Comprehensive comparison of 99 AI tools across coding, image, video, audio, LLMs, and platforms
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Last updated: March 14, 2026 • Contact: @trying.jun
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| Tool / Model | Category | Primary Function | Price | Free | Open Source | API | Code Gen | Autocomplete | Chat | Image Gen | Video Gen | Music/Audio | Reasoning | Deploy | UI Build | Voice Clone | Search | Key Differentiator |
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| Coding IDEs & Developer Tools | ||||||||||||||||||
| Coding IDE | AI-native code editor with inline autocomplete, agentic editing, chat | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Multi-model IDE, Tab autocomplete, 8 parallel subagents, BugBot PR reviewer | |
| Coding IDE | Inline completions, chat, agent mode, code review, coding agent | $10/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Deep GitHub integration, largest user base, autonomous coding agent on issues | |
| Coding IDE | Spec-driven development: prompts to specs to code, tests, docs | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Spec-driven development workflow, agent hooks, deep AWS integration | |
| Coding IDE | Agentic IDE with Cascade, Tab completions, lint fixing, image-to-UI | $15/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | Cascade agentic mode, proprietary SWE-1 models, auto lint fixing | |
ReplitUS | Coding IDE | Cloud IDE with AI agent, code completions, one-click deployment | $25/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | Full cloud IDE with hosting/deployment, no local setup, Design Mode |
Bolt.newUS | Coding IDE | Full-stack web app builder in browser via WebContainers | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | Entire dev environment in browser via WebContainers, 1M+ sites deployed |
| Coding IDE | AI front-end/full-stack builder for React and Next.js | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | Image-to-code, one-click Vercel deployment, Next.js ecosystem | |
LovableSE | Coding IDE | Full-stack app builder from plain English with visual editor | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | Figma-like visual editor, one-click Supabase, $300M ARR |
| Coding IDE | Terminal-based agentic coding: reads code, edits files, runs tests, git | $20/mo | - | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Terminal-native, deep agentic capabilities, extended thinking, no GUI overhead | |
DevinUS | Coding IDE | Autonomous AI software engineer: plans, codes, debugs, deploys | $20/mo | - | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | Most autonomous tool, parallel agents, end-to-end development |
| Coding IDE | Chat, inline completions, Next Edit, agentic programming | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Context Engine for large codebases, 200K context window, Memories | |
| Coding IDE | Code completion, chat, code review, personalized suggestions | $12/user/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Privacy-first: air-gapped/on-prem, BYOM, 600+ languages | |
| Coding IDE | Code suggestions, chat, agentic coding, security scanning, transforms | $19/user/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Deep AWS integration, automated Java 8-to-17 code transforms | |
| Coding IDE | Completions, IDE-aware chat, multi-file edit, Junie agent | $0 (limited) | Free tier | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Deepest IDE integration, leverages JetBrains code analysis engine | |
| Coding IDE | Code understanding, generation, chat, autocomplete, batch changes | $19/user/mo | Amp free | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Code search across massive monorepos, unconstrained token usage (Amp) | |
| Coding IDE | Most-used IDE with multi-model AI agent, Copilot completions, chat | Free / $10/mo | Free tier | Open source | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Most-used IDE worldwide, multi-model AI agent, open-source extensions ecosystem | |
| Coding IDE | Apple IDE with on-device Swift AI, Claude/Codex coding agents | Free | Free | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | On-device Swift AI, Claude/Codex agents, Apple ecosystem integration | |
| Coding IDE | Free AI-native IDE: multi-model agent, inline completions, chat, Builder mode | Free | Free | Closed | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | 100% free Cursor alternative, Claude/GPT/Gemini/DeepSeek, Builder no-code mode | |
| Coding IDE | Agentic cloud IDE powered by Gemini: agents plan, code, test, browse web | Free (preview) | Free | Closed | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | Google's agentic IDE, Gemini 3-powered agents, cloud dev environment, autonomous coding | |
