41 Must-Try AI Tools in 2025 for Content Creators
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Best AI Assistants
1. ChatGPT
By now, everyone has heard of ChatGPT. Most of us use it daily for a wide range of personal and professional tasks.
It's still my favorite AI assistant, even though the alternatives on this list are much more powerful than they were when ChatGPT first launched.
One of my favorite features is the ability to upload and analyze files. At work, I regularly add PDFs, spreadsheets, screenshots—just about anything—and ask ChatGPT to summarize, analyze, or extract the data. Recently, I uploaded a screenshot of a sales funnel analysis in Google Analytics, and it gave me really useful insights into users' pain points. It's irresistible.
I also used it to analyze a set of spreadsheets for this blog post. I uploaded raw survey data and got clear trends, key insights, and even recommendations for the best types of charts to display. It's saved me hours.
ChatGPT is free to use, but the free version comes with limited access to the latest versions. The Plus plan, currently $20 per month, gives you full access to advanced features and faster performance.
2. Grok
While Grok can be used as a standalone AI assistant, you're most likely to see it in use on X (formerly Twitter).
I'm not entirely sure if the Grok integration makes X a better place, because half the comments on any post I read now include users tagging Grok to verify the original post's authenticity. This may be very useful—it makes people more accountable for the truth—but I also think it's disrupted the natural flow of conversation on Elon Musk's social media giant.
Grok is a very intelligent model, and I like that it's essentially uncensored. It comes with several reasoning modes, such as "Reflection," which gives the model more time to process and refine its response, and "Deep Search," which searches the internet using something like RAG settings.
This lack of censorship also extends to its impressive image generation capabilities, making it my go-to choice if I want to generate images of celebrities or brands, or even just produce a cool meme. You can try Grok for free with limited access, but to take advantage of the higher usage limits and latest versions, you'll need one of the paid X plans: Basic, Premium, or Premium+.
3. Claude
Claude has been my go-to AI assistant for programming for a while. Some of the other tools on this list are starting to catch up, but I still think it's fair to say that most developers trust it. I'm not a professional developer, but I do experiment—and when I do, Claude is usually my first choice.
It's particularly adept at writing clear, well-documented code, and even better at explaining its functionality in plain English. In my experience, Claude's code tends to be more reliable, too. I've had fewer problems with misunderstood variables or faulty logic than when I used ChatGPT.
I also like the way Claude communicates. It feels collaborative—more like it's solving a problem with me, not just providing me with answers.
Clude is free to use, with a Pro plan starting at $20 per month for more features and usage, and a Max plan starting at $100 per month for higher limits and early access.
4. Gemini
Gemini is Google's AI assistant, and at the time of writing, it currently sits atop the LLM Arena's top 10, a ranking based on millions of blind tests where users select their preferred AI answers.
One of the main reasons I use Gemini is its very large context window. The context window is the amount of text the AI can remember and process during a conversation. The larger it is, the more information you can feed it and ask it questions. The latest Gemini models support over a million context codes, which means I can add lengthy academic research and ask a series of follow-up questions without any delay.
Another feature I love is Gemini's audio overview. With it, I can upload a document and receive a five-minute podcast-style audio summary, delivered by AI voices. It's perfect for digesting long documents on the go.
Gemini offers a free plan with basic AI tools, while the paid Pro and Ultra plans offer more advanced models, creative features, and more storage space. Pricing starts at $19.99 per month for the Pro version and $124.99 per month for the Premium version.
Best AI Video Generators
5. Synthesia
Synthesia is a leading AI video creation software that allows you to create realistic videos featuring human characters using AI. I've used it to create training modules and presentations, and it's clearly a favorite among learning and development teams. By converting text to video, Synthesia simplifies the production of high-quality content without the need for cameras, microphones, or studios.
While training videos are undoubtedly its most common use, Synthesia is flexible enough to meet a wide range of needs. Companies use it for internal communications, onboarding, and creating customer support or knowledge base videos. From a marketing perspective, it excels at producing sales pitch videos, B2B marketing content, explainer videos, and even product demos.
I've personally found it useful for website videos that need a polished, professional touch with minimal effort. Synthesia is very easy to use; just write the text and create the video.
Some of the things I like about Synthesia are the customizable avatars and the wide variety of templates. When I needed to create customized training videos for different departments, Synthesia made it easy to change the avatar's language, tone, or background to suit the audience. With its library of over 230 digital avatars and support for over 140 languages, you can easily create globally consistent content.
