Best Free AI Productivity Tools

More than 80 teacher tools, the Raina chatbot, quizzes, Class Writing Feedback and Student Rooms are all free for a teacher. Where it stops is generation volume: free carries standard limits, and Plus removes that cap, keeps unlimited output history and adds the 50+ student tools. Its AI providers are contractually barred from training on your data. Pick it over Brisk Teaching when you want one web platform for planning and supervised student use.

• +It has more than 80 AI teacher tools covering lesson plans, quizzes, slides, rubrics and differentiated materials.
• +Class Writing Feedback sends AI-generated feedback on written assignments in batches, based on your rubric, and is on every plan.
• −The free plan has standard generation limits, and Plus is needed to remove the generation cap.

Each week a teacher gets fresh writing sessions, with unlimited student writers and instant AI feedback on what they write, though responses stop at 1,000 characters. Scoring against your own rubric, reports, PDF download, text to speech and single sign-on need a school plan by quote. Students never log in and get no chatbot. Pick it over Edcafe when whole-class writing practice in ELA, social studies or science is the job.

• +Students get feedback the moment they submit, one exchange at a time, with no student AI chatbot.
• +The free plan allows unlimited student writers, and students need no account.
• −Rubric scoring, reports, PDF download, text to speech and single sign-on need a school plan.

A free account brings 100 AI generations a month for quizzes, lesson plans, flashcards and reading activities, plus three custom chatbots and three assignment graders, each open to 40 student participants. The slides generator, file export, AI images, text to speech and uploading your own files as AI knowledge all start on Pro. Students join without a paid seat. Pick it over Curipod when you want students working with chatbots and graded activities you build.

• +The Free plan has no time limit and gives 100 AI generations a month, 3 chatbots and 3 assignment graders.
• +One source can become a quiz, lesson plan, slide deck, flashcards and a reading activity, including quizzes from YouTube videos.
• −The slides generator, AI images, text to speech and file uploads are not on the Free plan.

Basic is free and rewrites any text to a reading level or language, then builds activities, slides and lesson kits around it, ready to download as PDF, print and share. Resources are kept for 90 days, while exports to Google, Canva and Microsoft, standards alignment and full history are paid. New accounts start with a premium trial. Students never log in. Pick it over Eduaide when differentiation is the whole job.

• +It rewrites a text to a reading level or language, and Chat can adjust the level, swap activities or translate the content.
• +It builds activities, unit tests, slides with speaker notes and lesson kits from text, a PDF, a URL or a video transcript.
• −Exports to Google, Canva and Microsoft, standards alignment, curriculum grounding and full history need a paid plan.

Twenty-four credits a month is the free allowance, and a lesson or unit plan costs three, so a handful of plans uses it up. Exports reach Google Docs, Google Forms, Word and PDF. Differentiation, YouTube transcripts, document chat, AI images and one-step revisions need Pro, and free inputs are shorter. It is teacher-only and collects no student data. Pick it over MagicSchool when you want worksheets, graphic organizers and games from 120+ resource types.

• +It has more than 120 tools, including lesson and unit plan generators and an Assessment Builder for standards-aligned quizzes and tests.
• +The free plan gives 24 generation credits a month and does not ask for a credit card.
• −Differentiation, one-step revisions, YouTube transcripts, document chat and AI images need Pro.

Free here means managing work, not drafting with AI: unlimited users, board and table views, 2 GB of storage and a cap of 200 active tasks per account. AI Essentials starts on the Team plan. Choose it over monday when more than two people need to share the list, since monday's free plan stops at two seats, and expect to upgrade as active tasks pile up.

• +AI Essentials, covering writing, form and rule generation and Board AI, is included free and unlimited under fair use on every paid plan starting at Team.
• +Wrike offers a public REST API and its own MCP server for connecting AI assistants.
• −Wrike Copilot and AI Agents are part of AI Elite, which only starts on the Business plan.

