Independent · Sourced · 2026
Find the AI toolsworth paying for.
We read the pricing pages and the documentation, then put the tools side by side. Every figure on this site names where it came from and the day we checked it.
A figure, and where it came from
- Synthesia free tier
- Usable for up to 10 minutes of video/month
checked Sep 26, 2026
Synthesia pricing page, Basic plan card
Every number has a source
The research desk, in motion: reading vendors' own documents so you don't have to take a screenshot's word for anything.
Tools with a profile on this site
Ways to browse
Claude vs Gemini: what each subscription actually buys
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Comparison · Sep 27, 2026
Claude vs Gemini: what each subscription actually buys
Anthropic's Claude and Google's Gemini compared on published prices and free tiers. Two figures each, both dated, with editorial calls kept separate.
ChatGPT review 2026: priced by country, unlimited text and not much else
Review · Sep 23, 2026
Claude review 2026: the price is plain, the usage is relative
Review · Sep 22, 2026
Cursor review 2026: the seat is priced, the bill is not
Review · Sep 22, 2026
Reviews from the desk.
- 018.0
ChatGPT review 2026: priced by country, unlimited text and not much else
Review · Sep 23, 2026
- 028.1
Claude review 2026: the price is plain, the usage is relative
Review · Sep 22, 2026
- 038.0
Cursor review 2026: the seat is priced, the bill is not
Review · Sep 22, 2026
- 048.0
Descript review 2026: the subscription is two meters, and which one runs out first is the question
Review · Oct 8, 2026
- 058.2
ElevenLabs review 2026: the price is clear, the license is elsewhere
Review · Sep 25, 2026
- 067.8
Gemini review 2026: the $4.99 entry, and training is a setting
Review · Sep 27, 2026
"A figure that reaches this site has been read off a document we can link to, on a date we can name. If you disagree with our judgment, the facts underneath it are still yours to check."
Editorial standard
Ways to browse
Start from the job you need done.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
AI Chatbot
3 tools profiledAssistants and support bots you can deploy.
AI Code
2 tools profiledPair programmers, review bots and agents.
AI Image
2 tools profiledGenerators, editors and upscalers for stills.
AI Video
6 tools profiledText to video, editing and dubbing.
AI Avatars
2 tools profiledPresenter led video from a script.
AI Writing
2 tools profiledDrafting, editing and long-form research.
AI Audio & Voice
1 tools profiledSpeech, cloning, music and transcription.
AI Search & Research
1 tools profiledAnswer engines with citations you can open.
AI Agents
2 tools profiledAutonomous workflows and orchestration.
AI Enterprise
1 tools profiledGovernance, private models and compliance.
AI Productivity
1 tools profiledAssistants inside a workspace you already use.
AI Data
1 tools profiledAnalytics, BI copilots and pipelines.
Ways to browse
Start from the job you need done.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Review
n8n review 2026: the Cloud subscription, and the self-hosted option with a license boundary
Technical teams who already know they will run n8n as infrastructure, want the free self-hosted edition under a license whose boundary is written down, or are buying Cloud for the predictable run-based meter rather than a per-step count.
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ElevenLabs review 2026: the price is clear, the license is elsewhere
Teams who need synthetic speech over material they already have, and who expect to be paying for it rather than evaluating on the free plan.
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Synthesia review 2026: what the free plan buys and who it is not for
Training, onboarding and internal comms teams turning written material into presenter-led video.
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Reviews from the desk.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Most "best AI tools" lists are affiliate rankings in disguise: reordered by commission, refreshed from a template, never checked against the vendor's own page. We compare what is published, on an axis that separates the field, and we show the working.
Latest
Start from the job you need done.
Method
Five steps, every page.
The same sequence runs behind every review, ranking and comparison here. It is published in full so you can tell when we have not followed it.
The same sequence runs behind every review, ranking and comparison here. It is published in full so you can tell when we have not followed it.
Where every figure comes from: the vendor's pricing page, their docs, and the benchmarks other groups publish.
Method · 01
Pick an axis that separates the field
Score every tool on it before ranking anything. If they all score the same, that axis decides nothing and we find one that does.
Method · 02
Read what the vendor publishes
Pricing page, documentation, changelog. Record the URL and the day a human opened it.
Method · 03
Cite benchmarks by name
Where somebody else measured it, we link to their published result and say whose it is.
Method · 04
Score against a published rubric
The judgment is ours. The facts underneath it are checkable without agreeing with us.
Method · 05
Name who it is not for
Required on every scored review before the page will build.
Questions
The obvious ones.
Carries its source document and check date
Weighted by a rubric published in full
Labelled where it pays us
The vendor's own pricing page and documentation. Every review, comparison and tool profile ends with a table listing each figure, the document it came from, and the date a human opened that document.