# AIToolStack

> AI tools ranked by the job with a published composite of sourced public metrics. Six tools in each category, with sources, dates, and the official link.

Ranks are a composite of sourced public metrics. Composite = evidence × coverage. Evidence is the weighted average of metrics that have a value. Coverage is the share of category weight those metrics represent. A missing metric is shown as not available and is not estimated. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled insufficient data and has no numeric rank.

Facts reviewed: 2026-10-16. Cadence window: 2026-07-18 through 2026-10-16.

## Method

- [Methodology](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/about): weights, scales, and the rule for blanks.
- [All tools JSON](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/tools.json): scores, metric values, source URLs, and as-of dates.

## Jobs

- [Coding](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/coding): Editors and coding agents, scored as products. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/coding.json
- [Writing](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/writing): Assistants and editors for prose. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/writing.json
- [Images](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/images): Text-to-image generators. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/images.json
- [Video](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/video): Text-to-video generators. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/video.json
- [Voice & audio](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/voice): Speech and music tools. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/voice.json
- [Agents](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/agents): Products that can take a goal and use tools. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/agents.json
- [Research](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/research): Tools that answer with sources you can check. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/research.json
- [Productivity](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/productivity): Notes, meetings, calendars, and task lists. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/productivity.json
- [Design](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/design): Interfaces, marketing visuals, and sites. JSON: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/api/categories/design.json

## Ranked tools

### Coding

- 1. [Cursor](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/cursor) — composite 82.8, coverage 100%. Freemium. An AI code editor with an agent in the same workspace as the project. Official: https://cursor.com
- 2. [ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt) — composite 74.3, coverage 80%. Freemium. OpenAI's assistant for writing, images, voice, and coding agents. Official: https://chatgpt.com
- 3. [Aider](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/aider) — composite 52.0, coverage 52%. Free. Open-source coding agent that edits a git repository from the terminal. Official: https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider
- 4. [GitHub Copilot](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/github-copilot) — composite 45.5, coverage 52%. Freemium. GitHub's coding assistant for chat, agent mode, and the CLI. Official: https://github.com/features/copilot
- 5. [Claude Code](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude-code) — composite 13.0, coverage 52%. Paid. Anthropic's coding agent in the terminal, included with the Claude Pro plan. Official: https://claude.com/product/claude-code
- Insufficient data. [Codex](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/codex) — composite 13.0, coverage 26%. Price not available. OpenAI's coding agent for a repository, from ChatGPT, the CLI, or an IDE. Official: https://openai.com/codex

Quick answers

- What is the top Coding pick? Cursor is rank 1 of 5, with composite 82.8 and coverage 100%. Composite 82.8 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
- What is the top free or freemium Coding pick? Cursor is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 82.8.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Writing

- 1. [Gemini](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini) — composite 88.7, coverage 100%. Freemium. Google's assistant for writing, research, and work in Google apps. Official: https://gemini.google.com
- 2. [Claude](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude) — composite 80.5, coverage 100%. Freemium. Anthropic's assistant for chat, files, research, and code. Claude Code is the terminal agent. Official: https://claude.com
- 3. [ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt) — composite 79.3, coverage 88%. Freemium. OpenAI's assistant for writing, images, voice, and coding agents. Official: https://chatgpt.com
- 4. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 76.7, coverage 88%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 5. [Grammarly](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grammarly) — composite 54.7, coverage 64%. Freemium. Writing editor for grammar, tone, and rewrites inside a document. Official: https://www.grammarly.com
- Insufficient data. [Jasper](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/jasper) — composite 0.0, coverage 36%. Paid. Marketing workspace for campaign copy and brand controls. Official: https://www.jasper.ai

Quick answers

- What is the top Writing pick? Gemini is rank 1 of 5, with composite 88.7 and coverage 100%. Composite 88.7 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Text Arena Elo.
- What is the top free or freemium Writing pick? Gemini is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 88.7.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Images

- 1. [ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt) — composite 92.0, coverage 100%. Freemium. OpenAI's assistant for writing, images, voice, and coding agents. Official: https://chatgpt.com
- 2. [Gemini](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini) — composite 86.7, coverage 100%. Freemium. Google's assistant for writing, research, and work in Google apps. Official: https://gemini.google.com
- 3. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 85.8, coverage 100%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 4. [Ideogram](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/ideogram) — composite 67.3, coverage 100%. Freemium. Image generator with a public text-to-image Arena row. Official: https://ideogram.ai
- 5. [Recraft](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/recraft) — composite 53.9, coverage 82%. Freemium. Image and vector generator for icons, illustrations, and brand assets. Official: https://www.recraft.ai
- Insufficient data. [Midjourney](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/midjourney) — composite 13.5, coverage 36%. Paid. Image and video studio with a member gallery. Official: https://www.midjourney.com

Quick answers

- What is the top Images pick? ChatGPT is rank 1 of 5, with composite 92 and coverage 100%. Composite 92 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Text-to-image Arena Elo.
- What is the top free or freemium Images pick? ChatGPT is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 92.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Video

- 1. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 88.2, coverage 100%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 2. [Runway](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/runway) — composite 64.8, coverage 100%. Freemium. Video studio for generating and editing clips. Official: https://runway.com
- 3. [Pika](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/pika) — composite 54.4, coverage 100%. Freemium. Short-form video generator from text and images. Official: https://pika.art
- 4. [Luma Dream Machine](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/luma) — composite 37.1, coverage 82%. Price not available. Luma's generator for video clips from text and images. Official: https://lumalabs.ai
- 5. [Kling AI](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/kling) — composite 36.4, coverage 64%. Price not available. Video generator for motion from text, images, and video. Official: https://kling.ai
- Insufficient data. [Veo](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/veo) — composite 20.6, coverage 34%. Price not available. Google DeepMind's video generator, including clips with native audio. Official: https://deepmind.google/models/veo/

Quick answers

- What is the top Video pick? Grok is rank 1 of 5, with composite 88.2 and coverage 100%. Composite 88.2 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Text-to-video Arena Elo.
- What is the top free or freemium Video pick? Grok is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 88.2.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Voice & audio

