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Top 10 AI Tools (2026)
The AI tools and AI agents actually worth your time, hand-picked and kept up to date. Most have a free version, so you can try before you pay.
Last updated: September 2026
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The Top 10 AI Tools Right Now
Editor’s note: Claude is our personal favourite at AllUNeed.no, so it gets the #1 spot. Full transparency: this page was researched and updated with Claude’s help. The rest of the list is ranked by how useful each tool is for most people.
1. Claude by Anthropic
Our #1 pick. Known for careful reasoning, natural-sounding writing and excellent coding. Beyond chat it can work as an agent: Cowork handles files and tasks on your computer, Claude in Chrome can use websites for you, and Claude Code is one of the most popular AI coding agents.
Best for: Writing, analysis, coding, getting real tasks done
Price: Free; Pro about $20/month
2. ChatGPT by OpenAI
The most popular all-rounder. Chat, write, brainstorm, analyse files, search the web, talk by voice and create images, all in one app. Its agent mode can browse and complete multi-step tasks.
Best for: Everyday questions, writing, images
Price: Free; paid plans from about $8/month (Go) and $20/month (Plus)
3. Google Gemini by Google
Built into Gmail, Docs, Android and Google Search. Very strong at images (Nano Banana), video (Veo), long documents and anything involving Google services.
Best for: Google users, images and video, long files
Price: Free; Google AI Pro about $20/month
4. Microsoft Copilot by Microsoft
Free AI assistant in Windows and Edge, and built into Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook with a Microsoft 365 subscription.
Best for: Office and Windows users
Price: Free; included in Microsoft 365 Personal/Family
5. Perplexity by Perplexity AI
An AI answer engine that searches the web and shows its sources for every answer, so you can check the facts yourself. Also makes the free Comet AI browser.
Best for: Research with sources, fact-checking
Price: Free; Pro about $20/month
6. NotebookLM by Google
Upload your own PDFs, notes, websites or videos and ask questions only about them. Can turn your material into study guides and podcast-style audio summaries.
Best for: Studying, reports, making sense of many documents
Price: Free; more with Google AI Pro
7. DeepL by DeepL
Among the most accurate AI translators, with good Norwegian support. DeepL Write polishes your text in several languages.
Best for: Translation to and from Norwegian
Price: Free; Pro from about €9/month
8. Canva by Canva
Design tool with built-in AI (Magic Studio): generate images, remove backgrounds, resize designs and write text for posts, presentations and flyers.
Best for: Social media, small business design
Price: Free; Pro about kr 130/month
9. ElevenLabs by ElevenLabs
Very realistic AI voices for voice-overs, audiobooks and dubbing, including Norwegian. Also offers speech-to-text and sound effects.
Best for: Voice-overs, dubbing, narration
Price: Free tier; paid from about $5/month
10. Suno by Suno
Makes complete songs with vocals and instruments from a short text prompt. Great fun, and useful for jingles. Note: free songs cannot be downloaded or used commercially.
Best for: Songs and jingles
Price: Free; paid from about $10/month
AI Agents: AI That Does the Work
A normal AI chatbot answers. An AI agent does: it can open websites, click buttons, fill in forms, organise files and write code, step by step, until the job is done. 2026 is the year agents went mainstream: they are now built into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Copilot.
Our favourite agents right now: Claude (Cowork, Claude in Chrome, Claude Code), ChatGPT agent & Atlas, Gemini agent & Chrome auto browse, Microsoft Copilot (Edge & Microsoft 365), Perplexity Comet, Opera Neon, Dia, Manus, Genspark Super Agent, Lindy, Zapier Agents, n8n, Make, Relevance AI, Devin.
Top 10 AI in Space & the Universe
From planning rover drives on Mars to finding new planets around other stars, AI is helping us explore the universe. Some of these you can even try yourself.
- Vera C. Rubin Observatory
- NASA ExoMiner++
- Claude plans a Mars rover’s route
- Surya (NASA & IBM)
- AEGIS: rovers that choose their own targets
- Galaxy Zoo: Euclid & Zoobot
- Planet Hunters TESS
- Breakthrough Listen (SETI)
- Prithvi (NASA & IBM)
- ESA Φ-lab
Plus a bonus list of AI in science and nature: weather, proteins, birds and plants.
AI in Norway
Norway punches above its weight in AI: home robots, AI browsers and open Norwegian language models. Here are 10 Norwegian AI stories worth knowing.
Top 10 AI Gadgets & Products
The best AI you can hold in your hand, wear on your face or let loose in your living room: glasses, phones, rings, recorders and robots.
Top 10 AI in Fashion
From trying on clothes virtually to AI stylists and trend forecasting: how AI is changing the way we shop, dress and design.
