ChatGPT
OpenAI
General-purpose AI assistant for writing, analysis, images and conversation.
- Chat with text and voice
- File and image uploads for analysis
- Web search with linked sources
Best AI Productivity tools
AI productivity tools summarise meetings, organise notes, draft documents and help you plan your work. Many are AI features built into tools you may already use rather than separate apps.
9 tools in this category, listed alphabetically. Inclusion is editorial and not paid unless marked “Sponsored”.
Descript
Descript
Edit audio and video by editing the transcript.
- Text-based audio and video editing
- Filler word removal
- Studio Sound audio enhancement
Gamma
Gamma
Create presentations, documents and simple websites from a prompt.
- Prompt-to-presentation
- Import from documents or notes
- AI editing and restyling
Google Gemini
Google's AI assistant, connected to Search, Gmail, Docs and Android.
- Chat with text, voice and images
- Integration with Gmail, Docs, Drive and other Google apps
- Deep Research reports
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
Microsoft's AI assistant across Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365.
- Chat with web-sourced answers
- Copilot in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook (eligible plans)
- Meeting summaries in Teams (business plans)
NotebookLM
AI research notebook grounded in the sources you upload.
- Answers grounded in your sources
- Citations to exact passages
- Audio Overviews
Notion AI
Notion Labs
AI built into Notion's notes, docs and wikis.
- Writing and editing inside pages
- Q&A across your workspace
- Database autofill
Otter.ai
Otter.ai
Meeting transcription, summaries and action items.
- Live transcription
- Automatic meeting summaries
- Action items
Zapier
Zapier
Automate work across thousands of apps, with AI steps.
- Connections to thousands of apps
- Multi-step workflows
- AI workflow builder
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Guides for ai productivity
How to Use Google Gemini: A Complete Starter Guide
Learn to use Google Gemini on web and mobile, connect it to Google apps, run Deep Research and create reusable Gems.
2 min read
How to Use AI for Excel and Google Sheets
Use AI to write formulas, clean data, explain spreadsheets and build charts — and how to check the results.
2 min read
How to Use AI Safely: Privacy, Security and Scams
Protect your personal data, your employer's information and your accounts when using AI tools — and recognise AI-powered scams.
2 min read