Plain-English explainers and free browser-based tools for people who want to get real work done with AI — without the hype, the rankings that expire in a month, or a sales pitch.
Every tool runs entirely in your browser. Nothing you type is uploaded or stored.
Work out what an AI model actually costs per month from your token usage, and compare the major models side by side.
Free toolPaste any text to estimate how many tokens it uses, and see what that text would cost to send to each major model.
Free toolCompare a flat monthly chat subscription against the equivalent API usage and find the break-even point where one overtakes the other.
Free toolFour questions about your task, budget and experience — then a recommendation and the guides to go with it.
How language models actually work, the vocabulary you need, and what the jargon really means.
0 guidesChoosing between the major chat assistants and getting better answers out of whichever one you use.
0 guidesWhere AI genuinely helps with drafting, editing and summarising — and where it quietly makes work.
0 guidesComparing image generators, prompting for composition and style, and the licensing basics.
0 guidesWhat coding assistants do well, what they do badly, and how to learn to code alongside them.
0 guidesPractical workflows for small teams, plus how AI pricing actually works so you can budget for it.
Most AI coverage goes stale within weeks. A model gets an upgrade, a price changes, an exclusive feature ships everywhere, and the article that told you exactly what to buy is quietly wrong.
So we write about the parts that hold: what these systems actually do, the dimensions tools genuinely differ on, and how to test a candidate against your own work in twenty minutes. Where we do publish numbers — API prices, mainly — we keep them in one maintained table, date-stamp it, and link the source so you can check us. That table was last verified on 20 July 2026; you can read it on the model pricing page.
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