AI Tools Directory

Otter.ai

Scheduling & Admin

AI meeting assistant that transcribes, summarises, and captures action items automatically

• Real-time transcription
• OtterPilot (auto-joins meetings)
• AI meeting summaries

Beehiiv

Marketing Automation

Newsletter platform built for growth — with monetisation and AI writing built in

• Newsletter builder with custom branding
• AI writing assistant
• Paid subscriptions and paywalled content

Klaviyo

Marketing Automation

Email and SMS for e-commerce growth

Klaviyo is the leading email and SMS marketing platform for e-commerce, with deep Shopify integration and AI-powered product recommendations. Free up to 250 contacts. Generates significant ROI for DTC and retail brands.

• Shopify & BigCommerce integration
• AI product recommendations
• SMS marketing

Riverside.fm

Video & Media

Record studio-quality podcasts and videos remotely

Riverside records each participant's audio and video locally at high quality, producing broadcast-ready content. AI transcription, clip generation, and magic clips for social media are included. Popular with podcast hosts and YouTubers.

• Local track recording (studio quality)
• AI transcription
• Magic clips for social

Hotjar

Analytics & Data

See how visitors really use your website

Hotjar records website sessions, creates heatmaps, and collects feedback, showing exactly where users click, scroll, and drop off. Its free plan is genuinely useful. AI summarises session recordings and survey responses.

• Session recordings
• Heatmaps
• Surveys & feedback

Opus Clip

Video & Media

AI repurposes long videos into viral clips

Opus Clip automatically identifies the most engaging moments in long-form videos and turns them into short clips for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels. AI adds captions, transitions, and b-roll. Free plan included.

• AI clip selection
• Auto-captions
• Virality score

Apollo.io

Sales & CRM

Sales intelligence and outreach platform

Apollo.io gives SMBs access to a 275M+ contact database for prospecting, combined with email sequencing, dialler, and CRM. Its free plan includes 50 email credits per month. Excellent for outbound-driven small sales teams.

• 275M+ prospect database
• Email sequencing
• AI email writing

MailerLite

Marketing Automation

Simple, beautiful email marketing

MailerLite offers clean design, solid automation, and excellent deliverability on a generous free plan (1,000 subscribers). It includes website builder and e-commerce capabilities. One of the best free email tools for SMBs.

• Email campaigns
• Automation workflows
• Landing pages & website builder

Yoast SEO

SEO

The #1 WordPress SEO plugin

Yoast SEO is the most installed WordPress plugin, helping website owners optimise content with real-time readability and SEO analysis. Premium adds internal linking suggestions and redirect manager. Essential for WordPress-based SMBs.

• Real-time SEO & readability analysis
• XML sitemap
• Schema markup

Descript

Video & Media

Edit video by editing text

Descript lets you edit video and audio by editing the auto-generated transcript, making it uniquely easy for non-video editors. AI removes filler words, enhances audio, and creates clips for social media. Free tier available.

• Text-based video editing
• AI filler word removal
• Overdub (AI voice clone)

CapCut

Video & Media

Free video editor loved by creators

CapCut is a free, feature-rich video editor with AI tools including auto-captions, background removal, text-to-speech, and viral template effects. Extremely popular for short-form content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.

• AI auto-captions
• Background removal
• Trending templates

Ramp

Accounting & Finance

Corporate cards and spend management with AI

Ramp provides corporate cards with real-time AI-powered spend controls, automated receipt matching, and accounting sync. Its free tier makes it accessible to small businesses. AI surfaces cost-saving opportunities proactively.

• Corporate cards
• AI receipt matching
• Spend controls

Tidio

E-commerce

AI chatbot and live chat designed for small e-commerce businesses

• AI chatbot
• Live chat
• Email

Omnisend

Marketing Automation

Email & SMS automation for e-commerce

Omnisend is built specifically for e-commerce with pre-built automation workflows for cart abandonment, welcome series, and post-purchase follow-ups. Free plan includes 500 emails/month. Strong Shopify and WooCommerce integrations.

• Pre-built e-commerce automations
• Email & SMS
• Cart abandonment

GrammarlyGO

Writing & Content

AI writing assistant with grammar polish

GrammarlyGO combines Grammarly's industry-leading grammar correction with generative AI, letting users draft, rewrite, and improve emails and documents in one click. It works across browsers, Google Docs, and Microsoft Office. Widely trusted by SMB teams.

• Generative AI drafting
• Grammar and tone correction
• Browser extension

Databox

Analytics & Data

Business analytics dashboards, all in one place

Databox pulls data from 100+ tools including Google Analytics, HubSpot, Shopify, and Facebook Ads into customisable dashboards and automated reports. Free plan supports 3 data sources. Popular with marketing agencies for client reporting.

• 100+ integrations
• Custom dashboards
• Automated reports

n8n

Workflow Automation

Extendable workflow automation for tech teams

n8n is an open-source workflow automation tool that can be self-hosted for complete data privacy and control. Supports 400+ integrations with code-level customisation. Free cloud plan or self-host at zero cost.

• Open-source & self-hostable
• 400+ integrations
• Custom code nodes

Mixpanel

Analytics & Data

Product analytics for growing companies

Mixpanel tracks user actions and events in web and mobile apps, providing powerful funnel analysis, retention reports, and A/B testing. Free plan supports up to 20M events/month. The go-to product analytics tool for SaaS startups.

• Event-based tracking
• Funnel analysis
• Retention reports

ClickUp

Scheduling & Admin

The everything app for work

ClickUp combines tasks, docs, goals, chat, and time tracking in one platform. Its generous free tier and extreme flexibility make it popular with SMBs wanting to consolidate tools. AI assists with summaries and sub-task creation.

• All-in-one: tasks, docs, chat, goals
• AI task summaries
• Time tracking

Airtable

Workflow Automation

Spreadsheet-database hybrid with automation

Airtable combines a spreadsheet and database in one flexible tool with automations, views, and integrations. AI features can populate fields and summarise data. Used by SMBs to build lightweight custom databases and workflows.

• Database + spreadsheet hybrid
• Automations
• AI field population

TestGorilla

HR & Hiring

Pre-employment testing platform

TestGorilla offers 400+ skills tests for pre-employment screening, covering cognitive aptitude, personality, coding, and job-specific skills. Free plan included. Helps SMBs hire objectively based on evidence.

• 400+ skills tests
• Cognitive & personality tests
• Coding assessments

Later

Social Media

Visual social media planner for Instagram

Later started as an Instagram scheduler and has grown into a full social media calendar. Its visual grid planner is unmatched for Instagram-heavy brands. Includes AI caption writing, analytics, and a link-in-bio tool.

• Visual Instagram planner
• AI caption writer
• Link-in-bio (Linktree alternative)