Free is generous for one person: unlimited pages and blocks, docs, wikis and project databases, with guests never needing a paid seat, though external guests stop at 10. The AI is a limited trial, because the agent, meeting notes and cross-app search begin on Business. Forms are basic and automations are buttons only. Choose it over ClickUp when notes and wikis matter more than task tracking.

• +Docs, wikis and project databases are included in Notion at no extra cost.
• +Guests never require a paid seat on any Notion plan.
• −Notion's full AI, including its agent, meeting notes and cross-app search, is included only from the Business plan.

A small project board is what free buys: two seats, three boards, three Docs and over 200 templates, free for good. Its AI, Sidekick, agents and the meeting notetaker, belongs to paid plans, where credits start at a monthly pot on Basic. Pick it for two people sharing boards. A bigger group should look at Wrike, whose free plan has unlimited users, and paid monday plans need three seats.

• +The free plan is free forever for up to 2 seats, with up to 3 boards and 3 Docs.
• +Sidekick can create workflows, automations, dashboards and forms from a single request.
• −Paid plans require a minimum of 3 seats.

Three editable boards, templates, docs, tables and timelines, and more than 250 integrations cost nothing. The AI is a limited trial backed by 10 credits a month, and the Sidekick agents arrive in full on Business. Guests cannot be invited on Free. Your data is never used for training. Pick it over Notion for visual planning on a canvas, and over ClickUp if boards matter more than task lists.

• +Miro runs on web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android, with a public REST API and its own MCP server for connecting boards to AI tools.
• +Docs, tables, timelines and Kanban-style boards are included on every plan, including Free.
• −Sidekicks and Flows are only a limited trial on Free and Starter, and included in full from Business.

Airtable's free plan is a real database for a small team: unlimited bases of up to 1,000 records each, up to five editors, 1 GB of attachments per base, 100 automation runs a month and the Interface Designer, plus 500 AI credits per editor. The record cap is the ceiling, and Gantt and timeline views begin on Team at $24 per seat, or $20 billed annually. Pick it over ClickUp when the work is structured records with views and forms, not task lists.

• +AI credits come with every plan: 500 per editor on Free, 15,000 per paid user on Team and 20,000 on Business.
• +Views include table, list, board, calendar, timeline and gantt, plus a Form view on all plans.
• −The Free plan is capped at 1,000 records per base, up to 5 editors and 100 automation runs a month.

Free here is the Personal plan: two users, unlimited tasks and projects, list, board and calendar views and files up to 100 MB. Asana's AI is not on this plan, so you get a clean task manager and nothing more. Choose it over monday when you want unlimited tasks and storage for two people, and expect to move up once a third person joins.

• +Asana's free Personal plan allows unlimited tasks and projects with unlimited storage (100MB per file) for up to 2 users.
• +Unlimited free guest seats let clients and contractors collaborate from the Starter plan without adding to the license count.
• −The Starter plan's AI allowance is capped at 5 requests per user a month, up to 50 per account.

• +The AI assistants come included on Pro and Business, with no separate AI add-on.
• +Todoist runs on the web, Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, iPad, Android, Apple Watch and Wear OS.
• −There are no documents, forms or built-in timer, and Todoist Automations is a waitlist beta.

Free is a one-user plan, with free guests and a hosted MCP server included. AI use is metered by a monthly credit allowance on every plan, and unlimited AI apps, agents and automations begin on Pro. Choose it when you want to try building a small app or agent from a prompt on your own, and move to Notion or ClickUp for a larger team workspace.

• +Pro and up include unlimited AI apps, agents and automations, metered by a monthly credit allowance.
• +Taskade gives access to more than a dozen models, including Claude Opus 5, Claude Sonnet 5 and GPT-5.6 Sol.
• −SOC 2 Type II and full GDPR compliance are still in progress.

Open this one when the job is capturing meetings. Transcription is unlimited, a live transcript runs as the call happens, and the AskFred assistant answers questions across past meetings from the free plan. Video is recorded at 720p, and your calls do not train its models. Premium AI features run on credits, which is where you hit the ceiling. Read AI caps free reports at five a month, so Fireflies suits heavier meeting loads.

