AI Marketing

17 tools · 8 jobs · updated Oct 2026

AI Marketing Tools

The AI tools that do marketing work, sorted by the job they do, with tutorials and honest takes from someone who runs them.

The tools at a glance

ToolBest forFree planLearn it
Claude
Anthropic		Writing & content—Review
ChatGPT Images
OpenAI		Images & video—Review
Nano Banana
Google		Images & video—Review
ElevenLabs
ElevenLabs		Images & video—News
Search Console
Google		SEO & AI searchFreeNews
Ahrefs
Ahrefs		SEO & AI search—Coming
Resend
Resend		EmailFree up to 1,000 contactsComing
Beehiiv
Beehiiv		EmailFree up to 2,500 subscribersComing
Kit
Kit		EmailFree up to 10,000 subscribersComing
Muse
Meta		Social & ads—News
AI Max
Google		Social & ads—News
HubSpot Marketing Studio
HubSpot		Automation & agents—News
n8n
n8n		Automation & agents—Coming
Esy Esy
Esy (ours)		Automation & agents—Tutorial
Clay
Clay		Data & prospecting—Coming
Claude Code
Anthropic		Building with AI—Course
Cursor
Anysphere		Building with AI—Tutorial

Best AI tools for writing & content

Claude

Writes, edits and researches: drafts, briefs, pages and long reports. The model behind most of what Esy writes, and the one I reach for first.

We use it

Best AI tools for images & video

ChatGPT Images

Makes and edits images from a prompt, including text inside the picture. What clip.art’s 30,000+ pages were drawn with, through the API.

We use it

Nano Banana

Google’s image model: fast edits and consistent characters across shots.

ElevenLabs

Voices for video and ads: clones a voice and speaks it in many languages.

Best AI tools for email

Resend

Sends email from your own code: newsletters, confirmations, automations. What The Marketing Engineer moved to, so the newsletter runs from Esy.

We use itFree up to 1,000 contacts

Review coming

Beehiiv

A newsletter platform with an editor, a website and a growth network.

Free up to 2,500 subscribers

Review coming

Kit

Email for creators: courses by email, tagging and sequences.

Free up to 10,000 subscribers

Review coming

Best AI tools for social & ads

Muse

Meta’s agent for small businesses, with Shopify, Klaviyo and Canva plugged in.

AI Max

Google’s AI layer for Search campaigns: matching, copy and landing pages.

Best AI tools for automation & agents

HubSpot Marketing Studio

Campaign, Content and Nurture agents inside HubSpot’s marketing tools.

n8n

Connects your apps into automated workflows, with AI agents as steps.

Review coming

Esy Esy

Runs marketing work end to end, and records how every piece was made. Ours. clip.art, SEOPage and AI Marketing News run on it.

We use it

Best AI tools for data & prospecting

Clay

Finds and enriches leads from many data sources, then acts on them with AI.

We use it

Review coming

Best AI tools for building with ai

Claude Code

An AI that writes and runs code in your terminal: builds the systems themselves. How every system in this newsletter gets built.

We use it

Cursor

A code editor with AI built in, for building and changing your marketing sites.

Questions

What are the best AI tools for marketing?

It depends on the job. For writing, Claude; for images, ChatGPT Images or Nano Banana; for SEO, Ahrefs and Search Console; for email from your own systems, Resend. Each section above names what I run and why.

Are there free AI marketing tools?

Some: Search Console is free, and the email tools here have free tiers (Resend to 1,000 contacts, Beehiiv to 2,500 subscribers, Kit to 10,000).

How do I learn to use them?

Every tool links to a tutorial, review or course where one exists, and the weekly email walks through one system at a time.

Not affiliated with any company listed. Product names are their owners’ trademarks. No sponsorships or affiliate links: picks are what I actually use. Esy is ours, and marked so.

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