The AI tools worth using · ranked by job
Fifty AI tools.
Ten jobs.
One shortlist.
For builders, vibe coders, gamers and agent nerds. We test the tools, rank them by use case and send you what changed every Tuesday.
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The use cases
Pick a job. Get the five tools worth your time, in order.
- 01AI coding agents & IDEsCursor · Claude Code · GitHub Copilot
- 02Vibe-coding app buildersLovable · Bolt · Replit Agent
- 03General AI assistantsChatGPT · Claude · Gemini
- 04Agent builders & automationn8n · Zapier Agents · Make
- 05AI for game devScenario · Meshy · Tripo
- 06Image generationMidjourney · Ideogram · Leonardo
- 07Video generationRunway · Google Veo · Kling
- 08Voice & audioElevenLabs · Suno · Udio
- 09Research & searchPerplexity · Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) · Elicit
- 10Creator & streamer toolsOpusClip · CapCut · Gamma
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Coding agents, right now
- 01 Free Hobby plan; Pro $20/mo
CursorProvisional
AI-first code editor with agents that plan, edit and run code across your repo.
- 02 No free tier; included with Claude Pro $20/mo
Claude CodeProvisional
Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal and IDE.
- 03 Free plan; Pro $10/mo
GitHub CopilotProvisional
GitHub's AI pair programmer with agent mode, code review and a cloud agent.
- 04 Plans unchanged from Windsurf (check pricing page)
Devin Desktop (formerly Windsurf)Provisional
Windsurf's IDE, renamed June 2026, now built around managing many local and cloud agents.
- 05 Limited free use in ChatGPT Free; ChatGPT Plus $20/mo
OpenAI CodexProvisional
OpenAI's coding agent for the CLI, IDE and cloud tasks.