| Tool | Best For | Price |
|---|
| ChatGPT (GPT-4o) | General writing, coding, analysis | Free / $20/mo |
| Claude (Sonnet/Opus) | Long documents, nuance, safety | Free / $20/mo |
| Gemini | Google integration, multimodal | Free / $20/mo |
| Midjourney | Art, illustration, creative images | $10-60/mo |
| DALL-E 3 | Quick images, text in images | Via ChatGPT Plus |
| Stable Diffusion | Free/local, customizable, NSFW | Free (local GPU) |
| GitHub Copilot | Code completion, IDE integration | $10-19/mo |
| Cursor | AI-first code editor | Free / $20/mo |
| Perplexity | Research with sources | Free / $20/mo |
| Notion AI | Notes, docs, project management | $10/mo add-on |