Best Free Plan AI Tools
AI tools that offer a free tier or forever-free plan. Try these tools without a credit card. Free plans may include usage limits, watermarks, or feature restrictions, but provide genuine value for individuals and small teams.
8 tools
DeepSeek
Free
Open-source Chinese AI with reasoning capabilities rivaling the best
- DeepSeek-R1 chain-of-thought reasoning model
- DeepSeek-V3 general-purpose model
- Fully open-source model weights (MIT license)
- Mathematical reasoning and proof capabilities
- Code generation across multiple languages
Microsoft Designer
Free
Free AI-powered design tool from Microsoft with DALL-E integration
- AI image generation powered by DALL-E
- Natural language to complete design layout generation
- Restyle Image for artistic transformation of photos
- Background removal and replacement
- AI-generated text and caption suggestions
NotebookLM
Free
Google's AI research assistant that turns your sources into insights
- Source-grounded AI Q&A with inline citations
- Audio Overview podcast-style summaries
- Upload PDFs, Docs, Slides, URLs, and YouTube links
- Automatic study guide and FAQ generation
- Timeline and briefing document creation
Semantic Scholar
Free
Free AI-powered academic search engine with 200M+ papers and citation graphs
- AI-generated TLDR one-sentence paper summaries
- Influential citation detection distinguishing meaningful from perfunctory citations
- Interactive citation graphs mapping research lineage
- Personalized Research Feed based on your interests
- Semantic Reader with inline definitions and highlights
Kimi
Free
Moonshot AI's long-context chatbot with a 2 million token window
- 2 million token context window — largest among consumer chatbots
- Multi-document upload and cross-document analysis
- PDF, Word, Excel, and code file processing
- Web page analysis and summarization
- Image understanding and description
Kiro
Free
AWS-backed spec-driven AI IDE that generates specifications before code
- Spec-driven development with auto-generated requirements
- Structured task breakdown before code generation
- Agent hooks for automated workflows on file changes
- Built on VS Code with extension compatibility
- Acceptance criteria and edge case generation
Meta AI
Free
Llama-powered AI assistant embedded across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook
- Llama-powered conversational AI
- Deep integration into WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, Messenger
- Image generation with Meta Emu model
- Real-time web search and information retrieval
- Group chat AI assistance via @MetaAI mentions
Mistral Le Chat
Free
Europe's leading AI assistant with strong multilingual open-weight models
- Mistral Large frontier model access
- Strong multilingual capabilities (especially European languages)
- Web search with source citations
- Canvas mode for collaborative document editing
- Code generation and debugging