• +The free plan includes unlimited transcription and live transcription at no cost.
• +It does not use personal information to train its AI models and contractually prohibits its vendors from doing so.
• −AI credits for premium AI features stay capped at 20 per seat on the Pro plan, rising only on higher tiers.

AI notes, action items and Ask Circleback, a search assistant across all your meetings, are on the free plan, with a bot-free desktop app as an alternative to the meeting bot. It also records in-person conversations through phone and Apple Watch apps. History is capped at 30 days, and full automations into apps like Salesforce wait for Pro. Choose it over Fellow when you want a standing free tool instead of five lifetime notes.

• +The Free plan already includes AI meeting notes, action items and Ask Circleback, its cross-meeting search assistant.
• +Circleback records in-person conversations through dedicated mobile and Apple Watch apps, not just online calls.
• −Meeting and recording history is capped at 30 days on the Free plan; unlimited history requires the Pro plan.

Five AI notes and five AI recordings, counted over the life of the account, not each month. Treat that as a short trial and spend it on your most important meetings. In return you get botless recording on Zoom, Teams, Meet and Slack huddles, with no training on your data. For a standing weekly habit, Circleback or tl;dv fit better, while Fellow suits a team checking its compliance fit.

• +Botless Recording captures, transcribes and summarizes meetings without a bot joining the call, working across Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom and Slack huddles.
• +Fellow's AI is never trained on your data.
• −The free plan gives only 5 AI notes and 5 AI recordings for the life of the account, not a monthly allowance.

Every meeting can be recorded free, with AI notes, action items, the AI Notepad, a live transcript and desktop capture that needs no bot. Two limits bite: each meeting stops at 45 minutes and history lasts 30 days, which Starter lifts. Basic MCP access lets Claude or ChatGPT read your calls. Pick it over Fathom when you also record in-person meetings and your calls tend to run short.

• +The desktop app records meetings without a bot, and it is on the free plan.
• +Grain transcribes and writes AI notes in over 130 languages.
• −The free plan limits each meeting to 45 minutes and keeps 30 days of history.

Five meeting reports a month come with unlimited search across your meeting history, live notes and metrics during the call, and a meeting coach tracking talking speed and filler words, with no card needed. Read joins video calls only as a visible bot, and video playback is reserved for Enterprise. Training on your content is opt-in. Pick it over Fireflies when you want feedback on how you run meetings.

• +The free plan includes 5 meeting reports a month with unlimited enterprise search and no credit card required.
• +Training on your content is opt-in and off by default.
• −Read Assistant joins video calls only as a visible bot; there is no bot-free recording for them.

Recording and transcription are unlimited, across 30+ languages. The AI side is metered at 10 meetings with AI notes and 10 Ask AI queries (5 single-meeting, 5 multi-meeting), and free data is kept for up to 3 months. A bot-free desktop mode records the spoken audio only, and data is stored in the EU with no training on calls. Choose it over Read AI when you record more than a handful of meetings and mostly need the recording and the transcript.

• +The free plan gives unlimited video recording and unlimited transcription across more than 30 languages.
• +tl;dv does not train its AI models on your calls, and data is processed and stored in the EU.
• −The free plan caps AI meeting notes at 10 meetings and Ask AI at 10 queries (5 single-meeting, 5 multi-meeting), and keeps free data for up to 3 months.

The free Basic plan holds 300 minutes of recording in total, not per month, and 10 recordings, with a 99-language transcript, a basic AI summary and an API with unlimited usage. It captures video calls, phone calls and in-person talks. No consent notice reaches participants. Use it to trial call capture before a sales team commits, and move to tl;dv if you need unlimited recordings.

• +Claap captures phone calls and in-person conversations, not just online meetings.
• +The free Basic plan includes an API with unlimited usage.
• −The free plan is capped at 300 minutes of recording in total, not renewed monthly.

Unlimited recordings and transcriptions, instant AI summaries, clips, playlists and search across calls are all free, which is why it suits someone with a heavy meeting week. Advanced summary templates get limited use, and the cross-call assistant belongs to paid plans. It cannot capture in-person meetings, and its own models train on de-identified data unless you opt out. Pick it over Otter.ai for sheer volume.

