Work Smarter, Not Harder: 24 AI Tools That Can Supercharge Productivity

AI isn’t just about robots and fancy tech — it’s about making life simpler. From helping you write faster to organizing your tasks or creating designs in seconds, these tools are real time-savers.
Here’s my list of 24 AI tools that can help you get more done, stress less, and maybe even enjoy your work a bit more. I’ve added a quick note on what they do and how much they cost — no tech talk, just the useful stuff.

1. Wispr Flow

What it is: If you don’t have enough time to type out chats or emails, try using Wispr Flow. It instantly converts your speech into text—up to 4x faster! Imagine typing at 45 WPM Vs speaking at 220 WPM.

What it’s used for: Voice-to-text across apps, auto-editing your speech, formatting, dictation in emails, docs, code, etc.

Wispr Flow Pricing:

• Free (Flow Basic): 2,000 words/week.
• Pro: ~$12–15 / month (annual billing gives discount)
• Teams: ~$10–12 / user / mo (minimum seats)
• Enterprise: custom / contact sales

2. Eleven Labs

What it is: Most of us know Eleven Labs for its incredible ability to turn text into human-like speech. But now, its conversational AI is taking things to the next level — allowing you to build your own AI agent that can speak like a human. Along with that, its text-to-voice, voice cloning, speech-to-text, and debugging features are also extremely powerful and useful.

What it’s used for: Creating AI talking agents, voiceovers, narration, audio for content, audiobooks, podcasts, and enhancing accessibility.

Eleven Labs Pricing:

• Free: 10,000 credits/month
• Starter: $5/month (30k credits)
• Creator: ~$22/month (100k credits)
• Pro: $99/month (500k credits)
• Scale / Business / Enterprise tiers: ~$330/mo, $1,320/mo etc.

3. ChatGPT Voice Mode

What it is: Yeah! ChatGPT takes the 3rd spot — its voice mode is performing tremendously well, delivering almost human-like expressions with natural pronunciation. ChatGPT Voice Mode can be used for a variety of purposes, such as language practice, brainstorming, learning on the go, personal assistant tasks, therapeutic or reflective chats, and improving pronunciation or listening comprehension.

What it’s used for: Hands-free chatting, voice-based Q&A, conversational interactions while multitasking.

ChatGPT pricing: Voice Mode now available in free tier in many regions; paid tiers exist for advanced features (ChatGPT Plus $20/mo typical; Pro/Enterprise tiers also available — OpenAI has higher/enterprise tiers and occasional Pro tiers around $200/mo for advanced features). (See ChatGPT pricing page and recent OpenAI announcements.)

4. Claude Projects

What it is: Claude Projects by Anthropic is a next-generation AI platform that’s highly useful for both professionals and individuals. It’s widely recognised for its safety, accuracy, and ability to support creative workflows.

What it’s used for: Organizing conversations, projects, brainstorming, keeping contexts separate so your chats don’t get messy.

Claude Pricing:

• Free: $0 (base access)
• Pro: $17/month (or $20 if billed monthly)
• Max: from ~$100/month (for much higher usage)
• Team: $25 / user / month (annual), $30 / user / mo (monthly), with minimums
• Enterprise: custom / contact sales

5. Notion AI

What it is: Notion’s smart helper that lives inside your notes, writing drafts, summarizing, brainstorming — making your Notion pages more powerful.

What it’s used for: Writing, summarizing long notes, drag-and-drop content creation, task generation, planning inside Notion.

Notion Pricing:

• Free plan: $0
• Plus: ~$10/user/month (paid annually) or ~$12/month (monthly)
• Business: ~$15/user/month (annual) or ~$18/month (monthly)
• Enterprise: custom pricing

6. Gemini Nano Banana

What it is: A trimmed-down Google AI model for lightweight, fast responses.

What it’s used for: Quick chat responses, small tasks, integrating into apps where you don’t need a giant model.

Price summary: Google AI Studio is free to access in many regions for experimentation; production/API usage (Gemini/Vertex AI) is usage-based (Vertex/Gen AI pricing per model / compute). Expect pay-as-you-use billing via Google Cloud.

7. Zapier

What it is: The classic automation hub — connect apps together, set “if this then that” rules, and let Zapier do the busywork.

What it’s used for: Automating workflows between apps (e.g. send email when a new row is added, sync data, alerts).

Zapier Pricing:

• Free: 100 tasks/month
• Professional / Pro: $19.99/month (billed annually)
• Team: $69/month (billed annually)
• Enterprise: custom / contact sales

8. Make.com

What it is: Visual automation builder — drag & drop modules to link apps, transform data, and build workflows.

What it’s used for: Complex automations, data pipelines, integrations, multi-step flows between tools.

Make.com pricing:

• Free: 1000 credits/month
• Core / Pro: $9/month & $16/months (billed annually)
• Team: $29/month (billed annually)
• Enterprise: custom / contact sales

9. n8n

What it is: An open-source automation tool you can host or use via cloud — super flexible and powerful.

