Guides
Guides to AI tools: 51 guides in English
What it is, what it can really do, how much it costs, and when you should choose something else. Everything in one place.
All the AI tool guides I maintain on Quantslant, in one place. Prices are checked against official rate cards and given with the date they were read, and every tool is tested on real tasks instead of vendor demos.
Chatbots and assistants
ChatGPT Guide: Plans, Pricing, GPT-6 Models, and 20 UsesChatGPT works seamlessly out of the box: visit chatgpt.com, type your query, and get answers immediately, even without an account. You only need toGemini AI: What It Is, Pricing & Is It Worth It (2026 Guide)Gemini is both a family of AI models from Google and the app where you use them. In practice, it's a free assistant thatClaude AI: What It Is, What It Does & Who It's ForClaude is Anthropic's assistant for writing, research, documents and coding. I would start with the free plan and move to Pro when its limitsGrok AI: What It Is, Features & PricingGrok is a chat interface and family of AI models from xAI, Elon Musk's company. It does what ChatGPT or Gemini do - answersMicrosoft Copilot: What It Is, Pricing & Is It Worth ItMicrosoft Copilot is an AI assistant built into products you already use: Windows, Edge browser, Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams. That's both its advantagePerplexity Deep Research: Complete Guide to AI Analysis in 3 MinUpdate September 18, 2026: For product and model names that have changed or been discontinued since publication, I've added notes in brackets with currentDeepSeek: Free Chat, API Costs and Limits ExplainedDeepSeek is both a company developing AI models and the name of the service where you can interact with them. The free DeepSeek chat,Qwen AI: What It Is, How to Use It & Is It Free?Qwen is Alibaba's family of AI models: from small open models you can download to your own computer to Qwen3.8-Max, the flagship closed modelMeta AI: What It Is, Where It Works, and How to Check AnswersMeta AI is Meta's artificial intelligence assistant available in its apps and as a standalone Meta AI app. It helps you chat and useNotebookLM: AI That Answers Only From Your Own SourcesNotebookLM flips the usual way you work with AI. Instead of asking it about the world, you upload your own materials and ask aboutGoogle AI Studio: What It Is, Free Access & How to StartGoogle AI Studio (aistudio.google.com) is Google's free browser-based tool for testing Gemini models and building applications on top of them. Using AI Studio itself
Image, video and audio
AI Image Generator: How to Choose the Right One for Your NeedsThere are now over a dozen AI image generators, and they all do the same basic thing: turn descriptions into graphics. The differences thatMidjourney Pricing: V8.2, Image Rights & Cost Per ImageMidjourney is a paid image and short video generator that works in your browser and on Discord. As of July 24, 2026, V8.2 isIdeogram 4.5: repeated-edit tests, pricing and image examplesIdeogram 4.5, released on September 30, 2026, emphasizes precise image editing across repeated changes. In the source author's eight-model test, regions meant to remFLUX 3 Image: resolution tests, layout control, editing and pricesFLUX is the image-model family from Germany's Black Forest Labs. This guide covers FLUX 3 Image, released on October 1, 2026, using the sourceLeonardo AI: Free Plan, Tokens and First ImagesLeonardo AI's Free plan gives you 150 Fast tokens a day, which reset daily, but only the "Auto" model choice and public creations. ToCanva: What It Is, Pricing & How to Get Started - 2026 GuideCanva is a design program that works in your browser and on mobile: create posts, presentations, resumes, posters, invitations, videos, and now also editHiggsfield AI Review 2026: Features, Pricing, Pros, Cons & VerdictHiggsfield is a text-to-video generation platform known primarily for its camera movement control: instead of hoping the model invents something suitable, you chooseKling AI: How to Start, Check Cost and Review Video QualityKling AI is Kuaishou's platform for generating and editing images and video from text and reference materials. If you want to start, check theGoogle Veo 3: Pricing, Versions & Test ResultsVeo 3 is Google's family of video models that generate short clips with sound from text descriptions or images. The current generation is VeoSynthesia Tutorial: How to Make AI Avatar VideosAn AI avatar video in Synthesia is created from text: you paste your script, choose a character and voice, click "Generate," and after aElevenLabs Review: Models, Pricing & How to StartElevenLabs is a service for text-to-speech generation, voice cloning, dubbing and transcription, founded in 2022. On September 28, 2026, its new model Eleven v4Suno AI: What This Music Generator Can and Can't DoSuno is a music generator: you describe a song in words, and the tool creates a recording with vocals, instruments, and song structure. ThisAI Music Generators: What They Can Do and How to Use ThemAn AI music generator creates a finished track with vocals, arrangement and mix from a single sentence, in two minutes. This is no longerCapCut Pro Pricing: What You Get and How to CancelCapCut Pro doesn't have a single price: on capcut.com the monthly plan costs $19.99 USD and the annual plan $179.99 USD. In 2026, a
Basics, prices and versions
