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A curated shortlist, not a catalog: 62 tools worth knowing, each with verified pricing and an honest verdict.
AI app builders
- AnythingAnything (formerly Create.xyz) is an AI app builder that generates web and mobile apps from prompts.Free tierpaid plans: check site
- Base44Base44 is an AI app builder that generates full-stack apps with built-in auth, database and hosting from prompts.Free tierfrom $16/mo
- Bolt.newBolt.new is a browser-based AI app builder by StackBlitz that generates, runs and deploys full-stack web apps from prompts.Free tierfrom $25/mo
- DyadDyad is an open-source desktop AI app builder that runs locally and lets you build web apps using the AI models you choose, including your own API keys.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $20/mo
- FlutterFlowFlutterFlow is a visual low-code builder for Flutter mobile and web apps with AI generation features and code export.Free tierfrom $39/mo
- LovableLovable is an AI app builder that generates and edits web apps and websites from chat prompts.Free tierfrom $25/mo
- ReplitReplit is a cloud development platform with an AI agent that builds, hosts and deploys apps from natural-language prompts.Free tierfrom $20/mo
- RorkRork is an AI app builder that generates mobile apps from prompts.Free tierfrom $20/mo
- v0v0 is Vercel's AI app builder that generates React/Next.js apps and UI from prompts and deploys them to Vercel.Free tierfrom $30/mo
AI coding agents & IDEs
- AiderAider is an open-source terminal tool for AI pair programming with LLMs in a local git repository.Free tierOpen source
- Claude CodeClaude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool for the terminal, IDEs and web, available with Claude subscriptions or API billing.from $20/mo
- ClineCline is an open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code and the CLI that uses your choice of model provider.Free tierOpen source
- CursorCursor is an AI code editor with agentic coding, chat and tab completion.Free tierfrom $8/mo
- GitHub CopilotGitHub Copilot is GitHub's AI coding assistant providing code completion, chat and coding agents across IDEs and github.com.Free tierfrom $10/mo
- OpenAI CodexCodex is OpenAI's coding agent available as a CLI, IDE extension and cloud agent, included with ChatGPT plans or billed via API key.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $8/mo
- Windsurf (Devin Desktop)Windsurf is an AI code editor from Cognition, now marketed as Devin Desktop.Free tierfrom $20/mo
- ZedZed is an open-source code editor written in Rust with built-in AI agent and collaboration features.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $10/mo
Agent frameworks
- Claude Agent SDKClaude Agent SDK is Anthropic's SDK (Python and TypeScript) for building agents on top of Claude Code programmatically, with support for custom tools and hooks.Free tierOpen source
- CrewAICrewAI is an open-source Python framework for orchestrating AI agents through role-based Crews and event-driven Flows, with a commercial platform for building and deploying them.Free tierOpen source
- LangGraph (LangChain)LangChain and LangGraph are open-source frameworks for LLM apps and stateful agents; LangSmith is the company's paid tracing and deployment platform.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $39/mo
- MastraMastra is an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI applications and agents, with Mastra Cloud as a hosted platform for deployment and observability.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $250/mo
- OpenAI Agents SDKOpenAI Agents SDK is a lightweight open-source Python framework for building multi-agent workflows that works with OpenAI's Responses and Chat Completions APIs and other LLM providers.Free tierOpen source
- Vercel AI SDKThe AI SDK is a provider-agnostic open-source TypeScript toolkit from Vercel for building AI applications and agents.Free tierOpen source
Workflow automation
Hosting & deploy
- Cloudflare Workers & PagesCloudflare Workers is a serverless compute platform running on Cloudflare's edge network, and Cloudflare Pages is its platform for deploying static and full-stack sites.Free tierfrom $5/mo
- CoolifyCoolify is an open-source, self-hostable platform-as-a-service for deploying apps, databases and services to your own servers, with an optional managed Coolify Cloud control plane.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $5/mo
- Fly.ioFly.io is a platform for running applications in lightweight VMs (Machines) across regions worldwide.from $29/mo
- NetlifyNetlify is a platform for building, deploying and hosting web sites and apps with serverless functions.Free tierfrom $9/mo
- RailwayRailway is a cloud platform for deploying applications, databases and services with usage-based billing.Free tierfrom $5/mo
- RenderRender is a cloud platform for hosting web services, static sites, background workers and managed databases.Free tierfrom $25/mo
- VercelVercel is a cloud platform for deploying and hosting frontend frameworks and serverless functions.Free tierfrom $20/mo
Databases & backends
- ConvexConvex is a reactive backend platform combining a database, server functions and realtime sync, available as a cloud service or self-hosted.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $25/mo
- FirebaseFirebase is Google's app development platform providing hosted databases, authentication, hosting, cloud functions and related services.Free tier
- NeonNeon is a serverless Postgres database service with autoscaling compute and database branching.Free tierOpen source
- PocketBasePocketBase is an open-source backend in a single file with a realtime database, authentication, file storage and admin dashboard.Free tierOpen source
- SupabaseSupabase is a hosted Postgres backend platform with authentication, file storage, realtime and edge functions.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $25/mo
Auth
Payments
AI model APIs
- Anthropic APIThe Anthropic API provides programmatic access to Anthropic's Claude family of large language models.
