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AI tools with a genuinely free plan
Every catalog tool whose official pricing page documents a free plan — with the real limits of that free tier (watermarks, credits, commercial use). Free is not always usable for paid work.
| Tool | Category | Free tier note | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | AI Coding | Free Hobby plan plus paid tiers: Pro from $20/month, Pro+ $60/month, Ultra $200/month, and Teams from $40 per user per month, with credit-based model usage. Check the official site for current plan boundaries and credit costs. | Official sources |
| DeepSeek Harness | AI Coding | API pricing offers pay-per-token developer access for V3 and R1 reasoning models (starting at $0.14/$0.28 per 1M tokens with prompt cache hits) or free local self-hosted inference via open weights. | Official sources |
| Google Gemini | AI Coding | Free web access with Gemini Standard; Gemini Advanced via Google One AI Premium (9.99/mo). Verified offers include 12 months free Google AI for college students and 18 months free Gemini Pro via Reliance Jio in India. Gemini API offers pay-per-token developer access (Flash models from /usr/bin/bash.75/.75 per 1M tokens). | Official sources |
| Hermes Agent | AI Coding | Open-source and 100% free under MIT license. Users pay only for their own chosen LLM API provider tokens or run fully free on local hardware with Ollama/vLLM. | Official sources |
| Lovable | AI Coding | Free tier with 5 daily build credits (up to 30/month); Pro from $25/month with 100+ credits, code download, and credit rollover; Teams from $30/month. | Official sources |
| opencodex | AI Coding | Free and open source under the MIT license; install the local proxy from the published npm package or run the source repository. There is no stated hosted subscription in the official project materials. Connected model providers, API keys, OAuth accounts, and any upstream usage charges remain separate. | Official sources |
| Orca | AI Coding | Free and open source; a desktop app that runs your own agent subscriptions (e.g. Claude Code, Codex) in parallel — there is no separate per-seat fee, but you pay for the underlying agent subscriptions you connect. Check the official site for current details. | Official sources |
| Paperclip | AI Coding | Free and open source (MIT), self-hosted, no Paperclip account required. Interactive setup walks through database configuration and creating the first agent team; run with the embedded database or your own Postgres. Check the official site for current details. | Official sources |
| v0 | AI Coding | Free tier with 200 monthly credits; Premium at $20/month adds 5,000 credits, private projects, and frontier model options; Team plans at $30/user/month. | Official sources |
| 9Router | AI Gateway | Free and open source under the MIT license; self-hosted through the npm package or source. The gateway has no subscription price, but connected providers, accounts, quotas, and their Terms of Service still determine the real cost and availability. Verify live limits before relying on a provider. | Official sources |
| LiteLLM | AI Gateway | Open source and self-hosted is free forever ($0): 100+ providers behind one OpenAI-compatible API with virtual keys, users and teams, spend tracking, budgets and rate limits, LLM fallbacks, request/response logging, and Prometheus metrics. Enterprise is priced annually by gateway request capacity (never per token) and adds SSO/SCIM, OIDC/JWT auth, audit logs, secret managers and key rotation, org and team admins, multi-region control plane, 24/7 support with SLAs, and air-gap deployment; a 30-day trial key is available without a credit card. from litellm.ai/pricing. | Official sources |
| OmniRoute | AI Gateway | Free and open source (MIT). Self-hosted, no subscription; free tiers of 90+ providers are reachable through one endpoint. Check the official site for current provider terms and limits. | Official sources |
