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AI Chatbot

ChatGPT

Rated 4.5 out of 5

OpenAI’s flagship conversational AI. Excellent for general tasks, writing, coding, and analysis. Free and paid tiers available.

Free / £20 per month (Plus)

AI Chatbot

Claude

Rated 4.7 out of 5

Anthropic’s AI assistant, known for nuance, safety, and long-context handling. Strong for research, writing, and coding.

Free / £18 per month (Pro)

Image Generation

Midjourney

Rated 4.6 out of 5

Leading AI image generator, accessed via Discord. Produces striking, artistic images from text prompts.

From £8 per month

Coding Assistant

GitHub Copilot

Rated 4.4 out of 5

AI pair programmer that suggests code completions in your IDE. Invaluable for developers; supports most languages.

From £8 per month

Productivity

Notion AI

Rated 4.2 out of 5

AI writing and organisation features built into Notion. Great for notes, project management, and knowledge bases.

£8 per member per month (add-on)

AI Search

Perplexity

Rated 4.3 out of 5

AI-powered search engine that returns sourced, summarised answers. A strong alternative to traditional search.

Free / £16 per month (Pro)

Image Generation

DALL·E 3

Rated 4.3 out of 5

OpenAI’s image-generation model, integrated with ChatGPT. Excellent prompt understanding and text rendering.

Included with ChatGPT Plus

Coding Assistant

Cursor

Rated 4.5 out of 5

AI-first code editor built on VS Code. Offers inline completions, chat, and codebase-aware assistance.

Free / £16 per month (Pro)

Writing

Grammarly

Rated 4.1 out of 5

AI-powered writing assistant for grammar, clarity, and tone. Now includes generative AI for drafting content.

Free / £10 per month (Premium)

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