• +The free plan includes unlimited recordings and transcriptions, plus clips, playlists and search across calls, at no cost.
• +A beta bot-free recording mode on Mac works alongside the standard bot that joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.
• −A live transcript during the call comes only with the beta bot-free mode on Mac; with the bot, notes arrive after the call, and in-person recording needs an iPhone.

Treat free as a trial run: 120 transcription minutes a month, each recording capped at three minutes, ten AI summaries and Notta Brain credits for asking across meetings. Fifty file uploads a month go further than live recording does. Apps cover web, desktop, iOS and Android, with a bot or bot-free capture. Pick it over Otter.ai to test transcripts in your language before paying; for real calls the three-minute cap ends the free run.

• +Notta Desktop records meetings on Mac and Windows without a bot joining the call.
• +Live transcription covers 58 languages.
• −The free plan caps each recording at 3 minutes.

Five meetings for the life of the account, with no monthly refill, so this is a trial you can come back to rather than a plan you can live on. Recording happens without a bot by default, through a Chrome extension, desktop app or mobile app, and it covers in-person talks too. Video is a Pro feature. Choose it over Fellow when you need in-person capture or many languages.

• +The free plan never expires and gives 5 meetings for the life of the account.
• +Bluedot only charges for users who actually record a meeting, not every seat on the account.
• −The free plan is capped at 5 meetings for the life of the account, not renewed monthly.

Starter is free and gives 300 transcription minutes a month across the app, web and Plaud Desktop, which captures Zoom, Meet and Teams audio without a bot. When minutes run out, transcription pauses while recording keeps working, and unused minutes do not roll over. In-person capture needs a Plaud recorder, sold separately. It keeps audio, not video, and does not train on your data by default. Pick it over Grain for conversations away from a laptop.

• +Plaud Desktop captures Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams audio without a bot joining the call.
• +Transcription covers more than 112 languages.
• −Recording in-person meetings needs a Plaud device, which is sold separately from the membership plans.

AI notes, AI chat within and across meetings, shared folders and custom templates are free from the start, and it never puts a bot on your call. History is the catch: the free plan keeps 30 days, and older notes need Business. It stores a transcript, never audio or video. Choose it over Fireflies when you type your own notes and want them tidied, not replaced.

• +Granola never adds a bot to your call; it records straight from your computer's own microphone and meeting audio.
• +AI chat within and across meetings, plus customized note templates, are included from the free Basic plan.
• −The free Basic plan only keeps 30 days of meeting history; viewing anything older requires upgrading to Business.

Ten AI notes a month, each meeting capped at 30 minutes, is the free allowance, with unlimited storage, in-person capture and the Ask Jamie chat across past meetings included. It runs on your device with no bot, keeps data in Europe and never trains on it. It records audio only. Choose it over Otter.ai if you want your recordings kept out of model training, and keep calls short.

• +The free plan works forever and includes in-person meeting capture in more than 80 languages.
• +Jamie runs on your device, so no bot joins the call for online or in-person meetings.
• −The free plan allows only 10 AI notes a month, and Plus, the cheapest paid plan, raises that to just 20.

Three hundred transcription minutes a month, three lifetime file imports, live transcription and AI Chat across meetings make up the free Basic plan. The catch is privacy: recordings and transcripts are de-identified and used to train Otter's models, and no opt-out is offered. It records audio only. Pick it over Tactiq when you want the app on your phone and desktop, and have no confidential calls to transcribe.

• +The free Basic plan runs forever and includes live transcription and AI Chat across meetings.
• +Meetings can be captured with a bot that auto-joins Zoom, Google Meet and Microsoft Teams, or without one through desktop and mobile apps, including in-person conversations.
• −Recordings and transcripts are automatically de-identified and used to train Otter's models, with no opt-out.

