Alternatives to Context Lens
Tools that overlap in use case, field, or sector — plus curated picks. Compare and choose for your needs.
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Cursor
Code editor built on VS Code with built-in AI for completions, chat, and refacto…
GitHub Copilot GDPR/DPA
Microsoft’s AI pair programmer for code completions and suggestions inside the e…
Codeium
Free AI code completion and chat in the IDE (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.).…
Fitten Code
AI coding assistant (Fitten LLM) with completion, chat, and multi-language suppo…
LiveCodeBench
Research benchmark that scores LLMs on code generation, self-repair, and executi…
From £0
Trae
ByteDance’s AI-powered IDE with inline completion, Q&A, and agent-style coding h…
Amazon CodeWhisperer
AWS code-completion and generation tool for IDEs and the AWS Console. Free for i…
ChatGPT GDPR/DPA
OpenAI’s chatbot for conversation, writing, code, and research. Widely used; UK…
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s conversational and coding models via chat and API. Low-cost API and f…
Hugging Face GDPR/DPA
Platform to discover, run, and deploy ML models and datasets. UK SMEs with techn…
Le Chat
Mistral AI’s free web chat for its models (Mistral Large, etc.). UK SMEs can try…
Microsoft Copilot UK/EU data GDPR/DPA
Microsoft’s AI assistant for search, writing, and summarisation in Bing and Wind…
From £0/mo
NoteGPT
Note-taking tool that records, transcribes, and summarises meetings, lectures, p…
OpenRouter
Single API to call 400+ LLMs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, etc.) with pas…
together.ai
Cloud platform to run inference and fine-tune open and custom models. UK SMEs wi…
Adobe Firefly GDPR/DPA
Adobe’s generative image and design tools in the Creative Cloud ecosystem. UK SM…
AI Cost Board – Track LLM Cost, Requests, and Errors Across Providers
Tracks LLM spend, request volume, and errors across multiple providers in one pl…
AI Detect Lab
Detects AI-generated images and deepfakes, including Midjourney and Flux. For co…
AIWriteBook – AI tool to write, design, and publish full-length books
End-to-end book creation: from idea to outline, chapters, cover, illustrations,…
Chat Youtube
Summarises YouTube videos and answers questions about the content. Free; useful…
Civitai
Community hub for sharing and downloading Stable Diffusion and other open-source…
Claude GDPR/DPA
Anthropic’s conversational AI for analysis, writing, and coding. UK SMEs can use…
From £8/mo
Clipdrop
Stability AI’s image tools for background removal, uncrop, and ReImage XL. UK SM…
Continuous AI in practice: What developers can automate today with agentic CI
Article on what dev teams can automate today using agentic CI. Useful for UK SME…