Free Directory · Updated April 2026
125 AI marketing tools that actually help you market.
Curated across 18 categories — each with a usage tip from marketers who've actually shipped with them. No affiliate links, no sponsored rankings.
ChatGPT
CopywritingGPT-5 powered AI assistant with GPT Image 1.5 (best text rendering on the market). The most versatile tool for marketers — from drafting copy to analyzing campaign data to generating on-brand visuals.
Usage Tip
Use the Projects feature to give ChatGPT persistent context about your brand voice, audience, and campaign goals across sessions.
Claude
CopywritingNuanced AI writing with exceptional instruction following. Known for maintaining consistent brand voice across long documents and complex strategy work with 200K context window.
Usage Tip
Upload your style guide and past content to Projects — Claude excels at following detailed brand guidelines precisely.
Jasper
CopywritingMulti-model AI content system purpose-built for marketing teams. Combines GPT-4.1, Claude, and Gemini. Instant Campaigns creates complete multi-channel campaigns from a single brief.
Usage Tip
Train Brand Voice on your best-performing content to get outputs that match your style from the start.
Copy.ai
CopywritingAI-native Go-To-Market platform that goes beyond copywriting into full sales and marketing automation. Specialized agents handle prospecting, lead processing, ABM content, and translation.
Usage Tip
Use the Workflows feature to automate multi-step content pipelines — connect it to your CRM so AI-generated outreach fires automatically.
Gumloop
AutomationAI-native automation platform built from the ground up for the AI era. Connect any LLM to your marketing stack with drag-and-drop — used by Shopify, Instacart, and Webflow teams.
Usage Tip
Start with the Gummie Agent — describe what you want to automate in plain English and it builds the workflow for you.
n8n
AutomationOpen-source AI workflow automation with 70+ dedicated AI nodes and LangChain integration. The most powerful option for complex, customized marketing automations — and you can self-host for free.
Usage Tip
n8n charges per workflow execution, not per task — so complex multi-step marketing automations cost a fraction of Zapier or Make.
Midjourney
DesignThe creative benchmark for AI image generation. Unmatched visual mood, composition, and artistic coherence — agencies report 40% faster concept development compared to traditional design.
Usage Tip
Use --sref (style reference) with images from your brand guidelines to maintain visual consistency across generated images.
Ideogram
DesignBest-in-class text rendering in AI images — 90% accuracy vs Midjourney's 30%. The go-to for logos, posters, social graphics, and any marketing asset where text needs to be readable.
Usage Tip
Use Ideogram for any design that includes text — headlines on social graphics, event posters, product labels. No other tool gets text right this consistently.
Flux 2 Pro
DesignThe photorealism king of 2026. Excels at product photography, realistic portraits, and commercial visuals with controlled, predictable outputs via API or Replicate.
Usage Tip
Use for product shots and commercial imagery — Flux's strict prompt adherence gives you more control than artistic generators.
Adobe Firefly
DesignCommercially-safe AI generation trained on licensed content with IP indemnification. Deeply integrated into Photoshop, Illustrator, and Express for existing creative workflows.
Usage Tip
If your legal team worries about AI copyright, Firefly's licensed training data and IP indemnification is the safest choice.
Canva AI
DesignAll-in-one design platform with Magic Studio — text-to-image, background removal, Magic Write, and auto-resize for every platform. The convenience play for non-designers.
Usage Tip
Use Magic Resize to instantly adapt one design to every social platform — saves hours of manual reformatting.
Veo 3.1
VideoGoogle's best-in-class AI video generation — the all-rounder with the strongest prompt adherence and realism. Combines video and audio generation. Ideal for product demos and commercial content.
Usage Tip
Best for product demonstrations where physical accuracy matters — the physics simulation and audio sync are noticeably better than competitors.
Runway Gen-4.5
VideoLeading cinematic AI video tool with the most mature editing workflow. Gen-4.5 delivers cinematic quality, realistic physics, and native 4K output — the professional's choice for video production.
Usage Tip
Use Explore Mode on the Unlimited plan for rapid iteration, then switch to precision mode for final renders.
