In 2025, the AI industry has ushered in a remarkable moment of development. At the beginning of the year, the popularity of DeepSeek allowed domestic users to truly experience the powerful capabilities of large language models, setting off a wave of AI learning boom. Looking back at the development of AI in these three years, a relatively mature application pattern has been formed today.
The main areas of focus are AI conversation, AI writing, AI painting, AI video generation, AI audio generation, AI programming, AI search, and AI music.
In this booming market, various companies are actively laying out their positions and fighting for their place in the market. By now, the leading products in each segment are becoming clear and the growth rate is slowing down.
So as an AI enthusiast, I've put together this guide in the hopes that it will help those who are new to AI take the easy way out and find the tools that work best for them.
It should be noted that mostAI ProductsThere is actually quite a bit of overlap in functionality. My main consideration in categorizing them is their core strengths and specialties. For example, while DeepSeek is also a good AI conversation tool, I think it performs best at writing, so I've categorized it in the AI writing tools category.
This article is six thousand words, the content is more detailed, I will analyze the advantages and disadvantages of various types of AI products and application scenarios as clearly as possible.
I. AI Dialogue
1. ChatGPT
What: The most comprehensive, ecologically rich, and widely used AI conversation platform that can do almost anything.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/10491.html
Currently the most comprehensive AI product in terms of multimodal capabilities. The product experience is very good, with smooth and natural voice chat, quick response, the ability to recognize real objects directly through the camera during video calls with AI, and even simulate human mood changes.
I've used it myself and it really does perform the best in the companion AI category. Both the responsiveness and the feedback on the content of the dialog are spot on, giving the feeling of communicating with a real person.
But as the oldestAI ToolsThe Dall-E 3 and the Sora have been slightly old-fashioned to be honest, and have stagnated in product innovation over the last couple of years. The same company's Dall-E 3 and Sora are technically impressive but not practical enough to be surpassed by their competitors. The recently launched ChatGPT 4.5 also failed to bring much surprise, with mixed reviews on social media.
In addition, CEO Sam Altman's business orientation has sparked a lot of controversy. Although OpenAI maintains a certain lead in technology by virtue of its first-mover advantage, there is still room for improvement in terms of product utility and user experience.
2. Bean buns
Features: the most understanding of the Chinese context, grounded and professional, the product experience pulls full, is the intimate partner of domestic users.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/1252.html
In the past two years, the development of domestic AI is limited by the arithmetic bottleneck, the basic performance is generally not strong, until the appearance of DeepSeek is difficult to become a real productivity tool.
However, ByteDance makes up for the lack of modeling ability with its strong product polishing ability. As the current Internet company with the strongest product power, they really excel in user experience and have successfully developed many practical and interesting chatbots.
Daily English practice, tarot card reading and other functions are provided by the beanbag AI, the use of experience is quite smooth. Very recommended to install one for the elderly at home, nothing to nag a couple of words, relieve boredom and not afraid of the elderly being blackmailed.
3. Gemini
What: Google's AI product that incorporates Google's powerful search capabilities.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/1787.html
As Google's AI product, Gemini blends Google's powerful search capabilities with AI conversational capabilities to create a unique experience of use.
The biggest draw of Gemini is its seamless integration with Google search. When I need up-to-date information or specific data, Gemini is able to search for and integrate information in real time, an advantage that is hard to match with other conversation models.
II. AI writing
1. DeepSeek R1
Features: The strongest domestic open source model, creative writing ability to burst the table, is the country's people to realize the "AI freedom" of an important weapon.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/24339.html
The strongest open source big model in China, detonating the AI frenzy of 2025, and the most powerful model with the most powerful performance that is very simple for the people of the country to use, and now each of them has access to DeepSeek, which allows us to basically realize the freedom of AI.
In my real-world use, DeepSeek has performed well in creativity, writing, etc., and has reached the capability of being a really big model that can be used as a productivity tool.
It's more than enough to write Little Red Book copy, public articles, etc. Students in the creative industry can also use it for inspiration.