- 1. [ElevenLabs](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/elevenlabs) — composite 87.2, coverage 100%. Freemium. Speech, voice design, sound effects, and music. Official: https://elevenlabs.io
- 2. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 64.1, coverage 70%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 3. [Suno](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/suno) — composite 48.3, coverage 52%. Freemium. Music generator that writes songs from a text prompt. Official: https://suno.com
- Insufficient data. [Speechify](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/speechify) — composite 29.9, coverage 34%. Price not available. Text-to-speech reader for articles, docs, and other writing. Official: https://speechify.com
- Insufficient data. [Murf](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/murf) — composite 27.3, coverage 48%. Freemium. Voiceover studio for narration and training audio. Official: https://murf.ai
- Insufficient data. [Descript](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/descript) — composite 25.2, coverage 36%. Freemium. Editor for video and podcasts that works from the transcript. Official: https://www.descript.com

Quick answers

- What is the top Voice & audio pick? ElevenLabs is rank 1 of 3, with composite 87.2 and coverage 100%. Composite 87.2 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Speech Arena Elo.
- What is the top free or freemium Voice & audio pick? ElevenLabs is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 3, with composite 87.2.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Agents

- 1. [ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt) — composite 66.1, coverage 80%. Freemium. OpenAI's assistant for writing, images, voice, and coding agents. Official: https://chatgpt.com
- 2. [Gemini](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini) — composite 63.6, coverage 68%. Freemium. Google's assistant for writing, research, and work in Google apps. Official: https://gemini.google.com
- 3. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 62.1, coverage 68%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 4. [Claude](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude) — composite 57.0, coverage 80%. Freemium. Anthropic's assistant for chat, files, research, and code. Claude Code is the terminal agent. Official: https://claude.com
- 5. [n8n](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/n8n) — composite 53.4, coverage 54%. Freemium. Workflow automation you can self-host, with AI agent nodes. Official: https://n8n.io
- 6. [CrewAI](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/crewai) — composite 51.4, coverage 54%. Freemium. Open-source framework for multi-agent workflows, plus a hosted platform. Official: https://crewai.com

Quick answers

- What is the top Agents pick? ChatGPT is rank 1 of 6, with composite 66.1 and coverage 80%. Composite 66.1 from 80% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
- What is the top free or freemium Agents pick? ChatGPT is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 6, with composite 66.1.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Research

- 1. [ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt) — composite 93.6, coverage 100%. Freemium. OpenAI's assistant for writing, images, voice, and coding agents. Official: https://chatgpt.com
- 2. [Gemini](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini) — composite 93.4, coverage 100%. Freemium. Google's assistant for writing, research, and work in Google apps. Official: https://gemini.google.com
- 3. [Grok](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/grok) — composite 91.4, coverage 100%. Freemium. SpaceXAI's assistant for chat, search, images, video, voice, and code. Official: https://x.ai/grok
- 4. [Claude](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude) — composite 80.2, coverage 100%. Freemium. Anthropic's assistant for chat, files, research, and code. Claude Code is the terminal agent. Official: https://claude.com
- 5. [Perplexity](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/perplexity) — composite 67.5, coverage 72%. Freemium. Answer engine that searches the web and shows the pages it used. Official: https://www.perplexity.ai
- Insufficient data. [Gemini Notebook](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini-notebook) — composite 37.0, coverage 44%. Price not available. Google's research notebook. Answers stay inside the sources you add. Formerly NotebookLM. Official: https://notebooklm.google.com

Quick answers

- What is the top Research pick? ChatGPT is rank 1 of 5, with composite 93.6 and coverage 100%. Composite 93.6 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
- What is the top free or freemium Research pick? ChatGPT is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 93.6.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Productivity

- 1. [Notion](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/notion) — composite 86.3, coverage 100%. Freemium. Workspace for docs and projects, with AI inside the page. Official: https://www.notion.com/product/ai
- 2. [Granola](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/granola) — composite 82.0, coverage 100%. Freemium. Meeting notes taken from device audio, without a bot joining the call. Official: https://www.granola.ai
- 3. [Otter](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/otter) — composite 81.0, coverage 100%. Freemium. Meeting transcription and notes, with a bot that can join the call. Official: https://otter.ai
- 4. [Raycast](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/raycast) — composite 78.5, coverage 100%. Freemium. Desktop launcher with an AI command bar. Official: https://www.raycast.com
- 5. [Todoist](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/todoist) — composite 64.3, coverage 70%. Freemium. Task list with AI help for breaking work into next actions. Official: https://www.todoist.com
- Insufficient data. [Reclaim](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/reclaim) — composite 0.0, coverage 0%. Price not available. Calendar assistant that holds time for tasks and focus. Official: https://reclaim.ai

Quick answers

- What is the top Productivity pick? Notion is rank 1 of 5, with composite 86.3 and coverage 100%. Composite 86.3 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
- What is the top free or freemium Productivity pick? Notion is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 5, with composite 86.3.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

### Design

- 1. [Figma](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/figma) — composite 80.4, coverage 100%. Freemium. Interface design tool, with AI features inside the file. Official: https://www.figma.com
- 2. [Canva](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/canva) — composite 68.5, coverage 70%. Freemium. Visual design suite for posts, decks, and docs. Official: https://www.canva.com
- 3. [Framer](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/framer) — composite 56.5, coverage 64%. Freemium. Site builder that turns a layout into a published page. Official: https://www.framer.com
- 4. [v0](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/v0) — composite 41.5, coverage 64%. Freemium. Vercel's prompt-to-UI tool for React interfaces you can export. Official: https://v0.app
- Insufficient data. [Lovable](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/lovable) — composite 34.0, coverage 34%. Freemium. Prompt-to-app builder that generates a web app you can edit. Official: https://lovable.dev
- Insufficient data. [Relume](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/relume) — composite 34.0, coverage 34%. Freemium. Generates sitemaps and wireframes from a prompt. Official: https://www.relume.ai

Quick answers

- What is the top Design pick? Figma is rank 1 of 4, with composite 80.4 and coverage 100%. Composite 80.4 from 100% of the category weight. Largest weighted input: Free tier.
- What is the top free or freemium Design pick? Figma is the highest-ranked freemium tool, at rank 1 of 4, with composite 80.4.
- How do these ranks work? Composite equals evidence times coverage. Only sourced metrics count. A tool under 50% coverage is labeled Insufficient data and has no numeric rank. The full method is on the methodology page.

