Free AI plans: what you actually get

Checked Nov 11, 2026 against official pricing pages. US prices.

24 of the AI tools we track have a $0 plan. Here’s what each free plan includes, the cheapest paid plan if you outgrow it, and the official page to confirm it.

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AI chat

ChatGPT free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Unlimited text chats with GPT-6 (abuse guardrails); limited uploads, images, voice and deep research

CHEAPEST PAID Go, $8/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · chatgpt.com · verified · Our ChatGPT plan guides

Claude free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Limited usage every 5 hours and every week

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $20/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · claude.com · verified · Our Claude plan guides

Google AI (Gemini) free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Everyday Gemini access; 15 GB storage

CHEAPEST PAID Google AI Plus, $4.99/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · gemini.google · verified · Our Google AI guides

Perplexity free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Search with citations; basic AI models; limited daily usage

CHEAPEST PAID No paid price we could confirm

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · perplexity.ai · verified

Video

Runway free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 125 credits; 5 GB asset storage

CHEAPEST PAID Standard, $15/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · runwayml.com · verified · Runway plan change explained

Descript free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Text-based editing and AI tools to try

CHEAPEST PAID Hobbyist, $24/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · descript.com · verified

CapCut free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Free templates; basic editing tools

CHEAPEST PAID Teams, $12.49/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · capcut.com · verified

HeyGen free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 3 videos a month, watermarked; videos up to 1 minute

CHEAPEST PAID Creator, $29/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · heygen.com · verified

Synthesia free plan

PLAN Basic

WHAT YOU GET 500 credits a month; 10 minutes of video or dubbing a month; watermark

CHEAPEST PAID Starter, $19/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · synthesia.io · verified

OpusClip free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 60 credits a month; watermark

CHEAPEST PAID Starter, $15/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · opus.pro · verified

Voice

ElevenLabs free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 10k credits a month

CHEAPEST PAID Starter, $6/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · elevenlabs.io · verified

Design

Canva free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 1 Brand Kit (3 colors); limited AI

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $18/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · canva.com · verified

Meeting notes

Granola free plan

PLAN Basic

WHAT YOU GET AI meeting notes; 30 days of history in the app

CHEAPEST PAID Business, $14/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · granola.ai · docs.granola.ai · verified · Granola vs Fireflies

Fireflies free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Limited AI summaries; 20 AI credits; 400 minutes storage (official pages disagree on per seat vs per team)

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $18/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · fireflies.ai · guide.fireflies.ai · partly verified · Granola vs Fireflies

Otter free plan

PLAN Basic

WHAT YOU GET 300 monthly transcription minutes; 30 minutes per meeting; 3 lifetime file imports

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $16.99/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · otter.ai · verified

Fathom free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Unlimited recordings and transcriptions; instant AI call summaries

CHEAPEST PAID Team, $19/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · fathom.ai · verified

Productivity

Notion AI free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET For individuals to organize personal projects

CHEAPEST PAID No paid price we could confirm

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · notion.com · verified

Music

Suno free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 50 credits a day; no downloads; no commercial rights

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $10/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · suno.com · verified

Udio free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 10 credits a day, 100 a month; 3 full-length songs a day

CHEAPEST PAID Standard, $10/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · udio.com · verified

Writing

Grammarly free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET Spelling and grammar; 100 AI prompts

CHEAPEST PAID No paid price we could confirm

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · grammarly.com · verified

Coding

GitHub Copilot free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 2,000 completions a month; selected models

CHEAPEST PAID Pro, $10/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · github.com · verified

Image/video AI

Pika free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET All models with credit packs; no commercial license

CHEAPEST PAID Starter, $10/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · pika.art · verified

Leonardo free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 150 fast tokens a day; public creations

CHEAPEST PAID Essential, $12/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · leonardo.ai · verified

Presentations

Gamma free plan

PLAN Free

WHAT YOU GET 400 credits at signup; up to 10 slides per prompt

CHEAPEST PAID Plus, $12/month

Checked Nov 11, 2026 · gamma.app · verified

No free plan listed

These tracked tools show no free plan on their official pricing page:

Microsoft Copilot: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). microsoft.com
Adobe: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). adobe.com
Midjourney: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). docs.midjourney.com
Grok: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). grok.com
Upfirst: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). 14-day free trial. upfirst.ai
My AI Front Desk: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). myaifrontdesk.com
Rosie: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). heyrosie.com
Luma: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). lumalabs.ai
Ideogram: No free plan listed on the official pricing page (checked Nov 11, 2026). ideogram.ai

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