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CL

Claude

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Writing · Claude Opus / Sonnet
9.6

Anthropic's flagship assistant for long-form writing, analysis, and coding.

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $30 · Enterprise: $100long-form writingsummarization
CU

Cursor

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Coding · Claude / GPT (configurable)
9.5

AI-first VS Code fork — chat, edit, and agentic coding in one IDE.

Freemium· Hobby: Free · Individual: $20 / mo. · Teams: $40 / user / mo. · Enterprise: Customcodingrefactors
G4

GPT-4o

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Writing · GPT-4o
9.4

OpenAI's multimodal flagship behind ChatGPT.

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $30 · Enterprise: Contact salesgeneral writingsummarization
WA

Warp

Coding · Multi-model: OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Amazon Bedrock, plus BYO via OpenRouter and LiteLLM
8.8

The agentic development environment, from the terminal up

Freemium· Free: $0/month · Build: $20/month · Max: $200/month · Business: $50/user /month · Enterprise: CustomAgentic debugging of failing builds and testsNatural-language shell command generation
CM

Canva Magic Studio

Image Generation · Multi-model: partners including OpenAI (Magic Write historically on GPT models), Google Imagen and Runway for image/video, plus Canva's in-house design and layout models
8.5

Canva's all-in-one AI creative suite for design, image, video, copy, and presentations

Freemium· Free: Free · Pro: €11.67 · Business: €14.17 · Enterprise: Contact salesSocial media post generationShort-form video ads
AS

Amp (Sourcegraph)

Coding · GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.8, GPT Image 2 (frontier multi-model)
8.4

Frontier coding agent from Sourcegraph with pass-through model pricing

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact salesMulti-file refactors across large repositoriesAgentic code generation with subagent parallelism
PY

PyCaret

Coding · Multi-model (scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM, CatBoost)
8.4

Low-code Python AutoML library that wraps scikit-learn, XGBoost, LightGBM and friends behind a few-line API.

Free· Free and open-source (MIT license)automlclassification
ZE

Zed

Coding · Claude (Sonnet/Opus), GPT-4o/5, Gemini, Ollama-hosted local models, and Zed's own Zeta2 open-weight edit-prediction model
8.4

A high-performance, multiplayer code editor built in Rust with native AI agent workflows.

Freemium· Personal: $0 · Pro: $10 · Business: $30AI pair-programming with Claude or GPT agentsInline code refactoring via natural-language prompts
FA

Figma AI

Image Generation · Multi-model: routes to OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini, and GitHub-hosted models plus Figma fine-tuned models
8.3

AI workflows built into the design tool product teams already use

Freemium· Starter plan: Free · Professional plan: Contact sales · Organization plan: Contact sales · Enterprise plan: Contact salesAI-assisted UI generation from promptsDesign system-aware component search
LS

LM Studio

Agents · Multi-model (gpt-oss, Qwen3, Gemma, DeepSeek-R1, Llama, others)
8.3

Desktop app for discovering, downloading, and running open-weight LLMs locally with an OpenAI-compatible server.

Freemium· Free: $0local-llm-inferenceprivate-chat
CC

Claude Code

Coding · Claude (Opus / Sonnet / Haiku)
8.2

Anthropic's agentic coding tool that reads, edits, and ships code from the terminal, IDE, or web.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Pro: $20 · Max 5x: $100 · Max 20x: $100 · Standard seat: $20agentic-codingcodebase-refactor
JA

Jan

Writing · Multi-model (local open-weights + OpenAI/Claude/Gemini via API)
8.2

Open-source desktop ChatGPT alternative that runs local LLMs and routes to cloud providers from one app.

Free· Free and open source; bring-your-own keys for cloud modelslocal-llm-chatprivate-ai-assistant
MS

Msty

Writing · Multi-model (Ollama, Claude, GPT, Gemini, others)
8.2

Privacy-first desktop AI workspace that runs local and cloud models side by side.

Freemium· Free: $0 · Aurum: ? · Aurum Lifetime: ? · Enterprise & Teams: Talk to uslocal-llm-chatmulti-model-comparison
PO

Poe

Writing · Multi-model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, DeepSeek, FLUX, Sora, others)
8.2

One subscription, every frontier model - Quora's multi-model chat hub with bots, image, video, and audio generation.

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact salesmulti-model chatimage generation
TV

Topaz Video AI

Video · Proprietary (Proteus, Iris, Nyx, Starlight Precise, +20 models)
8.2

Desktop AI video enhancer for upscaling, denoising, stabilization, and frame interpolation up to 8K/120fps.

Paid· Topaz Studio: $69/mo · Topaz Studio Pro: $79/mo · Topaz Image Web: $12/mo · Image Web Pro: $35/mo · Astra Standard: $19/movideo-upscalingdenoising
TR

Trae

Coding · Multi-model
8.2

ByteDance's AI-native IDE built as a Cursor-style VS Code fork with agent and cloud-task workflows.