A Chrome extension that transcribes Google Meet, Zoom and Teams calls without a bot, for one user, with no card. The meters are tight: 10 transcripts and 5 AI credits a month, plus sharing and export of what you capture. It does not record video, and your meeting data is not used for training. Choose it over Otter.ai when you only need a clean transcript now and then.

• +The Free plan is free forever for one user, with no credit card required.
• +Tactiq records without a meeting bot, joining as a browser extension or native Mac app instead.
• −AI credits stay capped at 10 a month on the Pro plan; they only become unlimited from the Team plan up.

Free gives a bot-free notetaker for Mac and Windows with unlimited projects and MCP access, run on a credit pool of 5 a day and 15 a month. There is no audio or video recording, only live notes and a transcript, and transcription covers seven languages. Choose it over Fathom if you want notes without a visible bot, and over MeetGeek if you do not need a stored recording.

• +The Free plan is free forever and includes the bot-free meeting notetaker with no card required.
• +Supernormal never joins meetings as a visible bot; it captures audio directly from your computer.
• −There is no video or audio recording, only live notes and a transcript.

Free runs on Julius 1.5 Lite, with 100 credits to start and 25 a day after that, so put your hardest question in the first session. Each answer shows the code behind it, and your data is never used for training. Choose it over Rows when your files are big: Julius sets no upload size limit, while Rows stops free imports at 1 MB.

• +Every insight comes with the underlying code Julius used to reach it.
• +Julius connects directly to databases and warehouses including Postgres, BigQuery, Snowflake, MySQL, SQL Server and Supabase.
• −The free plan gives 25 credits a day after the first 100, enough for a few simple questions, and deletes uploaded files after an hour of inactivity.

• +The agent can find flights that match your calendar, schedule meetings and fill out forms on any site you are signed in to.
• +Pro and Max let you pick from models including GPT-6.1 Sol, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Claude Sonnet 5.5 and Grok 4.7 for search.
• −The free plan has no agent queries and 1 Research query a month.

Every free answer comes with inline citations, which makes it the one to open when you need to see where a claim came from. The free plan picks the model for you with no manual picker, limits file uploads, and keeps deep research and fuller agent access for Pro. Retention and training are on by default until you switch them off. Choose it over ChatGPT for sourced answers, not for creating things.

• +Every plan, including Free, returns answers with inline citations to sources.
• +Perplexity orchestrates models from several AI companies alongside its own Sonar 2 model.
• −AI data retention and training are on by default for Free, Pro and Max, and must be turned off in settings.

Image generation, web search, limited coding sessions and over 100 connectors are all on the free plan, together with a monthly allowance of Studio API credits. Messages, searches and coding sessions are capped, and agent tasks start on Pro. Input and output train the models by default unless you opt out. Pick it over ChatGPT if you want editable memory and a SOC 2 Type II certified assistant.

• +The Free plan includes image generation, web search and limited coding sessions at no cost.
• +Mistral is SOC 2 Type II certified, and also holds ISO 27001 and ISO 27701 certification.
• −Vibe trains on your input and output by default across the Free, Pro and Team plans, subject to an opt-out.

• +One account reaches models including GPT-6.1-Sol, Claude-Opus-5.5, Gemini-4-Argon, Grok-4.7 and Mistral-Large-4.
• +Poe runs on the web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
• −Third-party developer bots, marked with a half shield, may use your chats to train their own models.

Copilot is free with a Microsoft account and runs on the web, Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. Signing in unlocks chat history, more image creation, longer conversations and extended voice sessions, while some capabilities carry usage limits. Memory is on by default and can be edited or turned off. Researcher and Cowork wait on Microsoft 365 Premium at $19.99 a month. Pick it when Word, Excel and Outlook are where your work lives.

• +Copilot is free with a signed-in Microsoft account, and Microsoft 365 Personal and Premium come with a one month free trial.
• +It connects to OneDrive, Outlook.com, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Contacts, and works with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, Teams and OneNote.
• −Researcher is on Microsoft 365 Premium and Pro, and Cowork is on those plans too.