Top 10 AI in Food
From “what’s for dinner?” to salmon farms and robot chefs: how AI is changing what we cook, eat and grow.
Best AI Tools by Category
Over 100 hand-picked tools, sorted by what you want to do. Most have a free version or free trial.
Writing & Language
- Grammarly – Checks spelling, grammar and tone as you type (mainly English).
- DeepL Write – Rewrites and improves text, also in Norwegian.
- LanguageTool – Grammar and style checker for many languages, with an open-source core.
- QuillBot – Paraphrasing and summarising tool, popular with students.
- Wordtune – Suggests clearer, shorter or more formal ways to say the same thing.
- Jasper – AI copywriting platform for marketing teams and brand voice.
- Copy.ai – Marketing and sales copy, plus automated content workflows.
- Writesonic – SEO-focused articles, ads and product descriptions.
- Rytr – Simple, low-cost writer for short texts, emails and posts.
- Sudowrite – Made for fiction writers: brainstorm plots, describe scenes, beat writer’s block.
- Hemingway Editor – Highlights long, hard-to-read sentences so your writing gets clearer.
Image Generation & Editing
- ChatGPT Images – Among the best at following instructions and putting readable text in images.
- Gemini (Nano Banana) – Google’s image model, excellent for editing your own photos.
- Midjourney – Still a favourite for artistic, stylish images. Paid only.
- Ideogram – Strong at logos, posters and typography.
- Adobe Firefly – Built into Photoshop and Adobe Express, designed to be commercially safe.
- FLUX – Top-quality image models from Black Forest Labs, also available inside many other apps.
- Leonardo.ai – Image and video generation with lots of styles, popular for game art and marketing.
- Recraft – Makes vector graphics, icons and illustrations in a consistent brand style.
- Krea – Real-time image generation and upscaling; see your picture change as you type.
- Microsoft Designer – Free image creation and quick designs, built into Copilot and Bing.
- Freepik AI – Many top image and video models in one subscription, plus stock content.
- Photoroom – Perfect product photos for web shops: removes backgrounds and adds new scenes.
- remove.bg – Removes the background from any photo in seconds.
Video
- Google Veo (via Gemini / Flow) – Top-quality text-to-video with sound.
- Kling – Cinematic video clips with realistic motion.
- Runway – Creative video generation and editing tools for filmmakers.
- Luma Dream Machine – Fast, fluid clips from text or images.
- Pika – Fun effects and short social clips; free tier allows commercial use.
- Hailuo – Expressive character animation at a low price, from MiniMax.
- Seedance (Dreamina) – ByteDance’s video model, with detailed control over length and style.
- Higgsfield – Many video models (Veo, Kling, Seedance and more) in one place, with camera-motion presets.
- Descript – Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript like a document.
- CapCut – Free, easy video editor with AI captions, effects and auto-cuts for TikTok and Reels.
- Opus Clip – Turns long videos into short viral clips automatically.
- Synthesia – Training and presentation videos with AI presenters in many languages.
- HeyGen – AI avatars and video translation with lip-sync.
Coding & App Building
- Claude Code – AI agent that reads your codebase, writes code and runs commands.
- GitHub Copilot – AI pair programmer inside VS Code and GitHub; free tier available.
- Cursor – Code editor built around AI, with multi-file edits.
- OpenAI Codex – OpenAI’s coding agent, included with ChatGPT plans.
- Windsurf – Agentic code editor with a polished, beginner-friendly interface.
- Google Antigravity – Google’s agent-first code editor powered by Gemini.
- Lovable – Build a working website or app just by chatting. No coding needed.
- Bolt – Describe an app and get a full-stack prototype running in your browser.
- Replit – Replit Agent builds, hosts and publishes whole apps from a description.
- v0 – Vercel’s tool for turning ideas into polished web pages and apps.
- JetBrains AI – AI assistant and coding agent built into IntelliJ, PyCharm and other JetBrains tools.
- Tabnine – Privacy-focused code completion that can run on your own servers.
- OpenCode – Open-source coding agent for the terminal; use it with the AI model of your choice.
Music & Audio
- Suno – Full songs with vocals from a text prompt.
- Udio – Licensed AI music platform; songs stay inside the app.
- ElevenLabs – Realistic voices, dubbing, music and sound effects.
- Stable Audio – Music and sound effects from Stability AI, with open models for developers.
- Moises – Separate vocals and instruments, change tempo and key: great for musicians.
- LALAL.AI – High-quality stem separation for vocals and instruments.
- AIVA – Composes instrumental and orchestral music.
- Soundraw – Royalty-free background music you can customise for videos.
