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Free AI tool guide map: categories, tools and sources

Answer in brief

The free AI tool guide map connects a task to a category comparison, a tool's free-plan breakdown and its official sources. For example, Runway's 125 one-time credits belong in video comparisons, not a promise of unlimited free video. Glossary entries explain the limits and licensing terms behind those decisions.

Check the official sources

Best Free AI is an independent editorial guide that tests and compares the free plans of AI tools: chatbots, image generators, video generators, coding assistants and more.

Free AI tool guide map: from question to source

  1. 01

    Choose a task

  2. 02

    Compare a category

  3. 03

    Read a tool's free plan

  4. 04

    Check official sources

  5. 05

    Open the tool or referral sign-up

12 category guides, 44 tool profiles

Each guide compares a task. Each profile records the plan's allowance, restrictions and official sources. The 12 glossary entries explain the terms behind those facts.

Sources and editorial judgment stay separate

The maker's pricing page is evidence about a plan. Our recommendation is an editorial judgment about its usefulness. Source links lead to official pages; referral sign-up links are identified as sponsored and disclosed where they appear.

Best Free AI is built with Lovable and uses a Lovable referral link. That relationship is disclosed, not treated as evidence that its free plan is better.

Read how we check free plans and the affiliate disclosure. Use the free AI glossary for licensing and allowance definitions.

Questions about the free AI tool guide map

What does the free AI tool guide map connect?

It connects task-based category guides to tool profiles, official sources and definitions. Runway's 125 one-time credits, for example, appear in its profile and the video guide.

Sources

  1. ChatGPT Free Tier FAQ · OpenAI Help Center
  2. What is ChatGPT Plus? · OpenAI Help Center
  3. Gemini subscriptions · Google
  4. Google One plans · Google
  5. Generate and edit images with Gemini Apps · Google Help
  6. Gemini video generation · Google
  7. Claude plans and pricing · Anthropic
  8. What is the Pro plan? · Claude Help Center
  9. Copilot for individuals pricing · Microsoft
  10. Perplexity pricing · Perplexity
  11. DeepSeek app announcement · DeepSeek
  12. DeepSeek API pricing · DeepSeek
  13. xAI pricing · xAI
  14. Mistral pricing · Mistral AI
  15. Introducing Vibe · Mistral AI
  16. Meta AI assistant built with Llama 3 · Meta
  17. Bing Image Creator help · Microsoft
  18. Tokens: frequently asked questions · Leonardo.Ai Help
  19. Leonardo.Ai pricing · Leonardo.Ai
  20. Ideogram available plans · Ideogram Docs
  21. Ideogram FAQ · Ideogram Docs
  22. What are the limits on the free plan? · Playground Help
  23. Krea pricing · Krea
  24. Adobe Firefly · Adobe
  25. Commercial rights and ownership · Recraft Docs
  26. Clipdrop pricing · Clipdrop
  27. Photoroom pricing · Photoroom
  28. What are Photoroom's plans? · Photoroom Help
  29. Free plan details · Runway Help
  30. Usage rights · Runway Help
  31. Runway pricing · Runway
  32. Payments and subscriptions · Luma AI
  33. Licensing · Luma AI
  34. Subscription and payment policy · Hailuo AI
  35. CapCut pricing · CapCut
  36. Descript pricing · Descript
  37. ElevenLabs pricing · ElevenLabs
  38. Can I publish the content I generate? · ElevenLabs Help
  39. Free plan credits · Suno Help
  40. Commercial use and plans · Suno Help
  41. GitHub Copilot plans · GitHub
  42. Devin and Windsurf pricing · Cognition
  43. Cursor pricing help · Cursor
  44. Subscription plans · Lovable Docs
  45. Referral program · Lovable Docs
  46. Bolt pricing · Bolt
  47. v0 pricing · Vercel
  48. Grammarly plans · Grammarly
  49. How much does Grammarly Pro cost? · Grammarly Support
  50. Free vs Premium · QuillBot Help
  51. Gamma pricing · Gamma
  52. How can I upgrade my Gamma subscription? · Gamma Help
  53. Gemini Notebook plans and limits · Google Help
  54. Otter.ai pricing · Otter.ai
  55. Learn about the Fireflies free plan · Fireflies Guide
  56. Free trials · Midjourney
  57. Comparing plans · Midjourney
  58. Semantic Scholar FAQ · Semantic Scholar
  59. Account requirements · Semantic Scholar
  60. Buffer pricing · Buffer
  61. Buffer AI Assistant · Buffer
  62. Canva AI tools · Canva
  63. Canva AI access · Canva
  64. Mailchimp plans · Mailchimp
  65. Marketing pricing matrix · Mailchimp
  66. Approach to AI · DuckDuckGo
  67. Usage limits · DuckDuckGo
  68. FLUX.1-schnell model card · Black Forest Labs
  69. ZeroGPU quotas · Hugging Face