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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.).…
Amazon CodeWhisperer
AWS code-completion and generation tool for IDEs and the AWS Console. Free for i…
Context Lens UK/EU data
Open-source local proxy that visualises how coding tools use LLM context: system…
From £0
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…
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Trae
ByteDance’s AI-powered IDE with inline completion, Q&A, and agent-style coding h…
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…
ChatGPT GDPR/DPA
OpenAI’s chatbot for conversation, writing, code, and research. Widely used; UK…
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…
d-id
Creates AI-generated talking-head and digital presenter videos from text or audi…
Deep L Write GDPR/DPA
DeepL's writing assistant: grammar, tone, and rewrites in English and German. Us…
DeepSeek
DeepSeek’s conversational and coding models via chat and API. Low-cost API and f…
ElevenLabs
Text-to-speech and voice cloning for ads, content, and accessibility. UK SMEs ca…
Fliki
Turns text into voiceover and video for social and marketing content. UK SMEs ca…
grammarly GDPR/DPA
Grammar, spelling, and style checker for emails, documents, and web writing. UK…
Hailuo AI Text to Speech
Text-to-speech with many voices and languages for voiceovers and content. Free t…
HeyGen
Avatar-based video generation from text or script; creates multilingual presente…
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