Notion
Notion LabsWorkspace for documents, databases and projects with a built-in assistant
Free tierworkspacedocumentation
Best AI productivity tools
Notes, tasks, meetings and automation.
7 tools
Zapier
ZapierConnects thousands of apps and runs automated workflows
Free tierautomationintegrations
Gamma
GammaTurns notes or prompts into presentations, documents and simple sites
Free tierpresentationsdocuments
Otter.ai
Otter.aiLive transcription and meeting notes with speaker identification
Free tiertranscriptionlive captions
Fathom
Fathom VideoRecords, transcribes and summarises video meetings automatically
Free tiermeeting recordingtranscription
n8n
n8nSource-available workflow automation you can self-host, with AI agent nodes
Free tierautomationself hosting
Granola
GranolaMeeting notepad that merges your typing with the transcript
Free tiermeeting notestranscription
Choosing between these
Tools in this category overlap more than their marketing suggests. The useful difference is usually not the model behind them but what they let you do around it: how much control you get over the output, how the work is organised once you have it, and whether the free level is enough for what you are doing.
Each page below lists what the tool is good at and what it is not, along with alternatives worth comparing before you commit.