In this comprehensive video, I tested over 100 AI tools and discovered the 11 BEST ones that can genuinely help you make money in 2026. Whether you're looking to start a side hustle, automate your business, or create passive income streams, these AI tools are game-changers.
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- The top 11 AI tools tested from 100+ options
- How to use each tool to generate income
- Real-world applications and use cases
- Step-by-step tutorials for implementation
- Pricing comparisons and ROI analysis
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🎯 **What You'll Learn:**
- The top 11 AI tools tested from 100+ options
- How to use each tool to generate income
- Real-world applications and use cases
- Step-by-step tutorials for implementation
- Pricing comparisons and ROI analysis
Perfect for entrepreneurs, freelancers, content creators, and anyone looking to leverage AI for financial growth in 2026.
💡 Don't miss out on these incredible opportunities to transform your income with AI technology!
#AITools #MakeMoney #PassiveIncome #AI2026 #Entrepreneurship #BusinessTools #SideHustle #OnlineIncome #AITutorial #MoneyMaking
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00:00My team and I have tested over 100 tools in the past year, and some are absolute game changers.
00:06Some are just not worth your time and money. All of us keep hearing about dozens of different AI
00:12services appearing every day. But what you haven't heard is how to connect them to your workflow so
00:19they actually work together and multiply your results. And you definitely haven't seen which
00:23tools cost almost nothing, but will completely transform how you work. In this video, I'm going
00:28to show you exactly which tools matter, which ones are only useful for very specific niche use cases
00:34and probably are not worth your attention, and how to use them without burning through money on
00:39subscriptions you don't need and without having to hire an extra person just to manage all of the AI
00:44tools. So let's dive in. I really think for all the beginners who are watching this video, we really
00:49need to start with the basics and talk about large language models. So of course, you've heard about
00:53ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, large language models created by OpenAI, Anthropoc, and Google. And all
00:59these models help you think and write, but they are not the same. ChatGPT is the most reliable baseline.
01:07It's what everyone knows. And the free version is genuinely useful. Yes, there is a paid tier if you
01:12hit limits, but most people don't. Stick with free until you actually need more. Claude actually has the
01:18best writing quality, hands down. If you care about depth, if you care about nuance, if you write a lot
01:25of texts, if you need reasoning that actually makes sense, Claude is your tool. And again, free tier
01:31works for most things. Also, they're really good at financial stuff like building your portfolio and
01:38helping you make financial decisions. Gemini is one of the most powerful models in the world. It is
01:43Google. And basically, because Google owns your inbox, owns your calendar, owns a lot of your
01:49search, it is integrating AI directly in your ecosystem. So if you're like me, if you live in
01:55Google Workspace, Google Drive, Docs, Gemini starts to make sense because it's already built in there.
02:03Perplexity is the one people underestimate. And a lot of my friends told me they started using
02:07perplexity after they heard about it from me and it completely changed their lives. So let me know if
02:11you start using perplexity after this video. So basically, perplexity is not trying to replace
02:15ChatGPT. It is a research engine. So you ask it a question and it actually searches the web. It finds
02:22sources, it cites them, gives you grounded answers. And I find them much more thorough compared to
02:28ChatGPT when you do the same prompting. So for example, when it comes to a serious question, for me,
02:32I have very high cholesterol and I'm very mindful of it. I take care of my diet, I exercise, etc.
02:39Within perplexity, I created a workspace. And yes, ChatGPT gives me similar answers. But because
02:44it is such an important topic, I really want a tool that is more research-based. So I have a
02:50workspace within perplexity. I uploaded all of my test results there. I keep asking questions about
02:55what to eat and what not to eat. And I upload all my new results and it kind of tracks everything.
03:01Of course, I talk to my doctor. But it's just for some very serious questions or like when it comes to
03:06raising my kids and I have like an issue with their attitude towards me, yes, for a quick answer,
03:12I would ask ChatGPT. But if I want to sit down and like really dig deeper into the problem,
03:17I would do perplexity. And with all the models that I mentioned, the reality is most people can
03:21work entirely with free versions. Don't pay for something until you actually hit the ceiling.
03:27Now let's talk about a very powerful thing that emerged last year and that has changed my workflow
03:33a lot. AI browsers. So you know all the traditional browsers, right? Chrome, Safari, Firefox. But now
03:39you've got Atlas by OpenAI, Comet by Perplexity and several others. And here's what's actually
03:44happening in the industry. These companies realized people use AI for more than just chatting. And so
03:50basically these browsers have LLMs built into them and they act as your agents. They can do so much
03:57more. You can now ask the browser to not just search for something, but to book something,
04:03to buy something for you on Amazon, to pull information from websites. I use Comet all the
04:08time to chat with a YouTube video because it is so good at chatting with videos. AI talks directly to
04:16the web and AI works as your personal assistant online. And again, because I like perplexity,
04:22I've been using Comet a lot for a few weeks and it's completely changed a lot of things for me.