While Synthesia excels at creating AI talking head videos, it isn't designed for storytelling or cinematic visuals. It's the perfect choice for teams and businesses that prioritize speed, professionalism, and brand consistency in their video production workflow.
Synthesia offers a free plan that allows users to create up to 36 minutes of video per year, with no credit card required. For more comprehensive features, paid plans start at $29 per month.
6. Google Veo
Google's Veo is a great AI-powered creative video creation tool, capable of generating images of almost anything, although its content management is somewhat strict.
I often use Veo to create B-roll footage for social media marketing videos. Veo 2 is very affordable, and while it sometimes produces strange results with action scenes, the video physics are among the most realistic I've seen in AI videos.
Veo 3 is more expensive, but adds the ability to generate audio as well, which I think makes it much more useful.
You can try Veo 2 for free in Google AI Studio, where a limited number of free credits are available for testing.
To access Veo 3, you'll need either Google AI Pro for $19.99 per month or Ultra for $249.99 per month.
7. OpusClip
OpusClip is a great tool for breaking up long videos into short, shareable clips on social media. It's easy to use and takes care of a lot of the work for you.
The AI feature is surprisingly effective at identifying the best parts of the video, so I didn't have to spend a lot of time reviewing the footage. It also automatically resized my clips for platforms like TikTok and Instagram.
Adding annotations is quick and simple, and the option to add emojis makes clips look more dynamic, especially useful for grabbing attention during silent scrolling. I also liked the "Engage" feature, which picks key moments to start the clip off strong.
OpusClip makes it easy to create engaging content from your previously created videos. It's practical and efficient, and takes some of the hassle out of editing social media clips.
Best AI Image Generators
8. GPT-4o
Remember when everyone was creating Studio Ghibli-style AI images of themselves, their pets, and anything else they could think of? It was all powered by ChatGPT-4o's built-in image generation feature.
The software supports text-to-image and image-to-image conversion across a wide range of art styles, so I've found it useful for all kinds of tasks. Personally, I use it to create royalty-free images for blog posts and social media posts—and now that it can reliably generate text within images (something tools like DALL·E 3 struggled with), the software has become even more valuable.
This feature is available in the free version of ChatGPT, with daily usage limits. You can raise these limits by upgrading to the Plus or Pro plan.
9. Midjourney
Midjourney can be considered the original AI image generation software. The software has been available since early 2022 and remains popular for its visual aesthetics and for generating source images for converting images into videos.
Honestly, I often use the built-in image tools in my favorite AI assistants, like ChatGPT or Gemini. But when I want to generate something truly beautiful, I turn to Midjourney.
One drawback of Midjourney is that it no longer offers a free plan—you must subscribe to a paid plan to generate even a single image. Four plans are available, starting at $10 per month, with higher plans offering longer generation times and advanced features like video support and stealth mode.
The Best AI Meeting Assistants
10. Fathom
You may have noticed Fathom popping up during work calls. It's one of the most useful AI tools I use daily.
It's an AI-powered note-taker that joins Zoom or Microsoft Teams meetings, records the entire conversation, and keeps track of who said what. If I forget an action item, need to revisit an explanation, or just want to double-check what someone said, it's incredibly helpful.
Along with full transcripts, Fathom generates a clear and organized summary. In my experience, the notes are always accurate and well-organized.
The app is free to use with some limitations. Premium plans start at $19 per month and offer unlimited AI features and deeper integrations. It's hard to beat what this app offers, especially the quality of its question and action item recording.
It's one of those tools that makes you wonder how you ever functioned without it.
11. Nyota
While Fathom is an excellent free option, Nyota appears to be a more premium and advanced version with some great additional features. Like Fathom, it records your meetings and generates transcripts and summaries powered by artificial intelligence. But Nyota goes further by automating follow-up tasks that typically consume time after a call—things like data entry and updating your CRM based on what was discussed.
This means I can hop on a call with a potential client, effortlessly receive a full summary, and see my CRM updated with key points from the conversation. Honestly, it feels magical.
Of course, these extras come at a cost. Nyota is a paid tool, though it offers a 7-day free trial. Pricing starts at $12 per month for individuals, $39 for small teams, and $89 for large teams, with dedicated pricing for businesses. Higher plans give you longer meeting hours and unlock advanced features.
Best AI Automation Tools
12. n8n
n8n lets you automate tedious, repetitive, or time-consuming tasks. It can seem a bit intimidating at first, but I found it surprisingly easy to use once I got the hang of it.
