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.

11 tools

Claude

Studying Free plan

Anthropic's AI assistant, often used for working through long documents and detailed explanation.

Codeium

Coding Free plan

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

Cursor

Coding Free plan

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

Duolingo's top subscription tier, adding AI-powered Video Call conversation practice and Roleplay scenarios on top of the core gamified language course.

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 all-in-one workspace with AI built in for writing, summarizing, and searching across your notes, docs, and connected apps.

A paraphrasing and summarising tool aimed at writers and students.

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

Reading dense academic PDFs with an AI chat assistant alongside the text

Tabnine

Coding Free plan

Privacy-conscious AI code completion that can run without sending code to the cloud