## Tool quick answers

### ChatGPT

- What is ChatGPT best for? ChatGPT is rank 2 of 5 on Coding, rank 3 of 5 on Writing, rank 1 of 5 on Images, rank 1 of 6 on Agents, and rank 1 of 5 on Research.
- Does ChatGPT have a free plan? Yes. ChatGPT is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to ChatGPT? On Coding, the other tools are Cursor, Aider, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.

### Grok

- What is Grok best for? Grok is rank 4 of 5 on Writing, rank 3 of 5 on Images, rank 1 of 5 on Video, rank 2 of 3 on Voice & audio, rank 3 of 6 on Agents, and rank 3 of 5 on Research.
- Does Grok have a free plan? Yes. Grok is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Grok? On Writing, the other tools are Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, Grammarly, and Jasper.

### Claude

- What is Claude best for? Claude is rank 2 of 5 on Writing, rank 4 of 6 on Agents, and rank 4 of 5 on Research.
- Does Claude have a free plan? Yes. Claude is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Claude? On Writing, the other tools are Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok, Grammarly, and Jasper.

### Gemini

- What is Gemini best for? Gemini is rank 1 of 5 on Writing, rank 2 of 5 on Images, rank 2 of 6 on Agents, and rank 2 of 5 on Research.
- Does Gemini have a free plan? Yes. Gemini is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Gemini? On Writing, the other tools are Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Grammarly, and Jasper.

### Cursor

- What is Cursor best for? Cursor is rank 1 of 5 on Coding.
- Does Cursor have a free plan? Yes. Cursor is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Cursor? On Coding, the other tools are ChatGPT, Aider, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.

### GitHub Copilot

- What is GitHub Copilot best for? GitHub Copilot is rank 4 of 5 on Coding.
- Does GitHub Copilot have a free plan? Yes. GitHub Copilot is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to GitHub Copilot? On Coding, the other tools are Cursor, ChatGPT, Aider, Claude Code, and Codex.

### Claude Code

- What is Claude Code best for? Claude Code is rank 5 of 5 on Coding.
- Does Claude Code have a free plan? No. Claude Code is listed as Paid.
- What are the top alternatives to Claude Code? On Coding, the other tools are Cursor, ChatGPT, Aider, GitHub Copilot, and Codex.

### Aider

- What is Aider best for? Aider is rank 3 of 5 on Coding.
- Does Aider have a free plan? Yes. Aider is listed as Free.
- What are the top alternatives to Aider? On Coding, the other tools are Cursor, ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and Codex.

### Codex

- What is Codex best for? Codex is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Coding.
- Does Codex have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Codex.
- What are the top alternatives to Codex? On Coding, the other tools are Cursor, ChatGPT, Aider, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code.

### Grammarly

- What is Grammarly best for? Grammarly is rank 5 of 5 on Writing.
- Does Grammarly have a free plan? Yes. Grammarly is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Grammarly? On Writing, the other tools are Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and Jasper.

### Jasper

- What is Jasper best for? Jasper is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Writing.
- Does Jasper have a free plan? No. Jasper is listed as Paid.
- What are the top alternatives to Jasper? On Writing, the other tools are Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, and Grammarly.

### Ideogram

- What is Ideogram best for? Ideogram is rank 4 of 5 on Images.
- Does Ideogram have a free plan? Yes. Ideogram is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Ideogram? On Images, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Recraft, and Midjourney.

### Recraft

- What is Recraft best for? Recraft is rank 5 of 5 on Images.
- Does Recraft have a free plan? Yes. Recraft is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Recraft? On Images, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Ideogram, and Midjourney.

### Midjourney

- What is Midjourney best for? Midjourney is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Images.
- Does Midjourney have a free plan? No. Midjourney is listed as Paid.
- What are the top alternatives to Midjourney? On Images, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Ideogram, and Recraft.

### Veo

- What is Veo best for? Veo is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Video.
- Does Veo have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Veo.
- What are the top alternatives to Veo? On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Pika, Luma Dream Machine, and Kling AI.

### Runway

- What is Runway best for? Runway is rank 2 of 5 on Video.
- Does Runway have a free plan? Yes. Runway is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Runway? On Video, the other tools are Grok, Pika, Luma Dream Machine, Kling AI, and Veo.

### Kling AI

- What is Kling AI best for? Kling AI is rank 5 of 5 on Video.
- Does Kling AI have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Kling AI.
- What are the top alternatives to Kling AI? On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Pika, Luma Dream Machine, and Veo.

### Luma Dream Machine

- What is Luma Dream Machine best for? Luma Dream Machine is rank 4 of 5 on Video.
- Does Luma Dream Machine have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Luma Dream Machine.
- What are the top alternatives to Luma Dream Machine? On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Pika, Kling AI, and Veo.

### Pika

- What is Pika best for? Pika is rank 3 of 5 on Video.
- Does Pika have a free plan? Yes. Pika is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Pika? On Video, the other tools are Grok, Runway, Luma Dream Machine, Kling AI, and Veo.

### ElevenLabs

- What is ElevenLabs best for? ElevenLabs is rank 1 of 3 on Voice & audio.
- Does ElevenLabs have a free plan? Yes. ElevenLabs is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to ElevenLabs? On Voice & audio, the other tools are Grok, Suno, Speechify, Murf, and Descript.

### Murf

- What is Murf best for? Murf is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Voice & audio.
- Does Murf have a free plan? Yes. Murf is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Murf? On Voice & audio, the other tools are ElevenLabs, Grok, Suno, Speechify, and Descript.

### Suno

- What is Suno best for? Suno is rank 3 of 3 on Voice & audio.
- Does Suno have a free plan? Yes. Suno is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Suno? On Voice & audio, the other tools are ElevenLabs, Grok, Speechify, Murf, and Descript.

### Descript

- What is Descript best for? Descript is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Voice & audio.
- Does Descript have a free plan? Yes. Descript is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Descript? On Voice & audio, the other tools are ElevenLabs, Grok, Suno, Speechify, and Murf.

### Speechify

- What is Speechify best for? Speechify is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Voice & audio.
- Does Speechify have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Speechify.
- What are the top alternatives to Speechify? On Voice & audio, the other tools are ElevenLabs, Grok, Suno, Murf, and Descript.

### n8n

- What is n8n best for? n8n is rank 5 of 6 on Agents.
- Does n8n have a free plan? Yes. n8n is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to n8n? On Agents, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and CrewAI.