04:27Here are some of my favorite use cases. You need to be logged into your Amazon or whatever you use
04:31for buying, but I actually go to Comet and say, hey, I need a round tablecloth for my medium-sized
04:37table outside. Can you find something that's white? High quality gives me this luxurious feel of a
04:44five-star hotel. A few seconds later, I get an email saying that the purchase has been made. And I trust
04:50comment with small decisions like that. Another use case, I ask it to go to my Gmail, find what's
04:57going on in my kid's school and put events directly into my calendar and send invites to my husband so
05:02that we are there for their performance, etc. This has also been such a game changer. I don't know
05:07about you guys, but my kids are at school, one in TK, one in K, and I'm getting so many emails. I'm
05:13getting so much information about what they're doing every single day. I just can't keep track. So
05:18perplexity helps me with that too. And here's a cool use case from my COO. So for example, right
05:24now we're looking for a social media strategist. So she opens an assistant browser, enters a prompt
05:29like, look for people on LinkedIn who've been working for these companies, who are still in
05:35social media, who are actively posting about Instagram strategies. And yes, it takes a while
05:40because it basically goes, it has vision, it goes and searches the profiles, but it delivers results for
05:45you. It delivers complete lists of people that she needs. I highly recommend that you not just
05:51listen to this video, but you go and install one of the agentic browsers for yourself. It's really
05:55easy to onboard because you can copy all your bookmarks, all your saved passwords, your browse
06:01history. So you're not starting from zero. And also if you're using Atlas, for example, it has your
06:05chat GPT memory. The next tool I wanted to talk about is called Popstore and Popstore is sponsoring
06:10this video. It is a platform for content creators that combines AI content production, monetization
06:15and audience management all in one place. It's perfect for creators who want to quickly generate
06:20professional content while earning directly from their audience. Plus, it helps you save
06:25time by eliminating the need for shoots or complex promotion setups. Now let's dive into
06:30how it works. Popstore lets you create a fully branded home where you can monetize your presence
06:35in many ways. Subscriptions, tips, pay to DM, downloads, community chats, affiliate products
06:41and more. All of this happens without juggling multiple platforms like Discord, GoFundMe or Linktree.
06:47One standout feature is their AI production studio called AvatarMe, which lets you generate on-brand
06:53photo and video content of yourself in minutes. No camera, studio or product samples needed. You can
06:59customize outfits, background and even create full HD videos with lip sync. At the same time,
07:05Popstore encourages fan engagement by allowing your audience to create their own AI avatars
07:11of you based on pre-approved looks and you earn every time they do it. This is the first AI tool
07:17that allows creators to monetize fan-generated avatar content, turning your personality into an
07:22additional income stream. It also supports selling coaching sessions, online courses, digital downloads
07:28and hosting live streams with product tagging, all from your branded storefront. If you're not a
07:32content creator, it can still help you build a professional online presence to engage your
07:37community, sell products or offer services easily. By seamlessly integrating AI-powered content
07:42creation with direct monetization and providing full ownership of audience data, Pop.Store
07:48fundamentally transforms how anyone can grow and sustain their business or online presence. This
07:53means more content, more ways to earn and you can stay in control without middleman or algorithm
07:58interference. Check out Pop.Store using the link in the description.
08:02Okay, the next one is Notion and it is not an outtaking app. That's what people think, but it's
08:09actually your business operating system and it's my business's operating system. My team has
08:15everything in Notion. Every process we follow, every template we use, every contact, every standard
08:22operating procedure, product playbook, content calendar, task management, all of it. It is a beautiful
08:28system, beautifully designed. I absolutely love it. So when you join the team, they go to Notion and
08:34that's their entire onboarding because they get access to everything. But what makes Notion powerful
08:39is that it gives you the ability to connect all of other tools that you use through automation. Now,
08:45basically you can build custom automations that run between Notion and everything else. Let me give
08:52you a real example from our operation. When I approve a new topic idea for this channel, I click
08:59the approve button in Notion. A workflow starts automatically. It creates a task and sends it to
09:05a team group via the messenger that we use. We use Telegram. Then it starts a reminder chain so that
09:11as the deadline gets closer, the team gets automatic reminders. We have to help Marina with research.
