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Deep dives, comparisons, and roundups on the AI tools worth paying for. Only what we'd actually buy — no SEO sludge, no influencer demos.
Best AI Image Generator for Realistic Photos: 6 Picks
The best AI image generator for realistic photos: ChatGPT and Nano Banana, tested on portraits, hands and products, plus Midjourney, FLUX, Leonardo and more.
CapCut pricing: there is no single price, and CapCut says so
CapCut publishes $19.99 a month on one page and says it has no fixed global price on another. Here is what the upgrade screen showed, and how to find yours.
CapCut review: free 1080p exports, until 512MB stops you
I put a 35-minute panel through CapCut's AI clipping and exported all 8 clips. Watermark-free 1080p on the free plan, but the cloud ceiling bites at clip four.
ChatGPT Plus vs Pro: there are now three prices, not two
ChatGPT Plus costs $20; Pro is $100 or $200. OpenAI publishes the 5x and 20x multipliers but never the base they multiply, and only one tier is a discount.
ChatGPT review: the free tier is the story, not the $20 one
A ChatGPT review from a year on the free tier plus one month of Plus. Five rungs from $0 to $200, and ads now run on both the Free and $8 Go tiers.
ChatGPT vs Gemini: the free tier decides this one
ChatGPT vs Gemini, both tested on free accounts. One hands a non-paying user its advanced reasoning model; the other will not let you pick a model at all.
Codex pricing: what you actually pay in 2026
Codex pricing runs $0–$200/mo inside a ChatGPT plan, plus token-priced credits past your limit. A credit is four cents. What it really costs in 2026.
Codex vs Claude Code: I quit Codex. Then I retested it.
Codex vs Claude Code from someone who dropped Codex in May over one specific flaw — and found it fixed in July. What changed, and what I'd still watch.
Midjourney Alternatives: 7 Picks, Two Tested Side by Side
The best Midjourney alternatives in 2026: ChatGPT for exact briefs, Nano Banana for free, plus Leonardo, Ideogram, Stable Diffusion, Playground and Firefly.
ChatGPT Image Editing: 7 Photo Edits Tested
How ChatGPT image editing works: upload a photo, describe the change, use the editor tools, and what held or slipped in seven real edits on ChatGPT Plus.
ChatGPT Image Generator Review: Perfect Text, Pushy Slogans
I tested the ChatGPT image generator (Images 2.5) with 12 prompts on Free and Plus. It spelled all 15 text strings right, and added slogans I never asked for.
ChatGPT Image Generator Free: The Limits, Tested
Is the ChatGPT image generator free? Yes, with an account: my free plan allowed three image requests, then locked for 24 hours. What free gets, and when to pay.