Hey, it's Cindy 🌱 This is the full free stack from the reel: one genuinely best free tool for every job, with the real free-tier limits so nothing catches you out.
btw the waitlist for AI System Club is now open! If you're keen on using AI to automate your content, video editing, job search, business or build AI agents, feel free to sign up (only if you want to hehe). Ps. the waitlist gets first dibs:)
Two honest notes before you build your stack. Free voice cloning (Fish Audio) is for personal, non-commercial use, the moment you monetise content with it, you need a paid tier. And "free to start" means real free tiers with real limits, not unlimited, so I've listed the actual caps next to each tool instead of pretending they don't exist.
the stack
The best free tool for every job
Ordered from the job you probably overpay for the most, down to the nice-to-haves. Grab the ones you actually need, the whole stack is free to start.
Images, Ideogram The rare free image tool that keeps your face consistent (turn on Character Reference) and spells your on-screen text right. About 10 free credits a week, 4 images each.
AI video, Dreamina 225 free credits every day, reset every 24 hours, no card. The only free video tier with a number its own site actually publishes. Watermarked and lower res, so it is for drafts, not client work.
Voice cloning, Fish Audio Clones your own voice from a 10-second clip. Free tier is personal and non-commercial, so it's for practice and personal projects.
Writing, Claude The free plan runs the newest model and is the best for copy that doesn't read like a robot. My daily driver for anything written.
Research, Perplexity Answers in seconds and links every source, so you can actually check what it told you instead of trusting it blind.
No-code build, Lovable Describe an app or site and it builds and hosts it live. Free to start, around 5 credits a day and hosts up to 5 projects.
Design, Canva A million free templates and still the most generous free tier out there. Covers thumbnails, carousels, and quick edits.
Automation, Make.com 1,000 free operations a month, which is 1,000 automated steps to wire the rest of this stack together.
make it a system
Wire them together, don't just collect them
A pile of free tools isn't a system. The leverage is connecting them: Claude writes the script, Fish Audio voices it, Dreamina makes the b-roll, Canva assembles the thumbnail, and Make.com runs the whole chain on a schedule. Have Claude map your first workflow before you build it.
🔗 design your free AI stack
I want to build a free AI workflow for [describe your goal, e.g. posting 3 faceless videos a week]. Here are the free tools I have: Claude for writing, Ideogram for images, Dreamina for video, Fish Audio for voice, Perplexity for research, Lovable for no-code apps, Canva for design, and Make.com for automation.
Map the exact step-by-step chain: which tool does what, in what order, what hands off to the next, and which steps Make.com can automate. Flag anywhere a free-tier limit would bite, and how to work around it.
read the fine print
4 free-tier truths worth knowing
Credits reset, they don't stack Dreamina's daily and Ideogram's weekly credits refill on a timer. Use them or lose them, so batch your work around the reset.
Free voice is non-commercial Cloning your voice on Fish Audio's free tier is fine for personal use. Selling content made with it needs a paid tier.
"Free to start" has a ceiling Lovable's daily credits and Make's 1,000 ops a month are real caps. Perfect for building and testing, upgrade only once a workflow earns.
One tool can cover two jobs Claude writes and can build simple apps, Canva does design and basic video. Fewer tools means fewer logins to manage.
You don't need all eight. Pick the two jobs you currently pay for or waste the most time on, set those up free this week, and add the rest when you hit a wall. Your stack should grow with what you're actually making, not before it.
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