### CrewAI

- What is CrewAI best for? CrewAI is rank 6 of 6 on Agents.
- Does CrewAI have a free plan? Yes. CrewAI is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to CrewAI? On Agents, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and n8n.

### Perplexity

- What is Perplexity best for? Perplexity is rank 5 of 5 on Research.
- Does Perplexity have a free plan? Yes. Perplexity is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Perplexity? On Research, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and Gemini Notebook.

### Gemini Notebook

- What is Gemini Notebook best for? Gemini Notebook is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Research.
- Does Gemini Notebook have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Gemini Notebook.
- What are the top alternatives to Gemini Notebook? On Research, the other tools are ChatGPT, Gemini, Grok, Claude, and Perplexity.

### Notion

- What is Notion best for? Notion is rank 1 of 5 on Productivity.
- Does Notion have a free plan? Yes. Notion is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Notion? On Productivity, the other tools are Granola, Otter, Raycast, Todoist, and Reclaim.

### Granola

- What is Granola best for? Granola is rank 2 of 5 on Productivity.
- Does Granola have a free plan? Yes. Granola is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Granola? On Productivity, the other tools are Notion, Otter, Raycast, Todoist, and Reclaim.

### Otter

- What is Otter best for? Otter is rank 3 of 5 on Productivity.
- Does Otter have a free plan? Yes. Otter is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Otter? On Productivity, the other tools are Notion, Granola, Raycast, Todoist, and Reclaim.

### Raycast

- What is Raycast best for? Raycast is rank 4 of 5 on Productivity.
- Does Raycast have a free plan? Yes. Raycast is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Raycast? On Productivity, the other tools are Notion, Granola, Otter, Todoist, and Reclaim.

### Reclaim

- What is Reclaim best for? Reclaim is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Productivity.
- Does Reclaim have a free plan? A free plan is not on file for Reclaim.
- What are the top alternatives to Reclaim? On Productivity, the other tools are Notion, Granola, Otter, Raycast, and Todoist.

### Todoist

- What is Todoist best for? Todoist is rank 5 of 5 on Productivity.
- Does Todoist have a free plan? Yes. Todoist is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Todoist? On Productivity, the other tools are Notion, Granola, Otter, Raycast, and Reclaim.

### Figma

- What is Figma best for? Figma is rank 1 of 4 on Design.
- Does Figma have a free plan? Yes. Figma is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Figma? On Design, the other tools are Canva, Framer, v0, Lovable, and Relume.

### v0

- What is v0 best for? v0 is rank 4 of 4 on Design.
- Does v0 have a free plan? Yes. v0 is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to v0? On Design, the other tools are Figma, Canva, Framer, Lovable, and Relume.

### Canva

- What is Canva best for? Canva is rank 2 of 4 on Design.
- Does Canva have a free plan? Yes. Canva is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Canva? On Design, the other tools are Figma, Framer, v0, Lovable, and Relume.

### Framer

- What is Framer best for? Framer is rank 3 of 4 on Design.
- Does Framer have a free plan? Yes. Framer is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Framer? On Design, the other tools are Figma, Canva, v0, Lovable, and Relume.

### Relume

- What is Relume best for? Relume is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Design.
- Does Relume have a free plan? Yes. Relume is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Relume? On Design, the other tools are Figma, Canva, Framer, v0, and Lovable.

### Lovable

- What is Lovable best for? Lovable is insufficient data and no numeric rank on Design.
- Does Lovable have a free plan? Yes. Lovable is listed as Freemium.
- What are the top alternatives to Lovable? On Design, the other tools are Figma, Canva, Framer, v0, and Relume.

## Head-to-head comparisons

- [Cursor vs ChatGPT for Coding](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/coding-cursor-vs-chatgpt): Cursor ranks 1 and ChatGPT ranks 2 in Coding. Composite equals evidence times coverage. Cursor's composite is 82.8 with coverage 100%, and ChatGPT's composite is 74.3 with coverage 80%.
- [Gemini vs Claude for Writing](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/writing-gemini-vs-claude): Gemini ranks 1 and Claude ranks 2 in Writing. Composite equals evidence times coverage. Gemini's composite is 88.7 with coverage 100%, and Claude's composite is 80.5 with coverage 100%.
- [ChatGPT vs Gemini for Images](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/images-chatgpt-vs-gemini): ChatGPT ranks 1 and Gemini ranks 2 in Images. Composite equals evidence times coverage. ChatGPT's composite is 92.0 with coverage 100%, and Gemini's composite is 86.7 with coverage 100%.
- [Grok vs Runway for Video](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/video-grok-vs-runway): Grok ranks 1 and Runway ranks 2 in Video. Composite equals evidence times coverage. Grok's composite is 88.2 with coverage 100%, and Runway's composite is 64.8 with coverage 100%.
- [ElevenLabs vs Grok for Voice & audio](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/voice-elevenlabs-vs-grok): ElevenLabs ranks 1 and Grok ranks 2 in Voice & audio. Composite equals evidence times coverage. ElevenLabs's composite is 87.2 with coverage 100%, and Grok's composite is 64.1 with coverage 70%.
- [ChatGPT vs Gemini for Agents](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/agents-chatgpt-vs-gemini): ChatGPT ranks 1 and Gemini ranks 2 in Agents. Composite equals evidence times coverage. ChatGPT's composite is 66.1 with coverage 80%, and Gemini's composite is 63.6 with coverage 68%.
- [ChatGPT vs Gemini for Research](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/research-chatgpt-vs-gemini): ChatGPT ranks 1 and Gemini ranks 2 in Research. Composite equals evidence times coverage. ChatGPT's composite is 93.6 with coverage 100%, and Gemini's composite is 93.4 with coverage 100%.
- [Notion vs Granola for Productivity](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/productivity-notion-vs-granola): Notion ranks 1 and Granola ranks 2 in Productivity. Composite equals evidence times coverage. Notion's composite is 86.3 with coverage 100%, and Granola's composite is 82.0 with coverage 100%.
- [Figma vs Canva for Design](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/compare/design-figma-vs-canva): Figma ranks 1 and Canva ranks 2 in Design. Composite equals evidence times coverage. Figma's composite is 80.4 with coverage 100%, and Canva's composite is 68.5 with coverage 70%.

