GitHub CopilotAI Coding
AI pair programmer and coding agent inside your editor and on GitHub
Pricing: Free plan (2,000 completions/month); Pro $10/month, Pro+ $39/month
Free AI tools for solo founders
Every tool here has a free plan or a free open-source version, so you can use it before you pay anything. The free plans have limits, and the pricing line under each tool says what they are.
Plans and limits change. The line comes from each tool's Stackboo listing; confirm it on the tool's site.
1. Write code
Editors and assistants with a free tier. Open-source ones let you bring your own model key and pay your provider directly.
2. Write and design
Text, pages and visuals on a free plan. Check what the free plan watermarks or limits.
GrammarlyAI Writing
Writing assistant that fixes grammar, tone and clarity wherever you type
Pricing: Free plan with 100 AI prompts/month; Pro from €12/month
CanvaAI Design & UI
Design tool for social posts, presentations and video, with AI editing
Pricing: Free plan; paid plans on the pricing page
FramerAI Design & UI
No-code website builder with an AI design agent
Pricing: Free plan; Basic €10/month, Pro €30/month (yearly billing)
v0AI Design & UI
Generate web apps and UI from a prompt, then deploy to Vercel
Pricing: Free plan ($5 monthly credits); paid plans from $30/user/month
3. Video and voice
Transcripts, voiceover and video. The free plans are measured in minutes or credits per month.
ElevenLabsAI Voice & Audio
Text-to-speech, speech-to-text and voice agents with a developer API
Pricing: Free plan (10,000 credits/month); Starter $6/month, Creator $22/month
Otter.aiAI Voice & Audio
AI meeting notetaker that transcribes and summarizes calls
Pricing: Free Basic plan (300 minutes/month); Pro $8.33/user/month billed annually
DescriptAI Voice & Audio
Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript, with an AI co-editor
Pricing: Free plan; Hobbyist from $16/person/month billed annually ($24 monthly)
4. Automate
Workflow tools with a free tier or a free self-hosted edition.
n8nAI Agents & Automation
Workflow automation with AI agents, a visual editor and code steps, self-hosted or cloud
Pricing: Free self-hosted Community Edition; Cloud from €20/month billed annually (2.5k executions)
ZapierAI Agents & Automation
Connect thousands of apps and build AI workflows and agents without code
Pricing: Free plan (100 tasks/month); Professional from $19.99/month
MakeAI Agents & Automation
Visual automation builder for connecting apps and running AI agents
Pricing: Free plan (1,000 credits/month); Core from $9/month for 10,000 credits
5. Look at your data
Notebooks and dashboards with a free or open-source option.
HexAI Data & Analytics
Collaborative data notebook with SQL, Python and AI for analysis and apps
Pricing: Free Community plan; Professional $36/editor/month, Team $75/editor/month
MetabaseAI Data & Analytics
Open source business intelligence you can self-host, with AI questions
Pricing: Open source edition to self-host; Cloud Starter $100/month (14-day trial)
NotionAI Productivity
Docs, databases, simple websites and an AI agent in one workspace
Pricing: Free plan; Plus €9.50 and Business €19.50 per member/month billed yearly (full AI on Business)
How this guide is made
A guide groups tools by the job they do. It is not a ranking: rankings on Stackboo come from votes, and a paid Featured spot never changes them. A tool is listed here only while its Stackboo listing is live, and its tagline and pricing line are the ones on that listing.
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