents; home of Next.js.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ From Oct 2026 Pro teams pay $0.10/GB-month Deployment Storage; default retention 30 days (older deployments deleted from Oct 23 unless you opt out).

Best for: Next.js & frontends
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Netlify

Deploy from AI tools, Git or API on a global CDN.

FreemiumFree tier

From $9/mo (Personal)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Static & Jamstack sites
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Railway

Full-stack cloud for apps, servers and databases.

Usage-basedFree tier

From $5 minimum usage/mo (Hobby)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Free plan starts with a 30-day trial with $5 credits, then $1/mo.

Best for: Backends & databases
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Render

Cloud platform to deploy apps, services and agents.

Freemium + computeFree tier

From $25/mo + compute
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Long-running services
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Cloudflare Workers

Serverless functions at the edge in 330+ cities.

FreemiumFree tier

From $5/mo (Workers Paid)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Free plan includes 100,000 requests/day. Paid plan is a $5/mo minimum with usage above the included amounts.

Best for: Edge APIs
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Payments & Billing

Stripe

Payments, billing and subscriptions platform.

Per-transaction feesNo free tier

From 2.9% + 30¢ per card payment (US, no monthly fee)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Domestic card rate from Stripe's US pricing page; cross-border cards add 1%. Rates differ by country.

Best for: Full control over billing
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Polar

Merchant of record for devs: payments, subscriptions, usage billing, tax handled.

Free + transaction feesFree tier

From $20/mo (Pro, 3.8% + 40¢)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Free Starter plan: 5% + 50¢ per transaction.

Best for: Indie devs & AI apps
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Lemon Squeezy

Merchant of record for selling software and digital products.

No monthly fee + transaction feesFree tier

From $0/mo + transaction fees
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Transaction rate not captured.

Best for: Selling digital products
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Agent Frameworks

LangGraph

Agent orchestration framework with durable execution, memory and human-in-the-loop.

Open source + paid LangSmithFree tier

From $39/seat/mo (LangSmith Plus)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Complex stateful agents
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Vercel AI SDK

TypeScript toolkit for building AI apps and agents.

Free / open sourceFree tier

From Free (pay your model provider)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: AI features in web apps
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Mastra

TypeScript framework for agents and AI apps.

Open sourceFree tier

From $250/mo (Teams, hosted)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Open-source framework is free. Hosted Starter plan is $0/mo with usage-based overages.

Best for: TS agent backends
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OpenAI Agents SDK

OpenAI's lightweight Python SDK for multi-agent workflows.

Free / open sourceFree tier

From Free (pay model usage)
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Best for: OpenAI-based agents
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CrewAI

Open-source Python framework for multi-agent crews, plus hosted platform.

Open source + Free hosted tierFree tier

From Enterprise: custom
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ⓘ Hosted Basic plan is free with 50 workflow executions/month.

Best for: Multi-agent Python
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withHuman

Open-source approval layer that intercepts agent tool calls and routes risky ones to humans (AAP).

Freemium + open sourceFree tier

From $0 hosted (up to 5 members); Scale $20/user/mo
checked 2026-10-16 · source

ⓘ Official homepage says Launching today; PH launch 2026-10-15. Self-host open source or hosted Free/Scale/Enterprise.

Best for: Human-in-the-loop for Claude Code, Codex and framework agents
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Automation

n8n

Workflow automation with AI agent nodes; self-hostable.

Open source + paid cloud (EUR)Free tierPriced in EUR

From €24/mo (Cloud Starter, ≈US$27) unconfirmed
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Priced in euros. Figure from third-party write-ups (Oct 2026); the official page doesn't show prices to automated checks. Self-hosted Community Edition is free.

Best for: Self-hosted automations
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Zapier

Automate workflows and AI agents across 9,000+ apps.

FreemiumFree tier

From $19.99/mo (Professional, starting)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Connecting SaaS apps
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Make

Visual workflow automation with AI agents, credit-based.

FreemiumFree tier

From $9/mo (Core) unconfirmed
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Free plan (1,000 credits/mo) confirmed on Make's page; Core price from third-party source.

Best for: Visual scenarios
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Gumloop

No-code AI agent builder for teams.

Paid (14-day free trial)No free tier

From $37/mo (Pro)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Page markup labels a $0 'Free plan' as a 14-day trial; no ongoing free tier confirmed.

Best for: No-code agents
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Pomerado

Turn any website into a hosted API/MCP for agents; open source, faster than browser-use.

FreemiumFree tier

From $0 (100 tool calls/day); Premium $50/mo
checked 2026-10-16 · source

ⓘ PH launch 2026-10-16. Pricing from official homepage.

Best for: Giving coding agents reliable website tools
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Design to Code

Figma Make

Figma's prompt-to-app tool for turning designs and ideas into working prototypes.

FreemiumFree tier

From $16/mo (Professional full seat)
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ⓘ Free starter tier includes limited AI credits. Payload backend (database, auth, admin) built in; Figma hosting free in beta, pricing TBA.

Best for: Designers prototyping
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Builder.io

Visual development platform that turns Figma designs into code.