Kling 2.0
VideoHighest quality AI video output available in 2026 with superior motion coherence and physics simulation — at a fraction of competitors' costs. The volume play for testing creative at scale.
Usage Tip
Use for A/B testing video creative at scale — the low cost lets you generate 10x more variations than Sora or Veo.
Pika 2.5
VideoCreative short-form video studio with physics-based interactions and auto-generated sound effects. Upgraded lipsync makes it viable for localized character content alongside tools like HeyGen.
Usage Tip
Pika auto-generates matching sound effects — a car crash gets the "crunch" automatically. Great for social content that needs audio without licensing headaches.
Sora 2
VideoOpenAI's creative AI video model. Strongest for storytelling, emotional depth, and dialogue-driven scenes — best for narrative brand campaigns. Included with ChatGPT Plus and Pro.
Usage Tip
Use Storyboard Mode to plan multi-shot sequences before generating — it dramatically improves narrative coherence.
Synthesia
VideoLeader in AI avatar videos with 240+ avatars in 160+ languages. Perfect for training, product demos, and personalized outreach. Edit videos by editing text — no reshoots needed.
Usage Tip
Create a custom avatar of yourself for consistent spokesperson videos — update content by editing text, no reshoots needed.
HeyGen
VideoAI avatar videos with advanced voice cloning. Create a digital twin, translate videos in your voice, and scale personalized outreach. Strong CRM integrations for sales teams.
Usage Tip
Use Video Translate to repurpose your best English content into other languages while keeping your actual voice.
Surfer SEO
SEOAI-powered content optimization with real-time SEO scoring. Analyzes top-ranking content and provides suggestions as you write. Now includes GEO optimization for AI search citations.
Usage Tip
Use the GEO optimization features to ensure your content gets cited by AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity.
Semrush
SEOAll-in-one marketing suite combining SEO, content, social, and competitive research with AI. ContentShake AI generates full SEO-optimized articles. Now includes AI search visibility tracking.
Usage Tip
Use ContentShake AI for first drafts, then refine with your brand voice — it handles SEO structure so you can focus on insights.
Otterly AI
AI SearchAI search monitoring that tracks your brand visibility across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, Gemini, and Copilot. See how often you're cited, what sentiment, and which links get referenced.
Usage Tip
Start with 15 prompts on the Lite plan to benchmark your brand vs competitors — you'll quickly see where you're invisible in AI answers.
Profound
AI SearchEnterprise AI search analytics platform that monitors brand presence across all major LLMs. Tracks citation frequency, competitor positioning, and provides optimization recommendations.
Usage Tip
Use the competitor comparison to see exactly which brands get cited for your key topics — then reverse-engineer what their content does differently.
Surfer SEO (GEO)
AI SearchSurfer's GEO module optimizes content for AI search citations with a dual SEO + GEO score. Evaluates content across Authority, Readability, and Structure dimensions for LLM discoverability.
Usage Tip
Focus on structuring content with clear, citable claims and statistics — AI models prefer content with authoritative data points.
Adobe LLM Optimizer
AI SearchAdobe's enterprise solution for AI search optimization. Provides automated insights, recommendations, and optimizations for how your content is cited across major LLMs.
Usage Tip
If you're already in the Adobe ecosystem, this plugs directly into your content workflows — it identifies which assets need optimization for LLM visibility.
Claude Code
AI AgentsAnthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. Powered by Claude Opus 4.6 with up to 1M token context. Edits files, runs commands, searches codebases, and manages git workflows autonomously.
Usage Tip
Use Claude Code to rapidly build marketing landing pages, automate data pipelines, or scaffold entire campaign microsites — it handles the full dev loop from planning to commit.
OpenAI Codex
AI AgentsCloud-based multi-agent coding platform from OpenAI. Spins up multiple agents in parallel — each in its own sandboxed environment — to work on features, fix bugs, and open PRs simultaneously.
Usage Tip
Assign Codex multiple independent tasks at once — it runs them in parallel, so you can fix five bugs or scaffold five landing pages in the time it takes to do one.
