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AI assistants & model APIs

General-purpose AI chat assistant for writing, research, analysis, image generation, voice, deep research, custom GPTs, scheduled tasks and agentic work across web, desktop and mobile.

Audience: Individuals, creators and small teams wanting the broadest all-round assistant (chat, images, voice, deep research, agents); Business plan for small companies needing admin controls and no-training defaults

Free tier: Y - unlimited text chat within abuse guardrails; limited uploads, image generation, voice, deep research, memory and Codex; GPT Instant context about 27K tokens · From $8/mo · estimate

AI assistants & model APIs

AI assistant for writing, analysis, research, coding (Claude Code) and long-document work, with Projects, Research and connectors.

Audience: Professionals, writers, consultants and developers doing long-form writing, document analysis and coding; teams wanting strong privacy defaults

Free tier: Y - Sonnet and Haiku models only (no Opus), up to 5 Projects, usage resets on a rolling 5-hour window · From $20/mo · estimate

AI assistants & model APIs

Google's AI assistant app with Deep Research, image/video generation (Flow) and Gemini built into Gmail, Docs and other Google apps, bundled with Google One storage.

Audience: Families and individuals already in Google's ecosystem who want AI plus cloud storage in one bill; creators using Flow video generation

Free tier: Y - Gemini app free with base usage limits (compute-based, refresh every 5 hours up to a weekly cap); 15 GB Google storage · From $4.99/mo · estimate

AI assistants & model APIs

Microsoft's AI assistant built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, plus the standalone Copilot app, for drafting, analysis and summarising work content.

Audience: Families and businesses already on Microsoft 365 who want AI inside Office documents, email and Teams

Free tier: Y - free Copilot app/web for signed-in Microsoft accounts (limits unverified); Copilot Chat included at no extra cost with eligible Microsoft 365 business plans; no AI in Microsoft 365 Basic · From $9.99/mo · estimate

AI assistants & model APIs

AI answer engine that searches the web and returns cited answers, with Research mode, file/app creation, the Comet browser agent and access to multiple frontier models.

Audience: Research-heavy users, students, marketers and analysts who want fast, cited web answers and access to several models in one subscription

Free tier: Y - 3 Pro Searches/day, 1 Research query/month, limited file uploads, no advanced models, image generation or file/app creation · From $20/mo · estimate

AI assistants & model APIs

Developer platform for building apps and agents on OpenAI's GPT models, with pay-per-token pricing.

Audience: Developers and agencies building custom assistants, automations and agents with OpenAI models

Free tier: unverified · Price to confirm

AI assistants & model APIs

Developer API (Claude Developer Platform) for building applications and agents on Claude models, with pay-per-token pricing.

Audience: Developers and agencies building agents, coding tools and document-heavy workflows needing long context

Free tier: unverified · Price to confirm

AI assistants & model APIs

Developer API (via Google AI Studio and Vertex AI) for building apps on Gemini models, with a free tier and pay-per-token paid tier.

Audience: Developers wanting a generous free tier for prototyping and low-cost Flash models at scale, or teams on Google Cloud

Free tier: Y - free input/output tokens on many models (e.g. Gemini 3.8 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, 3.1 Flash-Lite) with rate limits via Google AI Studio; no free tier for Gemini 4 Argon or 3.1 Pro Preview; free-tier content is used to improve Google products · Price to confirm

Automation & AI agent platforms

No-code automation platform that connects 9,000+ apps with multi-step 'Zaps', plus separate AI products (Zapier Agents, Chatbots, Copilot, MCP) for AI-driven workflows.

Audience: Non-technical creators, solopreneurs and small businesses that need the widest app coverage and the fastest setup

Free tier: Y – 100 tasks/mo; unlimited two-step Zaps only; 15-min polling; Tables 2,500 records/account. Zapier Agents Free: 400 activities/mo. Chatbots Free: 2 chatbots, 7-day history. · From $19.99/mo · estimate

Automation & AI agent platforms

Visual scenario builder for multi-step automations and AI agents, billed in credits, with routers, iterators and 3,000+ native app integrations.