FreemiumFree tier

From $24/user/mo (Pro)
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ⓘ Free plan includes 60 Agent Credits/mo.

Best for: Design-to-code at scale
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Also useful

AI Assistants

ChatGPT

OpenAI's assistant for chat, work, images and code.

FreemiumFree tier

From $8/mo (Go, US); Plus $20/mo
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: All-round assistant
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Claude

Anthropic's assistant, strong at writing, reasoning and code.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Pro; $17/mo annual)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Long, careful work
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Gemini

Google's AI assistant.

FreemiumFree tier

From $4.99/mo (lowest Google AI tier)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Google ecosystem
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Grok

SpaceXSI's assistant with real-time answers from the web and X.

FreemiumFree tier

From $8/mo (X Subscription Plus)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Real-time news
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Perplexity

Answer engine with cited sources.

FreemiumFree tier

From $17/mo (Pro, as listed)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Official pricing hub lists $17/mo; billing period not stated there (third parties report $20 monthly).

Best for: Research
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Images

Midjourney

High-aesthetic image generation.

PaidNo free tier

From $10/mo (Basic; $8/mo annual)
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Best for: Art & concept art
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Ideogram

Image generator known for accurate text in images.

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Plus; $15/mo annual)
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Best for: Posters & logos
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Adobe Firefly

Adobe's studio for generating images, video and audio with 30+ models.

FreemiumFree tier

From $9.99/mo (Standard) unconfirmed
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ Price from a third-party source; Adobe's plans page blocks automated checks.

Best for: Commercial design
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ComfyUI

Open-source node-based engine for visual AI workflows.

Free / open source + Comfy CloudFree tier

From $20/mo (Comfy Cloud)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Power users
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Video

Runway

AI video generation and editing tools.

FreemiumFree tier

From $15/mo (Standard; $12/mo annual)
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Best for: Creative video
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Pika

AI creative video tools.

FreemiumFree tier

From $10/mo (Starter)
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Best for: Social clips
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Descript

Edit video and audio by editing text.

FreemiumFree tier

From $24/mo (Hobbyist; $16/mo annual)
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ⓘ Free plan confirmed in Descript's pricing FAQ.

Best for: Streamers & podcasters
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Opus Clip

Turns long videos into short clips and posts them.

FreemiumFree tier

From $15/mo (Starter)
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Best for: Stream → Shorts
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Audio & Voice

ElevenLabs

Lifelike text-to-speech and voice agents platform.

FreemiumFree tier

From $6/mo (Starter)
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ⓘ First-month promo shown until Oct 18.

Best for: Voiceovers & voice agents
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Suno

Generate full songs from a prompt.

FreemiumFree tier

From $8/mo (Pro, billed annually)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ $8 is the annual-billing rate ('Saves $24 by billing yearly'); monthly rate not displayed.

Best for: Music
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Udio

AI music generator.

FreemiumFree tier

From $10/mo (Standard; $96/yr annual)
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Best for: Music remixes
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Inworld AI

Realtime voice models and open LLMs for consumer apps.

Usage-basedFree tier

From Pay as you go (TTS from $15/1M chars)
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ⓘ Moved from Gaming: site now positions it as realtime voice/LLM infra.

Best for: Low-latency voice
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Gaming & Game Dev

Rosebud AI

Create and deploy playable games from prompts, no coding.

FreemiumFree tier

From $15/mo (Indie Dev)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Vibe-coded games
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Scenario

AI models and workflows for game assets and creative production.

Paid (free trial)No free tier

From $15/mo (Starter)
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Best for: Game assets
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Meshy

Text/image to production-ready 3D models (FBX, OBJ, GLB, STL).

FreemiumFree tier

From $20/mo (Pro)
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Best for: 3D props
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Writing & Productivity

NotebookLM (Gemini Notebook)

AI research notebook grounded in your sources.

Free (+ Google AI plans)Free tier

From Bundled with Google AI plans
checked 2026-10-15 · source

ⓘ The site's title now reads 'Gemini Notebook'.

Best for: Studying sources
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Gamma

AI design partner for presentations and websites.

FreemiumFree tier

From $8/mo (Plus)
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Best for: Slide decks
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Grammarly

AI writing assistance in any app, now part of Superhuman.

FreemiumFree tier

From $12/mo billed annually ($30 monthly)
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ⓘ Grammarly's support pages show differing monthly prices ($30 vs $15 in the Superhuman suite).

Best for: Polishing text
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Notion AI

Search, generate and chat inside Notion.

Included in paid plansFree tier

From $20/member/mo (Business)
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Best for: Docs & notes
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Otter.ai

AI meeting agent: transcription, summaries, action items.

FreemiumFree tier

From $16.99/user/mo (Pro; $8.33 annual)
checked 2026-10-15 · source

Best for: Meeting notes
Visit site →

🧭 How we pick

Top picks are editorial: we weigh public signals (official feature lists and pricing, release activity, community adoption and reviews) against fit for each use case. We don't do lab benchmarks yet. Sponsorships never affect rankings. Prices are checked on official pages on the date shown.

Last updated: 2026-10-16

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