| Coding IDE | Open-source terminal-first AI coding agent with TUI, LSP, multi-provider | Free (API cost) | Free | Open source | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Open-source Claude Code alternative, 120K+ GitHub stars, TUI with Bubble Tea, LSP integration | |
| Coding IDE | Open-source VSCode extension for agentic AI coding with terminal access | Free | Free | Open Source | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Agentic coding in VSCode, terminal access, open-source | |
| Coding IDE | Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains | Free | Free | Open Source | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Open-source, multi-model support, local-first IDE plugin | |
| Coding IDE | Terminal-based AI pair programming tool for git repos | Free | Free | Open Source | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Git-native terminal AI coding, multi-model, top SWE-Bench scores | |
| Coding IDE | High-performance collaborative editor with built-in AI assistant | Free | Free | Open Source | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Rust-based editor, ultra-fast performance, multi-model AI built-in | |
| Large Language Models (LLMs) | ||||||||||||||||||
| LLM | Multimodal text gen, reasoning, image understanding, code | Free / $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Flagship frontier model, massive ecosystem, native image gen | |
| LLM | Frontier LLM with 1M context, computer-use, Pro reasoning tier | $20 / $200/mo | Via ChatGPT | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Native computer-use, 1M context, SWE-Bench Pro 57.7%, ARC-AGI-2 73.3% | |
| LLM | Text generation, reasoning, analysis, coding, extended thinking | Free / $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Extended thinking, 1M token context, strong safety alignment | |
| LLM | Multimodal text gen, reasoning, search, coding | Free / $19.99/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | Deep Google Workspace integration, competitive Flash pricing | |
| LLM | Fastest/cheapest Google model, 2.5x faster TTFA, 1M context | $0.25/M tokens | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | 2.5x faster than Gemini 2.5 Flash, cheapest in 3.x family, 64K output tokens | |
| LLM | Text generation, multimodal understanding, reasoning | Free (self-host) | N/A | Open-weight | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Open-weight, 10M token context (Scout), self-hostable | |
MistralFR | LLM | Text gen, multimodal understanding, OCR, speech-to-text | Free (open) | Free tier | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | European AI sovereignty, mix of open + proprietary models |
| LLM | Multimodal text gen, real-time search, image gen, voice | $30/mo | - | Mostly closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | Real-time X/Twitter data, 2M token context | |
| LLM | AI-powered search and research assistant (multi-model) | Free / $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | Real-time web search with cited sources, aggregates best models | |
DeepSeekCN | LLM | Text generation, reasoning, coding, tool use | Free / $0.14/M | Free chat | MIT License | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 95% cheaper than GPT-4 Turbo, fully open source (MIT), o1-level reasoning |
| LLM | Multimodal LLM: text, image, video, audio understanding + generation | ~$0.11/M tokens | Limited free | Apache 2.0 | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Largest open-source MoE family, 1M context, 201 languages, Apache 2.0 | |
| LLM | Reasoning diffusion LLM: parallel token generation, 1000+ tok/s | Pay-per-use | - | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | First diffusion LLM, 1000+ tok/s (5x faster), 1.7s end-to-end, 128K context | |
| LLM | Native omni-modal LLM: text, image, audio, video generation | Free / ~$8/mo | Free app | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 2.4T parameters, native omni-modal, Baidu ecosystem integration | |
| LLM | General-purpose LLM with agent capabilities, 200M+ users | $0.47/M tokens | Free app | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 90% cheaper than GPT-5.2, 200M+ users, TikTok/ByteDance ecosystem | |
| LLM | Open-weight multimodal agentic LLM with Agent Swarm | $0.60/M tokens | Free chat | Modified MIT | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Agent Swarm (100 parallel sub-agents), 1T params, image-to-code | |
| LLM | General-purpose frontier LLM with 2M context window | $1.00/M tokens | Flash free | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 2M context (largest Chinese), first Chinese AI IPO, CogView/CogVideo | |
| LLM | General-purpose LLM with hybrid reasoning + creative stack | ~$0.14/M tokens | Free trial | Partial | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Hybrid Transformer-Mamba arch, full creative ecosystem, WeChat integration | |