## New releases

- [2026-11-09 — ByteDance Seedream 5.5](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/seedream-5-5): ByteDance Seed introduced Seedream 5.5, an image model with more stable multi-turn editing across 100 rounds, native RGBA output including transparency, and more realistic images and text rendering. Evaluation scores on the post are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://seed.bytedance.com/en/blog/more-realistic-images-more-stable-editing-across-100-rounds-introducing-seedream-5-5. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/images.
- [2026-11-05 — Thinking Machines Inkling 2 Small](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/inkling-2-small): Thinking Machines introduced Inkling 2 Small, a mixture-of-experts model with 594 billion total parameters and 17 billion active, with image input and variable effort. It is available on Tinker with closed weights, and the lab says Apache 2.0 weights are planned after external safety testing. Benchmark scores on the post are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://thinkingmachines.ai/news/inkling-2-small/. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/coding.
- [2026-11-05 — Ant Ling-3.2-flash](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/ling-3-2-flash): Ant Ling's changelog for November 5, 2026 launched Ling-3.2-flash, a native multimodal model with 560 billion total parameters, 25 billion active, and a 1 million token context, taking image, text, and video input. It is available in the chat interface and through an API compatible with OpenAI and Anthropic protocols, and is free for the first 2 weeks. Vendor: https://developer.ant-ling.com/en/docs/getting-started/changelog. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/agents.
- [2026-11-05 — Claude Personal Finance beta](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/claude-personal-finance): Anthropic is rolling out Personal Finance in Claude in beta, with read-only bank and card connections through Plaid, on Pro, Max, and Ultra plans in the US. The article date is November 5, 2026. Vendor: https://claude.com/resources/articles/introducing-personal-finance-in-claude. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude.
- [2026-11-05 — Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash generally available](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gemini-omni-1-2-flash): Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash generally available on November 5, 2026, for generating and editing video up to 15 seconds, on the Gemini API and Google Cloud. Google says 720p video is $0.07 per second, 30% less than Omni 1.1; that price comparison is vendor-reported. Vendor: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/technology/developers-tools/introducing-gemini-omni-1-2-flash/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini.
- [2026-11-05 — OpenAI GPT-6 Cyber](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/openai-gpt-6-cyber): OpenAI introduced GPT-6 Cyber on November 5, 2026, a cybersecurity model initially available through the API and Codex to a select group of approved Daybreak Red customers. Benchmark comparisons on the page are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-cyber/.
- [2026-11-04 — Perplexity Teammates](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/perplexity-teammates): Perplexity launched Teammates, agents for ongoing work that plan projects and bring results back for review. The blog is dated November 4, 2026. Perplexity's changelog says Teammates are available to Max subscribers on the web. Vendor: https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/teammates-are-agents-for-complex-ongoing-work. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/perplexity.
- [2026-11-04 — Tencent Hy4](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/tencent-hy4): Tencent announced Hy4, an open-source model with visual understanding and computer use. The announcement says the API is approximately $0.90 per million input tokens and $2.70 per million output tokens, and that weights and system cards are planned in the coming days. Performance comparisons on that page are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://www.tencent.com/tencent-launches-hy4-joining-the-ranks-of-the-worlds-leading-open-source-ai-models/. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/agents.
- [2026-11-02 — Meituan LongCat-2.5](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/meituan-longcat-2-5): Meituan released LongCat-2.5, a native multimodal model for long-horizon agent tasks, with 1.6 trillion total parameters. The company says people can try it at longcat.ai and developers can call it through an API. Vendor: https://www.meituan.com/news/NN261102280001343. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/agents.
- [2026-10-30 — DiffuSpace Clover-35B-A3B-Preview](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/diffuspace-clover-35b): DiffuSpace released Clover-35B-A3B-Preview, an open-source Apache-licensed mixture-of-experts diffusion language model with 35 billion total parameters and 3 billion active, aimed at agentic coding and tool use. Benchmark and speed figures on the post are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/blog/Diffuspace/clover-35b-a3b-preview. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/coding.
- [2026-10-30 — TBC mischief 1](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/tbc-mischief-1): The Biological Computing Co. launched TBC mischief 1, an image-to-video model built on Wan 2.2 and available on fal and OpenRouter. The company says it is 5 times faster than its base model at half a cent per second; those speed and price figures are vendor claims. Vendor: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-biological-computing-co-launches-worlds-first-publicly-available-neuron-derived-ai-video-model-302924399.html. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/video.
- [2026-10-29 — Mistral Large 4 open weights](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/mistral-large-4-open-weights): Mistral released open weights for Mistral Large 4 (Le Chonk), a 1-trillion-parameter multimodal mixture-of-experts model, under the Mistral Ecosystem Open-Weight License, a modified MIT license that requires a separate commercial license for Model-as-a-Service businesses. The API price on the page is $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.10 per million output tokens. Coding and security rankings on the page are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://mistral.ai/news/mistral-large-4-oss/. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/coding.
- [2026-10-29 — Pika H3 Flex](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/pika-h3-flex): Pika launched Pika H3 Flex, an open-source video and audio model family post-trained on MiniMax H3, with weights on Hugging Face. Pika says it ranks number 1 among open-source text-to-video models; that ranking is a vendor claim. Vendor: https://pika.art/blog/pika-h3-flex-research. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/pika.
- [2026-10-29 — Gemini app file editing](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gemini-app-file-editing): Google added file generation, preview, and editing in the Gemini app for documents, PDFs, slides, spreadsheets, and code. PDF preview and editing work on web and mobile; Google says the other formats are web only, and that this is available to all users where the Gemini app is available. Vendor: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/edit-files-directly/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini.
