Not sure which AI tool fits your workflow? Browse by what you’re actually trying to do — not by category label.
By Role
👩💼 For Content Writers & Bloggers
Your stack: Claude 3.5 (long-form, editing) + Perplexity (research with sources) + Grammarly (final polish). Budget option: ChatGPT free handles 80% of this.
Key use cases: drafting articles, summarizing research, rewriting for tone, headline testing, SEO briefs.
👨💻 For Developers
Your stack: Cursor (primary editor) + Claude (code review, architecture) + GitHub Copilot (if your team is on GitHub already). Bolt.new for quick prototypes.
Key use cases: code completion, multi-file refactoring, debugging, documentation, code review, test generation.
🎨 For Designers & Visual Creators
Your stack: Midjourney (concept art, moodboards) + Adobe Firefly (Photoshop integration, commercial licensing) + Ideogram (text-in-image work).
Key use cases: brand visuals, presentation covers, ad creative, concept illustration, logo exploration.
🎬 For Video Creators
Your stack: CapCut (editing, captions, social) + Descript (interview/podcast editing) + Opus Clip (repurpose long → shorts) + Runway (generative clips for premium work).
Key use cases: auto-captions, b-roll generation, face tracking, podcast editing, clip repurposing.
📊 For Marketers
Your stack: Jasper (volume content, campaigns) + ChatGPT (ideation, briefs) + Copy.ai (ad copy, social) + Midjourney (visuals).
Key use cases: email sequences, landing pages, ad creative, social calendars, product descriptions.
🔬 For Researchers & Students
Your stack: Perplexity Pro (cited web search) + Claude (reading & synthesis) + Elicit (academic papers) + NotebookLM (document Q&A).
Key use cases: literature review, source tracing, summarizing papers, structured note-taking, citation management.
By Task
I need to write a blog post quickly
Use ChatGPT for a first draft outline → Claude to expand and edit for quality → Grammarly for final polish. Total time with AI: 20–40 minutes for a 1,500-word post.
I need to create images for a presentation
Use DALL·E 3 (inside ChatGPT) for accurate text rendering → Midjourney for more stylistic/artistic images → Adobe Firefly if you need commercial rights.
I need to turn a Zoom recording into content
Descript for transcription and editing → Opus Clip for short clips → Claude to generate a summary article from the transcript.
I want to build an app without coding
Bolt.new for a full-stack prototype → Replit for hosting and iteration → ChatGPT for explaining how to customize it.
I need to research a topic fast
Perplexity AI for a cited overview → Claude to synthesize multiple sources → Elicit if you need academic papers specifically.