| LLM | Multimodal AI: text, image, video, voice, music generation | $0.30/M tokens | Free apps | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Broadest multimodal (text+img+video+voice+music), rivals Opus at 1/10 price | |
| LLM | Medical/healthcare-specialized LLM | Free (self-host) | N/A | Apache 2.0 | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | World's leading medical AI, clinical reasoning, runs on consumer GPUs | |
| LLM | 8B multimodal LLM: text, image, video, on-device inference | Free (open-source) | N/A | Apache 2.0 | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 8B multimodal on mobile/edge, Apache 2.0, rivals GPT-4V at 1/100 size | |
| LLM | Bilingual (EN/ZH) large language model series by 01.AI | Pay-per-use | Free tier | Open Source | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Strong bilingual EN/ZH LLM, open weights, competitive benchmarks | |
| LLM | Enterprise LLM optimized for RAG, tool use, and multilingual tasks | Pay-per-use | Free tier | Weights | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | Enterprise RAG specialist, 128K context, strong tool use | |
| LLM | Small but powerful language model excelling at reasoning and STEM | Free | Free | Open Source | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | 14B params beating much larger models on reasoning benchmarks | |
| LLM | Multimodal AI model handling text, images, video, and audio | Pay-per-use | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | Natively multimodal — processes text, image, video, audio together | |
| Image Generation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Image Gen | Text-to-image generation | Free / $0.035/img | Self-host | Open-weight | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Open-weight, massive community ecosystem, self-hostable | |
| Image Gen | Text-to-image generation | $0.04/img | Via ChatGPT | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Deep ChatGPT integration, being replaced by GPT Image 1/1.5 | |
| Image Gen | Text-to-image, image-to-video | $10/mo | - | Closed | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Industry-leading aesthetic quality, V7 architecture | |
| Image Gen | Image gen, vector graphics, video, audio, translation | Free / $9.99/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Trained on licensed content (commercially safe), Creative Cloud integration | |
IdeogramCA | Image Gen | Text-to-image with specialty in text rendering | Free / $7/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Best-in-class text rendering in images, Magic Prompt |
| Image Gen | Text-to-image generation (Max, Pro, Dev, Klein variants) | $0.003/img | - | Partial | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | #1 Arena ELO (Pro v1.1), Klein generates in <0.5s, built-in typography | |
| Image Gen | Image generation, video generation, model fine-tuning | Free / $10/mo | 150/day | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Custom model training with 10-20 images, diverse style models | |
| Image Gen | AI image generation with text rendering up to 4K | ~$9.60/mo | 260 credits | Closed | Coming | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 94% text rendering accuracy, 14 reference images, character consistency | |
| Image Gen | AI image + video gen with bilingual text effects | ~$0.004/img | Limited free | Video open | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | First video model with CN/EN text effects, open-source Wan2.x video | |
| Image Gen | Open-source image + video gen for consumer GPUs | Free (self-host) | N/A | Open source | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Largest open-source image model (80B), consumer GPU compatible, #1 LMArena | |
| Image Gen | AI image generation with vector, icon, and illustration speciality | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | #1 on text-to-image ELO, vector/SVG native, brand consistency | |
| Image Gen | AI canvas for creating and editing images with multiple models | $15/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Mixed image editing canvas, combine multiple AI models | |
| Image Gen | Google's latest image generation model with photorealistic output | Pay-per-use | Free in Gemini | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Best-in-class photorealism, integrated with Gemini and Vertex AI | |
| Video Generation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Video Gen | Text-to-video, image-to-video | $20/mo (Plus) | - | Closed | Coming | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25s video with synchronized dialogue/SFX/music from one prompt | |
