GenAI Tools List

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📝 Text Generation (LLMs)

Tool	Creator	Model	Cost	Best For
ChatGPT	OpenAI	GPT-5.2 / GPT-5	Freemium	Professional knowledge work, deep reasoning, long-context understanding.
ChatGPT for Teachers	OpenAI	GPT-5.2	Free (for educators)	Lesson planning, grading assistance, instructional design. Available to ~150k+ US educators.
Claude	Anthropic	Opus 4.5 / Sonnet 4.5	Freemium	Coding, agents, complex reasoning. Leading for software tasks and math.
Gemini	Google	Gemini 3.0 Flash / 3 Deep Think	Freemium	Lightning-fast reasoning, multimodal, deep integration with Google Workspace.
Microsoft Copilot	Microsoft	GPT-4	Freemium	Web searching, enterprise data protection (if logged in with work ID).

December 2025 Update

Latest models: GPT-5.2 (Dec 2025), Claude Opus 4.5 (Nov 2025), Gemini 3.0 Flash (Dec 2025) represent significant improvements in reasoning, efficiency, and professional knowledge work. ChatGPT for Teachers launched Nov 19, 2025, offering free access to educators.

🔬 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).
ElevenLabs	Voice Gen	Freemium	Text-to-Speech for podcasts.