Audience: Agencies and small businesses building complex, branching, visual workflows cheaply at moderate volume

Free tier: Y – 1,000 credits/mo, 1 MB data storage, 1 data store (official). Active-scenario and interval limits are unverified (third-party reports: 2 active scenarios, 15-min minimum schedule). · Price to confirm

Automation & AI agent platforms

Fair-code workflow automation and AI-agent builder that you can use as n8n Cloud or self-host for free (Community Edition), with code nodes and LangChain-style AI agent nodes.

Audience: Technical teams, agencies and privacy-conscious businesses wanting self-hosted, low-cost, high-volume automation and AI agents

Free tier: Y (self-hosted) – Community Edition free on GitHub; you pay only for your own infrastructure. Cloud: free trial only (1,000 executions, 5 concurrent, 180-s timeout, 800 Assistant credits + 100 AI credits, no card). · Price to confirm

Automation & AI agent platforms

AI assistant/agent platform ('AI employee') that handles inbox, meetings, scheduled routines and multi-step tasks across 1,500+ integrations, including via Slack.

Audience: Busy professionals and small teams wanting an AI assistant for email triage, meeting notes, scheduling and follow-ups

Free tier: Y – one-time $50 in credits that expire after 7 days; no credit card. · From $49.99/mo · estimate

Automation & AI agent platforms

No-code/low-code platform for building AI agents and multi-agent 'workforces' (e.g., AI BDRs, research and ops agents) with tools, triggers and 2,000+ integrations.

Audience: Agencies and sales/ops teams building custom AI agent workforces (e.g., AI SDR/BDR) with data-region choice

Free tier: N – Free plan retired for new signups and existing accounts (per official pricing docs). · From $29/mo · estimate

Automation & AI agent platforms

Microsoft's cloud-flow and desktop RPA automation platform, tightly integrated with Microsoft 365, Dataverse and Copilot Studio.

Audience: Businesses already on Microsoft 365, plus teams needing desktop RPA or approval workflows in Teams/SharePoint/Outlook

Free tier: Partial – 30-day free trial (UI cloud flows, standard connectors only). Use of standard-connector cloud flows included with Microsoft 365 licenses is not stated on the pricing page (unverified). · From $15/mo · estimate

Automation & AI agent platforms

AI-native drag-and-drop workflow and agent builder (with MCP, CLI and 35+ models) for teams automating research, support, sales and ops tasks.

Audience: Ops, marketing and support teams wanting AI-heavy workflows and agents with unlimited seats

Free tier: N – no free plan listed on pricing page; 14-day free trial of Pro. · From $37/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

Cloud email (Gmail), calendar, Drive storage, Docs/Sheets/Slides, Meet and Chat with Gemini AI built in; a free personal Google account gives Gmail/Drive/Calendar without custom-domain email.

Audience: Small businesses, creators and agencies wanting custom-domain email plus real-time document collaboration; families and solo creators on free personal accounts

Free tier: Y - a free personal Google account (Gmail, Drive, Calendar, Docs) includes 15 GB of storage shared across Gmail, Drive and Photos. There is no custom-domain email and no admin console. Workspace itself has no free tier. · From $7/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

Office apps (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), OneDrive storage, Teams and Exchange email with Copilot AI, in consumer and business editions.

Audience: Excel/Word-heavy professionals and SMBs, families who want Office plus storage for 6 people (Family), and organisations needing device management and security (Business Premium)

Free tier: Partial - the consumer page lists Microsoft 365 Basic but showed no price for it and says it has no AI features. Free web Office/Outlook.com limits: unverified. · From $7/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

All-in-one connected workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects, with Notion AI agents, AI meeting notes and enterprise search.

Audience: Creators, solo consultants and small teams building wikis, content calendars and lightweight project databases with AI

Free tier: Y - 5 MB max file upload, 7-day page history, 10 guests, 1 chart per database, Notion AI as a trial only · From $10/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

No-code relational database and app builder with automations, interfaces and Airtable AI for building operational workflows.

Audience: Agencies and small businesses running content pipelines, CRMs-lite, inventory or client ops as structured data with automations

Free tier: Y - 1,000 records per base, 1 GB attachments per base, 1,000 API calls per workspace per month, 75 automations per base, 500 AI credits per editor per month · From $24/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

Team messaging hub with channels, huddles, app integrations and Slack AI (Slackbot, AI search, recaps, summaries).