| Video Gen | Text-to-video, image-to-video, video-to-video | Free / $12/mo | 125 credits | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Professional editing controls, in-video editing (Aleph), motion capture (Act-Two), 4K | |
| Video Gen | Text-to-video, image-to-video with synchronized audio | Free / $10/mo | 66/day | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Native 4K 60fps, up to 3-min video (longest), multi-language audio, 60M+ creators | |
| Video Gen | Text-to-video, image-to-video, creative effects | Free / $10/mo | 80 credits | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Physics-based interactions, Pikaswaps, Pika Selves (AI avatars), integrated SFX | |
| Video Gen | AI video generation with HD audio, #1 on VBench | $0.20/4s video | Limited | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | #1 VBench (above Sora), <10s generation, 55% cheaper than competitors | |
| Video Gen | Text/image/audio-to-video, multi-shot storytelling, lip-sync in 8+ languages | Free / ~$10/mo | Limited | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Unified audio-video joint generation, 2K cinema, 200+ digital avatars, native multi-shot consistency | |
| Video Gen | Multi-model video gen, talking avatars, face/body animation | Free / $9/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Multi-model video + talking avatars, face/body animation, social-first | |
| Video Gen | Open-source text/image-to-video gen, MoE flow-matching architecture | Free (open-source) | N/A | Apache 2.0 | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Apache 2.0, MoE flow-matching, best aesthetic quality (85.3), 14B params, self-hostable | |
| Video Gen | 4K 50fps video + native stereo audio, 20s clips, open-source | Free (self-host) | N/A | Apache 2.0 | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | 19B params (14B video + 5B audio), 4K 50fps, native stereo audio, runs locally | |
| Video Gen | Minute-long video gen at near real-time on single H100 | Free (open-weight) | N/A | Open-weight | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14B autoregressive diffusion, minute-long video (1440 frames), 19.5 FPS on single H100 | |
| Video Gen | AI video generation from text and image prompts with camera control | $30/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Fast generation, camera control, consistent characters, API access | |
| Video Gen | AI avatar video creation platform for training and marketing | $30/mo | Free demo | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | AI avatars in 140+ languages, enterprise training video leader | |
| Video Gen | Free AI video generation with high motion quality and consistency | Free | Free | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Free high-quality video gen, strong motion & character consistency | |
| Music & Audio | ||||||||||||||||||
SunoUS | Music | V5: full songs with vocals, instrumentals, built-in DAW (Suno Studio) | Free / $10/mo | Limited | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | V5 with built-in DAW (Suno Studio), stem editing, Warner Music partnership, licensed training |
UdioUS | Music | Text-to-music (full songs with vocals and instrumentals) | Free / $10/mo | 100/mo | Closed | Limited | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | 48kHz stereo up to 10 min, voice cloning, precise lyric control |
| Voice/Audio | Text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, music, sound effects | Free / $5/mo | 10K/mo | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | Industry-leading voice quality, 70+ languages, professional voice cloning | |
| Music | Pro audio generation + sound effects, text-to-music/SFX | Free 20/mo / $12/mo | 20/mo free | Partial | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Pro audio + SFX generation, partially open-source, Stability AI ecosystem | |
| Music | Classical/orchestral AI composition, MIDI export, copyright transfer | Free 3/mo / €15/mo | 3/mo free | Closed | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Classical composition, MIDI/MP3 export, full copyright transfer on paid plans | |
| Music | Real-time customizable royalty-free music for creators | $11/mo | - | Closed | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Real-time customization (tempo, instruments, mood), royalty-free for all platforms | |
| Music | Create + distribute songs to Spotify, Apple Music, TikTok | Free / $10/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | Create + release songs to Spotify/Apple Music, built-in distribution | |
PlayHTUS | Music | Ultra-realistic AI voice generation and text-to-speech platform | $30/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | Most realistic TTS, voice cloning, emotion control, streaming API |