OpenClaw
AI AgentsOpen-source personal AI assistant that works across WhatsApp, Telegram, Slack, Discord, Signal, and iMessage. Manages your inbox, calendar, emails, and travel — with a heartbeat system for proactive task execution.
Usage Tip
Connect OpenClaw to your messaging platforms and let it handle scheduling, email triage, and travel booking — it runs tasks proactively even when you're not prompting it.
Viktor
AI AgentsSlack-based AI coworker with its own cloud computer. Runs marketing audits, manages ad campaigns, researches leads, and delivers daily reports — all from Slack threads. 3,000+ tool integrations.
Usage Tip
Start with a marketing audit — ask Viktor in Slack to review your campaigns, and it'll deliver a detailed report with actionable recommendations without you leaving the chat.
Devin
AI AgentsAutonomous AI software engineer from Cognition with its own IDE, browser, and terminal. Can plan, code, debug, and deploy entire features independently. Assign tasks via Slack or the web interface.
Usage Tip
Use Devin for self-contained projects — building internal tools, data dashboards, or API integrations where you can describe the end state and let it execute the full build.
Cursor
AI AgentsAI code editor built on VS Code with autocomplete, chat, and agent mode. The most widely adopted AI coding tool — lets marketers ship landing pages, scripts, and internal tools without waiting on an engineering queue.
Usage Tip
Use agent mode with a screenshot of a design you like — Cursor builds the page while you direct the copy and layout.
Windsurf
AI AgentsAgentic code editor whose Cascade agent edits across files, runs commands, and previews your app live. A gentler learning curve than Cursor for non-developers.
Usage Tip
Use the built-in live preview to iterate on landing page copy and layout in real time — no local dev setup required.
Lovable
AI AgentsChat-based app builder that generates and deploys full web apps from a prompt. The fastest path from idea to a working, hosted product — no code required.
Usage Tip
Spin up campaign microsites, lead-gen calculators, or interactive demos in an afternoon, then connect your own domain.
Bolt
AI AgentsPrompt-to-app builder from StackBlitz that generates full-stack web apps running instantly in the browser. Great for prototyping interactive marketing assets fast.
Usage Tip
Prototype interactive tools — ROI calculators, quizzes, assessments — that turn static content into lead magnets.
Conductor
AI AgentsMac app for running multiple Claude Code agents in parallel, each in its own isolated workspace. A nicer way to run and manage coding agents.
Usage Tip
Run separate agents on separate projects — one on your website, one on analytics scripts — and review their work side by side.
Emdash
AI AgentsOpen-source agentic development tool for orchestrating AI coding agents across parallel workstreams from one dashboard.
Usage Tip
Useful once you outgrow a single agent — parcel out independent tasks and track them all in one place.
Glaze
AI AgentsBuild native Mac apps by chatting with AI — no code required. Describe the app you want and Glaze builds it.
Usage Tip
Use it for small internal utilities your team needs — a UTM builder, a checklist app — without touching engineering roadmap.
OpenCode
AI AgentsOpen-source, free AI coding agent for the terminal. Works with multiple model providers — a no-cost alternative to Claude Code.
Usage Tip
Bring your own API key and pick the model per task — cheap models for boilerplate, frontier models for hard problems.
Krea
DesignReal-time AI image and video generation with a live canvas editor. Sketch rough shapes and watch them become polished visuals as you draw.
Usage Tip
Use real-time mode in creative reviews — iterate on ad concepts live with stakeholders instead of trading feedback over Slack.
Freepik AI (Magnific)
DesignAI creative suite for generating images and video, anchored by Magnific — the industry-leading upscaler that turns low-res drafts into crisp, campaign-ready assets.
Usage Tip
Run every AI-generated hero image through the upscaler before publishing — it fixes the soft, "AI-look" details.
Recraft
DesignAI image generator built for designers, with the strongest vector and SVG output on the market. Generate on-brand illustrations, icons, and mockups with precise style control.
Usage Tip
Use vector output for logos and illustrations you'll resize across channels — no more blurry raster exports.
Leonardo AI
DesignImage generator with fine-tuned models for consistent styles across concept art, product visuals, and campaign imagery.
Usage Tip
Train a custom model on your brand's visual style so every generated asset stays on-brand.
