One AI Guide is an independent directory and decision guide for AI tools, covering 175+ hand-tested tools across 11 categories in 6 languages. Below are direct answers to the questions we get most, about the directory, the ratings, Lumi the AI consultant, pricing, and how to get your own tool listed.
One AI Guide (oneaiguide.com) is an independent directory and decision guide for AI tools, launched in 2026 and operated by LUMIVEX in the Netherlands. It combines 175+ hand-tested AI tools across 11 categories with honest editor ratings, side-by-side comparisons, ready-to-run multi-tool workflows called stacks, and Lumi, a built-in AI consultant that recommends the right tools for your specific project and budget.
Yes. Browsing all 175+ tools, comparing up to 4 tools side by side, reading every guide, browsing community stacks and asking Lumi for quick recommendations on the homepage is completely free and requires no account. A free account adds favorites, saved stacks and access to the AI Handbook. The only paid product is Lumi Pro, the full AI consultant, from $99 per month.
Three transparent ways: affiliate links on some outbound buttons (the price you pay never changes), clearly labelled sponsored placements that never alter editorial ratings, and Lumi Pro subscriptions. Editor ratings, strengths and weaknesses are written before any commercial terms are considered and are never for sale.
One AI Guide is built and operated by LUMIVEX, a Dutch company founded by Said El Moussaoui. The site launched in 2026 with a simple goal: cut through AI hype with honest, hands-on reviews and practical guidance that anyone can act on.
The directory covers 175+ AI tools across 11 categories: Text & Copy, Image Generation, Video Generation, Code & Development, Productivity, Music & Audio, Voice & Speech, Design, 3D & Animation, AI Hardware, and Specialized tools. Every listing includes an editor rating, strengths, weaknesses, pricing and best-for scenarios.
Every tool is tested hands-on by an editor before it is published. Each review records concrete strengths, concrete weaknesses, an overall editor rating, pricing details and the scenarios the tool is genuinely best for. Brands cannot pay for a better rating, and community reviews from signed-in users appear separately from the editorial verdict.
New tools are added after hands-on testing, and existing listings are re-checked when pricing or features change. The catalog, the guides and the news feed at /news are maintained continuously, and the sitemap and llms.txt are generated live from the database, so crawlers and AI engines always see the current catalog.
Yes. Every tool page lists vetted alternatives from the catalog, and dedicated pages at /alternatives compare each tool against similar options. There are also head-to-head comparison pages at /vs for popular matchups, and the Compare feature at /compare puts up to 4 tools side by side on features, pricing and editor scores.
Yes. The /gear section covers hand-tested AI hardware in 7 device categories: smart glasses, AI recorders, translators, wearables, cameras, drones and smart home devices, each with an editor pick per category and honest notes on what the device actually does well.
Lumi is the AI consultant built into One AI Guide. The free Lumi on the homepage answers quick questions and points you to the right tools from the catalog. Lumi Pro, the full Pro AI Consultant at /consultant, runs deep multi-turn consultations that turn your project into a complete tool stack with the full monthly cost calculated upfront, step-by-step setup guidance, live web search and exportable plans.
Lumi Pro is flexible: prepaid credits with no subscription at $9.99 for 100,000 tokens or $39 for 500,000 tokens (credits never expire), Starter at $19 per month with 300,000 tokens each month, or Business at $99 per month (billed $594 every 6 months) with 1,500,000 tokens each month, which is 34% cheaper per token than credit packs. Billing runs through Stripe secure checkout and you can cancel anytime from your account in one click.
Free Lumi on the homepage gives short, quick recommendations and stays free. Lumi Pro works like a senior AI consultant on call: it scopes your project across multiple turns, selects a stack that fits your budget, calculates the total monthly cost of every recommendation, walks you through setup, searches the live web for current facts and prices, and saves every session so you can pick up any project on any device.
One AI Guide is available in 6 languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch and Arabic, with full right-to-left support for Arabic. Localized pages live under their own URL prefix (for example /de, /fr, /es, /nl, /ar) with proper hreflang annotations, so search engines and AI crawlers can serve each visitor the right language version.
No account is needed to browse tools, compare them, read guides or ask Lumi quick questions on the homepage. A free account unlocks favorites, your own stacks, community posting, and reading or downloading the AI Handbook. Signing in works with an email address or an existing Google account.
The AI Handbook at /handbook is a complete, free introduction book to working with AI, written by the One AI Guide editors. You can read it in the browser or download it as a PDF. It is free in full; the only requirement is a free account.
Submit your tool for free at /submit. An editor tests every submission hands-on before anything is published, so inclusion is an editorial decision, not a paid one. We aim to reply within 2 business days; editorial reviews can take longer because we actually test the tool first.
Ratings are never for sale. The only paid placement is a clearly labelled sponsored listing that temporarily raises a tool's visibility inside its own category; it never changes the editor rating, the strengths and weaknesses, or the review text. Sponsored placements are marked with a visible Sponsored badge.
Use the contact form at /contact for general questions, partnership requests and press. We aim to reply within 2 business days. Tool submissions go through /submit so they enter the editorial testing queue directly.