DescriptUS | Music | AI-powered audio/video editor — edit media like a document | $24/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | Edit audio/video by editing text transcript, AI voice cloning |
Murf AIUS | Music | Enterprise AI voice generator with 200+ natural-sounding voices | $20/mo | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | 200+ voices, 20+ languages, enterprise voice-over platform |
| Platforms & Bundles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Platform | 290+ models via one API, pay-per-use, zero markup | Pay-per-use | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 290+ models one API, no markup, automatic fallback routing | |
| Platform | Multi-model chat interface: GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Llama in one app | Free / $5/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Multi-model chat in one app, custom bots, cheapest multi-AI access ($5/mo) | |
| Platform | Run open-source AI models locally, no internet needed | Free | Free | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Run AI 100% locally, OpenAI-compatible API, no data leaves your machine | |
| Platform | Fast China-based inference platform, 50+ open-source models | $0.05/M tokens | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Ultra-cheap Chinese inference, 50+ models, faster than OpenAI in Asia | |
| Platform | Open-source model hosting, fine-tuning, inference API | $100 free credits | $100 free | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | $100 free credits, open-source model hosting, serverless + dedicated GPUs | |
| Platform | Ultra-fast inference for image/video gen models (Flux, Wan, SDXL) | Pay-per-use | Free tier | Closed | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | Fastest Flux/SDXL inference, 2-4x faster than competitors, image+video gen API | |
| Platform | 500K+ ML apps, model hub, community demos, inference API | Free / $9/mo | Free tier | Open source | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500K+ ML apps, largest model hub, community-driven, open-source ecosystem | |
| Platform | AI chatbot builder: visual flow editor, GPT-powered, deploy anywhere | Free / $79/mo | Free tier | Partial | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | Visual chatbot builder, GPT-powered agents, 500 free msgs/mo, deploy to any website | |
| Platform | 80+ no-code website widgets: AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, forms | Free / $5/mo | Free tier | Closed | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | 80+ embeddable widgets, AI chatbot widget, no-code setup, works on any website | |
| Platform | No-code AI agent builder with visual workflow, multi-platform deployment | Free / $9/mo | Free tier | Partial | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | Visual drag-and-drop agent builder, one-click deploy to Discord/WhatsApp/WeChat/Feishu, Vibe Coding | |
| Platform | AI super search with 50+ models, multi-agent system, digital humans | Free | Free | Closed | - | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | 50+ LLMs freely switchable, #1 AI search in China, multi-agent swarm system, digital humans | |
| Platform | AI super assistant: deep search, chat, 6TB cloud, document tools | Free | Free | Closed | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | ✓ | - | ✓ | 200M+ users, Qwen3-powered, AI browser + Super Box agent, 6TB free cloud, AI glasses | |
| Platform | AI writing, summarization, and Q&A built into Notion workspace | $10/mo add-on | Limited free | Closed | - | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✓ | AI integrated into workspace — summarize, write, Q&A over your docs | |
JasperUS | Platform | AI content platform for marketing teams — copy, ads, social posts | $50/mo | 7-day trial | Closed | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Marketing-focused AI — brand voice, campaign builder, multi-channel |
DifyCN | Platform | Open-source platform to build and deploy LLM-powered apps visually | Free / $59/mo | Free tier | Open Source | ✓ | - | - | ✓ | - | - | - | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | - | ✓ | Visual AI app builder, RAG pipeline, agent workflows, open-source |
Real benchmark scores from Chatbot Arena, SWE-Bench, AIME 2025, GPQA Diamond, and more
Source: LMSys Chatbot Arena / LMArena, Mar 2026. Higher = better.
Source: SWE-Bench Verified. % of real GitHub issues resolved autonomously. Higher = better.
Source: AIME 2025 (American Invitational Math Exam). Score out of 100. Higher = better.
Source: GPQA Diamond (Graduate-level science QA). Higher = better.
Source: Artificial Analysis / LMArena Text-to-Image Arena ELO, 2026. Higher = better.
Source: Artificial Analysis Video Arena ELO, 2026. Higher = better.
Source: SWE-Bench Verified agent evaluations, Mar 2026. % resolved. Higher = better.
Normalized comparison across key benchmarks (0-100 scale). Models with most data shown.
