Here's the thing. Most devs use ten percent of their AI tools.
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AI is your weapon. Learn to wield it.
Free AI tools for developers and builders, tested and explained. What each one does, what you get for free, and the catch nobody mentions.
The arsenal
Every free AI tool from every video. Tap a card to see the catch, or browse all tools as a list.
- Code
Claude
by Anthropic
Chat assistant for writing, reviewing and explaining code, debugging, and drafting docs and specs.
Sonnet and Haiku models, Artifacts, web search and up to 5 Projects.
The catch
No Claude Code or Opus, and usage caps reset every 5 hours with no published allowance.
Full Claude breakdownOpen Claude - Write
ChatGPT
by OpenAI
Chat assistant for code help, debugging, quick research, and generating text or images.
Unlimited text chats on the small GPT-5.6 Luna model, plus limited images and Codex.
The catch
Small model only, unpublished limits on images and Codex, and training is on by default.
Full ChatGPT breakdownOpen ChatGPT - Code
GitHub Copilot
by GitHub
AI pair programmer in VS Code, JetBrains, the CLI and github.com: inline suggestions, chat and agent mode.
2,000 completions a month plus a small credit allowance for chat and agent mode.
The catch
The chat and agent allowance isn't published, and code review and the cloud agent are paid.
Full GitHub Copilot breakdownOpen GitHub Copilot - Code
Cursor
by Anysphere
AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with tab autocomplete and an agent that edits across your codebase.
Hobby plan: limited Agent requests and Tab completions, no card needed.
The catch
Limits aren't published, and frontier models, MCPs and cloud agents need Pro.
Full Cursor breakdownOpen Cursor - Research
Perplexity
by Perplexity AI
AI answer engine that searches the web and cites sources. Good for doc, API and error lookups.
Near-unlimited basic searches with sources, plus a few Pro Searches a day.
The catch
No model choice, and Pro Search and Deep Research are tightly capped.
Full Perplexity breakdownOpen Perplexity - Design
v0
by Vercel
Vercel's AI app builder: describe a UI or full-stack app in chat and get React/Next.js code you can deploy.
7 messages a day, deploy to Vercel and GitHub sync.
- Code
Google AI Studio
by Google
Test Gemini models in the browser, then get an API key to call them from your own code.
Free playground plus a free Gemini API tier on many models.
The catch
Free-tier prompts may be reviewed and used by Google, so keep sensitive data out.
Full Google AI Studio breakdownOpen Google AI Studio - Automate
n8n
by n8n
Build automations that connect APIs, webhooks and AI models in a visual editor you can self-host.
Free forever if you self-host the Community Edition. Cloud is a 14-day trial.
The catch
You run the server yourself, and you can't resell it or host it as a service.
Full n8n breakdownOpen n8n
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