To create an automation in n8n, you connect apps and services into a visual workflow. Just drag and drop nodes and link them together—it's a very intuitive setup.
You don't need to know programming to create a useful automation. But if you do, n8n gives you the flexibility to add custom functionality and go deeper.
One workflow I set up performs a daily backup of important data to Google Sheets. Here's how it works:
Run: Every day at 6 AM
Get data: Pull records from an internal SQL database
Google Sheets: Add data to the spreadsheet
It runs quietly in the background and saves me time every morning.
n8n pricing starts at €20 per month for 2,500 executions and basic features. The Pro plan (€50 per month) adds more workflows, faster execution, and administrative tools. Enterprise packages offer full customization and support, with pricing available upon request.
13. Manus
I've tried Manus a lot, and it's truly amazing. It's an AI agent you can use to perform a variety of tasks, from creating slides and analyzing data to generating images and videos, building web pages, and managing programming tasks. It does this by combining LLM models with other model types to meet your needs.
I tested it on a range of tasks, including researching the causes of the 2008 global financial crisis, then building a financial blog site to publish the research. The final result included HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files, as well as image assets for the site. I found the site to look very professional.
Compared to other AI agent products—such as ChatGPT's Operator feature—I think Manus offers a better experience. I found it performs the tasks I assign more reliably, and the quality of the results is higher.
Manus offers a decent free plan with 300 daily credits and basic features. Paid plans start at $16 per month, allowing you to unlock more credits, advanced models, and media generation.
The best AI research tools
14. Deep Research
OpenAI's Deep Search feature can find, analyze, and aggregate hundreds of online sources to create a comprehensive report on any topic in just minutes.
While I believe its most common use is for students cheating on their homework, it's actually a great tool for building your own knowledge on anything you're curious about.
At work, I often use it for market and competition research or summarizing industry trends. But my favorite use is for audience analysis. If you ask something like "What are Reddit users saying about [your company]?" you'll get a quick and useful snapshot of how people are talking about your brand across online communities.
Reports can take some time to generate, but that's normal given the number of sources it aggregates.
Free ChatGPT users get 5 Deep Search tasks per month. Paid subscriptions get more: Plus, Team, and Edu get 10 tasks, while Pro users get 125 tasks.
15. NotebookLM
I last used NotebookLM to study for an exam. I downloaded a bunch of notes and study materials, and it gave me a comprehensive, clear, and extremely helpful overview of everything. The best part is the audio summarization feature, which turns your content into an AI-generated podcast that helps you memorize key points.
The app isn't perfect—it requires you to review the material every now and then—but it organizes complex material beautifully and makes it easier to digest. Honestly, I couldn't believe it was free.
The free version of NotebookLM gives you up to 100 notebooks and 50 sources per notebook, with daily limits for queries and audio summaries. If you need more, the $19.99 per month AI Premium package includes 500 notebooks, 300 sources each, higher usage limits, and access to Gemini Advanced. Students with a .edu email address can activate the premium version for free.
Best AI Writing Tools
16. Rytr
The most important question with any AI-powered writing tool is: Why use it instead of ChatGPT or any other general assistant?
Rytr is an AI-powered writing assistant designed to generate quick, well-structured content, especially for short tasks like social media posts, product descriptions, and email drafts.
Compared to ChatGPT, Rytr feels more focused and specifically designed for writing. ChatGPT is great for brainstorming and exploring ideas, but Rytr shines when you need something formatted, professional, and ready to go with minimal discussion and dialogue. It also includes a built-in plagiarism checker for peace of mind and supports over 30 languages, making it ideal for creating multilingual content.
Its library of over 40 pre-designed templates helped me get started faster, especially when I wasn't sure how to structure an article.
However, Rytr struggles with longer or more complex writing, so I wouldn't recommend it for in-depth articles. But for fast, high-quality content, it's fast, efficient, and affordable—starting at just $9 per month. If you're a freelancer, marketer, or small business owner looking for a seamless writing tool, Rytr is an excellent choice.
17. Sudowrite
I'm an aspiring novelist in my spare time, so I added this to my list.
I use Sudowrite as a creative writing assistant, and it's an excellent tool for anyone working on fiction. It's ideal for overcoming writer's block, generating new ideas, and crafting more vivid narratives.
Features like the "Describe" tool, which helps create immersive descriptions, and the "Brainstorm" tool, which inspires creative plot points, have significantly improved my storytelling process. The "Expand" feature is also useful for turning rough outlines into finished drafts.