What it’s used for: Custom automations, connecting APIs, building internal workflows, doing things no-code or low-code.

n8n pricing:

Self-host = free (open-source).
Cloud plans: Starter €20/month (annual)
Pro: €50/month (annual)
Business ≈ €667/month (annual); Enterprise = custom.

10. Relay.app

What it is: Build AI-powered assistants (agents) and workflows by “teaching” them — Relay simplifies the agent creation process.

What it’s used for: Building chat agents, automations, AI workflows with minimal code.

Realy.app pricing:

Free tier (example: 200 steps + 500 AI credits)
Individual/Pro ≈ $9/month; Team ≈ $59/month
Enterprise/custom tiers for higher usage. (Usage counted as “steps” + “AI credits”.)

11. Gumloop

What it is: A no-code AI workflow builder that “eats” your model API costs — you just build and run.

What it’s used for: Automation, agent creation, linking tasks and apps with AI intelligence.

Gumloop Pricing: Free tier; Solo starts at $37/month; Team starts at $244/month; Enterprise = custom.

12. Anthropic Prompt Generator

What it is: A helper tool from Anthropic to craft better prompts for Claude (or other models) — like your “magic prompt helper.”

What it’s used for: Generating refined prompts, variations, templates, helping you get better outputs from AI.

Price summary: Provided as part of Anthropic / Claude developer console; Anthropic model/API pricing is usage-based (tokens).

13. Firecrawl

What it is: A developer-friendly AI tool to help you build and ship features using AI — handle backend, APIs, etc.

What it’s used for: Supporting AI in dev workflows, infrastructure, enabling features in your applications.

Firecrawl Pricing:

Free: 500 credits/ One Time
Hobby: 3000 credits/month (billed annually)
Standard: 100000 credits/month (billed annually)
Growth: 500000 credits/month (billed annually)

14. Lindy

What it is: Want an AI “employee”? Lindy helps you build AI agents that act as your assistants, out in the world.

What it’s used for: Automating outreach, email replies, lead generation, support — your AI doing work for you.

Lindy Pricing: Free starter credits (e.g., 400 free credits). Paid plans example: Pro ≈ $49/month, Business ≈ $199/month (depends on actions/credits).

15. Relevance AI

What it is: No-code AI builder to create agents that work with your data, apps, and workflows.

What it’s used for: Automations, AI agents, integrating with tools like Notion, Slack, Airtable, etc.

Relevance AI pricing:

Free: 200 Actions/Month
Pro: $19/month (billed annually)
Team: $234/month (billed annually)
Enterprise: Contact sales

16. Google AI Studio

What it is: Google’s playground / hub for creating, testing, and deploying AI models, experiments, applications.

What it’s used for: Model building, prototyping, integrating AI into apps (especially with Google’s ecosystem).

17. Airtop

What it is: AI tool (or platform) focused on boosting your productivity / app-building with AI features.

What it’s used for: Embedding AI into your apps, powering features, maybe UI-level AI tools.

Airtop Pricing: Free tier available; paid plans reported starting around $26/month (Starter), Professional ≈ $80/month, Enterprise ≈ $342/month. Uses credits for AI costs.

18. Zite

What it is: AI tool that curates and surfaces content, or helps generate relevant content / ideas.

What it’s used for: Content discovery, personalized news, idea generation, content inspiration.

Zite Pricing:

Free: $0/month
Starter: $15/month
Pro: $40/month
Business: $75/month

19. Airtable AI

What it is: Your Airtable, but smarter — AI built into your tables to help write, summarize, predict, tag.

What it’s used for: Generating records, summaries, tagging, insights inside your Airtable bases.

Airtable AI Pricing:

Free: 500 Credit/month

Team: $20/month (billed annually)

Business: $45/month (billed annually)

20. Circleback

What it is: Helps you manage relationships, contacts — “keeping your network alive with AI.”

What it’s used for: Contact cleanup, reminders, relationship insights, connecting with people you should follow up with.

Circleback AI Pricing: Free tier available; paid plans roughly $20–$25 / month for individual/personal plans; team/enterprise pricing available – Contact sales.

21. Attio

What it is: A smart CRM / relationship workspace powered by AI.

What it’s used for: Managing contacts, tracking interactions, predictive insights, helping sales / community building.

Attio Pricing:

Free: Lower uses with limited functions
Plus: $29/month
Pro: $69/month
Enterprise: Contact sales

22. Clay

What it is: An AI-based people and network hub — your relationships, enriched, surfaced.

What it’s used for: Aggregating contact info, profiles, network insights, reminding you to engage.

Clay Pricing:

Free: Upto 1000 contact
Pro: $10/month (billed annually)
Team: $40/month (billed annually)
Enterprise: Contact sales

23. Cassidy.ai

What it is: AI assistant / agent tool to help automate tasks, generate content, or assist you in workflow.

What it’s used for: Content generation, workflow automation, AI agent tasks tailored to your needs.

Classidy AI Pricing: Starter / Business tiers; published starter/entry plans exist (examples: a Starter offering with seats + credits; third-party listings show Starter approx $79/month). Enterprise pricing = custom.