09:17We have to do this. Nobody gets a message from me. I'm eliminated from the process. Nobody has to
09:21check email. The system just works. That's the power of Notion plus automation. And yes, you will need to
09:27spend some time, first of all, transitioning to Notion, onboarding, uploading all your documents
09:32and everything. But oh my god, once it's there, it's like your digital COO. If you're solo, it's probably
09:38not worth it yet because it really depends how simple you want to be. I hear that a lot of solopreneurs
09:44just rely on like a Google Doc or their notes and it's totally fine. But some solopreneurs want to be
09:50like pro level. You know, when I started my company, I also had everything in notes. But when I started
09:55hiring, it was like an extra task for me to transition to something that everybody could
10:00access. So if you're planning on scaling, if you're planning on hiring more people, maybe start with
10:05Notion. If you feel like, oh, I'm just going to do it by myself, you can just stay in Google Docs or
10:09notes. The next two tools are N8N and Zapier. The last time I said Nathan, a lot of people were upset.
10:15Basically, these are tools that do the same thing, but I want to explain what they actually
10:20are. Most people think they are for developers and they're not. My YouTube producer uses them
10:27all the time and she's not a developer. She's English teacher by education. So what automation
10:31tools do? They watch one app for something to happen and then they automatically trigger an action
10:37in another app. You don't touch it. It just happens. And you can build as many processes as you want,
10:43as complicated as you want them to be. And because everything is so visual and intuitive,
10:48you're basically just connecting dots. So what's the difference between these two?
10:52Zapier is the easier one. The interface is visual. It's simple to understand and it has thousands of
10:58pre-built automations that are ready to deploy. You just connect the apps, log into the apps and it
11:03works. N8N is more powerful and flexible, but sometimes it requires some developer knowledge.
11:09With N8N, you can build automations that Zapier simply can't do, but it has a learning curve.
11:14You might need to work with a code a little bit, or you can just tell AI to build it for you and AI
11:19will handle it. And again, they're simplifying the process every week and every week there's
11:24something new. So I would urge you to give it a try and just build some basic automations.
11:30Because again, with AI, it's not about listening to this video. It's about going ahead and trying
11:34and spending maybe a day just playing with all the tools and seeing and witnessing how
11:39they actually transform a process for you. Okay, Otter. I love Otter. And it's not just a
11:45transcription tool. Though I use it a lot for transcription, I would record a voice note on
11:49my phone, send it to Otter, create a transcript, create a LinkedIn post. And I use that a lot for
11:54conferences where I listen to a lot of talks and I just want to have all of the voice notes
11:59combined and sent to my team. But basically, it's not just that. It's also a meeting intelligence
12:04system. You can record a meeting, a call, a podcast episode, anything with audio. And
12:09by the way, Otter joins all the calls that you schedule automatically. It transcribes
12:13them in real time. And then the most important part, it analyzes everything. It identifies who's
12:19speaking. It generates an automatic summary of the whole meeting. It pulls out action items
12:24showing who's supposed to do what. It tracks how much time each person spoke. And you can search
12:30through entire transcript by keyword. It actually matters a lot because I don't have to attend every
12:36single team meeting. I don't have to pause the meeting for someone to take notes and to remind
12:40me to do something later. Otter can attend for me and after I get a full report instead of spending an
12:45hour in a meeting. To all the next tool, you've heard me saying a lot of good things about it. I love
12:52it. Just yesterday, we were creating a presentation for all of the guests who come to my podcast. And we
12:57created them with just like a standard Google Slides to PDF. When you do a PDF presentation,
13:02like it's not mobile native. And most guests would just scroll through my presentation on their phones.
13:09But the tool called Gamma not only helps you with your DAX with AI, it also adjusts the DAX for every
13:16phone screen. So when you open a Gamma presentation on your phone, it's actually vertical. The text is easy
13:22to read. Everything is arranged in a beautiful way, not these PDF slides that are horizontal and your eyes
13:28start hurting a few slides in. So Gamma is built for people who want presentations to look modern
13:35and for everyone who just makes presentations all the time. Okay, the next one is a tool that
13:41completely blew my mind this past year. This is where you feel like we are in the AI age. So basically,
13:47Replit democratized building apps and building tools. The best way to work with it is to first
13:53talk to an LLM that I mentioned at the beginning of this video. You talk to ChatGPT or you talk to
13:58Claude and you tell them like, hey, I want to develop an app that does this, this and that. Ask me questions
14:02about the development of that app or like about the flow inside the app and give me a prompt for
14:09Replit. And then once the prompt is created, you paste it into Replit and it builds what you want.