Unlike ChatGPT or Rytr, Sudowrite isn't designed to create emails, product descriptions, or blog posts. It focuses entirely on fiction—helping you write better dialogue, build richer characters, and improve narrative structure. For example, when I was stuck on a scene, Sudowrite provided thoughtful suggestions to improve the pacing and suspense. It's the perfect weapon to combat writer's block—even if you don't use its output, it'll keep you thinking about the next sentence in a different way.
While it's not suitable for commercial writing or technical content, it's a great option for novelists, short story writers, or anyone trying out creative projects. With packages starting at $19 per month, Sudowrite offers a unique way to elevate your fiction writing.
Best AI Search Engines
18. Google AI Mode
You may have noticed Google's "AI Overview" popping up in search results. In my experience, its results can be mixed—sometimes helpful, but often superficial or downright wrong.
However, Google seems committed to reshaping our search experience, doubling down with its new "AI Mode," which essentially blends Gemini's search engine with traditional search.
For answering straightforward informational questions, I think it's a big step forward compared to clicking through a bunch of pages to find a single specific detail.
The challenge lies in dealing with more nuanced or specialized queries. Because large language models generate responses based on statistical patterns in their training data, you often end up with a "most likely" answer rather than a surprising or original one. Conversely, a traditional search might lead you to an obscure blog post or forgotten forum thread that changes your perspective.
AI Mode is currently free and requires a subscription, but I wouldn't be surprised if it becomes the default option soon. When that happens, we may all end up losing the good old ten blue links.
19. Perplexity
Although Google's ChatGPT search and AI Mode have outperformed Perplexity—and the company is now rumored to be an acquisition target for Apple—I still turn to Perplexity when I want quick, reliable answers with clear, verifiable sources.
What makes Perplexity more reliable is its ability to identify the source of each point. By contrast, Google's AI Mode feels more like a black box—it's often unclear which part of the answer came from which source.
The free version is great for casual use, but if you rely on Perplexity for deeper research, the Pro plan is a worthwhile upgrade.
20. ChatGPT Search
ChatGPT search is now almost unnoticeable in my daily use of ChatGPT—when I ask a question, the platform often automatically performs a web search without requiring any special instructions. However, search is still available as a clear option when I select "Search the web" in the prompt box.
Like Google's AI mode and the "Puzzled" feature, when I ask a question, I get a concise answer instead of a list of links. It's also more of a conversation—it remembers my previous questions and follows them in context, making it easier to dig deeper into a topic without having to rephrase my query each time.
I also like the lack of ads. Google's AI mode will undoubtedly be flooded with ads soon, and traditional search is so full of them that it's almost unbearable.
One thing I really appreciate is the ability to customize the results. For example, if I want ChatGPT to explain something in simple terms, I can simply ask the question. If I want the response in a table or CSV file, it can handle that as well.
ChatGPT search is now integrated into all ChatGPT packages, including the free package.
Best AI Design Tools
Canva is a popular design tool known for its ease of use, and with the addition of the AI-powered Magic Studio suite, it's become even more powerful.
Magic Studio includes a variety of features that simplify and enhance the creative process.
Magic Design allows you to enter a prompt or upload an image to create custom templates for formats like social media posts and presentations. I often turn to it when I'm short on inspiration, as it provides a solid starting point.
Magic Write helps you craft content by generating text based on your prompts. It's been particularly helpful in overcoming writer's block and copywriting issues.
Magic Edit makes it easy to modify images by changing colors or removing elements, ideal for quick edits without the need for a more complex image editing tool.
Magic Eraser offers an additional feature, allowing you to easily remove unwanted elements from images, which I've found useful when preparing images for social media.
Magic Animate adds movement to static designs, helping to create engaging presentations or stand-out social content.
Canva follows a partially freemium model. You can try some Magic Studio tools for free, with limitations—for example, Magic Write can be used up to 50 times total at no cost. Upgrading to Canva Pro ($15 per month) or Canva for Teams ($30 per month for three seats) lets you increase the limit to 250 uses per person per month.
22. Looka
Looka is an AI-powered logo and mobile design tool. I tested it on two of my side projects—one an Airbnb property management company and the other a digital marketing agency.
It's incredibly easy to use. Simply enter your company name and a brief description of your business. Looka then showed me a selection of logo templates and asked me to choose the one I liked best. This helped me train the AI to match my style. After choosing a color scheme, I received a set of AI-generated logos tailored to my business.