- Mubert – Endless royalty-free music streams for creators and apps.
- LANDR – AI mastering and music distribution to Spotify and more.
- Adobe Podcast Enhance – Makes voice recordings sound like they were made in a studio. Free.
- Auphonic – Automatic audio levelling and noise reduction for podcasts.
Productivity & Meetings
- Microsoft 365 Copilot – AI inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams.
- Gemini in Google Workspace – AI inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Meet.
- Notion AI – Writing, summaries and Q&A across your notes and docs.
- Gamma – Creates good-looking presentations, documents and simple websites from a prompt.
- Otter.ai – Records, transcribes and summarises meetings.
- Fireflies.ai – Meeting notes and action items for Teams, Zoom and Meet.
- Granola – AI notepad that improves your own meeting notes, without a bot joining the call.
- Zoom AI Companion – Meeting summaries and catch-up inside Zoom.
- Reclaim.ai – Automatically plans tasks and focus time in your calendar.
- Motion – AI planner that builds your daily schedule from your tasks and deadlines.
- Superhuman – Fast email app with AI that writes replies and sorts your inbox.
Research & Science
- Perplexity – Answers with sources for every claim.
- NotebookLM – Ask questions about your own documents and papers.
- Elicit – Finds and summarises research papers.
- Consensus – Answers questions based on scientific studies.
- SciSpace – Helps you read and understand academic papers.
- Scite – Shows whether later studies support or contradict a paper.
- Semantic Scholar – Free AI-powered search engine for scientific literature.
- ResearchRabbit – Maps related papers and authors so you find what you’re missing.
- Connected Papers – Visual graph of papers related to the one you’re reading.
- Julius AI – Upload a spreadsheet and ask questions; get charts and analysis.
- Wolfram|Alpha – Exact answers for maths, science and data questions.
- AlphaFold Server – Free protein-structure prediction from Google DeepMind, for researchers.
Learning & Education
- ChatGPT Study Mode – Guides you step by step with questions instead of just giving the answer.
- Gemini Guided Learning – Google’s tutor mode with explanations, quizzes and videos.
- Khanmigo – Khan Academy’s AI tutor for students and teachers.
- Duolingo Max – AI conversations and explanations inside Duolingo.
- Speak – Practise speaking a new language with an AI tutor.
- Photomath – Take a photo of a maths problem and see how to solve it, step by step.
- Quizlet – Turns your notes into flashcards and practice tests with AI.
- Coursera – Online courses, including many on AI itself, with an AI coach built in.
Marketing, SEO & Social Media
- Semrush – SEO, keyword research and competitor analysis with AI features.
- Ahrefs – SEO toolkit for backlinks and keywords.
- Surfer SEO – Optimises articles to rank better in search.
- Frase – Research and write SEO content briefs quickly.
- HubSpot Breeze – AI agents and assistants across HubSpot’s marketing, sales and service tools.
- Mailchimp – Email marketing with AI help for subject lines, content and send times.
- Buffer – Plan and schedule social media posts with an AI assistant.
- Hootsuite – Social media management with AI writing and best-time-to-post suggestions.
- Later – Instagram, TikTok and influencer planning with AI captions.
- Metricool – Schedule posts and track results for all your social channels.
- AdCreative.ai – Generates ad images and copy designed to convert.
- Canva – Quick social posts, flyers and ads with Magic Studio.
Customer Service & Chatbots
- Intercom Fin – AI agent that answers customer questions from your help content.
- Zendesk AI – AI agents and ticket automation for support teams.
- Freshdesk / Freshchat (Freddy AI) – Chatbots and support automation for smaller businesses.
- Tidio (Lyro) – Live chat and AI chatbot for small web shops; easy to add to WordPress.
- Gorgias – Helpdesk with AI agent built for e-commerce stores.
- HubSpot Customer Agent – AI agent that answers support questions inside HubSpot.
- Chatbase – Build a chatbot trained on your own website and documents in minutes.
- Crisp – Affordable live chat and shared inbox with an AI assistant, made in Europe.
- Zoho SalesIQ – Website chat with the Zia AI assistant.
- Botpress – Build advanced custom chatbots and agents for any channel.
Open Source & Run It Yourself
- Hugging Face – The home of open AI models, datasets and demos.
- Ollama – Run open models on your own computer, privately.
- LM Studio – Easy desktop app to download and chat with open models offline.
- Jan – Open-source, offline ChatGPT-style app for your computer.
- Open WebUI – A self-hosted chat interface for local and online models.
- Meta Llama – Meta’s family of open-weight language models.
- Qwen – Alibaba’s strong open-weight models, from small to very large.