DALL·E
DesignOpenAI's image generation built into ChatGPT. The convenience option for quick visuals inside the chat you're already using.
Usage Tip
Best for quick internal visuals — deck images, blog headers, concept sketches — without switching tools.
Paper
AI DesignAI-native design tool where every element is real HTML/CSS — what you design is exactly what ships.
Usage Tip
Design landing pages that hand off cleanly to developers — no translation loss between mockup and production.
Retune
AI DesignMake UI tweaks to your live site using AI — describe the change in plain English and Retune applies it.
Usage Tip
Test copy and layout variations on your marketing site without filing an engineering ticket.
Variant
AI DesignAI design inspiration that produces genuinely good-looking results — generate polished visual directions in seconds.
Usage Tip
Explore visual directions before a rebrand or campaign — faster and cheaper than a moodboard sprint.
Figma AI
AI DesignFigma's built-in AI for generating, editing, and translating designs — First Draft gets you from blank frame to reviewable layout.
Usage Tip
Use First Draft for a starting layout, then refine with your design system components — faster than starting from zero.
Stitch
AI DesignGoogle's free tool for generating UI screens and front-end code from text prompts.
Usage Tip
Generate quick UI concepts to brief your design team — a prompt beats a paragraph of description.
Framer AI
AI DesignTurns a text prompt into an editable, publishable website inside Framer — from idea to live page in minutes.
Usage Tip
Generate the first version of a campaign page with a prompt, then hand-tune the copy and imagery before publishing.
Musho
AI DesignFigma plugin that drafts full landing page designs from a text prompt — straight into your existing Figma workflow.
Usage Tip
Use it for fast landing page first drafts your design team can polish, instead of starting from a blank canvas.
Magic Patterns
AI DesignGenerates real React UI components from prompts or screenshots — design and code in one step.
Usage Tip
Screenshot a component you like anywhere on the web and get a working version for your own site.
Relume
AI DesignBuilds sitemaps and wireframes for Webflow and Figma from a prompt — compresses weeks of site planning into hours.
Usage Tip
Feed it your site outline before an agency kickoff — arriving with a full sitemap and wireframes saves a discovery phase.
Atlas
AI AppsChatGPT's own web browser — browse with an AI assistant that sees the page you're on.
Usage Tip
Use it for competitive research — have ChatGPT summarize and compare competitor pages as you browse them.
Jan AI
AI AppsOpen-source, private ChatGPT alternative that runs models locally on your machine — nothing leaves your laptop.
Usage Tip
Use it for confidential work — M&A comms, unannounced launches, anything you don't want in a cloud provider's logs.
ModelHub
AI AppsDownload and run local LLMs on your Mac — a simple way into private, offline AI.
Usage Tip
Pair a local model with sensitive customer data analysis to keep everything on-device.
Paraspeech
AI AppsUltra-fast voice-to-text that runs locally on your Mac — private, instant transcription.
Usage Tip
Dictate meeting debriefs the moment you walk out — local processing means zero lag and zero privacy concerns.
Poke
AI AppsAn AI assistant that lives inside iMessage — delegate tasks by texting like you would a chief of staff.
Usage Tip
Text it follow-ups as they occur to you — it handles scheduling and reminders without another app to check.
Voicenotes
AI AppsAI voice notes app that transcribes, summarizes, and lets you ask questions across everything you've recorded.
Usage Tip
Capture post-meeting thoughts by voice, then ask it to turn a week of notes into a status update.
Wispr Flow
AI AppsVoice dictation that's weirdly good — speak naturally and get clean, formatted text in any app.
Usage Tip
Dictate first drafts of emails and briefs — most people speak 3x faster than they type.
Affinity
Design AppsProfessional design suite covering photo editing, vector work, and layout. The top Photoshop alternative — now completely free under Canva.
Usage Tip
Equip your whole team with pro-grade design tools at zero cost — no more rationing Adobe seats.
pop.site
Design AppsMinimalist website builder, now with animated sites — the fastest way to a simple, beautiful page.
Usage Tip
Great for event pages and one-off landing pages that don't justify a full CMS build.
