Top-rated AI tools for practical use cases

Hi! I’m Dario, the creator of whatplugin.ai, your top resouce to find AI tools that actually live up to their hype and deliver what they promise.

This page features our top-pick AI tools for practical, real-world applications. Every tool in this list is thoroughly researched and tested by our team – with complete editorial independence. For each tool, you can find the full details of our testing methodology, key considerations and how the tool performed in the linked review.

We’ve made browsing these tools easy, with search, filter and sorting options. So you can find exactly what you need – quickly and confidently.

Some of our product recommendations may contain affiliate links. This means we may receive a commission if you buy or subscribe to the tools in our reviews. However, the inclusion of tools in this list and our product rankings are based on independent testing and research – never financial or marketing incentives. That means all the products you see in our reviews, including their ranking, are independently selected, researched and recommended. This aligns with our goal of making unbiased, high-quality reviews, as it allows us the freedom to be critical of any downsides related to each product to provide nuanced, insightful recommendations.

You can also read more about our mission, and how we go about picking and reviewing tools here.

Our rankings are based on the author’s experience and tests with the tools, with complete editorial independence. We define a list of key criteria for tools within each use case, before testing each tool personally and finally, assigning a ranking.

Our editorial standards don't allow anyone besides us to affect these rankings – neither through paid sponsorships, affiliate deals, or any other method. Your trust as a reader is, and always will be, our number one priority.

Each time we write a round-up review of AI tools for a specific use case, we evaluate the tools on comparable metrics and rank them. Only our first ranked tool in each review gets the top pick status, our second ranked is a runner up, and all other tools are great options. Our rankings are likely to change over time as reviews are updated to reflect the launch of new tools and features.

We continuously research the product categories we cover to discover new AI tools. To ensure we only feature top-quality tools and avoid any potential bias, we do not accept tool submissions or paid listings. We use internet scouting, including Google search, YouTube, Reddit, and all the most popular AI tool directories, to find tools to feature on our site.

We do initial testing on tools that look the most legitimate based on factors like visitor numbers, reviews and user sentiments. Finally, we narrow down to the best tools in the category to feature in our reviews and on this list.

Only tools that are deemed highly useful and offer something innovative to its users make the cut to be listed on whatplugin. If you have a great AI tool that users love, chances are we’ll discover it through our research process eventually.

Feedback and ideas on how to improve this page – and the site in general – are highly welcome. We’re especially interested in hearing about any use cases or tasks which you might want to use an AI tool for, and that we currently don’t cover.

We have a contact form for general feedback, available here. You can also reach me on Twitter @itspapilama.