Best Free AI Tools

Powerful AI tools that won't cost a dime

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Our PickFree Tier

Open-source AI workflow automation for technical teams

4.4

Completely free when self-hosted

Open source (full code access)

Requires technical setup for self-hosting

Steeper learning curve

#2

Stable Diffusion

Free Tier

Open-source image generation you can run locally

4.3

Completely free (self-hosted)

Massive community and model ecosystem

Requires GPU for local use

Complex setup for beginners

#3

Suno

Free Tier

Create full songs with AI from a text prompt

4.3

Creates full songs (vocals + instruments)

Incredibly easy to use

Songs can sound formulaic

Limited control over specific instruments

#4

DeepSeek

Free Tier

Open-source AI with reasoning at a fraction of the cost

4.2

Extremely cheap API pricing

Open-source models

Chinese company (data concerns)

Less polished web interface

#5

Windsurf

Free Tier

AI-powered IDE by Codeium with agent capabilities

4.2

Generous free tier

Cascade agent is powerful

Newer, less proven than Cursor/Copilot

Agent can make mistakes on complex tasks

#6

Udio

Free Tier

AI music generation with high fidelity audio

4.2

Higher audio fidelity than Suno

Better genre handling

Less intuitive interface than Suno

Newer and less proven

#7

Mistral Le Chat

Free Tier

European open-source AI with enterprise focus

4.0

Generous free tier

Open-source models

Less capable than GPT-5/Claude on complex tasks

Smaller community

#8

Bolt

Free Tier

Full-stack AI app builder in the browser

4.0

Build and deploy full apps from a prompt

Runs code in browser (WebContainers)

Token limits can be restrictive

Struggles with complex projects

#9

Pika

Free Tier

Fun and accessible AI video creation

4.0

Very easy to use

Fun creative effects

Video quality below Sora/Runway

Short video durations

#10

Replit

Free Tier

Browser-based IDE with AI coding agent

3.9

Zero setup — code in browser

AI agent can build full apps

Cloud-only (need internet)

Performance limited vs local IDE

#11

You.com

Free Tier

AI search engine with customizable modes

3.7

Multiple search modes for different needs

Good free tier

Less accurate than Perplexity

Smaller user base