- [2026-10-28 — GitHub Copilot Fusion](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/github-copilot-fusion): GitHub Copilot Fusion is generally available in the Copilot model picker, with Standard, High, and Max effort and Single, Cascade, and Critique patterns, on all Copilot plans in VS Code, the Copilot app, Copilot CLI, and JetBrains. GitHub says usage is billed per model used, with a 30% discount for a limited time on paid plans, and a same-day note says local-model routing is an experimental preview. The changelog's coding-index comparison is a vendor claim. Vendor: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-route-and-orchestrate-models-with-github-copilot-fusion/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/github-copilot.
- [2026-10-28 — NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/nemotron-3-5-transcribe): NVIDIA published Nemotron 3.5 Transcribe, an open-weight promptable speech model (30B-A4B, about 4.3 billion active parameters) for transcription, speaker attribution, translation, and timestamps, under the OpenMDW-1.1 license. Leaderboard and speed figures on the page are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://research.nvidia.com/labs/nemotron/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3.5-Transcribe/. Category page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/categories/voice.
- [2026-10-28 — Gemini 4 Carbon, limited access](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gemini-4-carbon): Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon, and it is not generally available. Access starts with a subset of cyber defenders through the Fairwind Program, with wider availability later, at an introductory $2 per million input tokens and $10 per million output tokens. Vendor: https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/models-and-research/gemini-models/introducing-gemini-4-carbon/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini.
- [2026-10-28 — Particle-1](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/particle-1): Particle launched Particle-1, a coding model post-trained on DeepSeek V4.1 Flash and available through the Particle API. Particle reports that it uses around 45% fewer tokens on average; that figure is vendor-reported. Vendor: https://particle.ai/blog/introducing-particle-1.
- [2026-10-27 — iCloud Mail and Calendar in ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/chatgpt-icloud-mail-calendar): OpenAI's English release notes for October 27, 2026 say iCloud users can connect Mail and Calendar in ChatGPT to find emails, catch up on an inbox, check a schedule, and update calendar events. It is available on all ChatGPT plans on the web, the desktop app, and iOS. Vendor: https://openai.com/products/release-notes/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt.
- [2026-10-27 — Genie 4 research preview](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/genie-4): Google DeepMind announced Genie 4, a world-simulation model, as a research preview for trusted testers. A waitlist is open for Google AI Ultra users in Project Genie before a later release to consumers and developers. Vendor: https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/.
- [2026-10-27 — Liquid LFM3](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/liquid-lfm3): Liquid AI announced LFM3, a family of open-weight models in the 2B parameter range covering text, vision, audio, omni, and decision models. The weights are on Hugging Face, and the models are also on the Liquid API. Vendor: https://www.liquid.ai/blog/lfm3.
- [2026-10-27 — Ling-3.1-flash-1019](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/ling-3-1-flash-1019): inclusionAI published Ling-3.1-flash-1019 under the MIT license, with 560 billion total parameters, 25 billion active per token, and a 1 million token context window. Benchmark gains on the card are vendor-reported, and this date is the Hugging Face repository creation time because the card does not print one. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/inclusionAI/Ling-3.1-flash-1019.
- [2026-10-26 — GPT-6.1 Terra](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gpt-6-1-terra): OpenAI introduced GPT-6.1 Terra for ChatGPT Work and Codex, and in the API as gpt-6.1-terra at $1 per million input tokens and $5 per million output tokens. The English release notes date the rollout October 26, 2026, include Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise, and Edu, and say Terra is available in Work and Codex, not Chat. Vendor: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/codex.
- [2026-10-24 — Nanbeige4.3-33B](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/nanbeige-4-3-33b): Nanbeige LLM Lab published Nanbeige4.3-33B, open weights under the Apache 2.0 license with a context of up to 512K tokens. Benchmark scores on the card are vendor-reported. The card does not print a calendar date; this date is the Hugging Face repository creation time. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/Nanbeige/Nanbeige4.3-33B.
- [2026-10-23 — NVIDIA SkillSpector v2.13.1](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/nvidia-skillspector-2-13-1): NVIDIA published SkillSpector v2.13.1, an open-source security scanner for AI agent skills under the Apache 2.0 license. Vendor: https://github.com/NVIDIA/SkillSpector/releases/tag/v2.13.1.
- [2026-10-23 — Kimi K3.1 Pro and Highspeed on Vercel AI Gateway](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/kimi-k3-1-pro-ai-gateway): Kimi K3.1 Pro and Kimi K3.1 Pro Highspeed are available on Vercel AI Gateway. Vercel describes Highspeed as a faster version for interactive use; K3.1 Pro keeps a 1M-token context window and image input, and the changelog says Moonshot plans to release the weights by November 4. Vendor: https://vercel.com/changelog/kimi-k3-1-pro-and-kimi-k3-1-pro-highspeed-are-available-now-in-ai-gateway.
- [2026-10-22 — Canva Craft](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/canva-craft): Canva released Craft, its first image model, in Canva and through the public API. It generates images at up to 2K resolution across more than 30 aspect ratios and can render text in 55 languages. Vendor: https://www.canva.com/newsroom/news/canva-craft/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/canva.
- [2026-10-22 — OpenAI Decisions API generally available](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/openai-decisions-api-ga): OpenAI made the Decisions API generally available. It is built with GPT-6 Luna, and OpenAI reports it is up to 10 times faster than GPT-6 Luna through the Responses API, which is a vendor-reported comparison, at a stated $0.10 per million input tokens and $0.01 per million cached input tokens. Vendor: https://openai.com/index/decisions-api.
- [2026-10-22 — Google Cloud Agent Compute Engine announced](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/google-agent-compute-engine): Google Cloud announced Agent Compute Engine, a hardware-isolated runtime for agents. The post says it will be available in preview in the coming months, so this note is an announcement, not a launch. Vendor: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/ai-infrastructure/introducing-agent-compute-engine-and-expanded-agent-governance.
- [2026-10-22 — Mistral Voxtral 3](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/mistral-voxtral-3): Mistral released Voxtral 3, a voice-agent SDK with speech models in more than 50 languages, available through Mistral's API or self-deployment. The article datePublished is October 22, 2026. Vendor: https://mistral.ai/news/voxtral-3/.
- [2026-10-21 — Claude Duet research preview](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/claude-duet): Claude Duet is a research preview, available by waitlist for US Pro and Max subscribers as a standalone app on iOS and Android and on claude.ai. For this preview it is included in Pro and Max and uses the same usage limits as the rest of Claude. Vendor: https://claude.com/resources/articles/claude-duet. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude.
