The default for a reason. The free tier handles writing, brainstorming, coding help, image reading and basic image generation — a true all-rounder for everyday tasks.

The one to reach for when writing quality and careful reasoning matter — long documents, nuanced edits, and thinking through a problem step by step.

Best if you live in Gmail, Docs and Search. It pulls context from across Google and is excellent for quick research and summarizing.

Built into Windows and the Office apps. Handy for drafting, summarizing and answering questions without leaving what you're working on.

Think of it as a search engine that answers in full sentences and shows its sources. The fastest way to research a topic and actually trust the answer.

Upload your own PDFs, notes or links and ask questions across all of them. It even turns your sources into an audio overview — like a podcast about your own material.

A capable open model that's strong at reasoning and coding — a great free alternative when you want to compare answers or avoid the big names.

Make posters, product shots, art and thumbnails from a text prompt. Quality is genuinely impressive, and the free credits refresh daily.

Turn a text prompt or a single image into short, cinematic video clips. The kind of thing that looked impossible a year ago — now free to experiment with daily.

Describe a song and get a full track — vocals, instruments and all. Perfect for jingles, content backing tracks, or just making your friends laugh.

The gold standard for realistic AI voiceover and text-to-speech. Great for narrating videos, reels and shorts without recording yourself.

Type a topic and get a designed slide deck, doc or webpage in seconds. The fastest way to go from idea to a presentation that doesn't look like a template.

A full editor with AI captions, background removal and auto-cuts — the tool behind a huge share of the short-form videos in your feed.