What Is AI: How It Works and Where to StartArtificial intelligence refers to programs that learn from examples instead of executing pre-written instructions. Instead of telling a computer step-by-step how to What Is a Prompt? How to Write AI Instructions That WorkA prompt is the instruction or input material you give an AI model to get a response or complete a task. It can containAI Agents: What They Are, How to Build One & Where They FailThe word "agent" has been slapped onto everything with AI in the name, and it's lost all meaning. But the difference between a chatbotHow Much Does AI Cost? Pricing for 10 Tools Checked at SourceComparing AI tool prices is harder than it looks, and not because the prices are high. Every provider counts differently: one charges per seat,Free AI Image Generators: What's Free and What Are the LimitsFree AI image generators exist, but in 2026 "free" means four different things: a daily limit the provider doesn't state as a number (Gemini,OpenRouter Pricing: The Real Cost Can Be 14x HigherWe use OpenRouter daily and assumed the price on a model's card tells us what we'll pay. While testing a Chinese model, we sawHow to Tell if AI Wrote a Text: 7 Signs and How to CheckHow to tell if AI wrote a text when you don't trust a detector's percentage? Instead of one tool, use seven signals, each ofAI Detectors: How to Read Results and Check Text ProperlyWe treat AI detectors as tools that signal the need for further text verification. We do not consider their output as standalone proof ofDeepfake: What It Is, How to Spot It, and Legal ConsequencesA deepfake is a video, photo, or voice recording generated or altered by artificial intelligence to show a real person doing or saying somethingEU AI Act 2026: Key Dates, Rules and PenaltiesThe EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) already applies in most of its parts: the bans and the AI literacy duty since 2 February 2025,
Tools for work
Gamma AI: How to Make a Presentation and Check Your FileGamma AI is an application for creating presentations and documents that turns a description or supplied content into a set of organized cards. ItAI Presentation Maker: Three Approaches and What to Keep HumanPresentations are where artificial intelligence delivers the most immediate time savings, because the work splits into two completely different parts. First: figurinNotion AI: What It Does, Pricing, and Real-World LimitationsNotion AI is artificial intelligence built into the place where your team already keeps notes, projects, and documents. That's its advantage over a regularn8n Pricing: Cloud Starter, Pro & Self-Hosted Server CostsHow much n8n costs depends on one decision: the vendor's cloud or your own server. The cloud version starts at 20 EUR per monthZapier: What It Is, Pricing & When to Choose Make or n8nZapier is the most popular no-code automation tool: you connect apps (Gmail, spreadsheets, Slack, shop, CRM) and set a rule "when A happens, doManus Step-by-Step: How to Delegate Tasks Without Burning CreditsManus is an agent, not a chatbot: you give it a goal, and it plans the steps, browses pages, runs code, and delivers aGumloop Tutorial: Build Your First AI Agent Without CodeGumloop is a platform for building AI agents and automations from building blocks, without writing code, and with an assistant that can build aCursor AI: Step-by-Step Guide for Your First HourThe best way to learn Cursor isn't with an empty file - it's with a real project where you can ask a question, getClaude Code: AI Agent That Edits Your Project AutonomouslyClaude Code is an AI coding agent that works in your terminal. It doesn't suggest lines in your editor - it takes a task,GitHub Copilot: Pricing, Features & vs Cursor and Claude CodeGitHub Copilot is a coding assistant from GitHub and Microsoft: it suggests code in your editor, answers questions about your project, and since 2025Replit Pricing: Core and Pro Plans, Agent Credits ExplainedHow much does Replit cost? The browser-based editor itself is free, but the AI agent that builds applications is billed in credits, and hostingLovable: Building Apps from Text Prompts - What Works & LimitsLovable builds working web applications from text descriptions. You write what you need, and the tool generates the interface, logic, and database, then deploysSupabase Tutorial: First Table, Security & App ConnectionSupabase gives you a ready-made app backend: database, user authentication, file storage and automatic API, and you'll have your first table serving data toFramer Use Cases: Sites, Landings & Portfolios Without CodeFramer works best when your site needs to look good and change often, without a developer making every edit. We've collected the use casesWarp Terminal Tutorial: AI Agent, Command Blocks & WorkflowsWarp is a terminal with a built-in AI agent: you can type regular commands or describe what you want in plain English, and theWispr Flow: AI Dictation Review - Features, Pricing & LimitsWispr Flow is AI-powered dictation that works in any text field on your computer or phone. You hold down a key, speak naturally, release,
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If you're just starting, open the guide to artificial intelligence, then learn to write prompts with what a prompt is and how to write one. If you're choosing a tool, start with the comparison of AI subscriptions: price levels are similar everywhere, the differences lie in what you get. If you're looking for something free, I have a separate list of forty free AI tools. Current positions and rates for all models update automatically in the AI model ranking.