Productivity & Assistants – AI tools for Malaysians

ChatGPT

General AI assistant for writing, analysis and Q&A.

Free plan; paid Go, Plus and Pro plans for individuals (price shown at checkout)

Google Gemini

Google's AI assistant, integrated with Gmail and Docs.

Free plan; Google AI Plus US$4.99/mo, Pro US$19.99/mo (US prices)

Claude

AI assistant for long documents, writing and reasoning.

Free plan; Pro US$20/mo (US$17/mo billed yearly)

Grok

AI assistant from xAI with real-time X data.

Free plan; X Plus US$8/mo, Premium US$30/mo

Microsoft Copilot

Microsoft's AI assistant for Office and the web.

Free Copilot app; Microsoft 365 Personal with Copilot US$9.99/mo

Perplexity

AI search engine with cited answers.

Free plan; Pro US$17/mo billed yearly

Notion AI

AI inside Notion for notes, docs and wikis.

Otter.ai

Meeting transcription and AI notes.

Fireflies.ai

AI notetaker for Zoom, Meet and Teams.

Zapier

Automate workflows between apps, with AI steps.

Make

Visual automation platform for connecting apps.

ClickUp

Projects, docs and AI in one workspace.

monday.com

Work management with AI.

Asana

Project and task management with AI.

Trello

Kanban boards for team tasks.

Gamma

Create presentations and docs with AI.

Free 400 one-time credits; Plus US$9/seat/mo

NotebookLM

AI research notebook from your own documents.

Free with a Google account; higher limits with Google AI Plus/Pro (US$4.99/US$19.99 mo)

Lark

Chat, docs, meetings and AI in one suite.

Starter free (up to 20 users); Basic US$6, Pro US$12 per user/mo billed yearly

Calendly

Online appointment scheduling.

Free plan; Standard US$10/seat/mo

Loom

Record screen videos with AI summaries.

ILMUchat

Malaysian AI assistant that understands BM, English and Manglish.

Free Basic plan; Pro RM50/mo

DeepSeek

Free AI chat assistant for reasoning, writing and coding.

Free app and web chat; API billed separately

Mistral Vibe

AI assistant and agent from Mistral (formerly Le Chat).

Free plan; Pro US$14.99/mo

Fathom

AI notetaker that records and summarises Zoom, Meet and Teams calls.

Free forever plan; Team US$15/user/mo billed yearly

tl;dv

AI meeting recorder with notes and CRM sync.

Free forever plan; paid upgrades

n8n

Workflow automation with AI agents, cloud or self-hosted.

Cloud plans billed yearly; free trial

Google Workspace

Gmail, Docs, Meet and Drive for business, with Gemini AI.

Business Starter US$7/user/mo; 14-day free trial

Slack

Team chat with AI search and summaries.

Free plan; Pro US$8.75/user/mo (US$7.25 billed yearly)

Zoom Workplace

Video meetings, chat and AI Companion summaries.

Basic free (40-min meetings); Pro US$16.99/user/mo

Tally

Free form builder for orders, bookings and surveys.

Free unlimited forms; Pro US$24/mo

Jotform

Online forms, e-signatures and AI agents for customer intake.

Free Starter plan; paid Bronze/Silver/Gold

GitHub Copilot

AI coding assistant in VS Code, JetBrains and GitHub.

Free plan (limited); Pro US$10/mo

Microsoft 365 Copilot (business)

Copilot inside Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Teams, grounded in your company's data.

Paid add-on or bundle for eligible Microsoft 365 business plans (annual commitment); Copilot Chat included at no extra cost

Consensus

AI search engine for peer-reviewed research papers, with cited summaries.

Free (10 Pro messages a month); Pro US$12/mo (US$144/yr), Deep US$45/mo

Elicit

AI research assistant that searches and summarises papers and helps with systematic reviews.

Basic free; Pro US$49/user/mo billed yearly (US$588)

Microsoft Copilot Studio

No-code builder for company AI agents and workflows connected to your SharePoint, files and systems, for jobs like procedure checks or scheduling. Requires an organisation Microsoft tenant.

US$200 per month for 25,000 Copilot Credits (tenant-wide), or pay-as-you-go via Azure; usage of agents in Microsoft 365 Copilot is included for licensed users

Krisp

Voice AI for meetings: noise cancellation, bot-free transcripts, AI notes and accent conversion.

7-day free trial; Core from US$8/mo/user billed annually (US$16 monthly); Advanced from US$15/mo/user annually; Enterprise by quote