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Free AI Tools

100 free AI tools with genuinely useful free tiers — chatbots, writers, image and video generators, voice tools, coding assistants and more. Every pick has a free plan worth using, with the limits spelled out up front.

Chat & Assistants

30 free tools.

AI Chatbots

Poe — free AI tool

Poe

Free daily compute points (~3,000/day, resets daily, no rollover); cheap models ~15-30 pts/msg, flagship models ~250-350 pts/msg. Paid plans from ~$4.

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HuggingChat — free AI tool

HuggingChat

Completely free, no account required; 120+ open models, web search, document upload. Largest models may queue/throttle; small monthly inference credit

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DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Duck.ai) — free AI tool

DuckDuckGo AI Chat (Duck.ai)

Free, no account, anonymous (proxied, no retention, no training); models from OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta, Mistral. Free within daily limits; voice chat i

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Brave Leo — free AI tool

Brave Leo

Free tier, no Brave account; page-aware chat with Llama/Qwen/Claude Haiku-class models, subject to rate limits. Premium $14.99/mo unlocks frontier mod

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Meta AI — free AI tool

Meta AI

Free everyday use, no signup on web; chat, web-grounded answers, image generation included. In-app use needs a Meta account; optional higher-usage sub

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Grok — free AI tool

Grok

Free tier ~10 messages every 2 hours on grok.com/X app (X account required); real-time X + web grounding. Paid SuperGrok from $30/mo.

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Le Chat by Mistral AI — free AI tool

Le Chat by Mistral AI

Free $0, no credit card; ~25 messages/day soft cap with frontier models, AFP web search, Flux image gen, code interpreter. Pro $14.99/mo.

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You.com — free AI tool

You.com

Free plan: AI chat searches with cited sources, starter allowances of image/writing generations, chat history. YouPro paid tier unlocks unlimited use.

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Pi by Inflection AI — free AI tool

Pi by Inflection AI

Completely free, no paid tier or message limits; empathetic voice conversations with long-term memory. Phone-number signup; consumer development froze

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Character.AI — free AI tool

Character.AI

Free: unlimited text messages, full character library, character creation, voice chat; with ads, peak-hour slow mode, waiting rooms. c.ai+ $9.99/mo re

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AI Search & Research

Brave Search — free AI tool

Brave Search

Answer with AI and Ask Brave completely free, no account required; core search free; Leo assistant has free tier (Premium $14.99/mo); Search API free

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Andi Search — free AI tool

Andi Search

Completely free for consumers – no ads, no tracking, no paid consumer tier; sustained by donations while enterprise licensing is the planned business

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Komo Search

Core AI search free with no signup required across all four modes; paid tiers listed for heavier/agent-style usage.

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You.com — free AI tool

You.com

Free consumer AI search with daily query limits across Smart/Genius/Research/Create modes; API verified free: $100 starting credit + 100 Web Search AP

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Consensus AI — free AI tool

Consensus AI

Free: unlimited paper searches + 10 Pro messages, 3 Deep Reviews, 10 Study Snapshots per month; Pro $20/mo or $144/yr; 40% student discount.

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Elicit — free AI tool

Elicit

Basic free: 5,000 one-time starter credits, full-corpus search, basic summaries, limited extraction columns; Plus $12/mo ($10 annual); Pro $49/mo.

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Semantic Scholar — free AI tool

Semantic Scholar

Everything free, no paid tier exists: search, citation graph, TLDR summaries, alerts; free API (5,000 req/5min shared pool; 1-10 RPS with free key).

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ResearchRabbit — free AI tool

ResearchRabbit

Free: unlimited searches, unlimited collections, shared collections, 50 seed articles; optional RR+ $10/mo annual ($12.50 monthly) for 300 seeds and a

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SciSpace

Basic free: 100 monthly credits, Lite model access, 5 extraction columns; paid plans start around $12/month with more credits and stronger models.

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Connected Papers — free AI tool

Connected Papers

Free: 5 graphs per month; paid plans for unlimited graphing start at a few dollars per month.

