been tracking AI coding tools for a while now and the thing that keeps surprising me is how many genuinely good ones fly completely under the radar while the same 5 tools get recommended over and over in every thread. cursor, github copilot, bolt, everyone knows these. but there are hundreds of others that are either more generous on free tiers, better for specific use cases, or just genuinely underrated. so instead of another “best AI tools” list written by someone who hasn’t used any of them, drop yours below. specifically interested in: tools you actually use day to day, not just ones you tried once anything with a genuinely good free tier that most people don’t know about niche tools that do one specific thing really well self-hosted options people sleep on i’ll be going through every comment and the best ones will get featured in a curated directory i maintain at Tolop each tool gets a full breakdown of what the free tier actually includes, how long it lasts, and whether “free” actually means free or just means you’re paying Anthropic anyway through your own API key. just trying to build the most honest list out there. what are you actually using? submitted by /u/DAK12_YT
Originally posted by u/DAK12_YT on r/ArtificialInteligence