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Microsoft Copilot Is Free. Office Integration Is Not.
Microsoft does not meter Copilot chat. Think Deeper is free and unlimited, and paying moves you up the queue rather than raising a ceiling.
Chintan Dhokai
Full-stack developer. Has published 215 posts on DEV Community and writes about AI models, agents and the cost of running them. Covers AI assistants, productivity software and developer tooling for eFree Directory.
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Perplexity Free: 3 Pro Searches a Day, 1 Report a Month
Free Perplexity is two allowances on two different clocks. Three Pro Searches reset daily, one Research report resets monthly, and basic search sits outside both.
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Sudowrite Gives 10,000 Trial Credits. There Is No Free Plan.
Ten thousand credits with no expiry is a generous trial. It is still a trial, and it is sized for testing prose style rather than writing a book.
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Rytr Free Gives 10,000 Characters. Your Prompt Counts Against It.
Ten thousand characters sounds like 1,500 words. It is less, because Rytr bills your prompt and the output from the same allowance.
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Writesonic Dropped Its Free Plan. Entry Is Now $79.
Most guides still say 10,000 free words. Writesonic's own pricing page no longer offers a free tier at all, and the cheapest plan is $79 a month.
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Notion AI Gives You 20 Responses. Total, Not Monthly.
Twenty AI responses for the lifetime of the workspace, and one category of AI feature that never touches the counter. That exemption is the whole story.
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Jasper Has No Free Plan. Seven Days, Then $59 a Seat.
The Creator plan is gone and so is any free tier. Seven days is enough to test brand voice, and that is the only thing worth testing.
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Gemini's Free Plan Lost Flash and Pro on October 9
The free Gemini app now defaults to Flash-Lite. The change landed on October 9 and most of the guides online still describe the old tiers.
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Hemingway Editor Is Free in the Browser. The Desktop App Is $19.99 Once.
This is the rare tool where the free tier is not a limit at all. The paid version buys convenience, and there is exactly one feature worth the money.
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Copy.ai Has No Free Plan Anymore. The 2,000 Words Are a Trial.
Every roundup still lists a Copy.ai free plan. What actually exists is 2,000 words with no reset date, which is a trial wearing a free plan's clothes.
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Wordtune Free Gives 10 Rewrites a Day. That Is Ten Sentences.
Wordtune's free limit resets daily, not monthly. That single detail is the difference between a usable free tier and one that runs dry by mid-afternoon.
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QuillBot Free Rewrites 125 Words at a Time. That Is One Paragraph.
The 125-word cap is not a stingy limit. It is a structural one, and it decides what kind of writing this tool is for.