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- Which AI tools are free?
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Overview
Which AI tools are free?
Google Cloud offers free usage of many AI products up to monthly limits, including Translation, Speech-to-Text, Natural Language, and Video Intelligence. There is no charge to use these products up to their specified free usage limit. The free usage limit does not expire, but is subject to change.
Is there a free AI website?
Visit the AI product directory for a full list of AI products, including the monthly limits of Google Cloud free AI tools.
Is there a free generative AI tool?
Text, chat, and code generation using Vertex AI, a unified platform for building and leveraging generative AI, starts as low as $0.0001 per 1,000 characters. Plus, new Google Cloud customers get $300 free credits to use towards Vertex AI.
Additionally, new Vertex AI Agent Builder customers enjoy a one time $1,000 credit per Google Cloud billing account.
What is a free AI writing tool?
Depending on your use case, Gemini Code Assist offers assistance for writing and developing code. Gemini for Workspace integrates with Docs to help you write and develop web pages, business proposals, and other content via a conversational interface. Both are free to use while in preview.
Learn more about setting up Gemini Code Assist.
Is Google Gemini free to use?
Google Gemini is free to use for users 18 and over with a personal Google Account or a Google Workspace account for which your admin enabled access to Gemini.
Compare the top 10 free AI tools
| Product | Description | Free offer details | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
Translation Basic | Translate and localize text in real time with support for 100+ language pairs. Compare to AWS Polly | First 500,000 characters free per month. No expiration | Translation Basic pricing details |
Translation Advanced | Translation support for batch text and formatted documents, custom models, and romanized text. Compare to AWS Polly | First 500,000 characters free per month No expiration | Translation Advanced pricing details |
Cloud Vision | Detect faces, properties, landmarks, logos, text, and more in images. Compare to AWS Rekognition | First 1,000 units free per month No expiration | Cloud Vision pricing details |
Speech-to-Text | Accurately convert speech into text using domain-specific models to improve quality. Compare to AWS Transcribe | First 60 minutes free per month No expiration | Speech-to-Text pricing details |
Text-to-Speech | Convert text into natural-sounding speech with human intonation. Compare to AWS Polly | First 4 million characters (Standard) First 1 million characters (WaveNet) No expiration | Text-to-Speech pricing details |
Natural Language API | Identify and analyze entities and sentiments in unstructured text. Compare to AWS Comprehend | First 5,000 units free per month No expiration | Natural Language API pricing details |
Video Intelligence | Detect shots, faces, celebrities, explicit content, logos, text, and more in video. Compare to AWS Rekognition | First 1,000 minutes free per month No expiration | Video Intelligence pricing details |
Dialogflow | Build lifelike, state-of-the-art virtual agents with conversational AI Compare to AWS Lex | New Dialogflow customers get a $600 credit Expires after 12 months | Dialogflow pricing details |
Compute Engine | Create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure Compare to AWS EC2 | 1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance in US regions free per month No expiration | Compute Engine pricing details |
Cloud Storage | Store unstructured data for training deep learning and machine learning models cost-effectively Compare to AWS S3 | 5 GiB of US regional storage free per month No expiration | Cloud Storage pricing details |
To get started, create or sign in to your Google Cloud account. New customers get $300 free credits on signup.
Translation Basic
Description
Translate and localize text in real time with support for 100+ language pairs.
Compare to AWS Polly
Free offer details
First 500,000 characters free per month.
No expiration
Pricing
Translation Basic pricing details
Translation Advanced
Description
Translation support for batch text and formatted documents, custom models, and romanized text.
Compare to AWS Polly
Free offer details
First 500,000 characters free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Translation Advanced pricing details
Cloud Vision
Description
Detect faces, properties, landmarks, logos, text, and more in images.
Compare to AWS Rekognition
Free offer details
First 1,000 units free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Cloud Vision pricing details
Speech-to-Text
Description
Accurately convert speech into text using domain-specific models to improve quality.
Compare to AWS Transcribe
Free offer details
First 60 minutes free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Speech-to-Text pricing details
Text-to-Speech
Description
Convert text into natural-sounding speech with human intonation.
Compare to AWS Polly
Free offer details
First 4 million characters (Standard)
First 1 million characters (WaveNet)
No expiration
Pricing
Text-to-Speech pricing details
Natural Language API
Description
Identify and analyze entities and sentiments in unstructured text.
Compare to AWS Comprehend
Free offer details
First 5,000 units free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Natural Language API pricing details
Video Intelligence
Description
Detect shots, faces, celebrities, explicit content, logos, text, and more in video.
Compare to AWS Rekognition
Free offer details
First 1,000 minutes free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Video Intelligence pricing details
Dialogflow
Description
Build lifelike, state-of-the-art virtual agents with conversational AI
Compare to AWS Lex
Free offer details
New Dialogflow customers get a $600 credit
Expires after 12 months
Pricing
Dialogflow pricing details
Compute Engine
Description
Create and run virtual machines on Google’s infrastructure
Compare to AWS EC2
Free offer details
1 non-preemptible e2-micro VM instance in US regions free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Compute Engine pricing details
Cloud Storage
Description
Store unstructured data for training deep learning and machine learning models cost-effectively
Compare to AWS S3
Free offer details
5 GiB of US regional storage free per month
No expiration
Pricing
Cloud Storage pricing details
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Common Uses
AI-powered language translation
Detect and translate simple text in real time
With Translation API Basic, you can dynamically translate over 100+ language pairs using Google's pre-trained Neural Machine Translation (NMT) model. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, making it a good fit for applications that handle primarily casual user-generated content, such as chat, social media, or comments.
