Our AI Tool Faves
Handpicked tools, intentionally non-exhaustive, zero affiliation, which we think you should check out. These are things we actually, really, pay for — or have at some point.
General AI Chat
ChatGPT
Use case: The standard for AI Chat
What we like: Established, intuitive UI and frequent capability updates. Also, it remembers you.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Plus ($20/mo.)
Claude
Use case: Another leader in AI Chat
What we like: Great reasoning and different responses from OpenAI. Awesome code models, invented MCP.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($20/mo.)
Gemini
Use case: Another leader in AI Chat
What we like: Great research, smart and fast. Part of the Google ecosystem, with things like Notebook LM
Pricing: Free and paid versions. We just use Free now.
Image & Video Generators
Midjourney
Use case: Image & Animation Generation
What we like: Powerful, fast, trainable on your styles. We use this for tons of image creation work.
Pricing: Paid. We have Standard ($30/mo.)
Higgsfield
Use case: Image, Animation & Video Generation
What we like: Very aesthetic outputs, helpful prompt re-writes when generating images. UGC capability.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Free now.
AI Workflow Builders
N8N
Use case: AI Agent Workflow Building
What we like: Great documentation, well established, highly capable, drag and drop capable.
Pricing: Trial and Paid. We have Starter ($24/mo.)
Relevance.AI
Use case: Very low-code AI agent creation
What we like: Awesome pre-built templates, pretty intuitive, great team with good onboarding vids.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Free right now.
Vibe Coding
Use case: Vibe code
What we like: Solid outputs, Figma connection and (biggest reason) part of the Vercel ecosystem.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Premium ($20/mo.)
Lovable
Use case: Vibe code
What we like: Solid outputs, the team is doing tons of work to keep this one ahead.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($20/mo.)
Other Content Tools
Figma (Pro)
Use case: Design, prototyping, icon creation
What we like: Rich, capable design tool that connects to Vibe Code platforms to simplify design>code workflow.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($20/mo.)
Descript
Use case: Video creation & editing + Gif creation
What we like: An AI-Native video editing platform. Our favorite is the word document-style editor for videos.
Pricing: Paid. We have the $19/mo. version.
Notion
Use case: AI-enabled, great part of AI workflows
What we like: A very capable workspace app. Notepad, proj. planner, tasks, calendar and so much more.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Free right now.
Related to Engineering Projects
OpenRouter
Use case: Manage your model usage
What we like: Easy way to use and quickly swap various AI model APIs in code environments.
Pricing: Pre-pay for credit usage. No subscription.
Supabase
Use case: Backend / Database
What we like: Well integrated with ‘vibe code’ platforms, an easy to launch back end for auth and database.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($20/mo.)
Github Copilot
Use case: AI-assisted and Agentic coding
What we like: For Visual Studio Code (the first IDE we used), the leading AI code-complete (and now more).
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($10/mo)
Cursor
Use case: AI-assisted and Agentic coding
What we like: The king of AI-driven coding. The most ‘native’ IDE for this work, a real game-changer.
Pricing: Free and paid. We have Pro ($20/mo.)