Audience: Agencies and teams of 3+ who need real-time communication and a hub for AI agents and bot notifications

Free tier: Y - 90-day message history, 1:1 huddles only, up to 10 app integrations, basic AI · From $8.75/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

All-in-one work platform combining tasks, docs, whiteboards, chat, goals and automations with ClickUp Brain AI agents.

Audience: Agencies and small businesses wanting one tool for projects, docs and AI at a low per-seat price

Free tier: Y - 60 MB storage, 5 Spaces, 100 automation runs, 5 active automation rules, 100 API calls/min, 500 AI credits per workspace · From $10/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

Work and project management platform for tasks, timelines, portfolios and goals, with AI Studio workflows and AI Teammates.

Audience: Professional services teams and agencies that need structured project and portfolio management with clear accountability

Free tier: Y - Personal plan: up to 2 users, unlimited tasks and projects, list/board/calendar views, 100 MB per file · From $13.49/mo · estimate

Productivity, workspace & collaboration

Simple cross-platform to-do and task manager for individuals and small teams, with AI capture (Ramble) and Todoist Assist.

Audience: Individuals, families and solo creators who need a fast, low-cost personal task list; small teams with simple shared projects

Free tier: Y - Beginner: 5 personal projects, 3 filter views, 5 MB uploads, 1-week activity history, 10 Ramble/AI capture sessions per month, Filter Assist only · From $7/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

Credit-based AI short-form video and image studio (formerly Viewmax) that bundles third-party models (Seedance, Kling, Veo, Sora, Nano Banana) with voiceover, script generation, auto-captions, caption removal and ad/UGC templates.

Audience: Faceless/short-form creators and small brands that want many video and image models, captions, voiceover and ad formats in one credit pool, driven from Claude via MCP

Free tier: N: the pricing page lists no free plan. Plan credits don't roll over. Top-up credits last 90 days. · From $9/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

AI repurposing tool that turns long videos into captioned, reframed short clips with virality scoring, and can schedule them to social channels.

Audience: Podcasters, coaches and agencies repurposing long-form video into shorts at volume

Free tier: Y: 60 credits/mo, watermarked clips, up to 1080p, no editing, clips can't be exported after 3 days · From $15/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

ByteDance's mobile, desktop and web video editor with templates, auto-captions and AI editing/generation tools, popular for TikTok and Reels.

Audience: Creators and families making quick social edits on phone or desktop on a low budget

Free tier: Y: free templates and basic editing (official page). A watermark on free exports is reported by third parties only (unverified on the official page). · From $19.99/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

Browser-based design platform for social graphics, presentations, video and print, with a built-in AI suite (Canva AI) for generation and editing.

Audience: Families, small businesses and agencies needing on-brand graphics, short videos and decks quickly

Free tier: Y: 5 GB storage, 1 Brand Kit (3 colours), up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses, no Ultra AI tools · From $12/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

Text-based audio/video editor (edit by editing the transcript) with an AI agent called Underlord, Studio Sound, filler-word removal, captions and publishing.

Audience: Podcasters, educators and professionals editing talking-head video and audio

Free tier: Y: 1 media hour/mo, 100 one-time AI credits, exports up to 720p, watermarked (no watermark-free export), 5 GB storage · From $24/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

AI avatar video platform for talking-presenter videos, digital twins, video translation with lip sync, and prompt-to-video via its Video Agent.

Audience: Businesses and agencies producing presenter, training, sales or localized videos without filming

Free tier: Y: 3 videos/mo up to 1 min each, 1 custom video avatar, up to 3 photo avatars, 1 voice clone, 30+ languages. Watermark removal is listed only on paid plans, implying Free is watermarked (not stated explicitly). · From $29/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

AI voice platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, speech-to-text, music/SFX and conversational voice agents.

Audience: Voiceovers, narration, dubbing and voice agents for creators and businesses

Free tier: Y: 10k credits/mo (about 10 TTS minutes), 3 Studio projects, about 2 concurrent requests. A commercial licence is listed only for paid plans. · From $6/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

High-aesthetic AI image generator (plus image-to-video) used through its web app and Discord.