- DeepSeek – Powerful open-weight models. Note: its own app stores data in China; run it locally for privacy.
- Mistral – European (French) AI with open models and the Le Chat assistant.
- ComfyUI – Node-based tool for running open image and video models on your own PC.
- Stable Diffusion – Stability AI’s open image models, the basis of many free image tools.
AI for Money, Fitness & Solar Energy
AI can help with more than work. Here’s how to use it for your wallet, your health and your home, with more tips on our sister sites.
Money & Investing
Use an AI assistant to make a budget, compare loans, or explain funds, fees and tax rules in plain language.
- ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini – Upload your bank export and ask for a simple budget or spending overview.
- Perplexity – Look up interest rates and fund facts, with sources.
- Julius AI – Charts and analysis from your own spreadsheets.
AI is not a financial advisor and can be wrong. Always double-check before you invest.
Health & Fitness
AI coaches can plan workouts, adjust them to how you feel and help you stay motivated.
- Fitbod – Gym workouts planned by AI based on your history and equipment.
- WHOOP – Wearable with an AI coach for sleep, recovery and strain.
- Garmin Connect+ – AI insights on your training and recovery from your Garmin watch.
AI is not a doctor. Talk to a professional about health problems.
Solar & Smart Energy
AI helps you get more out of solar panels and cheap electricity hours.
- Otovo – Norwegian solar company: get a price for panels on your own roof online, based on satellite images.
- Tibber – Norwegian energy app that smart-charges your car and heats when power is cheapest.
- ChatGPT / Claude / Gemini – Ask how many panels you need or whether a battery pays off where you live.
Estimates from AI and online tools are a starting point; get a proper quote before you buy.
Tips for Using AI Safely
- Start with the free version. The paid plans (usually around kr 200–250/month) are worth it only if you use the tool daily.
- Double-check important facts, numbers and sources. AI can sound confident and still be wrong.
- Don’t paste passwords, ID numbers, health information or confidential company data into AI chats.
- Check the privacy settings: several services let you opt out of your chats being used for training.
- For commercial use of AI images, music or video, read the terms. Free plans often don’t allow it.
What changed since our last list
- Google Bard is gone. It became Gemini.
- DALL‑E has been replaced by newer image models built into ChatGPT.
- OpenAI shut down its Sora video app in 2026, so it is no longer on the list.
- Suno and Udio signed deals with major record labels; Udio no longer allows downloads, so Suno takes its place.
- New: a whole section on AI agents (15 of them), AI that can actually do tasks for you, plus a new Learning & Education category. Over 100 tools in total.
- New: Top 10 AI in Space & the Universe, plus AI in science and nature.
- New: AI in Norway, AI for money, fitness and solar energy, and a beginner FAQ.
- New: Top 10 AI Gadgets & Products and Top 10 AI in Fashion.
- New: Top 10 AI in Food.
Missing a favourite? Let us know, and we’ll keep this list updated. – Andreas Warp, AllUNeed.no
Frequently Asked Questions about AI
What is AI?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is software that can do things we used to think needed a human: understand language, write text, recognise images, make music or plan tasks. Tools like ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are “large language models” trained on huge amounts of text.
Which AI is the best in 2026?
It depends on what you need. Our pick for most people is Claude, with ChatGPT and Gemini close behind. For research with sources, try Perplexity; for images, ChatGPT or Gemini; for translation to and from Norwegian, DeepL. See our Top 10 above.
Are ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini free?
Yes, all three have free versions. Paid plans (usually about $20 or kr 200–250 a month) give you smarter models, higher limits and extra features like AI agents.
What is an AI agent?
An AI agent doesn’t just answer: it does tasks for you, step by step, like browsing websites, filling in forms, organising files or writing code. You set the goal and approve important steps.
Does AI understand Norwegian?
Yes. The big assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Copilot) understand and write good Norwegian, both bokmål and nynorsk. DeepL is great for translation, and Nasjonalbiblioteket has open models made especially for Norwegian.
Is it safe to use AI?
Mostly yes, if you’re careful. Don’t share passwords, ID numbers or sensitive health or company data, double-check important facts, and don’t let AI agents handle your bank or payments without watching.
Can I use AI images and music commercially?
Often, but not always. Many free plans don’t allow commercial use. Read the terms of each tool, and check what rights you get on the paid plan.
Will AI take my job?
AI changes many jobs more than it replaces them: it takes over repetitive tasks, and people who learn to use AI well often become more productive. Learning the basics now is a smart move.
How do I get started with AI?
Pick one free assistant (like Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini), and ask it to help with something you actually need today: an email, a recipe, a plan or a summary. Then try one tool from a category you care about.