AI tools for students with an API in 2026

The list

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   DeepSeek

   Freemium

   AI Assistants

   Free AI chat app and low-cost API running DeepSeek's open-weights V4 models

   Free plan, paid from $0.15/1M input tokens · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Speechify

   Freemium

   Audio & Speech AI

   Listen to documents and web pages with natural AI voices, and dictate by voice

   Free plan, paid from $29/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Google Gemini

   Freemium

   AI Assistants

   Google's AI assistant for chat, research, image and video creation, and Workspace apps

   Free plan, paid from $4.99/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Perplexity

   Freemium

   AI Assistants

   AI answer engine that searches the live web and cites its sources

   Free plan, paid from $20/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Gemini Notebook

   Freemium

   AI Assistants

   Google's Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, answers questions and builds summaries from your own sources

   Free plan, paid from $4.99/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Canva

   Freemium

   Image & Visual AI

   Browser-based design platform with templates, collaboration tools and built-in AI image and video generation

   Free plan, paid from $18/month · Web, macOS, Windows · API · Mobile app

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   Mistral Vibe (formerly Le Chat)

   Freemium

   AI Assistants

   Mistral AI's chat assistant and coding agent for everyday work and software tasks

   Free plan, paid from $14.99/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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   Otter.ai

   Freemium

   Audio & Speech AI

   Record, transcribe and summarize meetings, with action items and searchable AI chat

   Free plan, paid from $16.99/user/mo · Web, macOS, Windows · API · Mobile app

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   Elicit

   Freemium

   Education & Research

   AI research assistant for literature search, systematic reviews and evidence reports

   Free plan, paid from $75/user/mo · Web, API · API

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    Poe

    Freemium

    AI Assistants

    Chat with many AI models, image tools and custom bots through one account

    Free plan, paid from $4.99/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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    Trust Me Bro

    Freemium

    Productivity

    Paste a claim, get cited research for and against it and a shareable receipt

    Free plan, paid from $9.99/month · Web, Chrome Extension, API · API

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    Grammarly

    Freemium

    AI Assistants

    AI writing assistant that corrects, rewrites and tone-checks your text across every app

    Free plan, paid from $30/month · Web, macOS, Windows · API · Mobile app

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    Z.ai Chat

    Freemium

    AI Assistants

    Free GLM-powered AI chatbot and agent from Zhipu AI for writing, coding and research

    Free plan, paid from $18/month · Web, API · API

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    Consensus

    Freemium

    Education & Research

    Search peer-reviewed research and get cited, evidence-based answers in seconds

    Free plan, paid from $20/month · Web, Android · API · Mobile app

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    Kimi

    Freemium

    AI Assistants

    Chat, research and agent assistant from Moonshot AI, built on its Kimi K3 model

    Free plan, paid from $19/month · Web, macOS, iOS · API · Mobile app

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    RemoveHandwriting

    Freemium

    Image & Visual AI

    Erase handwriting and pen marks from photos, scans and PDFs while keeping printed text

    Free plan, paid from $3.90/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app

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    Felo

    Freemium

    Education & Research

    Multilingual AI search engine that also builds slides, mind maps and research reports

    Free plan, paid from $14.99/month · Web, iOS, Android · API · Mobile app