Image generation, voice mode and the Grok Build coding agent come with the free plan, while real-time web and X search is limited. Your content trains the model unless you opt out, a default that only Business and Enterprise reverse. SOC 2 Type I and Type II cover every plan. Pick it over Gemini when you want a coding agent next to your chat and have no need for Google apps.

• +The free plan already includes image generation, voice mode and the Grok Build coding agent.
• +Grok is SOC 2 Type I and Type II compliant on every plan, including Free.
• −Real-time web and X search is limited on the free plan.

All three Gemini models are free with a personal Google account, along with image generation, Connected Apps for Gmail, Calendar and Drive, and voice in the mobile app. The catch is a context window of 32,000 tokens, which long documents will exceed. Chats train Google's models unless you turn off Keep Activity, which also switches off memory. Pick it over ChatGPT when your work already lives in Google apps.

• +Gemini is free to use with any personal Google account, with Google's Flash models included.
• +Google AI Pro at $19.99 a month includes Gemini 4 Argon, Google's newest frontier model.
• −The free plan's context window is capped at 32,000 tokens, far below the 1 million tokens on Pro and Ultra.

Anyone with a Meta account can use it free on the web, phones and Mac, or inside WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook. Web search, deep research, file analysis, image generation and voice are all in the free app. Usage limits are being tested on the heavier features, and Meta One bundles sell more image and video use. Your data trains Meta's AI unless you object. Pick it over ChatGPT if you already message in WhatsApp.

• +Meta AI is free for everyday use with an existing Meta account, with no separate account to create.
• +It is available on meta.ai, iOS, Android, a Mac app in beta and inside WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Facebook.
• −Usage limits are being tested on more compute-intensive features, and people who hit a limit can buy a subscription.

Most of the product opens on free in a smaller form: Knowledge Bases up to 50 MB, custom agents, Agent Skills, connectors and Deep Research. The catch is the model list, since most Smart and Reasoning models and all image generation sit on Premium. Everything is hosted in the EU and never used for training. Choose it over ChatGPT when keeping data in Europe matters more than the strongest model.

• +A free plan gives limited access to TextCortex's core features, including Knowledge Bases, custom agents and Deep Research.
• +TextCortex is model-agnostic, giving access to models from several providers such as GPT-5, Claude 4.5 Sonnet, Gemini 3 Pro and Grok 4 rather than one fixed model.
• −Image generation is limited to the Premium plan and is not available on Free.

Web search, file creation, code execution, voice and memory across chats are all in the free app, running on the Sonnet and Haiku models. Opus, Fable and deep research start on Pro, and Claude doesn't generate photos or illustrations. Conversations train the models unless you opt out. Pick it over ChatGPT for writing and code work where you want the tools without a card, and look elsewhere for pictures.

• +The free plan already includes web search, file creation, code execution and memory across conversations.
• +Deep research is available from the Pro plan up.
• −The Opus and Fable models are only available from the Pro plan up.

Free gives limited monthly credits for the core features, and the agent runs each task in its own cloud sandbox with a file system and code execution. Credits are spent by complexity, so one big research job can use up a month's allowance faster than several small ones. You cannot pick the model. Choose it over Perplexity when you want a whole job handed off, not a cited answer.

• +A free plan with limited monthly credits covers the core features.
• +Each task runs in a cloud sandbox with internet access, a file system and code execution.
• −Tasks use credits according to their complexity, so the cost of a task is not fixed.

Genspark's free plan gives 100 credits a day up to a lifetime allowance, after which the daily refill stops, plus 1 GB of AI Drive storage, limited access to models and agents, and 4,000 words a week of Speakly voice input. Super Agent plans multi-step work such as research, slides and documents in its own sandbox with a real browser. Plus, at $24.99 a month, starts at 10,000 monthly credits. Choose it to see whether one agent can finish a task before you pay.

• +Super Agent runs in a dedicated sandbox with a real browser and can execute code.
• +Slides, sheets, docs, image, video and audio tools share one credit pool with the agent.
• −The Free plan gives 100 credits per day up to a lifetime allowance, and the daily refill stops when it is used up.