Rive
Design AppsDesign and animation tool for interactive, real-time motion graphics that run natively on web and mobile.
Usage Tip
Replace heavy hero videos with lightweight interactive Rive animations that load instantly and boost Core Web Vitals.
Spline
Design Apps3D design tool for building interactive scenes right in the browser — no 3D background required.
Usage Tip
Add an interactive 3D product model to your homepage — it's the kind of polish visitors remember.
Penpot
Design AppsOpen-source design and prototyping tool, free for teams of any size — the open alternative to Figma.
Usage Tip
A real option if procurement or budget blocks Figma — self-host it and keep design files in-house.
Webflow
Design AppsVisual builder for production websites with real code output — the standard for marketing sites owned by marketing, not engineering.
Usage Tip
Pair with Relume's sitemap generator to stand up a full marketing site without an engineering sprint.
Framer
Design AppsDesign tool that publishes real, responsive websites instantly — fast becoming the default for startup marketing sites.
Usage Tip
Use it when design iteration speed matters more than CMS depth — publishing a change takes seconds.
Figma
Design AppsBrowser-based interface design tool teams use to collaborate live — the industry standard for product and marketing design.
Usage Tip
Keep campaign assets, landing page designs, and brand components in one shared file so marketing and design stay in sync.
ProtoPie
Design AppsNo-code tool for building high-fidelity, sensor-based app prototypes that feel like the real product.
Usage Tip
Use for demo-quality product prototypes at events and in sales decks — no engineering build required.
Apple Design Awards
InspirationApple's yearly showcase of beautifully designed apps — a benchmark for what world-class product design looks like.
Usage Tip
Study the winners' onboarding and visual language when briefing your own app or site refresh.
Logosystem
InspirationA curated collection of great logos — organized and searchable.
Usage Tip
Build a reference board here before a rebrand — it sharpens the conversation with your agency.
Macfolio
InspirationA gallery of well-designed Mac apps and products — good taste, curated.
Usage Tip
Mine it for landing page and product page patterns from indie makers who obsess over craft.
Recent Design
InspirationFind new and relevant design inspiration, updated continuously.
Usage Tip
Skim it before creative kickoffs so your references are current, not last year's trends.
Shopify Editions
InspirationShopify's seasonal product showcase — consistently one of the best-designed sites on the internet. View it on desktop.
Usage Tip
A masterclass in product launch storytelling — steal the structure for your own release announcements.
Curated.design
InspirationWebsite gallery that shows the fonts and colors behind each example — inspiration you can actually reverse-engineer.
Usage Tip
When you find a site you love, the fonts and palette are right there — no detective work needed.
Mobbin
InspirationSearchable library of real mobile and web app screenshots — see how top products handle any flow.
Usage Tip
Search "onboarding" or "paywall" to see how the best products handle the exact flow you're designing.
Godly
InspirationHand-picked collection of the internet's best-designed websites.
Usage Tip
Pull three references from here before every landing page brief — it raises the bar instantly.
SaaS Landing Page
InspirationScreenshot archive of real SaaS homepage and pricing pages — organized by page type.
Usage Tip
Compare 20 pricing pages side by side before redesigning yours — patterns jump out fast.
Open Runde
FontsA rounded, open-source version of the Inter font — friendly without being casual.
Usage Tip
A safe pick when you want warmer typography than Inter but the same versatility.
uncut.wtf
FontsA curated list of freely available, contemporary fonts.
Usage Tip
Look here first for distinctive free typefaces — it avoids the "another Google Fonts site" look.
Klim Type Foundry
FontsNew Zealand foundry selling original, carefully crafted typefaces used by many of the world's best brands.
Usage Tip
When a rebrand needs a typeface competitors can't just copy from Google Fonts, license here.
Wakamai Fondue
FontsInspects a font file's hidden features and variations — see what your fonts can actually do.
Usage Tip
Drop in your brand font to discover alternate characters and features you're already paying for.
Fontsource
FontsSelf-hosted npm packages for Google and other open-source fonts — faster and more private than CDN embeds.
Usage Tip
Self-hosting fonts removes a third-party request — a quick Core Web Vitals win for your site.
