Consensus
ProductivityAn AI academic search engine that connects answers to research papers, with paper search, evidence summaries and deeper review features under free and paid usage limits.
Academic searchStudy evidence
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ResearchRabbit
ProductivityA literature-discovery tool that uses seed papers, recommendations and visual citation networks to help researchers explore related work and organize collections, with an ongoing free tier.
Citation mapsPaper recommendations
Elicit
ProductivityAn AI research assistant for finding papers, organizing evidence and extracting information into reviewable tables, with a free Basic plan and paid advanced workflows.
Paper searchEvidence tables
Duck.ai
AssistantsDuckDuckGo’s AI assistant offers free, daily-limited access without an account, multiple supported models and privacy controls for everyday chat and document tasks.
No account requiredDaily limits
Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat)
AssistantsMistral’s hosted AI assistant, now named Vibe after Le Chat, for search, document work and supported task or coding workflows, with a limited ongoing Free plan.
Free planResearch and documents
Metaso
ProductivityA Chinese AI search and research workspace that organizes answers around sources, with multiple search scopes and daily free credits subject to current service rules.
AI searchSource links
Zhipu Qingyan
AssistantsA Chinese AI assistant for conversation, document reading, agent tasks, research and creative work, with a free entry and usage governed by account points.
Chinese assistantDaily points
Tencent Yuanbao
AssistantsTencent’s Chinese-first AI assistant for writing, web research, document reading, image understanding and supported voice or creative tasks, with free consumer access.
Free accessChinese assistant
InvokeAI
Image & designA free local AI image-creation workspace combining a visual canvas, regional editing, galleries and reusable node workflows, with model management and optional external integrations.
Free local workspaceCanvas editing
Fooocus
Image & designA free local SDXL image generator focused on prompts, presets and straightforward image editing. The project is in limited long-term support with bug fixes only.
Free local generationSDXL
ComfyUI
Image & designA free local node-based AI creation engine for building reusable image, video, audio and other supported model workflows, with optional paid cloud and API services.
Free local engineVisual workflows
Vibe
Audio & musicA free desktop transcription app for audio, video and microphone recordings, with local model processing, subtitle exports and optional transcript analysis.
Free local transcriptionAudio and video