- [2026-10-21 — Gemini app Customize hub](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gemini-customize-hub): Google added a Customize hub in the Gemini app for skills and connected apps, including more than 40 external services. It is rolling out globally on web, mobile, and desktop for all user tiers, and the gradual rollout started on October 13, 2026. Vendor: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2026/10/an-easier-way-to-customize-how-gemini-works-for-you.html. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini.
- [2026-10-21 — OpenAI models coming to Google Cloud](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/openai-models-google-cloud): OpenAI announced that its models and Codex are coming to Google Cloud Model Garden, with general availability planned in the coming weeks. Microsoft remains OpenAI's primary cloud partner. Vendor: https://openai.com/index/openai-models-google-cloud/.
- [2026-10-21 — Nemotron 3.5 Embed, Rerank, and Parse](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/nemotron-3-5-embed-rerank-parse): NVIDIA published open Nemotron 3.5 retrieval models: Embed 8B BF16, Embed 1B BF16, Embed 1B NVFP4, Rerank 8B BF16, and Parse at 631 million parameters. The post says they are commercially available. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/blog/nvidia/nemotron-retriever-world-class-agentic-retrieval.
- [2026-10-21 — Recursive Flint v1.0 on OpenRouter](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/recursive-flint-v1): OpenRouter lists Recursive Flint v1.0 as recursive/flint-v1.0:free, a free model with a 262K context window and about 2.5 billion active parameters out of 40 billion. The listing date is October 21, 2026. Vendor: https://openrouter.ai/recursive/flint-v1.0:free.
- [2026-10-21 — Carbon-X on Hugging Face](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/carbon-x): Hugging Face published Carbon-X, a 14.8-billion-parameter model trained on DNA sequences and text, under the Apache 2.0 license. The model card does not print a publish date; this date is the Hugging Face repository creation time. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/HuggingFaceBio/Carbon-X.
- [2026-10-20 — Krea 3 out of beta](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/krea-3-out-of-beta): Krea's October 20, 2026 changelog says Krea 3 is out of beta. Vendor: https://www.krea.ai/docs/changelog.
- [2026-10-19 — Eleven Realtime v1 Mini and v1 Max](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/elevenlabs-realtime-v1): ElevenLabs' October 19, 2026 changelog adds Eleven Realtime v1 Mini and v1 Max for ElevenAgents voice agents, rolling out gradually. Each model is a complete voice-agent configuration, and the changelog says an OpenAI Realtime API client can connect by changing the endpoint and session configuration. Vendor: https://elevenlabs.io/docs/changelog.md. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/elevenlabs.
- [2026-10-19 — Ling-3.0-flash-Sante](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/ling-3-flash-sante): inclusionAI published Ling-3.0-flash-Sante, a healthcare reasoning model under the MIT license, with 124 billion total parameters and 5.1 billion active per token. The card says it is a research model and not a medical device. The card does not print a calendar date; this date is the Hugging Face repository creation time. Vendor: https://huggingface.co/inclusionAI/Ling-3.0-flash-Sante.
- [2026-10-19 — Gemini API CLI experimental preview](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/gemini-api-cli): Google released an experimental preview of the Gemini API CLI (gemini-api), a zero-dependency binary for macOS, Linux, and Windows that calls the Gemini API from the terminal. Vendor: https://aistudio.google.com/learn/introducing-the-gemini-api-cli. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/gemini.
- [2026-10-19 — Inception Mercury 3](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/inception-mercury-3): Mercury 3 is available on the Inception API and through OpenRouter, Baseten, and Vercel, with a 1 million token context, at $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.70 per million output tokens. Inception reports 1,068 tokens per second and 4–8× faster running; those speed figures are vendor-reported. Vendor: https://www.inceptionlabs.ai/blog/introducing-mercury-3.
- [2026-10-19 — MiniMax M3.1 Flash](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/minimax-m3-1-flash): MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available through the MiniMax API, the M Plan, and MiniMax Code. Model weights are public on Hugging Face under the MiniMax Community License (https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-M3.1-Flash). MiniMax reports nearly 3× faster inference and 70% lower usage cost, which is vendor-reported, at a listed $0.15 per million input tokens, $0.60 per million output tokens, and $0.015 per million cached input tokens. Vendor: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-m31f.
- [2026-10-19 — Meta Muse Glimmer 30B](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/muse-glimmer-30b): Meta published Muse Glimmer 30B, an open-source 30-billion-parameter model for on-device agents that takes text and images and returns text, quantized to about 4-bit. The page releases it under the Apache 2.0 license. Vendor: https://ai.meta.com/research/publications/muse-glimmer-30b-an-on-device-agentic-model/.
- [2026-10-17 — DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/deepseek-v4-1-flash-1017): DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 is live on the DeepSeek website, app, and API, with weights on Hugging Face and ModelScope. Search and Fetch are listed at $0.75 per 1,000 calls, and the page says billing for those calls through DeepSeek Harness, Claude Code, and Codex starts October 31, 2026 at 16:00 UTC. Vendor: https://api-docs.deepseek.com/news/news261017/.
- [2026-10-16 — Kling 4.0 global launch](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/kling-4-0-global): Kling AI announced the global launch of Kling 4.0, with native 30-second generation and up to 15 reference assets and 10 keyframe inputs. The release says 10-bit HDR output and developer API access are coming soon. Vendor: https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/10/16/3382718/0/en/kling-ai-launches-kling-4-0-globally-with-professional-grade-output-stable-motion-and-multimodal-control.html. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/kling.
- [2026-10-16 — Canvases from Cursor cloud agents](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/cursor-canvases-cloud-agents): Cloud agents can now build interactive canvases as part of their work. Share a finished canvas with your team by sending its link. Vendor: https://cursor.com/changelog. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/cursor.
- [2026-10-16 — Updates to GPT-6 Pro in ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/chatgpt-gpt-6-pro-update): GPT-6 Pro in the chat tab now offers faster responses, improved use of plugins and tools, and multiple agents that can work on different parts of a task in parallel. You can follow their progress in the conversation and open completed tasks to see what each agent did. This update is rolling out to eligible Pro users in ChatGPT. Vendor: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/6825453-chatgpt-release-notes. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt.
- [2026-10-16 — Gemini 4 Argon in Perplexity](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/perplexity-gemini-4-argon): Gemini 4 Argon is now available in Perplexity for Pro and Max subscribers. Vendor: https://x.com/perplexity_ai/status/2111110772747321460. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/perplexity.