14:14You test it, you might want to fix the bugs, but they also have a built-in QA automation and suddenly
14:21you have a custom tool that saves your team hours of work. So here's a real example. Our producer on
14:27Lingua Marina YouTube channel built an entire language learning app on Replit. Because you know
14:32what we used to do a lot? We used to create PDFs for some classes that we have on my Lingua Marina
14:39channel so that students have something visual after they finish the class. Because building an app for
14:44every single video is a little bit complicated. Not anymore. Now we can build an app for every
14:50single video. Like practice your idioms, practice your pronunciation, practice your essay writing
14:55skills. So one of the most recent apps that she built is basically you take a test, you answer
15:01questions, the app evaluates your English level, gives you feedback, all without her writing a single
15:06code. She told AI what she wanted and AI built it. Yes, it had bugs at first. That's normal. She fixed them
15:12and boom, she has this custom tool that we can offer to our students. Okay, Eleven Labs. I actually had
15:18Madi, the founder of Eleven Labs, on this podcast and most people still think that Eleven Labs is just
15:24for voice generation or like voiceover on YouTube. This is an outdated thinking. You can make your voice
15:31answer your sales calls. You can sell your voice in a marketplace. You can build AI call centers that
15:38sound human. That's all Eleven Labs now. Here's how we use it in our day-to-day. So I recorded my voice
15:44multiple times using different mics and uploaded it to Eleven Labs. Now when I'm traveling or focused
15:50on strategy work, my team doesn't need to interrupt me with like, oh Marina, can you record another
15:55voiceover? They simply open Eleven Labs, choose text to speech, select one of the voices that fits that
16:01video best because there are different mics, there are different intonations and they're able to play with it.
16:07They're able to play with stability, similarity and get the intonation as close as possible to my real voice.
16:12Just compare. This is me speaking and this is the generated version my team created.
16:17Another tool that we absolutely love in my team is called Niana Banana. It generates images from text descriptions
16:25but more importantly, it edits existing images. You can replace text on images, you can change backgrounds,
16:32you can remove objects, alter clothing, add effects and completely transform photos with natural language
16:38prompts. Now my team uses Niana Banana to tweak our thumbnails. When we post a video, we normally have
16:45maybe 10 different thumbnails. We have so many ideas and we want to test them. We ask the designer to create
16:51one and then we just ask Niana Banana to create different versions of a text on that thumbnail. The prompt
16:58should include the exact font that you want, its size and other details. By the way, I'll pin the
17:03prompt in the comments below this video. And by the way, our team also stores all our best prompts in
17:08our Notion playbook so that everyone on the team can access and use them. Image generation doesn't
17:14always work perfectly on the first try. You need some patience, you need to play with it, you need to see
17:20what's working for you. But once you get the hang of it, you can generate unlimited design variations
17:24instantly. By the way, if you want some tips on prompting, let me know in the comments below and
17:29I can make a dedicated post in my YouTube community. Okay, tool number 11, HeyGen. HeyGen generates
17:36realistic AI videos from text. You write a script, you hit generate and the AI tool creates a video with an AI
17:43avatar speaking your script in a natural voice. And of course, you can create your own avatar, you just need to
17:49record yourself and give permission to the app. And the quality is now genuinely professional.
17:54Hello, everyone. I wanted to thank you for your incredible support. Your engagement and encouragement
18:00mean the world to me. I appreciate every one of you. Real use cases, product demos without filming
18:06everything, educational content for onboarding new team members, promotional videos for launches,
18:11explainer videos, if you need to make videos in different languages, you customize the avatar,
18:16the background, the clothing, and you generate multiple videos in a single afternoon.
18:21So what I want you to understand from this video, it's not like we use AI and replace people.
18:27The thing is, this year I started hiring more people because I want to explore more tools,
18:32because I want to see how we can increase our output. And when I see that one of my managers can now do
18:38100% more things, I just want to hire another manager and amplify the results, right? It's entrepreneurship for you.
18:46There's not a single tool that will go from the beginning to the end without human. I feel like AI is
18:51new productivity. It's not replacing everything. For now, things move fast. I'm also just trying to
18:58adapt here. But I want you to start building your own AI system, because when you connect the right
19:03tools together, they multiply your and your team's output. And that's the actual advantage. Subscribe to
19:08this channel because we're releasing tons of interesting podcasts with people who are actually moving AI and
19:13building these tools for you. You don't want to miss them. And see you soon in my next videos. Bye!
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