The quality was surprisingly high. After selecting my favorite logo, I used the drag-and-drop editor to make some minor adjustments.
After selecting my favorite logo, Looka creates a logo kit, where your logo is used on a set of different "brand essentials."
Looka offers two main pricing options: a one-time Premium Logo Package for $65, which includes high-resolution files, full ownership, and unlimited revisions, or an annual Brand Suite subscription starting at $96 per year, which adds your branded assets, such as social media posts, business cards, and more. For $129 per year, you can also get a website integrated with the Brand Suite.
The best tools for building AI and programming applications
23. Lovable
Lovable is one of the fastest-growing startups in Europe, and it's easy to see why. The idea of an app that allows anyone—regardless of their programming experience—to build a program from scratch is very appealing. Surprisingly, it's actually quite successful.
I tested it by building a few different apps and websites of increasing complexity. I successfully created a portfolio site for a digital marketer and a productivity app that resembled a task manager. I also used it to create a calculator widget for a landing page on a client's website, giving me a fully functional mini-app that I could easily embed into an embedded framework.
That's the beauty of Lovable—if you're not a programmer, it opens up entirely new possibilities for what you can do on a computer and makes you look like a genius in the process.
However, let's keep expectations realistic. You're not going to be able to build a fully fledged enterprise-level SaaS company. That still requires thousands of hours of skilled engineering. But what makes Lovable stand out isn't just where it is today, but where it could go in the future.
Pricing is simple: There's a free plan for basic use, a $25/month professional plan with additional features, and business plans for larger teams.
24. Cursor
If you're more tech-savvy and want more control over your code than an AI-powered app builder, Cursor is currently the most popular AI-powered integrated development environment (IDE)—the type of development environment app developers use to write code. Combining programming with AI is a lot of fun.
I like using Cursor because it feels familiar—it's a copy of VS Code, which is how I originally learned to code, so there's no learning curve.
I think Cursor's popularity stems from two key strengths. First, it's great for managing large projects—it understands dependencies and makes logical, thoughtful file suggestions. Second, it has a strong understanding of development context, such as file structures, imports, and naming conventions, which means I spend less time tinkering with AI-generated code.
Another big plus: the free version is generous. While the Pro plan ($25/month) gives you access to more advanced AI models and priority updates, the free version is more than sufficient for most everyday uses.
Best AI Knowledge Management Tools
25. Notion Q&A
Notion Q&A is a powerful tool that helps you access your entire company's knowledge base across thousands of Notion pages. I started using it in my new job, and it quickly became one of my favorite AI tools.
As an introvert, I loved asking any question—without interruption—and immediately receiving a detailed, accurate answer drawn from everything stored in our company's Notion workspace and across all Slack channels. It felt like having a personal assistant who knew exactly where to find information from across the company.
While my company limited itself to connecting to Slack, Notion can also pull answers from other connected external tools, including Google Drive, GitHub, and Zendesk.
What makes Notion Q&A unique—especially compared to Google Drive search—is that it doesn't just link to documents; it gives you direct answers drawn from the actual content, making it faster to find what you need.
I also like that the source of each piece of information is listed, making it easy to review and verify key details. This saved me countless hours when I needed quick, detailed information and needed to know where it came from.
Notion Q&A is sold as an add-on for $10 per month per user (or $8 per month when billed annually). It's a reasonable price for what it offers, though it can add up with larger teams. Still, I think it's worth it.
26. Guru
Guru is a specialized knowledge management platform that offers similar functionality to Notion Q&A, but with one key difference: Guru delivers answers directly in context. This means I can ask Guru questions through tools like Slack, my CRM, or any integrated platform, and it automatically aggregates relevant information from those platforms. In practice, this makes responses more useful, given Guru's access to a wider range of real-time data.
In my opinion: Guru is ideal for teams that need a comprehensive, integrated knowledge management solution that fits into their existing workflow. Notion Q&A is a lighter, less-commitment option, ideal if your team, like me, stores most of its content on Notion.
The downside? Guru is more expensive, at $15 per user per month.
The Best AI Email Assistants
HubSpot offers an AI-powered email assistant designed to unleash your creativity and help you write personalized emails at scale. The platform's AI assistant generates texts suitable for various email campaigns, such as sales campaigns, marketing newsletters, and more.
You can then edit or repurpose the generated drafts by automatically changing their style, as well as lengthening or shortening them. HubSpot also includes a drag-and-drop email template builder with multiple customizable presets for each use case, making it ideal for further streamlining creative processes.