Audience: Artists, designers and agencies needing striking concept art, moodboards and stylised imagery

Free tier: N: no free trial is mentioned on the official plans page · From $10/mo · estimate

Content creation & media AI

Generative video and image platform (Gen-4.5, Aleph, plus third-party models such as Veo and Seedance) with editing tools and a developer API.

Audience: Creators and agencies producing cinematic B-roll, VFX and stylised generative video; developers needing video generation in apps

Free tier: Y: 125 one-time credits (non-expiring), 5 GB storage, selected models. Watermark on Free is implied (Standard lists 'No watermarks') but not stated. · From $15/mo · estimate

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

An all-in-one tool for scheduling social posts, running analytics, tracking competitors and reporting across several brands, with an AI assistant and a native MCP server.

Audience: Creators, small businesses and small agencies that want cheap scheduling and analytics for several brands, and AI-agent workflows through the MCP

Free tier: Y - 1 brand; 20 scheduled posts/mo; 30 days of analytics; 5 competitor profiles; 5 AI credits per brand per month; LinkedIn and X cannot be connected on Free; MCP included but limits may apply · From $25/mo · estimate

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Simple per-channel social media scheduling, idea capture, engagement and analytics, with a public API and a remote MCP server.

Audience: Solo creators, families and small businesses that want very cheap, simple scheduling and an agent-friendly API/MCP on every tier

Free tier: Y - up to 3 channels (lifetime limit of 8 per network); 10 scheduled posts per channel; 1 user; 100 ideas; 1 API key with 3,000 API requests/mo · From $6/mo · estimate

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Visual social media planner and scheduler with analytics, link-in-bio and AI credits, organised around 'social sets' of profiles.

Audience: Instagram/TikTok-first creators and brands that want a visual grid planner and link-in-bio

Free tier: N - no free plan on the pricing page, only a 14-day free trial (a help article mentions a limited Free tier for some accounts: limited scheduling, 2-week calendar view) · Price to confirm

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Enterprise-grade social media management suite for publishing, a unified inbox, listening, analytics and employee advocacy, with MCP servers for AI assistants.

Audience: Mid-size and enterprise marketing teams and agencies that need an inbox, listening and governance

Free tier: N - 14-day free trial only (no credit card; 10-20 posts per org per day during the trial; no bulk scheduling) · Price to confirm

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Open-source (AGPL-3.0), agent-oriented social media scheduler for 28+ channels, with a public API, CLI, MCP server and n8n node, available as a hosted cloud or self-hosted.

Audience: AI-agent builders, technical creators and agencies that want an open-source scheduler they can automate or self-host

Free tier: N for Cloud (no free plan; 7-day trial for most new orgs). Y for self-hosting: free under AGPL-3.0, you pay only for your own infrastructure (Postgres, Redis, storage) · From $29/mo · estimate

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Email and SMS marketing platform (by Intuit) with audiences, automations, templates, landing pages and reporting.

Audience: Small businesses and families/organisations that want a familiar email tool with a small free tier

Free tier: Y - 250 contacts; 500 sends/mo (250/day); 1 seat; 1 audience; no automation flows or scheduling; Mailchimp branding · From $13/mo · estimate

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Email marketing platform for creators: newsletters, landing pages, automations and digital product and subscription sales.

Audience: Creators and solo professionals that sell digital products or paid newsletters and want a generous free tier

Free tier: Y - up to 10,000 subscribers; unlimited forms, landing pages and broadcasts; tagging, segmentation, broadcast A/B tests; digital products; API included; no visual automations, sequences or RSS; no AI Connectors/MCP; Kit branding · Price to confirm

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Chat automation for Instagram, TikTok, Messenger, WhatsApp, Telegram, SMS and email (comment-to-DM, lead capture, AI replies), priced by monthly active contacts.

Audience: Creators and small businesses that turn Instagram/TikTok comments and DMs into leads or sales

Free tier: Y - 25 active contacts/mo; any 2 of Instagram, TikTok, Messenger, Telegram; up to 4 active automations; 1 user; 'Powered by Manychat' branding · Price to confirm

Social media scheduling, analytics & marketing

Newsletter platform with website, podcast, community, monetisation (ad network, paid subscriptions at 0% take rate) and growth tools.

