Guides to trying before you pay
Each guide answers one thing people search for. Every fact in it comes from the company’s own page, with the sentence it is in and the day we checked it.
Free AI tools: what each one really gives October 2026The best free offer in each kind of AI tool, read on the companies' own pages. Each section links to a full guide with every fact and the sentence it came from.Checked 5 Oct 2026When a price page says nothing about your card October 2026Companies shout about not taking your card. We counted how loudly, across every trial we have read, and the number turns silence into a signal you can act on.Checked 6 Oct 2026AI video generators you can try free October 2026Credits, watermarks and cards, read on the pages of 37 AI video tools. Some "free" plans no longer make a single video, and Sora has closed.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free image to video AI October 2026Free credits, watermarks and who may use the clip, read on the pages of 18 tools that turn a photo into a video. Runway, Pika, Luma and Grok list no free way to animate a photo.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI clip makers and Opus Clip alternatives October 2026Free minutes, watermarks, quality and how long you keep your clips, read on the pages of 18 tools that cut a long video into Shorts, Reels and TikToks. Some free plans stamp a logo, and some drop your clips after 3 days.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free faceless video generators October 2026How many free videos, how long, how sharp and with a mark or not, read on the pages of 18 tools that turn a script or an idea into a video with stock footage, an AI voice and captions. Some make nothing until you pay.Checked 9 Oct 2026Free AI caption and subtitle generators October 2026Free minutes, watermarks, animated styles and SRT files, read on the pages of 18 caption and subtitle tools. Some free plans stamp a watermark on every video, and some let you download nothing.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI video editors you can use free October 2026Watermarks, export quality and free captions, read on the pages of 19 video editors. Many free plans let you edit, then put a logo on the video or stop at 720p.Checked 5 Oct 2026Free screen recorders with no watermark October 2026Watermarks, time limits, quality and sound, read on the pages of 18 screen recorders. Some are free for good, some stop at 5 minutes, and some stamp every video.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI image generators you can use free October 2026Daily limits, watermarks and who owns the picture, read on the pages of 24 AI image tools. Some free plans keep your images public, and some keep the rights.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI chatbots like ChatGPT October 2026Limits, sign-up, images, files and age rules, read on the pages of 19 AI chatbots. All but HuggingChat are free to start, but they differ on privacy and on who may use them.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI detectors you can use free October 2026Word limits, sign-up and warnings, read on the pages of 12 AI detectors. Most check text free, and their own makers say a score can be wrong.Checked 16 Oct 2026Paraphrasing tools and grammar checkers you can use free October 2026Word limits, sign-up and what you pay for, read on the pages of 16 paraphrasing tools, grammar checkers and AI writers. Every free paraphraser has a limit, but some need no account.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI music generators you can use free October 2026Downloads, vocals and who owns the song, read on the pages of 16 AI music tools. Many free plans let you make a song but not keep it.Checked 5 Oct 2026AI voice generators and text to speech you can use free October 2026Free minutes, downloads and who may use the voice, checked on the sites of 19 AI voice tools. Many free plans let you hear a voice but not keep it, and few allow business use.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI presentation makers you can use free October 2026Downloads, watermarks and limits, read on the pages of 17 AI presentation makers. Some free plans let you make slides but not download them, and none says it works without an account.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI tools for teachers October 2026What 20 AI tools give teachers for free, read on each company's own pages: which you can use alone, which check that you teach, and which come only with your school's account.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI courses with a certificate October 2026Certificates, badges and exams, read on the pages of 20 AI courses. Most are free to learn from. The catch, when there is one, is the certificate.Checked 5 Oct 2026Free Google courses with a certificate October 2026Which Google certificates cost nothing and which ones you pay for, read on Google's own pages. Many courses are free. Google's Career Certificates are not, but they cost less in India and Pakistan.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI coding assistants you can use free October 2026Free limits, trials and student offers, read on the pages of 19 AI coding tools. About half of the free plans give real numbers, and some well-known ones have ended.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI photo editors you can use free October 2026Background removal, object erasers and watermarks, read on the pages of 18 AI photo editors. Some that say free are really a trial, and some save a smaller photo.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI background removers October 2026Free downloads, size, watermark and sign-up, read on the pages of 18 background removers. Many free results are tiny, and remove.bg closes on 1 December.Checked 16 Oct 2026Free AI image upscalers and photo enhancers October 2026How many free upscales, how big, and with a watermark or not, read on the pages of 18 AI upscalers and photo enhancers. Some free plans only let you save a small picture.Checked 8 Oct 2026AI headshot generators that are really free October 2026Free downloads, quality, refunds and how long they keep your selfies, read on the pages of 17 AI headshot generators. Some give a real headshot free. Others charge before you see one.Checked 16 Oct 2026AI note takers you can use free October 2026Free minutes, meeting length and history, read on the pages of 19 AI note takers. Most free plans with no meeting limit still cap the AI notes, or show only your last 30 days.Checked 5 Oct 2026AI website builders you can use free October 2026Free plans, ads, domains and real prices, read on the pages of 19 website builders. Most put a free site online on their own address, with their ads or badge. None lets you use your own domain free.Checked 5 Oct 2026AI logo generators that are really free October 2026Free downloads, watermarks and business rights, read on the pages of 17 AI logo makers. Some let you design a logo free, then charge to download it.Checked 16 Oct 2026Resume builders that are really free October 2026Free PDFs, watermarks and sign-ups, read on the pages of 19 resume builders. Some "free" builders let you make a resume, but not download it as a PDF.Checked 5 Oct 2026Free AI and software for students October 2026, checkedWhich student offers are really free today, which are only cheaper, which go through your school, and which have ended. Twenty programs, each read on the company's own page.Checked 2 Oct 2026Is there a ChatGPT Plus free trial? Every AI chatbot, checkedNot one open to everyone. We read the pricing and help pages of eight AI chatbots to see what is free, what you can try before paying, and which promotions are live right now.Checked 16 Oct 2026VPN free trials which ones are realMost "30-day free trials" are refunds: you pay first and ask for your money back. We read the pages of 15 VPNs to sort the real trials from the refunds and the free plans.Checked 2 Oct 2026Password managers: free plans and free trials October 2026, checkedFourteen password managers, read on their own pages. Which are free for good, which free plans are too small to live with, which trials need no card, and what you pay after.Checked 2 Oct 2026The monthly price that needs a year up front October 2026A price page says $12 a month. At the checkout you pay $144. We counted how often that happens, and which well-known tools do it.Checked 2 Oct 2026