What I found most useful is that HubSpot's AI email writer connects to the platform's customer relationship management (CRM) database. This means you can launch email campaigns and automatically record conversations in your contact lists. From there, you can track progress and send timely follow-up emails to increase response rates. Additionally, you can use the platform's AI assistant directly from your Gmail account, saving you the hassle of navigating through multiple tabs.
HubSpot's AI Email Writer is an ideal choice for dynamic marketing and sales teams looking to maximize their efforts and results without increasing staff.
The email writing assistant is available for free, while more advanced email functionality is available through paid HubSpot Marketing Hub plans. Pricing starts at $15 per month.
28. Fyxer
Fyxer is a fast-growing AI-powered executive assistant that claims to be able to reclaim at least an hour of your day. I decided to test it by connecting it to my work Gmail account.
After training it on my previous emails, it started performing two main tasks. First, it automatically categorized my incoming messages into logical folders, making it easier for me to find specific conversations.
Second, it started suggesting draft responses. Fyxer says the AI takes time to learn your style, but I found the drafts to be surprisingly close to how I wrote from the start. Of course, it couldn't answer very specific questions that my inbox didn't have answers for, but it did significantly reduce the number of emails I had to write from scratch. Editing its suggestions was much faster than starting with a blank message.
Fyxer also includes an AI-powered meeting note-taker, which worked well—though I'd still prefer the dedicated tools I mentioned earlier.
Pricing starts at $30 per month, with more advanced features starting at $50 and options tailored to enterprise teams. All plans come with a 7-day free trial.
29. Shortwave
Shortwave is an AI-powered email assistant that helps you organize, compose, search, and schedule emails.
It doesn't include an AI meeting note-taker like Fyxer, but that worked for me because I already use a separate AI tool for taking meeting notes.
What Shortwave offers is excellent email organization, much better search capabilities (which is crucial if, like me, you're constantly digging through old emails looking for invoices and contracts), and AI-powered phrasing and quick suggestions.
My Opinion: I'd use Shortwave for my personal inbox—it's lightweight, affordable, and perfect for everyday use. For work, I prefer Fyxer for its enhanced meeting features and automation.
Shortwave offers a free plan with AI support, inbox customization, and 90 days of search history. The Personal plan costs $8.50 per member per month and adds more power for regular users.
Best AI Scheduling Tools
30. Reclaim
Reclaim is an AI-powered scheduling assistant that helps you optimize your schedule by automatically managing tasks, meetings, and breaks based on your priorities. Since I started using it, it's significantly reduced the mental effort involved in planning my day.
After connecting it to Google Calendar, I entered my tasks and meetings with their priority levels. Reclaim then automatically assigned time slots, ensuring I could keep track of the most important things.
One of its most useful features is its ability to protect stressful work time by blocking out hours for focus and preventing unnecessary meeting overlap. It's also great for scheduling with others—it determines optimal meeting times based on everyone's availability and preferences, reducing duplicate coordination.
Reclaim offers a free Lite plan with basic time-blocking features, and a Starter plan for $10 per user per month for more advanced scheduling support.
31. Clockwise
Clockwise is an AI-powered scheduling assistant that optimizes your schedule by managing meetings and protecting focus periods. Since I started using it, it's helped me organize my schedule and get more thoughtful work done.
Once I connected to Google Calendar, I set some meetings as flexible. Clockwise automatically rescheduled them to allow for longer focus periods, significantly improving my productivity.
It also made it easier to coordinate meetings by identifying the best times for all participants, reducing the usual consultation. Compared to Reclaim, which manages task and meeting scheduling, Clockwise focuses more precisely on optimizing meeting times and providing uninterrupted work. I found Reclaim more useful overall due to its broader scope, but Clockwise excels if your main issue is too many meetings.
Clockwise offers a free plan with basic calendar optimization features. Paid plans start at $7.75 per month.
Best AI Presentation Makers
32. Gamma
In my current job, I have to give presentations all the time—to clients, my managers, and the rest of my team. So, I welcome any tool that makes this part of my job easier, saves me time, and helps me achieve better results.
Gamma is great for creating presentations from scratch, but I've also used it to convert my notes into decks and even repurpose existing presentations and PDFs. It handles all three scenarios very efficiently.
If I'm starting from scratch, I usually go straight to Gamma's "Create Presentation" tool. I type in a phrase like "I need a presentation explaining the different types of digital marketing channels," select the number of slides I want, and it gives me a solid layout that I can edit and rearrange. Then I hit "Create"—and I have a complete presentation in seconds.