Freemium· Lite: $3 · Pro: $10 · Pro+: $30 · Ultra: $100ai-idecode-completion
AI

Apple Intelligence

Writing · Apple Foundation Models + Private Cloud Compute; optional ChatGPT
8.1

Apple's on-device AI layer baked into iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS with a rebuilt Siri, writing tools, and image generation.

Free· Free with supported Apple hardware; no subscriptionwriting-assistancesummarization
PY

PyGPT

Writing · Multi-model (GPT-5, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Mistral, Ollama)
8.1

Open-source desktop AI assistant that wires every major LLM provider into one local app with agents, vision, and a code interpreter.

Free· Free and open-source (MIT); bring your own provider API keysdesktop-ai-assistantchat-with-files
WI

Windsurf

Coding · SWE-1.6 Fast (plus Claude Agent, OpenCode via ACP)
8.1

AI-native IDE turned agent command center, now folded into Cognition's Devin lineup.

Freemium· Free; Pro $20/mo; Max $200/mo; Teams $80/mo + $40/seat; Enterprise customai-idecoding-agents
1P

16x Prompt

Coding · Multi-model (BYO key)
8.0

Desktop prompt-composer for AI coding that bundles repo context, diffs, and multi-model comparison.

Freemium· Free: 10 prompts/day; paid individual and team licensesprompt-engineeringai-pair-programming
CH

ChatGPT

Writing · GPT-4o, GPT-4.1, o-series reasoning models
8.0

OpenAI's flagship conversational assistant, and the default benchmark every other chatbot is measured against.

Freemium· Basic: $10 · Pro: $20 · Enterprise: Contact saleswritingcoding
GC

Gemini CLI

Agents · Gemini 3
8.0

Google's open-source terminal agent that brings Gemini 3 into your shell for codebase edits and workflow automation.

Freemium· Free tier with Google account; paid via Google One / AI subscriptionsterminal-coding-agentcodebase-editing
NA

Notion AI

Writing · Multi-model (OpenAI / Anthropic via API)
8.0

In-line AI inside your Notion docs and databases.

Paid· $10/mo per member add-ondoc summariesin-doc Q&A
PG

pgMagic

Coding · OpenAI (user-supplied API key)
8.0

Mac desktop client that lets you chat with your Postgres database in natural language using your own OpenAI key.

Paid· AU$22 one-time license; bring your own OpenAI API keynatural-language-to-sqlpostgres-client
PR

ProWritingAid

Writing · Multi-model (proprietary + LLM-assisted features)
8.0

AI-powered writing coach and manuscript editor built for fiction authors and long-form writers.

Freemium· Free: Free · Premium: €3000 · Premium Pro: €3600 · Lifetime Premium: €39900 · Lifetime Premium Pro: €69900fiction-editingmanuscript-analysis
RE

Reflect

Writing · OpenAI GPT-4 + Whisper
8.0

Networked note-taking app with GPT-4 and Whisper baked into the writing surface.

Paid· Free: Free · Pro: $20 · Business: $35note-takingvoice transcription
RI

Rivet

Agents · Multi-model
8.0

Open-source visual IDE for building and debugging LLM agent graphs.

Free· Free and open source (MIT)agent-orchestrationprompt-chaining
WF

Wispr Flow

Audio
8.0

System-wide voice-to-text dictation that auto-edits filler words and learns your jargon.

Freemium· Pro Monthly Plan: $15.00 · Pro Annual Plan: null · Monthly Student Plan: $7.49 · Pro Weekly Plan: $4.49 · Annual Student Plan: nulldictationvoice-to-text
AN

AnythingLLM

RAG · Multi-model
7.9

Open-source desktop and self-hosted app that turns your documents into a private chat-and-agent workspace.

Freemium· Basic: $50/monthly · Pro: $99/monthly · Enterprise: Contact Usdocument-chatprivate-rag
AT

Atua

Agents · Multi-model (BYO key)
7.9

Keyboard-summoned macOS AI assistant that reads your screen and drives system apps with your own API keys.

Paid· One-time $29, lifetime updates, 7-day refundmacos-assistantscreen-context
GR

Grammarly

Writing · Proprietary + multi-model
7.9

Cross-app AI writing assistant that catches errors, rewrites paragraphs, and adjusts tone in the tools you already use.

Freemium· Free; Pro $12/mo annual or $30/mo; Enterprise customgrammar-checktone-adjustment
KH

Khoj

Agents · Multi-model
7.9

Open-source personal AI that builds agents, searches your documents, and automates research across local files and the web.