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AI Writing Assistants

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Rytr

10,000 characters/month (~2,000 words), 40+ templates, 20+ tones, plagiarism checker; no credit card

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Copy.ai

2,000 words/month + 200 one-time workflow credits, 90+ tools, Brand Voice; no credit card

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Grammarly — free AI tool

Grammarly

Unlimited grammar/spelling/punctuation checks, 100 AI prompts/month, tone detection; no credit card

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QuillBot

125-word paraphrasing, 2 modes, basic grammar, 1,200-word summaries, limited AI detector

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Wordtune

10 rewrites/day, 3 AI summaries/month, unlimited spelling/grammar checks; no credit card

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Writecream

20 credits/month (~40,000 chars): 2 long + 4 short articles, 20 icebreakers, 4 podcasts, 4 voice-overs

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Simplified

~1,000 words/month (per official FAQ), 50+ templates, 20+ languages; design/video tools included

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TextCortex

20 AI creations/day, advanced models + web search, 3 personas, 3 knowledge bases; no credit card

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Jenni AI

10 AI autocompletes/day, PDF uploads, unlimited citations in 10,000+ styles; no credit card

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HyperWrite

500 TypeAhead autocompletions/day, 15 generations + 15 rewrites/month; no credit card

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Images & Design

20 free tools.

AI Image Generators

Adobe Firefly — free AI tool

Adobe Firefly

25 generative credits/month, no card required; free outputs are resolution-limited and watermarked; commercial use needs a paid plan

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Ideogram — free AI tool

Ideogram

~10 slow-queue credits/week, no card required; images are public by default; users keep rights to generated outputs

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Bing Image Creator — free AI tool

Bing Image Creator

15 fast boosts/day plus unlimited standard-speed generations; free Microsoft account required; terms favor personal, non-commercial use

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Playground

~5-10 generations per 3-hour rolling window on Playground's own models; personal use only, no commercial license on free tier

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NightCafe — free AI tool

NightCafe

5 free credits/day plus unlimited free base-model generations; commercial rights extend to free-tier creations under its terms

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Craiyon — free AI tool

Craiyon

Unlimited generations with no signup; 9 images per prompt at ~256px with watermark and ads

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Freepik AI Image Generator — free AI tool

Freepik AI Image Generator

20 free generations/day on basic models; free outputs are personal-use only and attribution may be required

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Recraft

30-50 credits/day including Vector Pro model access; free images are public and not licensed for commercial use

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SeaArt — free AI tool

SeaArt

~150 Stamina/day (roughly 20 standard images); watermarks on free outputs; no commercial license on free tier

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Perchance AI Image Generator

Truly unlimited with no signup, no watermark, and no paid tier; ad-supported; web-resolution outputs; commercial rights ambiguous

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AI Design & Photo Tools

Remove.bg — free AI tool

Remove.bg

Unlimited free website use at 0.25MP preview resolution; 1 bonus HD credit; 50 free API/app previews per month.

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Cleanup.pictures

Unlimited free image cleanups; exports capped at 720p resolution.

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Photopea — free AI tool

Photopea

Full editor free with no account; ad-supported; no watermarks or export caps. Premium ~$5/mo removes ads.

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Pixlr — free AI tool

Pixlr

Full layered editors free with ads; ~20 AI credits for new users; daily save cap; file-size limits.

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Fotor — free AI tool

Fotor

Free Basic plan: basic editing, limited templates, watermarked non-HD exports, limited AI credits, 2 Sisi AI chats, 512MB storage.

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Kittl — free AI tool

Kittl

200 one-time AI tokens; 800px/72dpi watermarked exports; 5 projects; 500MB storage; personal use only.

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Visme

Free Basic: watermarked JPG-only exports, limited templates, 500MB storage, ~10 AI credits, no collaboration.

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Uizard — free AI tool

Uizard

3 AI generations/month (Autodesigner 1.5); 2 projects up to 5 screens each; 10 templates; unlimited viewers.

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Adobe Express — free AI tool

Adobe Express

100,000+ templates, 1M+ free assets, 5GB storage, ~25 monthly generative credits, unlimited background removal; no card required.

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Ideogram

Daily slow-queue generations (each prompt yields up to 4 images); all outputs public; no image upload on free.

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Video & Voice

30 free tools.

