Ranking 2026
The best AI tools to be more productive in 2026
These tools don't produce flashy content: they take repetitive work off your plate. They automate flows between apps, transcribe and summarise meetings, or search across all your documents at once.
Rank 1: Claude Code
4.8PaidAnthropic's coding agent, in your terminal and your editor.
Included in Claude's paid plans: Pro $17/month annual ($20 monthly), Max $100 and $200/month. Teams from $20/seat. Also available via API.
In SpanishAPIRank 2: NotebookLM
4.7FreemiumGoogle's AI that studies your documents and creates summaries and podcasts.
Very complete free plan (100 notebooks, 50 sources/notebook). Plus from $7.99/month.
Free planIn SpanishRank 3: Claude
4.7FreemiumAnthropic's AI assistant, a benchmark for writing and coding.
Pro plan from €18/month. Free plan available.
Free planIn SpanishAPIRank 4: ChatGPT
4.7FreemiumThe world's most popular AI chatbot, built by OpenAI.
Plus plan from $20/month. Free plan available.
Free planIn SpanishAPIRank 5: GitHub Copilot
4.7FreemiumAI assistant that suggests code in real time inside your editor
Free plan (2,000 completions/month). Pro from $10/month. Pro+ $39/month. Max $100/month. Business $19/user/month. Enterprise $39/user/month.
Free planIn SpanishAPIRank 6: ElevenLabs
4.6FreemiumUltra-realistic AI voice generation: text to speech, cloning and dubbing.
Free plan with 10,000 credits/month. Paid plans from $5/month (billed annually) or $6/month (monthly) on the Starter plan.
Free planIn SpanishAPIRank 7: Ideogram
4.6FreemiumAI image generator that excels at legible text inside the image.
Free plan available (10 slow credits/week). Paid plans from $15/month (Plus, annual) up to $60/month (Pro). API from $0.025 per image.
Free planIn SpanishOpen sourceAPIRank 8: Cursor
4.6FreemiumThe most popular code editor with AI built in.
Pro from $20/month. Free plan (Hobby) with limits.
Free planIn SpanishRank 9: Jasper
4.6Free trialMarketing AI for creating written and visual content in your brand voice.
Pro plan from $59/month billed annually ($69/month billed monthly). Business plan on custom pricing. Includes a 7-day free trial; there is no permanent free plan.
In SpanishAPIRank 10: Raycast
4.6FreemiumMac launcher with built-in AI and more than 1,500 extensions.
Complete free plan (includes some AI messages). Pro $8/user/month annual ($10 monthly), Advanced AI add-on +$8, Teams $12/user/month.
Free planIn SpanishRank 11: Gemini
4.5FreemiumGoogle's AI, built into its entire ecosystem.
Google AI Pro from €21.99/month. Very complete free plan.
Free planIn SpanishAPIRank 12: Canva
4.5FreemiumOnline graphic design with AI: templates and visual content editing.
Free plan available. Pro from $15/month (billed monthly) or $120/year. Business from $20/month per user. Enterprise on custom pricing.
Free planIn SpanishAPI
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This is our selection. The productivity catalogue has all 44 tools we have reviewed.
How do we build these rankings?
Every tool has a review with data verified on its official website (pricing, free plan, API, platforms and languages). The order reflects our editorial rating, which weighs output quality, value for money and real-world usefulness. We review the data regularly, but always confirm the price on the vendor's site before subscribing.