AI Charts
“AI won’t take your job, somebody who understands AI is going to get your job.”
Scott Galloway
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From time to time I will updates this shortlist with the most noticeable AI tools.
Obviously there are so many out there, and hubs such as There’s an AI for That, AIXploria and Future Tools have the most updated archive, but most of the time I find them overwhelming.
So to keep it simple, I chose what is the most relevant for my needs, and ignored services that were not working good enough at the moment (like all the presentations AI tools). With only minimal information, and no direct comparison, as there are already great articles out there about each tool and benchmarks for each vertical (I admit I enjoy to watch on youtube comparisons between the latest video models, every few months you can find something new that will blow your mind).
Also, it’s impossible to conclude what is the best AI tool, as it depends on your specific needs, the use case, the context, and things just keep changing rapidly.
And remember, it’s only the beginning! 🤖
LLM (Chatbots)
Still most people are using ChatGPT as default, but you should also take a look on Cluade. Each model has few variations, with different aspects of speed and efficiency (value for money).
Important thing to remember - they look smart, but they are just machines, stupid cold steel with screws and bolts that running statistical tools. They are great for many things, from creative ideation to general knowledge, but if you need information with verified sources, complex calculations or just somebody to talk with (that won’t suddenly suggest you to kill yourself), there are better solutions.
ChatGPT (GPT-5 / GPT-4.1 / GPT-4o, OpenAI)
Claude (4 Opus / Sonnet, Anthropic)
Gemini (2.5 Pro/Flash versions, Google)
Grok (v4, xAI) - For Elon Musk fans, but it’s surprisingly good with marketing
Llama (v4.0, Meta) - The only open-source and available for download
Copilot (based on ChatGPT models, Microsoft)
DeepSeek (R1/V3, Deepsik) - Made in China 🇨🇳
Qwen (3, Alibaba) - Made in China 🇨🇳
Medium (3, Mistral)
* Models versions updated to August, 2025.
Search
Because using Google search is so 2023… Great if you’re looking for answer on complex questions, and you need verified sources. (Less good for finding restaurants around you with their opening hours)
Perplexity - My main and favorite AI tool.
ChatGPT Search - Within the same prompt box, but with specific setting enabled.
Image Generation
Mostly Text-to-Image tools, some offer extra services as Image-to-Image and editing features, and also video generation (although they are not always the best on this category).
ChatGPT Image Generation (replaced the DALL-E models, OpenAI)
Midjourney (v7)
Adobe Firefly (Adobe)
Gemini (Google)
Other
Microsoft Image Creator (based on DALL-E 3, OpenAI)
Canva AI
Getty
Grok - Allowing more “juicy” output
Freepik
Video Generation
Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video generators, in a tough competition than expected. The video output is usually between 5-10 seconds. Some of them offer also basic video editing features.
Runway (Gen-4)
Kling (1.6) - Made in China 🇨🇳
Sora (OpenAI)
VEO (3, DeepMind/Google)
Pika Labs (2.x)
Firefly (Adobe)
Synthesia - Create AI avatars for sales, customer service and training videos.
Audio and Music Generation
Making music by prompts and simple settings, and generate a realistic voices. There are so many guides out there, but these are the top services out there:
Suno - Leading music production generation.
ElevenLabs - Voice generation with impressive human-like speech abilities.
Boomy - Music generation for beginners
Lala.AI - Voice and instruments splitter
MusicFX (Google / DeepMind)
Writing, Content & SEO
From spelling correction, tone and style, summarizer, content generation assistant, marketing and SEO (Regardless to ChatGPT, Grok and other LLMs).
Code
From code assistant, code completion, and code review.
Github CoPilot AI (Microsoft)
Amazon Q Developer (formerly known as CodeWhisperer)
JetBrains AI Assistant - It was a matter of time until the IDE giants will release their own solution
AI Agents
Note that there are many solutions out there, also via popular LLMs under sections such as “tools”. The following are the a standalone solution with a dedicated UI, graphs/flows, state, human-in-the-loop, and governance.
Prompt-to-App
During 2024-2025 there are many more services, many of them are focusing on landing pages and other simple scenarios, while many other are code-assistance tools. The following list is the most popular (to August 2025) that can really build you a full web-app or simple game, usually with a decent solution.
Base44 - Acquired by Wix
Perplexity Labs - My favorite so far
Other noticeable AI services:
Character AI (Google) - Chat and ideation with different characters. Started with historical and famous characters, went to many directions since then. Lately involved in very sad news.
NotebookLM (Google) - Load all your knowledgeable into one smart hub + Creating a podcast that summarize it.
Do you know any new AI tool we should mention here?
Feel free to share your thoughts.