| OpenRouter | AI Gateway | Pay-as-you-go with prepaid credits (USD); no per-token markup, 5.5% platform fee on credit top-ups. Free tier: 25+ free models, 4 free providers, 50 requests/day, 20 RPM / 1000 RPD after $10 lifetime credits. BYOK (bring-your-own-key) gets a $25k/mo free allowance on the platform fee. Enterprise: SSO/SAML, SLAs, custom. Verified. | Official sources |
| Zapier | AI Productivity | All prices USD, verified live on zapier.com/pricing (yearly billing shown by default, saves 33%). Free: $0 — 100 tasks/mo, 2-step Zaps, unlimited Zaps/Tables/Forms, Copilot Beta, 15-min polling, 1 seat; premium apps not included. Professional (annual, 1 seat) from $19.99/mo (750 tasks); task tiers: 2K $49, 10K $129, 100K $489, 1M $2,199, 2M available on higher tiers. Team (annual) from $69/mo (2,000 tasks); tiers: 10K $169, 100K $599, 1M $2,499/mo; 25 seats, shared connections, SAML SSO, priority support. Enterprise: contact sales (unlimited users, SCIM, audit logs, custom data retention). AI steps, code, and SDK now use the same task-based pricing pool. Add-ons: Agents free (400 activities/mo) or Pro $400/yr; Chatbots free (2) / Pro $160/yr / Advanced $800/yr. New accounts get a 14-day Professional trial; 15% nonprofit discount. | Official sources |
| Canva | Design | Free US$0 (up to 200 Standard / 20 Premium AI uses per month). Pro US$180/year per person (up to 2,000 Standard / 200 Premium / 20 Ultra AI uses). Business US$250/year per person (4,000 / 400 / 40; includes Leonardo.Ai access). Enterprise custom. AI Pass add-on and AI top-ups available at extra cost. | Official sources |
| Hostinger | Design | Business Web Hosting with AI Website Builder: includes free 1-year domain, business email, and 20% off annual plans. | Official sources |
| CapCut | Editing | Free editor (CapCut Standard) with basic editing tools. Pro subscription adds advanced AI features: US$19.99/month or US$179.99/year per CapCut's official Standard-vs-Pro article (prices vary by region, platform, taxes, and promotions; CapCut has no public /pricing page — pricing is in-app). Team plan from about US$24.99/month. | Official sources |
| DaVinci Resolve | Editing | DaVinci Resolve is free to download and use, and the free version includes multi-user collaboration and HDR grading. DaVinci Resolve Studio is a one-time purchase of US$295 (per blackmagicdesign.com), adding the DaVinci AI Neural Engine, Magic Mask, text based editing, temporal and AI spatial noise reduction, additional Resolve FX, stereoscopic tools, 10-bit video up to 120 frames per second, and resolutions beyond 4K. No subscription required. | Official sources |
| Descript | Editing | Free plan available. Paid plans from $16/month. Check the official site for current plan boundaries. | Official sources |
| VEED | Editing | Free plan available. Creator $12/user/month billed yearly ($147/year, 6,000 credits), Pro $24/user/month billed yearly ($288/year, 30,000 credits), Studio $39/user/month billed yearly ($465/year, 180,000 credits); annual billing saves up to 51% off monthly rates. Check the official pricing page for current tiers and credit allowances. | Official sources |
| Adobe Firefly | Image | Free plan includes free daily generations to try Firefly. Paid plans (US pricing from adobe.com/products/firefly/plans.html): Firefly Standard US$9.99/mo (2,000 generative credits), Firefly Pro US$19.99/mo (4,000 credits), Firefly Pro Plus US$49.99/mo (10,000 credits; promotional US$34.97/mo), Firefly Premium US$199.99/mo (50,000 credits plus unlimited Adobe Firefly Video Model access; promotional US$139.91/mo). All paid plans include unlimited standard image and vector generations; credits are used for premium features like video, audio, and partner model outputs. Credit add-on plans start at 2,000 credits, and Creative Cloud Pro at US$59.99/mo includes 4,000 Firefly credits plus 20+ Creative Cloud apps. | Official sources |
| Ideogram | Image | Free plan: 10 slow credits per week. Plus $20/month ($15/month billed annually), Pro $60/month ($42/month billed annually), Team $30/user/month ($20 billed annually). Check the official pricing page for current credit allowances. | Official sources |