Try it free
- Translation API Basic setup guide
- Translate text using Translation API Basic
- Detect the language of a text string
How-tos
Detect and translate simple text in real time
With Translation API Basic, you can dynamically translate over 100+ language pairs using Google's pre-trained Neural Machine Translation (NMT) model. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, making it a good fit for applications that handle primarily casual user-generated content, such as chat, social media, or comments.
Try it free
- Translation API Basic setup guide
- Translate text using Translation API Basic
- Detect the language of a text string
Additional resources
Build glossaries, batch text requests, and translate docs
Translation API Advanced includes all the capabilities of Translation-Basic and supports enhanced customization features, including building glossaries for translating domain-specific terms and batching longform text requests. The first 500,000 characters are free per month, including translating formatted documents on Neural Machine Translation (NMT) and custom models.
Try it free
- Translation API Advanced setup guide
- Creating and using glossaries
- Batch text requests
AI image detection and analysis
Detect faces, landmarks, logos, and insights from images
Cloud Vision AI uses Google's pre-trained machine learning model to easily integrate vision detection features within applications. The first 1,000 units (feature requests) are free per month, including detecting and labeling faces, objects, landmarks, logos, and more insights in images.
Try it free
- Detect faces in images documentation
- Detect labels in images
- Optical character recognition with Google Cloud AI
How-tos
Detect faces, landmarks, logos, and insights from images
Cloud Vision AI uses Google's pre-trained machine learning model to easily integrate vision detection features within applications. The first 1,000 units (feature requests) are free per month, including detecting and labeling faces, objects, landmarks, logos, and more insights in images.
Try it free
- Detect faces in images documentation
- Detect labels in images
- Optical character recognition with Google Cloud AI
Additional resources
Build a visual product search pipeline with Vision API
Vision API makes product discovery easier for end users and retailers by querying objects in reference images against a retailer’s established product set. The first 1,000 images queried and stored are free per month.
Try it free
- Create a product set and search for products
- Creating your reference images and indexing
- Vision API Product Search code samples
Speech-to-text transcription
Transcribe short audio from local files
Speech-to-Text API uses synchronous speech recognition to transcribe audio files up to 60 seconds long. Audio content can be uploaded through local files or Google Cloud Storage buckets. The first 60 minutes of processed audio is free per month.
Try it free
- How to transcribe short audio files (60 secs and under)
- How to transcribe long audio files (over 60 secs)
- How to transcribe audio from streaming inputs
How-tos
Transcribe short audio from local files
Speech-to-Text API uses synchronous speech recognition to transcribe audio files up to 60 seconds long. Audio content can be uploaded through local files or Google Cloud Storage buckets. The first 60 minutes of processed audio is free per month.
Try it free
- How to transcribe short audio files (60 secs and under)
- How to transcribe long audio files (over 60 secs)
- How to transcribe audio from streaming inputs
Text-to-speech generation
Create natural-sounding, synthetic speech as playable audio
Text-to-Speech API converts arbitrary strings, words, and sentences into the sound of a person speaking the same things and supports over 380 voices, spanning 50+ languages and variants. Common uses of the API include adding synthetic voice to apps, enhancing customer service voicebots, and improved accessibility user experiences. The first 4 million of processed text in Standard voice is free per month.
Try it free
- Cloud Text-to-Speech basics documentation
- Supported voices and languages
- How to create audio files with Text-to-Speech API
How-tos
Create natural-sounding, synthetic speech as playable audio
Text-to-Speech API converts arbitrary strings, words, and sentences into the sound of a person speaking the same things and supports over 380 voices, spanning 50+ languages and variants. Common uses of the API include adding synthetic voice to apps, enhancing customer service voicebots, and improved accessibility user experiences. The first 4 million of processed text in Standard voice is free per month.
Try it free
- Cloud Text-to-Speech basics documentation
- Supported voices and languages
- How to create audio files with Text-to-Speech API
Analyze unstructured text
Recognize entities and sentiment in unstructured text
Natural Language API uses natural language understanding (NLU) to identify and extract meaning from applications with features including sentiment analysis, entity analysis, entity sentiment analysis, content classification, and syntax analysis. The first 5,000 units (1 unit = 1,000 Unicode characters) of analyzed text is free per month for all features except content classification (30,000 units free per month).
Try it free
- Set up Natural Language API
- Natural Language API code samples
- Perform sentiment analysis by using client libraries
How-tos
Recognize entities and sentiment in unstructured text
Natural Language API uses natural language understanding (NLU) to identify and extract meaning from applications with features including sentiment analysis, entity analysis, entity sentiment analysis, content classification, and syntax analysis. The first 5,000 units (1 unit = 1,000 Unicode characters) of analyzed text is free per month for all features except content classification (30,000 units free per month).
Try it free
- Set up Natural Language API
- Natural Language API code samples
- Perform sentiment analysis by using client libraries
Label and analyze video with AI
Detect objects and actions in stored and streaming video
Video Intelligence API uses pre-trained machine learning models that automatically identify and label video metadata, including shot types, faces, people, celebrities, explicit content, logos, and text. The first 1,000 minutesof analyzed video is free per month.
Try it free
- Video label detection tutorial
- Video Intelligence API code samples
- Detect shot changes in video
How-tos
Detect objects and actions in stored and streaming video
Video Intelligence API uses pre-trained machine learning models that automatically identify and label video metadata, including shot types, faces, people, celebrities, explicit content, logos, and text. The first 1,000 minutesof analyzed video is free per month.
Try it free
- Video label detection tutorial
- Video Intelligence API code samples
- Detect shot changes in video
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