The quality is truly outstanding. The generated slides always have a sleek design and include AI-generated images that look consistent and professional, and are definitely much better than what I'd create myself in PowerPoint or Google Slides. I usually make some adjustments—adding my own points, data, or anecdotes—but most of the time, the slides are ready to go.
I've also found it helpful that Gamma exports its presentations in PowerPoint (.pptx) format, which comes in handy when I need to share a presentation with a client who will open it in PowerPoint.
Gamma offers a free plan that includes 400 AI points, basic image creation, and up to 10 slides per presentation. The Plus plan ($10/user/month) offers unlimited AI creation, more slides, better image tools, and priority support.
Don't forget to convert your PowerPoint slides to video when you're finished.
Although it's not as good as Gamma, I still use PowerPoint from time to time, especially with the Copilot feature for PowerPoint.
Like Gamma, it lets me create an entire presentation from an existing file, some notes, or just a well-written prompt. It's surprisingly adept at creating a structured presentation from simple input.
Copilot's biggest advantage over Gamma is its ease of use—almost everyone knows how to use PowerPoint, so it requires no learning effort.
However, if I weren't already using Microsoft 365 for work, I probably wouldn't have paid for Copilot separately. Gamma is cheaper, and I personally prefer creating slides with a modern web-based tool rather than a traditional desktop program.
To clarify, Microsoft Copilot for PowerPoint requires either a Copilot Pro subscription at around $20 per month, or the Microsoft 365 Copilot add-on at $30 per month in addition to an eligible Microsoft 365 plan.
Best AI Resume Builders
Teal is an AI-powered resume builder that simplifies the process of writing a resume and tailors it specifically to job applications—something I've always found tedious and time-consuming.
After entering my work history, skills, and goals, Teal generated an instant resume preview with specific bullet points based on my experience. For example, when I added a previous marketing role, Teal suggested phrases like "increased engagement by 30%" or "managed a team of 5," giving my resume a polished, results-oriented feel without much effort.
Teal highlights key skills and phrases from the job posting and suggests how to incorporate them into your resume. I tested this with a marketing manager position, and it helped me align my resume with the job in just a few clicks.
Teal also offers a popular application tracking tool.
The free Teal plan includes unlimited resumes and job tracking, while Teal+ costs $29 per month and includes all premium features.
35. Kickresume
Personally, I prefer Teal for its smart suggestions for customizing my resume for each job. However, I believe Kickresume produces a more beautiful final product.
It offers over 40 resume templates, all claimed to be designed by HR professionals and print designers—and honestly, I believe that. The templates look sleek, professional, and modern. They're also Applicant Tracking System (ATS) compatible, giving me peace of mind knowing that the AI scanners most companies use will be able to read my resume without issue.
Another great feature: Kickresume lets you turn your resume into a personal website in just a few clicks, so you don't need to use a separate tool.
Kickresume's free plan includes basic resume and cover letter templates, a website builder, and access to over 20,000 pre-written phrases. The monthly plan ($19 per month) offers premium templates, full customization, an AI-powered resume checker, and priority support.
Best AI Voice Generators
36. ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs is the undisputed leader in AI voice generation. The company offers text-to-speech and voice cloning capabilities.
This technology is a joy to try. The AI-generated voices sound very natural, with great flexibility. You can adjust the spoken language, voices, and number of speakers. I also liked the voice tagging feature, which allowed me to control the delivery style and emotion of the speech, allowing me to change the pitch from [whisper] to [sarcasm] and then to [laughter], all within the same text clip.
Things got a little weird when I tried cloning my voice. Once cloned, you can speak your own voice via text-to-speech. The AI voice was a perfect match for my own voice, which was what made me nervous about this experience.
I'd also like to mention ElevenLabs AI Dubbing Studio, which really impressed me with its ability to create voiceovers and dub content in multiple languages. I uploaded a video and was able to quickly generate high-quality audio tracks in a variety of voices and accents. It's a bit pricey, and it doesn't include video dubbing/lip-syncing capabilities (for that, try Synthesia's AI video dubbing), but otherwise, I think it's a great add-on and definitely one of my favorite video translation apps.
ElevenLabs offers a free plan with 10,000 credits, while paid plans start at $5 per month for more credits, voice cloning, and commercial use. Higher plans offer professional features like better audio quality and API access for larger projects.
