Best Productivity AI tools, matched to your use case and budget

53 Productivity tools in our graveyard are still alive and taking signups. Below they're sorted two ways β€” by the job you're hiring them for, and by what you can afford per month. Anything we've confirmed dead, abandoned or absorbed is listed at the bottom so you don't waste an afternoon on it.

Pick by what you're trying to do

Use cases are matched against what each tool actually claims to do, not its marketing tier.

Pick by budget

Based on the lowest recorded entry price. Vendors change pricing constantly β€” treat these as a shortlist, then confirm on the vendor page.

53 live Productivity tools have no pricing on record yet: Microsoft Copilot, Craft, Dropbox Dash, Gemini for Google Workspace, Glean, Krisp, Read AI, Shortwave, Tana, Wispr Flow, Box AI, Circleback.

Don't bother: Productivity tools that are gone or going

Still ranking in Google, still linked in listicles, no longer worth your card details.

  • Global Illumination

    OpenAI confirmed the acquisition on its blog in Aug 2023, the company's first acquisition ever. Team joined OpenAI; brand retired.

    🟑Acquired / Merged
  • Mayday

    Mayday’s official website states that the service shut down on May 1, 2024, after the team decided it could not continue developing the product sustainably.

    πŸ”΄Shutdown / Dead
  • Multi

    OpenAI announced the Multi acquihire on June 24, 2024 and the product was shut down July 24, 2024 with a public end-of-life notice.

    🟑Acquired / Merged
  • Rewatch

    Atlassian acquired Rewatch in August 2024. Rewatch's official shutdown documentation says the service shut down on January 16, 2026, after an extended migration period for customers.

    πŸ”΄Shutdown / Dead
  • Airgram

    Airgram announced that it would cease service on December 29, 2023. Its website now redirects to an acquisition notice stating that Airgram was acquired by Notta in 2023.

    πŸ”΄Shutdown / Dead
  • Compose AI

    Compose AI announced on its website that its team had joined OpenAI and that the Chrome extension would cease functioning on October 10, 2023. OpenAI also lists Compose AI among its acquisitions.

    🟑Acquired / Merged
  • Diagram

    Figma announced its acquisition of Diagram on June 21, 2023. Diagram's former homepage now redirects to Figma, while its best-known product, Magician, remains listed in the Figma Community.

    🟑Acquired / Merged
  • Humane AI Pin

    HP acquired Humane's assets in Feb 2025 and discontinued the Pin; cloud services were terminated Feb 28 2025, bricking the devices.

    πŸ”΄Shutdown / Dead