# StackPick.ai

> AI tool rankings for builders. Editorial scores from 0 to 100. Not lab benchmarks.

StackPick tells builders which AI tool to use for which job, and which new releases are worth a look. Scores mix capability (40%), ease (25%), value (20%), and momentum (15%). Dollar prices we will not defend say "check site".

## Start here
- [Home](https://stackpick.ai/): Top pick per use case and the newest releases.
- [Methodology](https://stackpick.ai/methodology): The rubric, tiers, and what sponsored does not buy.
- [New releases](https://stackpick.ai/new): Tools sorted by public release date.
- [JSON catalog](https://stackpick.ai/api/tools.json): The full dataset.
- [Full text](https://stackpick.ai/llms-full.txt): Every tool in plain text.

## Use cases
- [Best AI tools for coding](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/coding): Editors, terminal agents, and autocomplete for people who write and ship software. Top pick: Cursor (92).
- [Best AI app builders](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/builders): Prompt-to-app products and visual builders for shipping a UI without starting from a blank repo. Top pick: Lovable (91).
- [Best AI agent frameworks](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/agents): Libraries and hosted runners for tool-calling agents, workflows, and multi-step jobs. Top pick: Vercel AI SDK (89).
- [Best LLM APIs](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/llm-apis): Hosted language-model APIs for products that need to bring their own interface. Top pick: OpenAI API (90).
- [Best AI image generators](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/image): Text-to-image and image-editing tools for product shots, UI art, and marketing. Top pick: Flux (85).
- [Best AI video tools](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/video): Text-to-video, avatar presenters, and AI editing for short-form and product clips. Top pick: Kling AI (84).
- [Best AI voice and audio tools](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/voice): Speech synthesis, transcription, music, and realtime voice for products and content. Top pick: ElevenLabs (88).
- [Best AI design tools](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/design): Interface design, wireframes, and design-to-code tools used before or beside an editor. Top pick: v0 (91).
- [Best AI tools for game dev](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/games): Asset generation, 3D, characters, and prototyping tools aimed at game teams. Top pick: Meshy (81).
- [Best AI tools for research and productivity](https://stackpick.ai/use-cases/research): Chat assistants, answer engines, meeting notes, and reading tools for builders. Top pick: ChatGPT (92).

## Highest scores
- [ChatGPT](https://stackpick.ai/tools/chatgpt): 92 S-tier. OpenAI’s general assistant. The default tab for drafting, coding help, and browsing a problem.
- [Cursor](https://stackpick.ai/tools/cursor): 92 S-tier. AI code editor with autocomplete and a repo agent, for people who want one daily-driver IDE.
- [Claude](https://stackpick.ai/tools/claude): 91 S-tier. Anthropic’s assistant. The other default tab, especially for long docs and careful writing.
- [Lovable](https://stackpick.ai/tools/lovable): 91 S-tier. Prompt-to-app builder that stands up a working web app and lets you keep iterating in chat.
- [v0](https://stackpick.ai/tools/v0): 91 S-tier. Vercel’s prompt-to-app builder for UI and full-stack features, with deploy or a pull request.
- [OpenAI API](https://stackpick.ai/tools/openai-api): 90 S-tier. Usage-based API for GPT models, images, and audio. The default when a product needs a frontier model.
- [Gemini](https://stackpick.ai/tools/gemini): 89 A-tier. Google’s assistant, with deep ties to Search, Workspace, and a generous free tier.
- [Vercel AI SDK](https://stackpick.ai/tools/vercel-ai-sdk): 89 A-tier. TypeScript toolkit for streaming chat, tools, and agents in Next.js and other JS apps.
- [Anthropic API](https://stackpick.ai/tools/anthropic-api): 88 A-tier. Claude models as an API, with a long context window and strong coding and writing quality.
- [Claude Code](https://stackpick.ai/tools/claude-code): 88 A-tier. Anthropic’s coding agent for the terminal, IDE, desktop, and browser. It edits the repo and runs commands.
- [ElevenLabs](https://stackpick.ai/tools/elevenlabs): 88 A-tier. The default text-to-speech and voice-clone API for product voices, dubbing, and narration.
- [Gemini API](https://stackpick.ai/tools/gemini-api): 88 A-tier. Google’s Gemini models via AI Studio and the API, including a free tier for lighter use.
- [NotebookLM](https://stackpick.ai/tools/notebooklm): 88 A-tier. Google’s notebook over sources you upload. It answers from your files and can brief you out loud.
- [Figma](https://stackpick.ai/tools/figma): 87 A-tier. The interface design tool teams already share. AI features sit inside it; the file format is the product.
- [GitHub Copilot](https://stackpick.ai/tools/github-copilot): 87 A-tier. GitHub’s coding assistant for completions, chat, and agent edits inside the IDEs teams already use.