Audience: Creators and media-style newsletters that want growth tools and monetisation with a 2,500-subscriber free tier

Free tier: Y - up to 2,500 subscribers; unlimited sends; 1 seat; 1 publication; 30-day analytics; beehiiv branding; API and integrations listed · Price to confirm

Business operations - CRM

An all-in-one CRM for contacts, deals, email, meetings and marketing, with a free tier and per-seat Starter hubs.

Audience: Small businesses, agencies and creators that want a free CRM that can grow into marketing, sales and service hubs

Free tier: Y - Free CRM: up to 2 users, 1,000 contacts, 2,000 email sends/mo with HubSpot branding, 1 meeting link, 1 automated email action, 3 templates/snippets, 10 dashboards; no credit card · From $20/mo · estimate

Business operations - CRM

A sales-pipeline-focused CRM for tracking leads and deals, with automations, email sync and AI reporting.

Audience: Small sales teams, agencies and consultants with a deal-driven pipeline

Free tier: N - 14-day free trial, no credit card, unlimited co-workers during the trial · From $14/mo · estimate

Business operations - Booking/scheduling

Scheduling software that shares booking links which check calendar availability, with round-robin and routing for teams.

Audience: Professionals, coaches and small teams who need polished booking links fast

Free tier: Y - Free: 1 event type, 1 calendar connection, 1:1 scheduling, booking page, browser extension; no webhooks · From $10/mo · estimate

Business operations - Booking/scheduling

Open-source scheduling platform (hosted or self-hosted) for booking links, team routing and embeddable scheduling.

Audience: Privacy-conscious users, developers and agencies who want a free unlimited individual plan or self-hosting

Free tier: Y - Free forever for 1 user; unlimited event types and calendars, no usage limits; no team features (round-robin, routing forms) · From $12/mo · estimate

Business operations - Payments

Online and in-person payment processing with subscriptions billing, invoicing, tax and payouts, all available through APIs.

Audience: Anyone selling online, subscriptions, SaaS, creators and agencies building custom checkout flows

Free tier: Y - no monthly fee; pay-as-you-go transaction fees only · Price to confirm

Business operations - E-commerce

Hosted e-commerce platform for building an online store and point of sale, with payments, checkout and an app ecosystem.

Audience: Creators and small businesses selling physical or digital products online or in person

Free tier: N - 3-day free trial, no credit card; then $1/mo for the first 3 months on most plans · From $39/mo · estimate

Business operations - Messaging

Meta-hosted API for businesses to send and receive WhatsApp messages (templates, notifications, chatbots) at scale.

Audience: Businesses whose customers already use WhatsApp (international markets, appointment reminders, support bots)

Free tier: Y - Cloud API hosting is free; non-template (free-form) messages are free within the 24-hour customer service window opened by the user; utility templates inside an open window are free; replies to Click-to-WhatsApp ad or Page CTA entries open a 72-hour free entry window · Price to confirm

Business operations - Messaging

Free HTTP API for building Telegram bots that chat, send notifications, take payments (Telegram Stars) and run mini apps.

Audience: Low-cost agent and chatbot front-ends, notifications, communities, families and creators

Free tier: Y - free; limits of about 1 msg/sec per chat, 20 msgs/min per group, about 30 msgs/sec for bulk notifications · Price to confirm

Business operations - Messaging

Pay-as-you-go API for sending and receiving SMS/MMS (plus voice and WhatsApp) worldwide.

Audience: Appointment reminders, OTPs and transactional texts from apps and agents in the US and elsewhere

Free tier: N - pay-as-you-go (a free trial with credit exists; its amount is unverified) · Price to confirm

Business operations - Accounting

Cloud accounting software for invoicing, bank reconciliation, bills, reporting and payroll (US via Gusto).

Audience: Small businesses, freelancers and agencies wanting cloud accounting with a strong app ecosystem

Free tier: N - intro offer of 80% off for 3 months for new US customers (Early $5.40, Growing $11.80, Established $19.40); a 'one month free' offer is also shown but its terms are not stated · From $27/mo · estimate

Business operations - Booking (fitness/wellness)

Business management software for studios, gyms, salons and spas covering class and appointment booking, payments, memberships, marketing and a consumer app marketplace.

