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Search and compare 3,000+ checked AI tools: pricing, liveness, Effect and Trust scores.

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compare_tools Read-only

Two EffectHub tool cards side by side — pricing, scores, platforms, API, liveness — plus the differences in plain sentences. When EffectHub has a researched head-to-head page for the pair, comparison_url links to it.

astring, required

Slug of the first tool.

bstring, required

Slug of the second tool.

Tools (4)

compare_tools

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Argument	Type	Description
a*	string	Slug of the first tool.
b*	string	Slug of the second tool.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "a",
    "b"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "a": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Slug of the first tool."
    },
    "b": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "Slug of the second tool."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

get_tool

Everything public on one EffectHub tool card: what it does, category, pricing model and entry price, Effect score, Trust score, platforms, whether it is still alive and when that was last checked, and the card URL. Takes the tool's slug (from search_tools, or the last part of https://effecthub.net/ai/{slug}).

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Argument	Type	Description
slug*	string	The tool's slug, e.g. "cursor".

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The tool's slug, e.g. \"cursor\"."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

list_alternatives

Tools that do the same job as the given one. Alternatives our research named for this tool come first (basis "researched"), then live tools from the same category (basis "category"). Discontinued tools are left out.

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Argument	Type	Description
slug*	string	The tool to find alternatives for.
limit	integer	How many tools to return (1-20, default 10).

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "slug"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "slug": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "minLength": 1,
      "description": "The tool to find alternatives for."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many tools to return (1-20, default 10)."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}

search_tools

Search the EffectHub catalog of AI tools by product name, job to be done ("transcribe interviews") or category ("video editing"). Optionally narrow by task slug, category slug or pricing model. Returns published, live tools with pricing, Effect score and a link to each card on effecthub.net.

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Argument	Type	Description
task	string	Optional task slug, as in https://effecthub.net/ai-for/{task} (e.g. "text-to-speech"). Only tools tagged with it are returned.
limit	integer	How many tools to return (1-20, default 10).
query*	string	What to look for: a product name, a job, or a category in plain words.
pricing	string	Optional pricing model: free, freemium, free_trial, paid or contact (sales-quoted).
category	string	Optional category slug, as in https://effecthub.net/ai-tools/{slug}. A top-level category includes its subcategories; matched on each tool's primary category.

Input schema (JSON)

{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "query"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "task": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "description": "Optional task slug, as in https://effecthub.net/ai-for/{task} (e.g. \"text-to-speech\"). Only tools tagged with it are returned."
    },
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "default": 10,
      "maximum": 20,
      "minimum": 1,
      "description": "How many tools to return (1-20, default 10)."
    },
    "query": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 128,
      "minLength": 2,
      "description": "What to look for: a product name, a job, or a category in plain words."
    },
    "pricing": {
      "enum": [
        "free",
        "freemium",
        "free_trial",
        "paid",
        "contact"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional pricing model: free, freemium, free_trial, paid or contact (sales-quoted)."
    },
    "category": {
      "type": "string",
      "pattern": "^[a-z0-9]+(?:[-_][a-z0-9]+)*$",
      "maxLength": 96,
      "description": "Optional category slug, as in https://effecthub.net/ai-tools/{slug}. A top-level category includes its subcategories; matched on each tool's primary category."
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}