Freemium· Free self-hosted; paid cloud tier on app.khoj.devpersonal-knowledge-baseagent-building
TY

TypingMind

Writing · Multi-model (GPT, Claude, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, local)
7.7

BYOK chat frontend that puts GPT, Claude, Gemini, and local models behind one polished UI.

Paid· Standard: $39 · Extended: $79 · Premium: $99multi-model-chatprompt-library
OM

oMLX

Coding · Multi-model (Qwen, Llama, Mistral, Gemma, DeepSeek, MiniMax, GLM)
7.5

Native macOS LLM inference server built on MLX, with paged SSD KV caching for Apple Silicon agents.

Free· Free, Apache 2.0 open sourcelocal-llm-inferencecoding-agents
VO

Voicebox

Audio · Multi-model (Chatterbox, Qwen TTS, Whisper, etc.)
7.4

Open-source desktop voice studio for local cloning, dictation, and giving MCP agents a voice.

Free· Free and open source; optional $VOICEBOX token donationsvoice-cloningtext-to-speech
OO

omp (Oh My Pi)

Coding · Multi-model (Claude, OpenAI, others)
7.3

Open-source terminal coding agent with LSP, DAP, subagents, and a native Rust execution engine.

Free· MIT open source; bring your own LLM API keyterminal-coding-agentrefactoring
CA

Canva

Image Generation · Multi-model (incl. OpenAI, Google Imagen, in-house Magic models)
7.2

Drag-and-drop design platform with a built-in AI suite (Magic Studio) for copy, images, video, and presentations.

Freemium· Free: Free · Pro: €11.67 · Business: €14.17 · Enterprise: Contact salessocial-graphicspresentations
CS

Cherry Studio

Agents · Multi-model
7.2

Open-source desktop AI client that wires 300+ LLMs into one chat, knowledge-base, and agent workspace.

Free· Free and open source; bring your own API keysmulti-model chatlocal knowledge base
DL

Deep Live Cam

Video · inswapper_128 + GFPGANv1.4
7.2

Open-source real-time face-swap and one-click video deepfake from a single source image.

Freemium· Free open-source build on GitHub; paid pre-built Windows package on deeplivecam.netface-swaplive-deepfake
HO

Hermes One

Agents · Multi-model (BYO via OpenRouter/OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini/xAI/Ollama)
7.2

Open-source desktop AI agent with a self-improving learning loop and multi-platform messaging connectors.

Free· Free, MIT-licensed; you pay your own model inference costsautonomous-agentschat-ops
LB

LLM by Datasette

Coding · Multi-model
7.2

A CLI and Python library for running prompts against any LLM provider and logging everything to SQLite.

Free· Free and open source (Apache 2.0); pay underlying model providers separatelycli-promptingprompt-logging
LO

LobsterAI

Agents · Multi-model
7.2

Youdao's 24/7 personal agent that runs locally, plugs into multiple LLMs, and automates office workflows via dialogue and skills.

Paid· Not publicly listed; contact Youdaodesktop-agentoffice-automation
NO

NoteGen

Writing · Multi-model (Qwen3-8B, BAAI/bge-m3, GLM-4.1V-9B-Thinking, BYO keys)
7.2

Open-source local-first note-taking app that uses AI to turn raw clippings into structured Markdown.

Free· Free and open source (GPL-3.0); bring your own model keys if you want paid LLMsnote-takingknowledge-management
OL

Ollama

Coding · Multi-model (Llama, Qwen, Gemma, DeepSeek, Mistral, Phi, etc.)
7.2

The de facto runtime for running open-weights LLMs locally, now with a paid cloud tier for bigger models.

Freemium· Free local; Pro $20/mo; Max $100/molocal-llmself-hosted-inference
PI

Pieces

Coding · Multi-model (BYO OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Ollama)
7.2

On-device long-term memory layer that feeds your last nine months of work context into any LLM or IDE assistant.

Freemium· Pro: $18.99 · Enterprise: $22.99developer-memorycode-snippets
PR

Promptfoo

Evaluation · Multi-model
7.2

Open-source eval and red-teaming framework for LLM apps, prompts, and RAG pipelines.

Freemium· Community: Free · Enterprise: Custom · On-Premise: Customllm-evalsred-teaming
VI

Vibe

Audio · OpenAI Whisper (via whisper.cpp)
7.2

Offline desktop transcription app powered by Whisper, with diarization, batch processing, and an HTTP API.

Free· Free and open-source (MIT)transcriptionsubtitles
DR

DaVinci Resolve

Video · DaVinci Neural Engine (proprietary)
7.1

Hollywood-grade post-production suite with a Neural Engine that quietly automates the tedious parts of editing, color, and audio.

Freemium· Free Version: Free · DaVinci Resolve Studio: $295video-editingcolor-grading