Audience: Established fitness, yoga, wellness and beauty studios that want booking, payments and marketplace discovery

Free tier: N - no free plan; listing on the Mindbody consumer app is free, with a 20% fee (max $30) on a new client's first purchase · From $79/mo · estimate

Business operations - Coaching (fitness)

Online personal training app for delivering workout programs, nutrition and habit coaching, messaging and payments to clients.

Audience: Personal trainers and small gyms coaching clients online

Free tier: Y - Basic: free forever, 1 coaching client, mobile app, workouts, basic messaging, habit coaching; no API or Zapier · From $9/mo · estimate

Education, study & knowledge

An AI tutor and teaching assistant from Khan Academy. It guides students Socratically through Khan Academy content and gives parents and teachers activity tools.

Audience: Families with U.S. school-age children who want a low-cost, curriculum-aligned AI tutor with parent visibility over chats. Homeschoolers.

Free tier: Partial. There is no free Khanmigo plan for families. Khanmigo for Teachers is free for educators in certain countries. The Khan Academy content library stays 100% free. · From $4/mo · estimate

Education, study & knowledge

Google's learning management tool for creating classes, handing out and grading assignments, and talking with students and guardians. It is part of Google Workspace for Education.

Audience: Schools, tutors, homeschool co-ops and agencies running cohort-based courses that already use Google Workspace

Free tier: Y. Education Fundamentals is free for qualifying institutions and includes Classroom, Meet, Drive, Gemini for Education, Gemini Notebook and the Admin console, with 100 TB of pooled storage. Use with personal Google accounts is not addressed on the official editions page (unverified). · Price to confirm

Education, study & knowledge

An AI research and study notebook grounded in sources you upload (PDFs, Docs, websites, YouTube). It produces cited answers, study guides, quizzes and Audio/Video Overviews. Google renamed it Gemini Notebook on 16 July 2026.

Audience: Students (13+ or via school accounts), researchers, consultants and creators turning their own documents into grounded study aids and summaries

Free tier: Y. The Standard plan is free with a Google account: 100 notebooks per user and 50 sources per notebook. Custom chat and analytics are included. Google says limits are subject to change. · From $9.99/mo · estimate

Education, study & knowledge

A flashcard and study platform. It offers AI-assisted Learn mode, practice tests, study guides and Expert Solutions.

Audience: Memorisation-heavy study (vocabulary, exam prep) for teens and students; low-cost family study add-on

Free tier: Y. Free accounts include flashcards, practice questions, interactive diagrams and activities. Exact free usage limits are not stated on official pages. · From $1.67/mo · estimate

Education, study & knowledge

An AI writing assistant that checks grammar, spelling, tone and clarity, rewrites text, and detects plagiarism and AI-written text. It works across apps and browsers.

Audience: Professionals, agencies, older students (13+/16+) and non-native English writers

Free tier: Y. Free plan at $0: spelling and grammar correction, tone view, 100 AI prompts per month. No rewrites, plagiarism/AI detection or team features. · From $12/mo · estimate

Education, study & knowledge

A summary of minimum ages and teen/parental controls for ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic) and Gemini (Google) consumer apps.

Audience: Parents and advisers choosing which general-purpose AI a child or teen may use. ChatGPT has the most granular parent controls for 13–17. Gemini via Family Link is the only path for under-13s. Claude is for adults and educators only.

Free tier: Y. All three have free consumer tiers (plan limits not verified in this row). · Price to confirm

Education, study & knowledge

Microsoft's parental controls for Windows, Xbox and Android: screen-time limits, Edge web/search filters, app and game age limits, purchase approvals and spending controls.

Audience: Families using Windows PCs and Xbox who want screen-time and content limits on study devices

Free tier: Y (assumed). The official page shows no price, and Microsoft 365 Family is not stated as a requirement; the exact price status is unverified. · Price to confirm

Education, study & knowledge

Google's parental-supervision app. It manages a child's Google account, screen time, app approvals, Chrome/Play/YouTube/Search filters, location, and access to Gemini Apps.

