AI tools for students

Every tool here is reviewed for one thing: whether a student can actually get value from it. Filter by category, cost or the task you need to get done.

18 tools

A browser-based design tool with templates for presentations, posters and reports.

Codeium

Coding Free plan

Free, fast AI autocomplete and chat for students who want a no-cost coding assistant

Getting a quick, evidence-based read on what the research says about a claim

Cursor

Coding Free plan

AI-assisted coding in a full code editor built around chat and autocomplete

Elicit

Research Free plan

Automating literature reviews by extracting answers from many papers at once

Turning an outline or prompt into a designed slide deck or document in minutes

AI pair programmer built into your editor that autocompletes code, explains unfamiliar codebases, and can run autonomous "agent mode" tasks across multiple files.

A Google research assistant that answers questions using only the sources you upload.

An AI search engine that answers questions and cites the sources it used.

Non-linear, zooming presentations that stand out from standard slide decks

Writing, running, and getting AI help on code entirely in the browser with no setup