Pika is a hosted text-to-video composer: old.pika.art (see the cover) is still a signed-out Describe your story… box with duration, Pika…
Free· paid from$10/mo yearly
Free has 0 monthly creditsChecked 2026-10-20·pika.art/pricing
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Udio is a signed-out song composer: hit Start Creating on udio.com and describe a track (see the cover: Style → Lyrics → Vibe → Generate,…
Free· paid from$10/mo yearly
Credits do not roll overChecked 2026-10-20·udio.com/pricing
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Consensus is a hosted academic research composer: the signed-out app (see the cover) is “Research starts here” with Ask the research,…
Free· paid from$12/mo
Free Pro messages and Deep reviews are cappedChecked 2026-10-19·consensus.app/pricing
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Semantic Scholar is Allen AI’s free paper library: the live paper page (see the cover) is title, TLDR, Semantic Reader, citations, figures…
Free
Free is not a systematic-review workflowChecked 2026-10-19·semanticscholar.org
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ResearchRabbit is a citation library plus a “Recently Found” inbox: the official Guides still (see the cover: Recently Found, collections,…
Free· paid from$10
Free is not unlimited seedsChecked 2026-10-20·researchrabbit.ai/pricing
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ChatPDF is a signed-out PDF chat: drop a file (or paste a link) on chatpdf.com and ask questions in the same canvas (see the cover: Drop a…
Free· paid from$6.42
Dollars live on the Plus modalChecked 2026-10-20·chatpdf.com
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AUTOMATIC1111 Stable Diffusion Web UI is a browser form for local diffusion: txt2img prompt, negative prompt, sampler, steps, and Generate
Free· open source,AGPL
You install Python, CUDA, and modelsChecked 2026-10-19·github.com/AUTOMATIC1111/stable-diffusion-webui
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GPT4All is a local desktop chat app from Nomic: install it, download a model, and chat (plus LocalDocs over files) without sending prompts…
Free· open source,MIT
The first run is a model downloadChecked 2026-10-26·github.com/nomic-ai/gpt4all
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