Which AI tools are worth having a paid subscription to and what tasks do they solve: a detailed guide from a generative artificial intelligence expert

«What AI services are worth having a paid subscription to? I am often asked this provocative question at trainings. And it is really provocative — because everyone has their own tasks, their own specifics, plus there are many alternatives in each niche of AI tools. Therefore, you should not focus on me. And I will not recommend what to buy. But I can share my own experience — which AI services I personally spend money on,» Minakov wrote .

Here is his selection, where everyone can find something useful for themselves.

1. Task: data analysis, idea search, and text work.
   a) AI service: ChatGPT. Subscription cost: $20/month.
   Why you should buy it: This is the #1 AI service in the world in terms of popularity for the past two years. They were the first to release a model that «thinks». They were the first to provide the ability to create personalized GPTs bots. Right now I really like their AI agent for Deep Research. Also, thanks to a paid subscription to ChatGPT, you get free access to the AI ​​service for generating videos Sora.
   b) AI service: Gemini by Google DeepMind. Cost: $20/month.
   Why you should buy it: Previously, the paid version had Deep Research, but it has recently become available in a free version, so there is less reason to have the paid version. Now the advantage is access to the Gemini 2.0 Pro AI model for complex tasks.
2. Task: quickly create aesthetic presentations.
   AI service: Gamma. Subscription cost: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: This is the world’s best AI-powered presentation service. You just send text, and the service automatically spreads it across slides, even adding images to them. This is something that Microsoft PowerPoint or Google Slides cannot do yet. 3
3. Task: rapid generation of high-quality images.
   AI service: Midjourney. Subscription price: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: This is the world’s best AI service for generating photorealistic images.
   There is no free version yet, so a subscription is required. And you will have the rights to use the generated images for commercial purposes.
4. Task: voiceover generation.
   AI service: ElevenLabs. Subscription price: $5/month.
   Why you should buy it: This is the world’s best AI service for generating audio, even in Ukrainian, and the paid version allows you to use the generated audio for commercial purposes. The paid version also allows you to create a digital copy of your voice.
5. Task: generation of music tracks.
   AI service: Suno. Subscription price: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: This is the world’s best AI service for generating personalized songs in the right style. The paid version gives you access to the best model and allows you to use the songs for commercial purposes, such as in advertising and communication campaigns.
6. Task: video generation .
   a) AI service: Runway. Subscription cost: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: it animates and brings static images to life beautifully. Plus, you can change the video style, create talking characters thanks to Act-One, transform videos from horizontal to vertical and vice versa, and change the background of the video.
   b) AI service: Pika. Subscription cost: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: a service for creating trending videos for social networks. Effects are constantly being added that can be applied to images, you can easily add objects to the video, change objects in the video.
7. Task: create digital avatars .
   AI service: HeyGen. Subscription price: $29/month.
   Why you should buy it: The free version will have a watermark on the avatars, so only the paid version is suitable for professional use.
8. Task: automatically cut spoken videos into short vertical videos with subtitles for social networks.
   AI service: Opus. Subscription cost: $15/month.
   Why you should buy it: The service not only automatically cuts videos into short clips, but also ranks them by interest. Saves hours of video editing.
9. Task: train your own AI model on your own photos .
   AI service: Krea. Subscription cost: $10/month.
   Why you should buy it: You can train an AI model on your own images (photos of people or products) and then generate images on demand with these objects in any situation and from any angle. It doesn’t work perfectly, but with experimentation you can get pretty good results.
10. Task: get images with the product in different angles and situations.
    AI service: Flair. Subscription cost: $10/month.
    Why you should buy it: This is an indispensable tool for those who work with products, for example, products in different compositions and backgrounds, you can try on clothes on virtual models, and you can also practice on your own product photos.

«In my case, it’s $159 per month for subscriptions to AI services. For this amount, I have access to the world’s best AI tools in various niches that save me time, speed up my work, help me complete tasks better, add creativity, and make me happier. For some, a paid subscription to ChatGPT for $20 per month will be enough. And that’s okay too. The main thing is to be ready to pay if you need an AI service not for „playing around,“ but for professional use,» the expert summarizes.

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