AI tools we track

ChatGPT

OpenAI

Global

OpenAI's general assistant with search, files, data analysis, images and voice in one app.

Claude

Anthropic

Global

Anthropic's assistant for long documents, careful writing, analysis and agentic coding with Claude Code.

DeepSeek

DeepSeek

From China

Hangzhou-based lab with open-weight models, a free chat app and a low-cost pay-as-you-go API.

Doubao

ByteDance

From China

ByteDance's AI assistant for mainland China, with free chat and video generation, paid membership tiers for heavier use, and Doubao models sold through the Volcano Engine API.

ByteDance's image and video generation site, part of CapCut. It runs ByteDance's own Seedance video and Seedream image models alongside third-party models such as Sora 2 and Veo 3.1, all paid for from one credit balance.

Gemini

Google

Global

Google's assistant across the web, Android and Gmail, Docs and Sheets. Paid Google AI plans add more Gemini use, Google's top models and cloud storage.

Hailuo AI

MiniMax

From China

MiniMax's video generation app, known for fast text-to-video and image-to-video with strong motion.

Kimi

Moonshot AI

From China

Moonshot AI's assistant, known for long-context reading, agentic tasks and open-weight K-series models.

Kling

Kuaishou

From China

Kuaishou's text-to-video and image-to-video model, sold through an international web app with a credit-based plan.

Luma Dream Machine

Luma AI

Global

Palo Alto-based Luma AI's video and image generation app, built around its own Ray models. It also offers third-party models such as Kling, Seedance and Veo from the same credit balance.

Perplexity

Perplexity

Global

An AI answer engine that searches the web and cites its sources in every answer. Paid plans add top models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google, Deep Research and Computer.

Pika

Pika Labs

Global

Pika Labs' creative platform for AI video, images and sound. Alongside its own Pika models it offers third-party models such as Seedance, MiniMax and Nano Banana on one credit balance.

Qwen

Alibaba

From China

Alibaba's model family: a free international chat app, many open-weight models and a commercial API on Alibaba Cloud.

Runway

Runway

Global

New York-based video generation and editing suite. Besides its own Gen models it also offers third-party models such as Kling and Seedance inside one credit balance.

Vidu

Shengshu Technology

From China

Shengshu Technology's video model, offering text-, image- and reference-to-video plus image generation. Sold on vidu.com with credit-based plans billed monthly or yearly.

Z.ai (GLM)

Zhipu AI (Z.ai)

From China

Zhipu AI's international brand: a free GLM chat app, open-weight GLM models, a pay-as-you-go API and a GLM Coding Plan subscription for coding tools.