Typewolf
FontsFont pairing inspiration and recommendations drawn from real websites.
Usage Tip
Check the "site of the day" archive for proven pairings instead of guessing at combinations.
Fontshare
FontsFree, quality fonts from the Indian Type Foundry — professional typefaces at no cost.
Usage Tip
Satoshi and General Sans from here are free alternatives that read as premium.
Google Fonts
FontsFree open-source web fonts you can add to any project instantly — the default library of the web.
Usage Tip
Filter by "trending" to avoid the most overused faces while staying license-safe.
Fonts In Use
FontsArchive of real-world typography — see how any typeface performs in actual campaigns and packaging.
Usage Tip
Before licensing a font, search it here to see how it holds up in real brand work.
Lucide
IconsOpen-source icon set forked from Feather and actively maintained — clean, consistent, and everywhere.
Usage Tip
The safe default for web icons — consistent stroke weight keeps your UI looking cohesive.
SVG Repo
IconsMassive free library of SVG vectors and icons across every style imaginable.
Usage Tip
Good for one-off illustrations in decks and blog posts when your icon set doesn't cover it.
Tabler Icons
IconsOver 5,000 free, customizable SVG and React icons on a consistent grid.
Usage Tip
One of the largest free sets — odds are the obscure icon you need is here.
Phosphor Icons
IconsFlexible icon family with six different weights — from thin line to filled.
Usage Tip
The weight system lets one icon family serve both airy marketing pages and dense dashboards.
Heroicons
IconsHand-crafted SVG icons from the Tailwind CSS team — polished and dependable.
Usage Tip
The natural pick if your site is built on Tailwind — they're designed to match.
Font Awesome
IconsThe original web icon library, now with thousands of icons across styles.
Usage Tip
Still the broadest coverage of brand and social icons — useful for footer link rows.
Iconify
IconsOne framework for using over 200,000 icons from every major set, anywhere.
Usage Tip
Search across every open icon set at once instead of tab-hopping between libraries.
Feather
IconsSimply designed open-source icons on a 24x24 grid — the minimalist classic.
Usage Tip
Prefer Lucide (its maintained fork) for new projects, but Feather remains a clean, tiny option.
transitions.dev
ComponentsReady-made animations for web and app development — copy, paste, ship.
Usage Tip
Add polish to landing pages with proven transitions instead of hand-rolling animation code.
shadcn/ui
ComponentsCopy-paste React components built on Radix and Tailwind — the de facto standard for modern web UI.
Usage Tip
If your team (or your AI coding agent) builds in React, this is the fastest route to a professional-looking site.
Origin UI
ComponentsNearly 300 copy-paste components in the shadcn style — forms, tables, dialogs, and more.
Usage Tip
Check here before building any common UI pattern — it's probably already done, and done well.
Aceternity UI
ComponentsAnimated React components with 3D effects and bold flair — for pages that need to impress.
Usage Tip
Use sparingly on hero sections — one show-stopping animation beats five competing ones.
Magic UI
ComponentsAnimated landing-page components built with Framer Motion and Tailwind — made for marketing pages.
Usage Tip
Purpose-built for landing pages — the animated bento grids and marquees are conversion-page staples.
Kokonut UI
ComponentsFree animated component collection built with Tailwind and Motion.
Usage Tip
A solid free source of motion components when Magic UI's free tier runs out.
Hero UI
ComponentsReact component library (formerly NextUI) built on React Aria — beautiful defaults, accessible by design.
Usage Tip
Accessibility comes built in via React Aria — one less audit finding on your site.
Radix UI
ComponentsUnstyled, accessible component primitives — the foundation that powers shadcn/ui.
Usage Tip
The right base when you need components that match your brand exactly rather than a library's look.
Tailwind UI
ComponentsOfficial paid component and template kit from the Tailwind team — production-grade marketing page sections.
Usage Tip
The marketing page templates alone justify the license — full landing pages you can ship same-day.
Cloudflare Pages
HostingFast static and full-stack hosting on Cloudflare's global edge network — with an unmatched free tier.
Usage Tip
The free tier handles unlimited bandwidth — ideal for campaign microsites with unpredictable traffic spikes.
