A practical guide to using AI well — without the hype.

The tools change fast. The choices should be clearer.

AI products change every few months, and the marketing around them makes every tool sound essential. Most people don’t need more tools. They need to know which one fits the job in front of them, and how to use it well.

The Guide exists to make those choices clearer: what each tool is good at, where it falls short, and the workflows that turn it into useful work.

Every tool is judged on the same six things

Ratings are editorial judgements. Tools we haven’t reviewed yet carry no score, and every review shows the month it was last checked.