| Leonardo.Ai | Image | Free plan (150 fast tokens/day, public generations). Essential $12/month ($10/month billed annually), Premium $30/month ($24/month billed annually), Ultimate $60/month ($48/month billed annually). Acquired by Canva in 2024. | Official sources |
| Midjourney | Image | Subscription-only (no free tier). Official plan comparison (docs.midjourney.com): Basic $10/month ($96/year), Standard $30/month ($288/year), Pro $60/month ($576/year), Mega $120/month ($1,152/year); 20% off with annual billing. Fast GPU time per month: 3.3 / 15 / 30 / 60 hours; extra GPU time $4/hour; Stealth Mode on Pro and Mega only. | Official sources |
| OpenArt | Image | Free tier available with daily credits. Paid plans include Starter ($12/mo), Hobbyist ($24/mo), and Pro ($56/mo) with higher credit allowances, parallel generations, and custom model training. | Official sources |
| Suno | Music | Free plan (50 credits/day, no commercial use, no downloads). Pro $8/month billed yearly (2,500 credits/month, 20 downloads/month, commercial rights), Premier $24/month billed yearly (10,000 credits, 60 downloads/month). Credits do not roll over. | Official sources |
| Udio | Music | Free plan (10 credits/day, 100 credits/month, no rollover). Standard $10/month or $8/month billed annually ($96/year, 2,400 credits/month). Pro $30/month or $24/month billed annually ($288/year, 6,000 credits/month). Credit top-ups from $3 per 100 credits. | Official sources |
| Make | Productivity | Free plan: US$0/mo with up to 1,000 credits/month and no time limit. Paid plans (price for 10,000 credits/month, per make.com/en/pricing): Core US$12/mo, Pro US$21/mo, Teams US$38/mo, Enterprise custom pricing. Credit tiers range from 10k up to 8M+ credits/month, and paying annually saves 15% or more compared to monthly billing. | Official sources |
| n8n | Productivity | n8n offers a free self-hosted Community Edition (source-available, on GitHub with 200,415 stars). Cloud and self-hosted paid plans (prices billed annually, per n8n.io/pricing): Starter $20/mo (2.5K workflow executions/mo), Pro $50/mo (10K executions/mo), Business 667€/mo (self-hosted, 40K executions/mo), Enterprise contact sales. Annual billing saves 17%, all plans include unlimited users and workflows, and a Start-up Plan offers 50% off Business for companies under 20 employees. Free trials for Starter and Pro require no credit card. | Official sources |
| OpusClip | Repurposing | Free plan (60 credits/mo, watermarked), Starter $15/mo (150 credits), Pro $29/mo (3600 credits/yr annual). Business custom pricing. | Official sources |
| Pictory | Repurposing | Plans start from $25 per month. Free trial available; check the official pricing page for current tiers, credit allowances, and export limits. | Official sources |
| Vizard | Repurposing | Free plan includes 60 credits per month, 720p exports, and 3-day storage. Paid Creator and Business plans remove the watermark and raise limits; verify live pricing before purchase. | Official sources |
| Captions | Video | Free plan with limited credits (60-200 one-time credits per help docs). Max $24.99/month (500 credits/month); Scale $69.99/month (1,400 credits); Scale 2x $139.99/month (2,800 credits); Scale 4x $279.99/month (5,600 credits); Enterprise custom. Help docs also list a Basic tier at $9.99/month (200 credits). Prices reflect iOS plans per the official pricing page. | Official sources |
| Creatify | Video | Free plan (10 credits/month, watermarked exports). Starter $39/month (100 credits). Pro has 200-5,000 monthly credits with higher tiers; Enterprise custom. Annual plans save up to 50%. | Official sources |
| Google Veo | Video | Consumer access via Google AI plans (Google AI Plus $4.99/month, Pro $19.99/month, Ultra from $99.99/month per the Google AI plans page). Google Vids includes 10 free Veo 3.1 clips per month. API pricing is metered per second of generated video. | Official sources |
| Hailuo AI | Video | Free tier with welcome bonus credits and watermarked downloads; Standard at $14.99/mo (1,000 credits, watermark-free, queue priority); Pro at $54.99/mo (4,500 credits); Master at $119.99/mo (10,000 credits); top-up credits available at $1 for 70 credits. | Official sources |
