Companion site - Appendix B (live)
Tools Directory.
| Tool | Tag | Where | Price | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt | CODE | bolt.new | Free; paid from $20/mo | Building small web apps from a sentence |
| ChatGPT | CHAT | chatgpt.com | Free; Plus $20/mo | The Swiss-army-knife. The one most people meet first. |
| Claude | CHAT | claude.ai | Free; Pro $20/mo (UK GBP 15.99) | Long, careful answers; coding; writing. |
| Claude Artifacts | CODE | Inside claude.ai | Included with Claude Pro | Quick single-file apps in chat |
| Claude Code | CODE | claude.com/code | Via Claude Pro/Max | Developer-level agentic coding |
| Copilot (M365) | CHAT | Inside Microsoft 365 | From GBP 24.70/user/mo | AI inside Word, Excel, Outlook |
| Cowork mode | WORKFLOW | Claude desktop app | Included with Claude paid | Multi-step tasks involving your files |
| DALL-E | IMAGE | Inside ChatGPT | Included with ChatGPT Plus | Quick image generation |
| Gemini | CHAT | gemini.google.com | Free; Advanced GBP 18.99/mo | Search-aware Q&A; works inside Google apps |
| Lovable | CODE | lovable.dev | Free; paid from $20/mo | Longer, more ambitious app builds |
| Midjourney | IMAGE | midjourney.com | From $10/mo | Art-style imagery, covers, illustrations |
| Perplexity | SEARCH | perplexity.ai | Free; Pro $20/mo | Sourced answers, current events |
| Replit Agents | CODE | replit.com | Free; paid from $20/mo | Longer projects, hosting included |
| Skills (Claude) | WORKFLOW | Inside Claude | Included with Claude Pro | Anything you repeat. Save it, reuse it. |
| Stable Diffusion | IMAGE | stability.ai | Free if self-hosted | Local image generation; full control |
| Suno | IMAGE | suno.com | Free; paid from $10/mo | Short original songs, jingles |