DigitalOcean
HostingSimple cloud servers and managed databases for developers — predictable pricing, no AWS complexity.
Usage Tip
A $6 droplet comfortably runs most marketing tools and internal dashboards.
Fly.io
HostingRun full-stack apps close to your users worldwide — apps deploy to regions near your audience.
Usage Tip
Useful when your audience is global and page speed in every region matters for conversion.
Hostinger
HostingAffordable web hosting with a simple control panel — the budget option that doesn't feel like one.
Usage Tip
Fine for WordPress sites and simple brochure sites where cost matters most.
Netlify
HostingDeploy and host modern web projects with built-in CI — push to git, site updates automatically.
Usage Tip
Deploy previews give every content change a shareable URL before it goes live — great for stakeholder review.
Railway
HostingDeploy apps and databases with almost no configuration — infrastructure that stays out of your way.
Usage Tip
The fastest way to host internal tools and automation scripts your team builds with AI.
Render
HostingCloud hosting for apps, static sites, and databases — a simpler Heroku successor.
Usage Tip
Good middle ground when you've outgrown static hosting but don't want DevOps overhead.
Vercel
HostingFrontend cloud built for Next.js and modern web apps — the default home for React marketing sites.
Usage Tip
If your site is Next.js, hosting anywhere else means giving up the best preview and performance tooling.
Clicky
Mac AppsLike Microsoft's Clippy, but much better — a charming AI helper for your Mac desktop.
Usage Tip
A fun desk companion that surfaces quick answers without a full chat app window.
ClipBook
Mac AppsA well-designed clipboard manager for Mac — everything you've copied, searchable.
Usage Tip
Essential when juggling UTM links, ad copy variants, and snippets across tools all day.
Monocle
Mac AppsFocus app that blurs the windows behind your current work.
Usage Tip
Turn it on for writing sessions — Slack stays open but stops pulling your eyes.
Port Menu
Mac AppsMenubar app showing which local ports are running — handy when working with AI coding agents.
Usage Tip
If Claude Code or Cursor left dev servers running, this shows and kills them in one click.
Qspace
Mac AppsA better, more capable Finder for Mac — multi-pane file management.
Usage Tip
Dual-pane view makes organizing campaign asset folders dramatically faster than Finder.
Resurf
Mac AppsA neatly designed tool for bookmarking ideas and links.
Usage Tip
Use it as a lightweight swipe file — save every great ad and landing page you come across.
TabTab
Mac AppsSearch across all your open windows and tabs — find that one tab instantly.
Usage Tip
When you have 40 tabs across 5 windows, one keystroke beats scanning tab bars.
Cogito
Writing & NotesA minimal Markdown app for Mac — writing without the clutter.
Usage Tip
Draft newsletters and blog posts in plain Markdown, then paste anywhere without formatting fights.
Craft
Writing & NotesDocs and notes app with a slick redesign — beautiful documents with almost no effort.
Usage Tip
Its shareable doc links make polished client-facing briefs without exporting PDFs.
Forma
Writing & NotesA canvas-style notes app for Mac — think spatially instead of in lists.
Usage Tip
Great for campaign planning — lay out messaging, channels, and timelines on one canvas.
Pile
Writing & NotesOne of the best takes on a journaling app — simple, private, and open source.
Usage Tip
A five-minute daily log of decisions and results becomes gold at quarterly review time.
Spill
Writing & NotesA minimal writing app for Mac — open it and write, nothing else.
Usage Tip
Use it for first drafts — no formatting toolbar means no procrastinating on fonts.
Writizzy
Writing & NotesA beautiful, simple blogging platform — publish without the platform overhead.
Usage Tip
Good for a personal exec blog or founder notes that don't belong on the company domain.
Color Palette Pro
ColorColor generator styled like a music pad — play your way to a palette.
Usage Tip
A fast, fun way to explore accent color options before a campaign or refresh.
OKLCH
ColorA better color picker and palette generator built on the OKLCH color space — perceptually uniform palettes.
Usage Tip
Build brand color scales here — OKLCH keeps every shade equally readable, which older pickers can't.
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