
ChatGPT
One of the most widely used AI assistants — writing, analysis, coding and images in one place.
Best for: Everyone, Professionals, Students
The few tools we recommend most in each area — so you can decide fast.

One of the most widely used AI assistants — writing, analysis, coding and images in one place.
Best for: Everyone, Professionals, Students
An AI assistant known for long-form writing, careful reasoning and coding.
Best for: Professionals, Developers, Researchers

Google's multimodal assistant, deeply integrated with Search and Google apps — the web app now officially supports Hong Kong.
Best for: Everyone, Students, Professionals

A free AI assistant with strong reasoning and excellent Chinese-language ability.
Best for: Everyone, Students, Developers
An AI answer engine that cites its sources, so answers are quick and checkable.
Best for: Professionals, Students, Researchers
Turn a topic or document into a beautifully designed deck in a minute.
Best for: Professionals, Teachers, Students

An AI research assistant grounded in the sources you upload (formerly NotebookLM).
Best for: Students, Teachers, Researchers

Kuaishou's AI video generator, known for realistic motion and camera work.
Best for: Creators, Marketers, Designers

Hand it a task: a general agent that researches, drives a browser and delivers the result.
Best for: Professionals, Founders, Creators
Self-hostable visual workflow automation with native AI agent nodes.
Best for: Developers, Professionals, Enterprise teams
Make talking-head videos with your digital twin and translate them in one click.
Best for: Creators, Marketers, Enterprise teams

Describe a song or paste lyrics — get a complete track with vocals.
Best for: Creators, Musicians, Everyone

One of the most popular AI code editors, with agents that understand and change your whole codebase.
Best for: Developers, Founders

An open-source AI assistant that runs on your own machine and works for you inside WhatsApp, Telegram and other chat apps.
Best for: Developers, Professionals, Founders
Widely adopted mainstream products (editorial judgement, not traffic rankings).
Microsoft's free AI assistant — officially available in Hong Kong and built into Windows, Edge and Office.
Best for: Everyone, Professionals, Students

xAI's assistant, good at combining real-time information with conversation and analysis.
Best for: Everyone, Professionals

A Chinese-first assistant strong at long documents, deep research and agent tasks.
Best for: Students, Professionals, Researchers

ByteDance's all-round Chinese AI assistant for writing, images and voice chat.
Best for: Everyone, Students, Creators
The design platform anyone can use, with built-in AI image, editing and copy tools.
Best for: Creators, Marketers, Teachers

Your always-on English editor: grammar, rewrites and tone.
Best for: Students, Professionals, Researchers
CapCut: short-video editing with auto captions, AI effects and one-click edits.
Best for: Creators, AI beginners, Marketers

An AI workspace for notes, wikis and projects.
Best for: Professionals, Students, Enterprise teams
AI inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams — a mainstream choice for Hong Kong organisations.
Best for: Professionals, Managers, Enterprise teams

Gamified language learning with AI characters to practise speaking.
Best for: Everyone, Students, AI beginners
An open-source platform for AI apps and agentic workflows, self-hostable.
Best for: Developers, Enterprise teams, Founders

One of the most widely used frameworks for building LLM apps and agents.
Best for: Developers, Enterprise teams
No-code automation across thousands of apps, with built-in AI agents.
Best for: Professionals, Marketers, Founders

The AI image generator renowned for its aesthetics and artistry.
Best for: Designers, Creators, Marketers

A professional AI video platform for film and ad creators.
Best for: Creators, Designers, Enterprise teams

A leading AI voice platform: lifelike voiceover, voice cloning and voice agents.
Best for: Creators, Developers, Enterprise teams
GitHub's official AI pair programmer — completions, chat, code review and a cloud coding agent.
Best for: Developers, Students, Enterprise teams
A coding agent in your terminal that understands your codebase and completes tasks autonomously.
Best for: Developers

Run open models like DeepSeek, Qwen and Gemma locally with a single command.
Best for: Developers, Researchers, Enterprise teams

A self-hosted ChatGPT-style interface for local or cloud models — ideal for private team use.
Best for: Developers, Enterprise teams

The most powerful, modular node-based tool for AI image and video generation — runs locally.
Best for: Designers, Creators, Developers