| HeyGen | Video | Free plan available (limited credits, watermark). Creator plan $29/month (annual $24/month); Business plan $149/month monthly or $119/month annual. Verify current avatar usage and video credit allowances on the official pricing page. | Official sources |
| Higgsfield | Video | Free tier available. Pro and Creator plans available. Check the official site for current pricing, credit allowances, and feature restrictions. | Official sources |
| InVideo | Video | Plus $17/month (billed $200/year, 75 credits/month), Max $85/month (billed $1,000/year, 390 credits), Generative $170/month (billed $2,000/year, 800 credits), Elite $900/month (billed $10,800/year, 4,250 credits). All paid plans include watermark-free exports and access to models like Veo 3.1 and Kling 3. | Official sources |
| Kling AI | Video | Standard membership starts at $5.99/mo (660 credits), Pro at $37/mo (3,000 credits), and Premier at $92/mo (8,000 credits). Free tier includes daily free credits with watermarked 1080p exports. | Official sources |
| Luma | Video | Paid plans from $30/month (Plus, 10,000 credits/month, commercial use included), Pro $90/month (40,000 credits), Ultra $300/month (150,000 credits). Team and Enterprise are custom-priced. No free plan is listed on the pricing page. | Official sources |
| Pika | Video | Free plan (80 monthly credits, 480p, image-to-video focus, watermark-free downloads, commercial use listed). Standard $8/month billed yearly (700 credits), Pro $28/month yearly (2,300 credits), Fancy $76/month yearly (6,000 credits). Commercial use is listed on all four plans per the official pricing page. | Official sources |
| Runway | Video | Free plan available. Paid plans from $12/month across Free, Standard, Pro, and Max tiers with credit-based generation limits. | Official sources |
| Synthesia | Video | Free Basic plan (1,200 credits/month, ~10 minutes of video, watermarked). Starter $19/month (billed monthly) or from $14/month billed annually; Creator $89/month ($59/month billed annually); Enterprise custom. Plans include credits, avatars, and AI dubbing with limits by tier. | Official sources |
| ElevenLabs | Voice | Free $0 (10,000 credits/month). Starter $6/month (30,000 credits); Creator $22/month (121,000 credits, $11 first month); Pro $99/month (600,000 credits); Scale $299/month (1.8M credits, 3 seats); Business $990/month (6M credits, 10 seats); Enterprise custom. Credits are shared across TTS/STT/music/dubbing (TTS ~1 credit/char, STT ~330 credits/char-min). Annual billing is approximately monthly x10 per the official FAQ. | Official sources |
| Fish Audio | Voice | Free $0 (8,000 credits/month, ~7 min, 3 public voice slots, personal non-commercial). Plus $5.5/mo annual ($15 monthly, $66/yr) 250K credits/200 min. Pro $37.5/mo annual ($100 monthly, $450/yr) 2M credits/1,620 min, 3 seats. Max $749/mo annual ($999 monthly, $8,988/yr) 25M credits. Enterprise custom. Commercial use requires Premium (Free = personal, non-commercial only). API pay-as-you-go for Premium. | Official sources |
| Fliki | Voice | Free plan available. Paid Standard and Premium plans unlock more characters, voices, and commercial rights. Check the official pricing page for current tiers and credit allowances. | Official sources |
| Kokoro TTS | Voice | Free and open source (Apache 2.0 license). Self-hosted — no subscription; run locally or on your own hardware. 82M-parameter model, ~100x real-time generation speed. Hosted demos (TTS.ai, Rewind.ai, Unreal Speech) are free to try; commercial services built on Kokoro may charge. | Official sources |
| Speechify | Voice | Free app plan (10 basic voices, 1.5x speed, reading features only). Premium app $29/month, with annual billing advertised at ~60% savings. Studio for creators: Free 600 credits (no commercial rights), Starter $100/year with commercial usage rights and voice cloning, Creator $300/year (345,600 credits). | Official sources |
Free plans change constantly — every row is checked against the official pricing page. See also the full pricing index, the Best free AI video tools listicle, the faceless YouTube stack cost calculator, and the AI website & hosting cost calculator.