GenAI Tools List

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Text Generation (LLMs)

Commercial Models

Tool	Creator	Model	Cost	Best For
ChatGPT	OpenAI	GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6 Sol (paid); GPT-5.6 Luna (free)	Freemium	Professional knowledge work, deep reasoning, coding (Codex).
ChatGPT for Teachers	OpenAI	Current ChatGPT models	Free (for educators)	Lesson planning, grading assistance, instructional design.
Claude	Anthropic	Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Fable 5.1 (paid); Claude Sonnet 5 (free)	Freemium	Complex reasoning, coding, agentic tasks. Best-in-class for software.
Gemini	Google	Gemini 3.1 Pro, Gemini 3.8 Flash	Freemium	Multimodal (text+images), Google Workspace integration, vibe coding.
Microsoft 365 Copilot	Microsoft	Several (OpenAI and Anthropic models, set by your organisation)	Included with many work and education licences	Microsoft 365 integration, enterprise data protection. Most NHS staff already have it.
Perplexity	Perplexity AI	Sonar Pro	Freemium	Web search with citations, research queries.

Model names on this page

Model names come from the toolkit's model registry and update automatically. See the full list, with where to get each model and notes for UK educators, on Tool Comparison.

Open-Source Models 🆓

For institutions concerned about data privacy or those wanting to self-host, these open-source models offer powerful alternatives:

Provider	Model	Best for	Where to get it	Notes for UK educators
Meta	Llama 4 Maverick	Open weights	Downloadable weights (Llama Community Licence); many cloud hosts	Still Meta's latest open-weights release; no new Llama model in 2026.
Mistral AI	Mistral Medium 3.5	Open weights	Mistral API; open weights
DeepSeek	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash	Open weights	DeepSeek app and API; open weights (MIT licence)	DeepSeek's own app and API process data in China: never use them with patient, student or staff personal data. Self-hosted weights avoid this.
Google	Gemma 4	Open weights	Downloadable weights (Apache 2.0); smaller sizes run locally on a laptop
Alibaba (Qwen)	Qwen 3.6	Open weights	Downloadable weights (Apache 2.0)

Models checked 24 September 2026. They change often, so check the provider before relying on a specific version.

Self-Hosting Options

Open-source models can be run locally using tools like Ollama, LM Studio, or vLLM. This ensures patient data never leaves your institution.

Research & Evidence

Tool	Function	Cost	Best For
Perplexity	"Answer Engine"	Freemium	Searching the web with citations.
Consensus	AI Search	Freemium	"What does the research say?" (Searches 200m papers).
Elicit	Research Assistant	Freemium	Extracting data from papers into a table.
Scite	Citation Checker	Paid	Checking if a paper has been supported or contrasted.

Image & Multimedia

Tool	Function	Cost	Best For
Midjourney	Image Gen	Paid	High-fidelity artistic images.
DALL-E 3	Image Gen	Paid (via ChatGPT)	Easy conversational image generation.
Adobe Firefly	Image Gen	Freemium	Ethically trained on Adobe stock (safe for copyright).
Ideogram	Image Gen	Freemium	Best for text rendering in images.
ElevenLabs	Voice Gen	Freemium	Text-to-Speech for podcasts.
Suno	Music Gen	Freemium	AI-generated music and songs.