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Comparing different AI tools

There are so many choices for AI tools. It can be helpful to read up on different programs to learn more about them. These comparisons will change with time and release updates, but are a good starting point as you try to figure out what programs might work best for your field of interest.

For tools on accessibility, please also see AI, Medical, Mental Health, and Accessibility.

For tools on math, please see Math, Science, Technology, Assessment, and other AI tools.

Privacy and Safety with gen AI tools

Note: The level of these articles does assume that you have some understanding of LLMs already.

  • Generative AI Product Tracker. From Ithaka S+R. The Generative AI Product Tracker lists generative AI products that are either marketed specifically towards postsecondary faculty or students or appear to be actively in use by postsecondary faculty or students for teaching, learning, or research activities. The Tracker is a living document, which we update regularly as new products enter the market or new information about existing products becomes available. For more information, see our issue brief, “Generative AI in Higher Ed: The Product Landscape.” You can also access the tracker as a Google Doc.

General tools list

  • Browse 234+ Best AI Education Assistant Tools. AI education assistant tools provide numerous advantages in the educational sector, such as personalized learning, automated grading, and intelligent tutoring.
  • CritiqueCrowd. A Middlesex Community College Project. A chatbot with writing prompts. Looks like it would be good for first-year writing courses.
  • DeepFake-O-Meter. “An Open Platform Integrating State-of-the-Art Methods for AI-generated Image, Video, and Audio Detection. DeepFake detection methods may not lead to accurate or consistant results, and need to be understood in context.”
  • Gamma. Create a working presentation, document or webpage you can refine and customize in under a minute, using our powerful AI generator.
  • Groq AI. An open AI model.
  • HyperWrite. Ask the AI for feedback on your draft, brainstorm ideas, or rewrite anything.
  • Lex AI. A modern writing tool to find the perfect words—no agony required.
  • MyMap.AI. Free AI Mind Map Generator
  • Merlin AI. The Ultimate browser extension powered by ChatGPT.
  • Moonbeam AI. Moonbeam is the only AI writing assistant specifically trained to help you write essays, stories, articles, blogs, and other long form content. Where other AI writing tools trail off into meaningless nonsense, Moonbeam shines.
  • MyEssayFeedback. MyEssayFeedback uses AI to offer students detailed and fast formative feedback on their essays under the guidance of an instructor or tutor. 
  • Napkin.ai. Napkin turns your text into visuals so sharing your ideas is quick and effective.
  • Notion AI. Write better. Communicate with confidence.
  • Perplexity. Perplexity is your AI research assistant. It has a conversational interface, contextual awareness and personalization to learn your interests and preferences over time.
  • Pi, your personal assistant. “My goal is to be useful, friendly and fun. Ask me for advice, for answers, or let’s talk about whatever’s on your mind.”
  • Playlab AI. Playlab enables a global community of educators, students, and organizations to transform education with AI. They use Playlab to build AI literacy, explore possibilities and risks, and create tools that reflect their values and needs.
  • Quillbot. “QuillBot works alongside you to help you craft clear, polished, and professional writing— in a fraction of the time it usually takes. Welcome to the future of writing.”
  • Researcher and Analyst in Microsoft 365 Copilot. Researcher helps you tackle complex, multi-step research at work—delivering insights with greater quality and accuracy than previously possible. Analyst thinks like a skilled data scientist, so you can go from raw data to insights in minutes.
  • ResearchRabbit. We’re rethinking everything: literature search, alerts, and more
  • Revision History is an extension for Chrome and Edge browsers, enabling educators to see the edit history of students’ assignments in Google Docs.
  • SciSpace. “AI chat for scientific PDFs”
  • Semantic Scholar. A free, AI-powered research tool for scientific literature
  • STORM AI. STORM is a research prototype that supports interactive knowledge curation. From Stanford University.
  • Teaching with AI. From OpenAI. We’re releasing a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom—including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias.
  • The AI Assessment Scale: From no AI to full AI. From Leon Furze.
  • Are your students ready for the age of artificial intelligence? aiEDU l Built by Launch Happy. aiEDU utilizes research-based strategies and educational psychology frameworks to create equitable training experiences for teachers of Computer Science, Math, English, Social Studies, Science, and CTE; a wide range of administrators; and nonprofits. Our trainings are designed to help audiences empower the students they serve with AI literacy.
  • TOP 200 AI tools! Index by Generative AI. We’ve curated the TOP 200 AI tools of 2023 just for you.
  • AI + Education. Michael Hanegan. A few tools that might be useful. All have educational applications.

Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis

  • Ailyze. “Upload your documents (pdf, docx, xlsx, csv) in any language and generate codes, thematic/ frequency/ content/ cross-group analysis, top quotes, and more!”
  • Atlas.ti. “Master Your Research Projects with the Power of AI. ATLAS.ti bridges human expertise with AI efficiency to provide fast and accurate insights. Chat directly with your documents and have them automatically coded based on your intentions, providing customized results.”
  • Atlas by Nomic. “Analyze, collaborate, and build over your unstructured data. Nomic Atlas enables anyone to harness their unstructured data at massive scale, powering data-driven insights and AI workflows”
  • Julius. “Analyze your data with computational AI. Chat with your files and get expert-level insights in seconds.”
  • MAXQDA. “Meet AI Assist, MAXQDA’s virtual research assistant—an add-on to support your analytical efforts. Enhance your research while maintaining the highest standards of data protection and control over your analytical work.”
  • OpenAI Structured Outputs. “Structured Outputs is a feature that ensures the model will always generate responses that adhere to your supplied JSON Schema, so you don’t need to worry about the model omitting a required key, or hallucinating an invalid enum value.”

Other

  • Credtent. Monetize (or Protect) Your Creative Work in the Age of AI. Credtent empowers creators to profit when AI uses your work…or to opt out entirely. Register your work, declare your wishes, and we’ll do the rest. 
  • DeepSeek AI. 2025, Jan 24. How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance. Jasmine Wu and Deidre Bosa. “DeepSeek, as the lab is called, unveiled a free, open-source large language model in late December that it says took only two months and less than $6 million to build, using reduced-capability chips from Nvidia called H800s.”
  • Manus AI. What is Manus? China’s World-First Fully Autonomous AI Agent Explained. “Developed by a low-profile team and backed by Chinese investors and developers, Manus is currently available as an invitation-only web preview. A demonstration video on its website, manus.im, showcases its ability to create a custom website through a step-by-step process.”
  • WriteSea. The All In One Career Services Suite. From creating standout resumes to negotiating the best job offer, it’s all here.