• +Standard offers a choice of Gemini, Grok, GPT, Claude Opus, Claude Sonnet, Deepseek, GLM-5 and Qwen3 in one subscription.
• +Neon Do opens pages, fills in forms and completes tasks, and you can pause, stop or take over at any time.
• −Neon Do, Deep Research and model choice are on Standard only; the free tier has basic chat.

• +The free plan gives unlimited high-speed search with no credit card needed.
• +Every answer includes numbered footnotes that link to the original sources.
• −The free plan allows 3 file analyses a day and leaves out AI Slides, AI Designer, video and the API.

• +One interface works with models from 12 AI providers plus local models through Ollama or LM Studio.
• +Personal licenses are one-time purchases with no renewal, usable on 5 devices.
• −No plan includes AI usage, so every model is paid per token to the provider through your own API key.

• +Browser Use and Computer Use automate tasks across logged-in websites, local apps and local files from one command.
• +Deep Search and chat are free on every plan, and reports come with verifiable sources.
• −The free tier's 1,000 Sparks are a one-time bonus, about 4 tasks, not a monthly allowance.

• +Andi Search is free with unlimited searches, and no account or credit card is needed.
• +Answers come with sources you can verify, drawn from Andi's own index of about 25 billion web pages.
• −There is no file upload; Andi reads web pages from search results only.

The free Lite plan schedules your tasks, habits and focus time around a Google or Outlook calendar, with five AI Agents, one Scheduling Link and limited AI Assistant chat. It plans one week ahead and covers a team of one. Reclaim is a calendar app and does not draft or triage email, so choose it over Shortwave when your problem is protecting time, not clearing an inbox.

• +Reclaim has a permanent free Lite plan with 5 AI Agents and 1 Scheduling Link.
• +Its own MCP server lets ChatGPT, Claude and Microsoft Copilot view and manage a user's calendar directly.
• −The free Lite plan schedules only one week ahead and gives 1 Scheduling Link.

• +Mem Chat answers questions across your whole workspace and drafts new content from past notes.
• +Voice Mode records and writes up meetings with no bot joining the call.
• −Every plan caps messages and new notes each month, with 25 of each on Free and 50 on Mem Plus.

Free gets you the whole Gmail client with Basic intelligence, a limited AI usage quota, 90 days of search history and up to 15 threads per AI search. Outgoing mail carries a Sent with Shortwave signature, and it works only with Gmail and Google Workspace accounts. Choose it over Reclaim when the inbox is what needs taming, not the calendar, though its Assistant also manages Google Calendar.

• +Shortwave has a permanent free plan alongside its paid tiers.
• +Its AI Assistant drafts, triages and searches the inbox in your own writing voice.
• −Shortwave only connects to Gmail and Google Workspace accounts, not Microsoft 365 or Exchange.

Free turns a browser recording into a narrated, step-by-step video guide, up to 25 videos, with shareable links and your own voiceover. It captures the web only, exports carry a watermark, and commercial use sits on paid plans. That makes it a fit for internal how-to guides you share by link. It is a documentation tool, so pair it with an assistant or meeting tool for anything else.

• +AI automatically converts screen captures into narrated, step-by-step video guides without requiring a video production professional.
• +Supports multi-language translation across 50+ languages, making it viable for global teams.
• −Resolution specifics for MP4 and other export formats are not published, leaving teams unable to evaluate output quality before committing.

A free chat app on the web, iOS and Android, with no paid consumer plan to upgrade to. It does not generate images. The price of free is privacy: inputs and outputs train the models unless you opt out, and it makes no GDPR commitment. Pick it over Grok or Gemini when you want a simple chat assistant with no tiers, and the open model weights if you are a developer.

• +The chat app is free, with no paid consumer plan.
• +The weights of DeepSeek V4, V3 and R1 are published on Hugging Face.
• −DeepSeek trains on your inputs and outputs unless you opt out.

• +The assistant reads your open tabs and connected apps including Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Notion and Figma.
• +From chat, Dia can create calendar invites, search and draft emails and fill in forms.
• −The free plan is the browser alone, with no AI features once the trial ends.