General AI writing, design, video and automation tools that marketers use, kept separate from software built specifically for marketing.
Listed alphabetically, because nothing here is ranked. Compare them against the selection criteria on the right and the billing models below.
| Tool | What it does | Starts at | Getting started |
|---|---|---|---|
 Canva Magic Studio | Brand controlled design production for people who are not designers | Pro 110 EUR per year for one person; Business 170 EUR per year per person | Free tier |
 Descript | Edit video by editing its transcript, priced by media hours per person | 16 USD per person per month on annual billing for Hobbyist, 24 USD monthly | Free tier |
 Jasper | Brand voice and workflow layer over a general model, priced per seat | 59 USD per seat per month billed annually, or 69 USD billed monthly | Free trial |
 n8n | Workflow automation billed per workflow run rather than per step | 20 EUR per month for Starter, billed annually, with 2,500 executions and 2,300 AI credits | Free tier |
This category exists to keep a line clear. The rest of this site lists software where AI performs a marketing function: monitoring how answer engines cite your brand, generating and optimizing ad creative, personalizing journeys, orchestrating lifecycle campaigns, analyzing competitive intelligence.
The tools here are different. They are general writing, design, video and automation products that marketers use heavily and that were not built for marketing specifically. A word processor is not a marketing tool because marketers write in it.
That distinction is not a judgement about quality. Several tools in this category are very good, and some score higher than purpose-built alternatives. It is a statement about what the software is, and it matters because a directory that lists everything is useful for nothing. When every AI product is an AI marketing tool, the phrase stops carrying information.
The practical advice for this category is narrower than elsewhere. Identify the one job you keep reaching for a general tool to do. If that job is most of your usage, there is usually a purpose-built product that does it better, integrates with where the work ships, and costs less than the general tool once you account for the editing. If your usage is genuinely broad, the general tool is the right call and consolidating onto one is better than collecting three.
Headline prices are rarely comparable, because vendors here charge for different things. These are the models you will meet and what each one hides.
A flat fee for each person with a login, usually discounted annually.
Watch for: These tools spread across a company faster than marketing software does, so the seat count that justified the purchase is rarely the seat count a year later.
Premium models, generation and agent features draw on a separate balance the seat price does not cover.
Watch for: The seat price is a floor, not a total. Ask for the rate card and estimate against real usage.
A genuinely usable free plan, with limits on volume, export quality or commercial rights.
Watch for: The free tier is often enough. Check what specifically pushes you off it before assuming you need to pay.
"Evaluate output quality" is not a test. These are specific things to do while you still have a free trial, and what each outcome actually means.
What it tells you: General tools win on breadth and lose on depth. If ninety percent of your usage is one repeated task, you are probably buying the wrong shape of product.
What it tells you: The only honest quality measure. A demo on an unfamiliar topic hides exactly the errors you would catch on a familiar one.
What it tells you: Free and low tiers frequently differ from business plans on whether your inputs train the vendor's models.
What it tells you: Ownership, permitted commercial use and indemnification are three separate questions with three different answers, usually at three different price points.
Some of this job is already covered by tools you pay for or can use free. Worth ruling out before adding a subscription.
Because this site lists AI built specifically to do a marketing job, not every AI tool a marketer could use. A general writing assistant, a design editor or a workflow automation platform is genuinely useful to marketers and is not a marketing platform. Keeping them apart makes the rest of the list mean something.
No. Several of these are excellent, and nothing on this site is scored or ranked in any case. It is a statement about what the software is, not how good it is. A tool here may still be the right purchase.
They are maintained on the same terms as everything else, with per-claim verification dates on each page. As the purpose-built list grows, this category will stay small by design rather than by neglect.
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