37. Murf
If I'm working on a project that requires voiceover narration, I almost always choose an AI-generated voice. It saves me the hassle of setting up a microphone, dealing with noise cancellation, and, frankly, not being a fan of hearing my own voice.
While ElevenLabs is the undisputed leader in AI voice quality, I believe Murf is a better option for non-technical users.
Murf features a smooth, drag-and-drop interface that makes it easy to quickly create voiceovers. It may not have the same technical depth or realism as ElevenLabs, but it still delivers excellent results, especially for things like explainer videos or internal presentations.
Murf's free plan gives you 10 minutes of audio generation and transcription, access to over 120 voices, and basic audio/video sharing. The Creator plan, priced at $29 per month, gives you unlimited downloads, over 200 voices, two hours of audio generation per month, and commercial usage rights.
Best AI Music Generators
38. Suno
At work, I use Suno to create background music for social media posts, videos, and ads. It's perfect for creating original, royalty-free, great-sounding tracks, and all it takes is a simple prompt.
Suno is also one of the most fun tools on this list. I've found myself using it in my free time to experiment with new songs in the style of my favorite artists.
For example, I created a great track using this prompt:
A fun, upbeat pop song, inspired by the Michael Jackson style (during the "Bad" era), about grinding away late into the night to write a blog post. Catchy verses about research, editing, and fighting writer's block, with a smooth, emotional chorus celebrating publishing. Add Michael Jackson-esque improvisations ("Hey hey!", "Shammon!") and a distinctive vocal style.
While AI music still lacks the emotional depth of human-generated songs, it's fun and incredibly useful for creative projects. I don't think we'll be listening to AI tracks just for fun just yet, but we're getting closer.
The free Suno plan includes 50 daily credits for up to 10 songs per day (for personal use only). The Pro plan, for $10 per month, gives you 2,500 credits, commercial rights, faster generation, and the ability to run 10 tasks simultaneously.
If you use it for any public business, like me, you'll need the Pro plan to obtain a commercial license.
39. Udio
I think Udio is best suited for musicians who want to use AI as a starting point and then develop their creativity. Its editing options are more flexible than Suno, though still less than traditional music production software.
If I wanted more control over how I composed a song, I'd probably choose Udio. It lets me shape, tweak, and improve everything, whether that's reproducing a verse I didn't like, lengthening a verse I liked, or adjusting the lyrics until they sound perfect.
It's not as fast or accurate as Suno, but if you're interested in structure and customization, Udio is the stronger option.
Udio offers a free plan with 100 credits per month for up to 50 songs and basic instruments. For more options, the standard plan costs $10 per month.
Best AI Marketing Tools
40. AdCreative
AdCreative is an AI-powered platform that simplifies the process of creating creative ads for platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Google Ads. After testing it, I found it easy to use, time-saving, and produced professional results.
As someone with no design experience, I appreciated the speed at which it created practical ads. I simply entered basic campaign details—such as the product and target audience—and the tool generated multiple ad designs optimized for different platforms. I found that the generated designs typically required only minor tweaks.
The user interface is intuitive and easy for beginners. I could easily modify text, swap images, and add my logo to match my brand. AdCreative made it easy for me to create multiple ad variations for A/B testing with minor changes to headlines or visual elements.
Pricing starts at $39 per month, which is affordable for frequent users and significantly cheaper than hiring a designer. But for intermittent use—especially if you need extensive adjustments to your results—the cost may seem a bit high.
41. AirOps
AirOps is marketed as a content operations engine, with a primary focus on creating scalable content. I use it primarily to create blog posts, but I've also used it to update landing pages, suggest ad copy, check backlink quality, and generate SEO metadata for hundreds of pages at once. This software eliminates tedious and repetitive tasks and allows me to focus on more important work.
AirOps makes it easy to build complex workflows thanks to its drag-and-drop interface. Many standard steps are available, but I particularly like the "Effective Steps"—pre-built modules that handle common tasks like keyword research or identifying consumable content.
One of my favorite features is the range of available models. AirOps allows you to build workflows using the latest ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini models, with support for LLM models, image models, and (potentially) video models coming soon.
The quality of the output depends largely on the quality of the workflow you create, but AirOps makes learning easy. They offer helpful tutorials and regularly host webinars featuring prominent names in the SEO and content marketing fields, sharing how they use the platform.
It's not the cheapest tool, but it's extremely effective—and I believe its role in marketing teams will only grow as it continues to evolve.