AI Video Tools

Runway — free AI tool

Runway

Free plan: 125 one-time credits (never refresh), watermarked exports, older Turbo-tier models only (no Gen-4.5), 5GB storage, ~3 video projects — veri

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Pika — free AI tool

Pika

Free plan: $0 with 0 credits/month (packs only — buy top-up packs to generate), watermark-free exports, no commercial license, 2 parallel video gens —

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HeyGen — free AI tool

HeyGen

Free plan: 1 credit/month (~1 min avatar video), watermarked, 720p, 175+ languages, stock/instant avatars, non-commercial — corroborated by multiple c

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Synthesia — free AI tool

Synthesia

Free Basic: 1,200 credits/month (~10 min video/month), 9 avatars, 160+ languages, Synthesia logo watermark, NO MP4 downloads (share-link only), no car

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InVideo — free AI tool

InVideo

Free plan: ~10 min AI video generation/week (resets Monday), hard-coded watermark, 720p, weekly export cap (~4), templates + stock + Magic Box include

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Kapwing — free AI tool

Kapwing

Free plan: 1-min watermarked 720p exports, ~30 export-min/month, 10 AI credits/month, projects expire after ~3 days — verified from kapwing.com/pricin

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Descript — free AI tool

Descript

Free plan: 60 media minutes/month, 100 one-time (non-renewing) AI credits, watermarked 720p exports, 1 seat.

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Opus Clip — free AI tool

Opus Clip

Free plan: 60 processing credits/month (1 credit = 1 source minute), watermarked 1080p clips, 9:16, clips expire after 3 days, no editor.

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Vidnoz — free AI tool

Vidnoz

Free plan: 60 credits/day (~2–3 min of video, reset daily, no rollover), 720p, watermarked, max 3 min/video, 1,800+ avatars, no card required.

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Fliki — free AI tool

Fliki

Free plan: ~5 minutes of credits/month (some Sept 2026 snapshots show 3 credits/month), 720p, Fliki watermark, 1-min max per video, no commercial righ

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AI Voice & Audio Tools

Murf.ai — free AI tool

Murf.ai

10 minutes of voice generation, 200+ voices, 35+ languages; no downloads, no commercial rights

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PlayHT — free AI tool

PlayHT

~12,500 characters/month, 600+ voices, 140+ languages; attribution required, non-commercial, no voice cloning

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Speechify — free AI tool

Speechify

10 basic voices, up to 1.5x speed, core reading app; free forever, no trial countdown

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TTSMaker — free AI tool

TTSMaker

20,000 characters/week, ~1,000 chars per conversion, unlimited downloads, commercial use allowed, no signup

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Descript — free AI tool

Descript

60 minutes of media/month, 100 one-time AI credits, watermarked exports, basic Overdub (1,000-word vocabulary)

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Adobe Podcast Enhance Speech — free AI tool

Adobe Podcast Enhance Speech

1 hour of audio processing/day, 30-min/500MB files, fixed enhancement strength, WAV download; free Adobe account only

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Krisp — free AI tool

Krisp

60 minutes/day AI noise cancellation, unlimited transcripts & recording, 2 AI meeting notes/day

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Audo Studio — free AI tool

Audo Studio

20 minutes of audio enhancement/month (noise removal + auto volume); browser-based, no install

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NaturalReader — free AI tool

NaturalReader

Unlimited basic voices, 20 min/day premium voices, 5 min/day plus voices; no MP3 export, personal use only

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Podcastle — free AI tool

Podcastle

Unlimited audio recording, 3 hours video recording (720p watermarked), 1 hour transcription

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AI Music Tools

Udio — free AI tool

Udio

Free: 100 credits/month + 10/day, max 3 songs/day, public songs only, no downloads, non-commercial. Verified Oct 2026.

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Stable Audio — free AI tool

Stable Audio

Free: limited monthly generations, non-commercial use, instrumental only (no vocals). Verified Oct 2026.

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AIVA — free AI tool

AIVA

Free: 3 downloads/month, up to 3-min tracks, MP3+MIDI, non-commercial, credit AIVA, AIVA owns copyright. Verified Oct 2026.

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Boomy

Free: unlimited generations, save up to 25 songs, 1 release, no downloads, non-commercial. Verified Oct 2026.

