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.
- tools profiled
- 23
- categories
- 12
- sources cited
- 39
- paid placements
- 0
On the page
The free plan is usable for up to 10 minutes of video/month1
Where it came from
- Claim
- Synthesia free tier
- Value
- Usable for up to 10 minutes of video/month
- Checked
- Jul 28, 2026
Tools with a profile on this site
Overview
A calmer way to choose an AI tool.
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.
See the rubric- Every figure
- Carries its source document and check date
- Every score
- Weighted by a rubric published in full
- Every link
- Labelled where it pays us
"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."
Ways to browse
Start from the job you need done.
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.
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Reviews from the desk.
Every tool we have profiled is in the directory with the vendor's own figures and the date we read them, whether or not it has a full review yet.
Browse the tool directoryMethod
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.
Read the 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.
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Read what the vendor publishes
Pricing page, documentation, changelog. Record the URL and the day a human opened it.
- 03
Cite benchmarks by name
Where somebody else measured it, we link to their published result and say whose it is.
- 04
Score against a published rubric
The judgment is ours. The facts underneath it are checkable without agreeing with us.
- 05
Name who it is not for
Required on every scored review before the page will build.
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