Top AI Tools Today

The tools worth your time

We try them so you don’t have to. Every tool here is rated on what it actually does for a small business, not on how good its landing page looks.

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★★★★★4.5

AI Social Helper

Creates and schedules branded social content — images, video, and captions in your colors, posted on a calendar you set once.

Free — $50/moSocial MediaContent Creation
★★★★★4.0

Canva

An online design app that lets you make professional-looking graphics, flyers, social posts, and simple videos by editing ready-made templates.

Free — ~$15/user/moGraphic DesignContent Creation
★★★★★4.0

ChatGPT

A chatbot you type or talk to in plain English that writes, summarizes, answers questions, and drafts documents for your business.

Free — $20/mo (Plus); Team ~$25-30/user/moContent CreationCopywriting
★★★★★3.5

Claude

An AI assistant you chat with to write, edit, summarize documents, answer questions, and handle some automated tasks across your business.

Free — $20/month (Pro); Team and Enterprise pricing availableAi AssistantsContent Creation
★★★★★3.5

Jasper

An AI writing tool that turns a short prompt into finished marketing copy — blog posts, ads, emails, and social posts — in your brand's voice.

7-day trial, then $39–$69/moCopywritingContent Creation
★★★★★3.5

Otter.ai

Joins your meetings and phone calls, transcribes every word in real time, and hands back a searchable summary with action items pulled out.

Free — ~$30/user/mo (verify current figures)ProductivityNote Taking
★★★★★3.0

Notion AI

An AI assistant built into the Notion notes app that drafts and summarizes text, transcribes meetings into action items, and answers questions about your own documents.

Free — $20/user/mo (full AI on Business plan)ProductivityNote Taking
★★★★★3.0

Zapier

Connects your business apps so that actions in one automatically trigger actions in another, eliminating manual data entry between tools.

Free — ~$30/mo (Pro); scales with usageWorkflow AutomationProcess Automation