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Mubert — free AI tool

Mubert

Free Ambassador: 25 tracks/month, 5 MP3 downloads/month, non-commercial. Verified Oct 2026.

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Loudly — free AI tool

Loudly

Free: 25 songs/month, 30-sec max, ~1 download/day, basic MP3, non-commercial. Verified Oct 2026.

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Beatoven.ai — free AI tool

Beatoven.ai

Free tier: ~15 min/month, watermarked downloads (sources vary; verify live). Verified Oct 2026.

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Riffusion — free AI tool

Riffusion

Completely free, no account required. Note: www.riffusion.com redirects to flowmusic.app as of Oct 2026.

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MusicFX — free AI tool

MusicFX

100% free, no credits; Google account required; instrumental only; 30/50/70-sec clips. Note: redirects to flowmusic.app as of Oct 2026.

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Mureka — free AI tool

Mureka

Free: limited daily generations, streaming only, no downloads, personal use. Pricing page unstable — verify live. Verified Oct 2026.

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Code & Building

20 free tools.

AI Coding Assistants

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Cursor

Free Hobby plan: ~2,000 tab completions/month, ~50 slow premium model requests/month, full editor + codebase indexing, 7-day Pro trial on signup. No c

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Windsurf

Free tier: unlimited tab completions (Supercomplete) + ~25 prompt credits/month for Cascade agent actions and premium models. No credit card required.

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Amazon Q Developer

Free tier: 50 agentic requests/month, code suggestions, security scans, 1,000 LOC/month Java transformation, IDE plugins + CLI. No credit card require

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Google Antigravity

Free tier: weekly agent quota (work-done based), Gemini 3 Pro access, unlimited tab completions, full features (Agent Manager, browser automation, MCP

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Cline

Extension 100% free and open source (Apache 2.0). Rotating free models via Cline account (daily limits); otherwise bring your own API key or free loca

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Continue.dev

Fully free and open source (Apache 2.0) IDE extension. Bring your own model; $0 with local Ollama models. No subscription, no usage metering by Contin

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Aider

Free and open source (Apache 2.0) terminal agent. Bring your own API key (pay-per-token) or $0 with local models via Ollama/LM Studio.

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Goose

Free and open source (Apache 2.0) local-first agent (desktop app + CLI + API). Bring any provider key; $0 with local Ollama models.

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Replit AI

Free Starter plan: daily Agent credits, 1 published project, built-in database, private/password-protected deployments. Zero setup, in the browser.

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Qodo

Free Developer plan: 30 PR reviews/month, 250 IDE/CLI credits/month, IDE plugin + CLI, all major Git platforms. Community support.

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No-Code AI Builders

Bubble — free AI tool

Bubble

$0 forever: 50,000 workload units/month, development version only (no live deploy), bubble.io subdomain, Bubble branding, 1 editor.

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Softr

Softr

$0: unlimited apps, 5 app users, 5 AI credits/month, 5,000 database records, 500 workflow actions/month.

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Framer — free AI tool

Framer

$0: publish on a Framer subdomain, ~500 AI credits (one-time trial), limited pages/bandwidth, Framer branding, no custom domain.

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Webflow — free AI tool

Webflow

$0 Starter workspace: 2 staging sites, 200 AI credits/month, webflow.io subdomain, 2 pages/site, 50 CMS items per site.

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Typedream

$0/month, no credit card: publish 1 page to a typedream.app domain, Typedream badge.

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Carrd

$0: up to 3 sites on a carrd.co subdomain, 'Made with Carrd' badge, no forms/analytics/custom domain.

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v0 by Vercel — free AI tool

v0 by Vercel

$0: $5 of monthly credits, 7 messages/day cap, deploy to Vercel, Design Mode visual editing, GitHub sync.

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Lovable

$0: 5 daily build credits capped at 30/month, 20 monthly Cloud credits, lovable.app subdomains, public projects, no custom domain.

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Bolt.new — free AI tool

Bolt.new

$0, no credit card: 1M tokens/month (300K daily cap), Bolt branding, 10MB uploads, public and private projects, hosting + database included.

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Replit — free AI tool

Replit

$0 Starter: limited daily Agent credits, 1 published project, public projects only, built-in database.

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