| Model | Arena ELO | MMLU-Pro | GPQA Diamond | AIME 2025 | SWE-Bench | HumanEval | MATH-500 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Opus 4.6 | 1503 | 82.0 | 91.3 | 100.0 | 80.8 | 95.0 | 97.8 |
| Gemini 3.1 Pro | 1500 | 90.1 | 91.9 | 95.0 | 80.6 | 93.0 | 94.0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 1495 | 86.6 | ~88 | 93.0 | ~73 | 94.0 | 92.0 |
| Gemini 3 Pro | 1486 | 89.5 | 91.9 | 95.0 | 76.2 | 93.0 | 94.0 |
| GPT-5.2 | 1481 | 87.0 | 93.2 | 100.0 | 80.0 | 95.0 | 96.0 |
| GPT-5.4 | 1480 | 87.5 | 92.0 | 95.0 | 75.0 | 95.0 | 96.0 |
| Doubao/Seed 2.0 | 1470 | 85.0 | 89.1 | 98.3 | 75.0 | 93.5 | 96.5 |
| Claude Opus 4.5 | 1467 | 80.0 | 83.4 | 87.0 | 77.2 | 94.0 | 95.0 |
| GPT-5.1 | 1457 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 74.9 | 95.0 | 94.0 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.6 | 1458 | 79.2 | 74.1 | 85.0 | 79.6 | 92.1 | 93.0 |
| GLM-5 | 1455 | 70.4 | 86.0 | 88.0 | 77.8 | 91.0 | 90.0 |
| Qwen 3.5 | 1454 | 86.0 | 88.4 | 91.3 | 76.4 | 95.0 | 98.0 |
| ERNIE 5.0 | 1453 | 82.0 | 85.0 | 90.0 | 72.0 | 90.0 | 91.0 |
| Kimi K2.5 | 1452 | 87.1 | 87.6 | 96.1 | 78.0 | 99.0 | 98.0 |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 1450 | 78.5 | 83.4 | 87.0 | 77.2 | 94.0 | 93.5 |
| Gemini 2.5 Pro | 1449 | 86.0 | 84.0 | 86.7 | 59.6 | ~98 | 93.8 |
| DeepSeek-R1 (0528) | 1419 | 84.0 | 71.5 | 87.5 | 49.2 | 90.2 | 94.3 |
| DeepSeek V3.2 | 1424 | 82.5 | 73.0 | 83.0 | 55.0 | 91.0 | 90.5 |
| Mistral Large 3 | 1415 | 82.0 | 43.9 | 79.0 | ~79 | 92.0 | 88.0 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 1401 | 83.0 | 87.6 | 86.3 | 80.2 | 93.0 | 98.0 |
| Hunyuan 2.0 | 1394 | 78.0 | 82.0 | 80.0 | 68.0 | 88.0 | 87.0 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 1328 | 80.5 | 69.8 | 72.0 | 52.0 | 86.0 | 82.0 |
Arena ELO from arena.ai leaderboard (5.3M+ votes). Some benchmark scores are self-reported by developers. Data as of Mar 2026.
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Common questions about AI tools, answered
For experienced developers, Cursor ($20/mo) is the most popular — it's a full IDE with multi-model AI, tab autocomplete, and 8 parallel subagents. GitHub Copilot ($10/mo) is the best value with deep GitHub integration. For terminal-based agentic coding, Claude Code ($20/mo) is leading. Best free options: GitHub Copilot Free and Trae by ByteDance.
Both are top-tier LLMs at $20/mo with free tiers. Claude Opus 4.6 leads in Arena ELO (1503) and coding (SWE-Bench 80.8%), making it the choice for developers and analysts. GPT-5 excels in multimodal tasks, has the largest plugin ecosystem, and includes image generation. Choose Claude for coding and deep analysis; ChatGPT for versatility and integrations.
The best free AI tools in 2026: ChatGPT Free and Claude Free for general chat, GitHub Copilot Free for coding, Leonardo AI (150 images/day) for image generation, Kling (66 credits/day) for video, and Boomy for music. DeepSeek offers one of the strongest free LLMs with no daily limits.
Midjourney ($10/mo) produces the most aesthetically pleasing images and is preferred by artists and designers. DALL-E 3 ($0.04/img via API, or included in ChatGPT Plus) is more accessible and better at following complex prompts with text. For the highest technical quality, Flux 2 by Black Forest Labs currently holds the #1 Arena ELO rating.
Cursor ($20/mo) is a standalone VS Code fork with deeper AI integration — multi-model support, 8 parallel subagents, and BugBot PR reviews. GitHub Copilot ($10/mo) is half the price and integrates into your existing VS Code, JetBrains, or Neovim setup. Copilot has the larger user base; Cursor has more advanced AI features. Both offer free tiers to try.
Benchmark scores come from established third-party evaluations: LMSys Chatbot Arena (5.3M+ human votes), SWE-Bench Verified, AIME 2025, and GPQA Diamond. Pricing is verified from official product websites. We clearly label self-reported scores. Data is updated weekly and last verified March 2026.
Methodology, sources, and how this comparison is maintained
AI Compass is an independent, community-driven comparison of AI tools and models. We track 99+ tools across 7 categories — coding IDEs, LLMs, image generators, video generators, music/audio tools, and multi-AI platforms. Our goal is to help everyone from beginners to professionals find the right AI tool for their needs.
Each tool is evaluated across 15 capability dimensions with data from official sources. Benchmark scores come from established third-party evaluations: LMSys Chatbot Arena (5.3M+ human votes), SWE-Bench Verified, AIME 2025, and GPQA Diamond. Pricing is verified directly from official websites. We note when scores are self-reported.
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