- [2026-10-16 — Pika plugin for ChatGPT](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/pika-chatgpt-plugin): The official Pika plugin lets ChatGPT use Pika's creation apps to make and edit images, video, music, sound effects, and speech without leaving ChatGPT. Vendor: https://pika.art/mcp/chatgpt. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/pika.
- [2026-10-16 — Mirelo SFX 2.0 in Runway](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/runway-mirelo-sfx-2): Mirelo SFX 2.0 is on Runway. It generates sound effects, foley, and ambience from a video while keeping the dialogue. Vendor: https://mirelo.ai/blog/mirelo-sfx-2-0. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/runway.
- [2026-10-16 — Perplexity Decider V1.2 on Vercel AI Gateway](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/perplexity-decider-v1-2-vercel): Perplexity Decider V1.2 27B and Decider Flash V1.2 4B are now available on Vercel AI Gateway. Both are multimodal decision models for classifying content, routing requests, and scoring text, structured records, and images. Vendor: https://vercel.com/changelog/perplexity-decider-v1-2-models-now-available-on-ai-gateway. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/perplexity.
- [2026-10-16 — REA skill in Perplexity Computer](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/perplexity-computer-rea-skill): REA (Reverse Engineer Anything) is now a skill in Perplexity Computer. Ask Computer to reverse-engineer an app and it inspects how the app works without its source code, then builds a working version. Vendor: https://x.com/AskPerplexity/status/2111120664543596957. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/perplexity.
- [2026-10-15 — Krea 3 launch](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/krea-3-launch): Krea 3 launched on krea.ai, with up to 6 reference images per edit, and is also available through fal, Hedra, Together AI, Nous Research, OpenRouter, and Replicate. Krea reports edits in under 8 seconds at native 2K, which is vendor-reported, at $0.06 per image at 2K and $0.03 at 1K. Vendor: https://www.krea.ai/blog/introducing-krea-3.
- [2026-10-15 — Meta Muse Spark Open](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/muse-spark-open): Meta released Muse Spark Open weights, an 816-billion-parameter model with 42 billion active parameters and a 1 million token context. The weights are under the Muse Model License. Vendor: https://research.meta.ai/blog/muse-spark-open.
- [2026-10-15 — Mistral Timestral](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/mistral-timestral): Mistral released Timestral, its first time-series model family, in four sizes (5M, 28M, 123M, and 209M parameters) with a context of 32,768 steps and a modified MIT license. Mistral reports that the largest model ranks first on GIFT-Eval, TIME, and fev-bench; that ranking is vendor-reported. Vendor: https://mistral.ai/news/timestral/.
- [2026-10-15 — Nemotron 3.5 Super VL and Bolt](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/nemotron-3-5-super-vl-bolt): NVIDIA released Nemotron 3.5 Super VL, an open 120-billion-parameter model, and Nemotron 3.5 Bolt 74B-A9B, both available now, with Bolt E4B coming October 23. The post's 5× faster claim is vendor-reported. Vendor: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/nemotron-3-5-super-vl/.
- [2026-10-15 — GitHub in Slack and Teams, multiple repositories](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/github-slack-teams-multi-repo): @GitHub in Slack and Microsoft Teams can work across multiple repositories in one conversation, including issues, pull requests, and bug investigations. The changelog also notes mention-anywhere, easier repository switching, and Slack thread context. Vendor: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-15-copilot-in-slack-and-teams-adds-model-and-repository-updates/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/github-copilot.
- [2026-10-15 — GPT-Live-1.1 in ChatGPT Voice](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/chatgpt-gpt-live-1-1): OpenAI is rolling out GPT-Live-1.1, and a smaller Quip variant, in ChatGPT Voice, with more natural accents across languages and additional voices. Available voices vary by region and account. Vendor: https://openai.com/products/release-notes/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/chatgpt.
- [2026-10-15 — Figma Specs open beta](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/figma-specs-open-beta): Figma Specs is available on web, desktop, and mobile, rolling out in open beta to paid plans. Vendor: https://www.figma.com/blog/introducing-figma-specs/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/figma.
- [2026-10-14 — Google Deep Review public launch](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/google-deep-review-public): Google Research publicly launched Deep Review for technical documents. The post says each account gets two complimentary reviews per week, a Gemini API key raises the limit, and the first inputs are PDFs and plain text. Vendor: https://research.google/blog/analyzing-technical-documents-with-deep-review/.
- [2026-10-13 — Gemini 4 Argon in GitHub Copilot](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/copilot-gemini-4-argon): Gemini 4 Argon is generally available in GitHub Copilot for complex coding, agent, and reasoning tasks. Copilot Pro+, Max, Business, and Enterprise can select it. Rollout is gradual. Vendor: https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-13-gemini-4-argon-in-github-copilot/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/github-copilot.
- [2026-10-13 — Gemini 4 Argon in Google Antigravity](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/antigravity-gemini-4-argon): Google is rolling out Gemini 4 Argon in the Antigravity desktop app and CLI for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers. Businesses can use it through the Gemini platform API and in Antigravity on eligible Gemini Enterprise subscriptions. Vendor: https://antigravity.google/blog/gemini-4-argon-in-google-antigravity/.
- [2026-10-12 — Z.ai GLM-Legal](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/zai-glm-legal): Z.ai published GLM-Legal, a model for agentic legal work. API access is open as a beta, and AutoClaw support is described as coming later. Vendor: https://z.ai/blog/glm-legal.
- [2026-10-09 — Composer predictions in Codex](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/codex-composer-predictions): Codex can suggest the next message from the current thread. You accept it with Tab, then review or edit it. Accepting a suggestion does not send it. Vendor: https://openai.com/products/release-notes/. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/codex.
- [2026-10-07 — Claude Haiku 5.5](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/claude-haiku-5-5): Anthropic launched Claude Haiku 5.5, its fastest small model, for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks. Vendor: https://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/claude.
- [2026-10-05 — Claude Sonnet 5.5 in Cursor](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/cursor-claude-sonnet-5-5): Cursor's web release notes for the week of October 5, 2026 list Claude Sonnet 5.5 as a new model in Cursor. Vendor: https://cursor.com/docs/release-notes/web. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/cursor.
- [2026-10-02 — Seedance 2.5 Draft mode in Runway](https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/releases/runway-seedance-draft): Runway's agent can generate with Seedance 2.5 Draft mode: fast 480p drafts, then a post-generation enhancement. Draft mode can be toggled on or off. Vendor: https://runway.com/changelog. Tool page: https://aitoolstack.vercel.app/tools/runway.

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