Audience: Families with Android phones or Chromebooks, and families wanting supervised under-13 access to Gemini

Free tier: Y (assumed). The official page lists no price or paid tier; the exact price status is unverified. · Price to confirm

Education, study & knowledge

A local-first Markdown note-taking and personal knowledge-base app with linked notes, graph view and a large plugin ecosystem, including AI plugins.

Audience: Professionals, researchers, creators and older students building a private second brain. A good fit for agent-readable Markdown knowledge bases.

Free tier: Y. The core app is 'free without limits', needs no sign-up and is free for commercial use; the commercial license is optional. · From $4/mo · estimate

Payments & commerce

Merchant of record payment checkout, sales tax handling, billing and webhooks

Audience: Web checkout; subscriptions; tax handled by merchant of record

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Websites & app builders

Prompt-led web app building and managed deployment

Audience: Rapid MVP websites and user portals

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, databases & auth

PostgreSQL database, authentication, storage, functions and row-level security

Audience: Web apps needing user data and secure logins

Free tier: Free 500 MB database, 50k MAU; projects may pause · From $25/mo · estimate

Backend, databases & auth

Google app authentication, database, hosting, analytics, messaging

Audience: Mobile apps and real-time applications

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, databases & auth

Serverless PostgreSQL for apps and agents

Audience: SQL-backed agent applications

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, hosting & compute

Edge compute, queues, object storage and workflows

Audience: Webhooks, edge functions and background work

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, hosting & compute

Frontend hosting, serverless functions and deployments

Audience: Next.js deployment

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, hosting & compute

Managed hosting for APIs, workers, databases and scheduled jobs

Audience: Persistent worker processes

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, hosting & compute

Managed containers and background workers

Audience: Always-running agent services

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Vector search & retrieval

Managed vector search for retrieval augmented generation

Audience: Large embeddings retrieval

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Vector search & retrieval

Open-source and hosted vector database with hybrid search

Audience: Hybrid keyword and vector search

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Vector search & retrieval

Open-source and hosted vector database

Audience: Vector similarity search with filtering

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

LLM monitoring & evaluation

LLM execution traces, evaluations and prompt management

Audience: Agent quality and failure monitoring

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

LLM monitoring & evaluation

Open-source LLM observability, traces, metrics and evaluations

Audience: Auditable AI pipelines

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

App monitoring & security

Application exception reporting and performance monitoring

Audience: Production error alerts

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Product analytics & experimentation

Events, funnels, feature flags, session replay

Audience: App funnel diagnostics

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Email & communications

Transactional email API with custom domain authentication

Audience: Form receipts and app notifications

Free tier: 3000 emails/month; 100/day · From $20/mo · estimate

Email & communications

Transactional and marketing email, CRM and automations

Audience: Combined campaign and transactional email

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Customer support & chat

Customer help desk, AI support agent, help centre

Audience: Customer support at scale

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Customer support & chat

Website chat and multi-channel helpdesk

Audience: Lightweight website support

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Forms & intake

Form builder with conditional logic and integrations

Audience: Low-code customer intake

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Forms & intake

Conversational forms and surveys

Audience: Branded qualification forms

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Backend, databases & auth

Managed user authentication, organisation and session management

Audience: Customer portals requiring managed login

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Security & privacy

Credential vault and team access management

Audience: Protect accounts and shared credentials

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Security & privacy

Bot protection and challenge verification for public forms

Audience: Spam prevention on forms

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

AI OCR & documents

Document image OCR and image analysis via API

Audience: OCR requirements where consent and data handling permit

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

AI OCR & documents

Managed document text, forms and tables extraction

Audience: Scanned document workflows

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Voice & audio APIs

Speech recognition, speech generation and conversational voice API

Audience: Low latency voice agents

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Voice & audio APIs

Speech-to-text and audio analysis API

Audience: Audio/video transcript workflows

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Voice & audio APIs

Voice-agent calls and phone automation platform

Audience: Inbound or outbound voice interactions

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm

Voice & audio APIs

Programmable voice agents for phone and web

Audience: Custom AI phone assistants

Free tier: Not verified in this audit · Price to confirm