- OpenAI APIThe OpenAI API provides programmatic access to OpenAI's GPT language models and other AI models.
- OpenRouterOpenRouter is a unified API that routes requests to many LLM providers and models through one endpoint.Free tier
Voice AI
- DeepgramDeepgram provides speech-to-text, text-to-speech and voice agent APIs built on its own speech models.paid plans: check site
- ElevenLabsElevenLabs is an AI audio platform offering text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing and voice agents via web app and API.Free tierfrom $6/mo
- PipecatPipecat is an open-source Python framework from Daily for building real-time voice and multimodal conversational agents.Free tierOpen source
- VapiVapi is a developer platform and API for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents for phone and web calls.from $29/mo
Image & video AI
- ComfyUIComfyUI is an open-source node-graph interface and backend for running diffusion models locally for image, video, audio and 3D generation, with an official paid Comfy Cloud.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $20/mo
- fal.aifal.ai is a generative media platform offering serverless inference APIs for image, video, audio and 3D models plus on-demand GPU compute.
- ReplicateReplicate is a cloud platform for running and fine-tuning open-source and proprietary machine learning models through an API, billed by usage.
- RunwayRunway is an AI video and image generation platform with tools for creating and editing media from text, image and video inputs.Free tierfrom $15/mo
Landing pages & sites
- CarrdCarrd is a builder for simple, fully responsive one-page websites such as landing pages and personal profiles.Free tierpaid plans: check site
- FramerFramer is a no-code website builder for designing, publishing and hosting websites, with a built-in CMS and AI features.Free tierpaid plans: check site
- WebflowWebflow is a visual website builder and hosting platform with a built-in CMS, aimed at designers, marketers and developers.Free tierfrom $25/mo
Frameworks
Internal tools
- AppsmithAppsmith is an open-source low-code platform for building internal tools, admin panels and dashboards connected to databases and APIs.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $15/mo
- RetoolRetool is a low-code platform for building internal tools, workflows and AI agents on top of databases and APIs, available as cloud or self-hosted.Free tierpaid plans: check site
Testing & monitoring
- ChecklyCheckly is a synthetic monitoring and testing platform that runs Playwright-based browser checks and API checks as code.Free tierfrom $24/mo
- PlaywrightPlaywright is an open-source framework by Microsoft for end-to-end testing and browser automation across Chromium, Firefox and WebKit.Free tierOpen source
- SentrySentry is an application monitoring platform for error tracking, performance tracing, session replay and logs.Free tierfrom $26/mo
- VitestVitest is an open-source JavaScript/TypeScript testing framework powered by Vite.Free tierOpen source
Local & open-source AI
- LM StudioLM Studio is a desktop application for running large language models locally, with optional paid access to hosted open-weight models.Free tierfrom $20/mo
- OllamaOllama is an open-source tool for running large language models locally, with an optional paid cloud for hosted models.Free tierOpen sourcefrom $20/mo