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Best AI tools for Productivity & Admin

Meetings, email, docs, slides and research. 22 use cases, each with a ranked top 5.

General AI assistant for everything

#1 ChatGPT · then Claude, Gemini

Research a topic with sources

#1 Perplexity · then Gemini, Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)

Take meeting notes automatically

#1 Granola · then Fathom, Otter.ai

Record in-person meetings

#1 Otter.ai · then Plaud, Read AI

Run video meetings with AI

#1 Zoom · then Read AI, Microsoft 365 Copilot

Manage an overflowing inbox

#1 Superhuman · then Shortwave, Fyxer AI

AI drafts email replies for me

#1 Fyxer AI · then Superhuman, Gemini

Schedule meetings and plan your week

#1 Reclaim.ai · then Calendly, Motion

Plan your day and time-block

#1 Sunsama · then Akiflow, Reclaim.ai

Manage personal tasks

#1 Todoist · then Akiflow, Taskade

Dictate text with your voice

#1 Wispr Flow · then Otter.ai, Plaud

Launcher and shortcuts with AI

#1 Raycast · then Wispr Flow, ChatGPT

Make a pitch deck

#1 Gamma · then Beautiful.ai, Pitch

Write and edit better

#1 Grammarly · then Claude, QuillBot

Chat with a PDF

#1 Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM) · then Adobe Acrobat AI Assistant, ChatPDF

Read and summarize academic papers

#1 Elicit · then Consensus, Scite

Organize notes and knowledge

#1 Notion · then Obsidian, Coda

Team chat with AI

#1 Slack · then Microsoft 365 Copilot, Zoom

Async video updates

#1 Descript · then Loom, Zoom

Translate documents

#1 DeepL · then ChatGPT, Gemini

Collaborative whiteboarding

#1 Miro · then Whimsical, Figma

Build forms and surveys

#1 Typeform · then Tally, Airtable

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