However, the shortcomings are also obvious, the output content can sometimes be too flashy, which in turn leads to lower usability and a consistently high rate of disillusionment.
But the latest news is that DeepSeek R2 is going to be released in a while, so hopefully that aspect will improve.
2. Claude
Characteristics: high quality of writing, code writing, and superb understanding, the right hand of professional writers and programmers.
Link: https://claude.ai
The industry's most recognized writing and coding capabilities of the big model, can be very good understanding of user needs, the output language real people feel strong, the recent release of the new Claude 3.7 is the first hybrid big model, the ability to further enhance.
But the boss pattern is not big, before DeepSeek came out when also posted malicious speculation phantom square, more regrettably seal Chinese account seal very strong. I can only say that I love and hate it.
3. Grok
Characteristics: great sense of humor, outspoken, lezzie man AI.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/1106.html
Musk with money ability, 200,000 GPU pile out of the latest model, I can only say that money is really good ah. This AI is very interesting, talking Lezi people like, very abstract, when I use it, I always feel that it is Musk who replies to me in the background.
With a good understanding of Chinese, it's a good fit for social media content. It catches online hotspots, plays with terriers, and writes content that's both interesting and resonant.
Daily nothing to find it blowing water can also be, after all, Grok with a lot of corpus is X on the X, X this platform than is not a hundred taboo, the main one what all can chat.
III. AI Painting
1. i.e., dreams
Features: Built for Chinese users, with a deep understanding of oriental aesthetics, it is the right hand of domestic creators.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/10005.html
The AI painting product launched by Byte, like the previous Doubao, has a drawn out user experience and very silky smooth operation. And the support for Chinese painting cue words is great, no need to rack your brain to think of English descriptions, directly in Chinese will be able to draw amazing works.
I used it last week to generate a few Chinese-style illustrations, and the results were simply stunning! That kind of ink flavor and oriental mood to pinpoint the right, not like machine-generated. Especially in dealing with Chinese clothing, ancient buildings and such Chinese elements, that dream than foreign models know much more, the details are handled in particular.
And also supports the direct generation of posters with Chinese text, to know that most of the AI painting generated by the Chinese is a mess, I previously used AI directly out of the festival posters, the effect is still very amazing.
2. Mappability
Features: the AI drawing tool launched by Racer, simple and easy to use.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/12103.html
Fast hand out of the AI drawing tool, the picture generation quality is very high, and also supports the Chinese cue word, is the ordinary people at hand available quality raw map AI tool.
AI change clothes can change the model's clothes with one click, and it is highly recommended for those who do e-commerce to try it.
3. Whisk
Features: instead of relying on text descriptions, it's simple and intuitive by uploading multiple images freely combined.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/26136.html
The AI painting product launched by Google is fundamentally different from traditional AI painting tools in that it no longer relies primarily on text prompts, but instead allows users to realize a more intuitive art creation process by uploading images as the primary input method.
4. Recraft.ai
Features: Focus on commercial design scenarios, from icon to UI, one-stop solution to design needs of professional tools.
Link: https://www.recraft.ai
Recraft.ai is a product manager who understands both design and business, not only can draw good-looking diagrams, but also knows how to make design serve business goals. And the most powerful place is to be able to generate a whole set of design resources with one click, from icons, illustrations to UI interface, style consistency is extremely strong.
5. ImageFX
Features: Powerful technology, superb detail and integration, ideal for those seeking high quality image generation.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/20437.html
6. Midjourney
Features: professional AI painting, strong ability, complex operation.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/10463.html
The earliest AI image generation tool out of the circle, professional and powerful need not be said. But the threshold of use is higher, and the operation is slightly complicated. And the price is not cheap, more suitable for professional designers to use.
IV. AI video
1. Kerin
Features: the leader in the field of domestic video generation launched by Racer, with extreme picture quality and smooth movements.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/12558.html
Ke Ling is the DeepSeek in the field of video generation, and as far as I can remember, it is also the first domestic AI tool to catch up with the top international products of the same kind.
The powerful video generation capability made Kerin International Edition a hit with foreigners as soon as it was launched. The quality of the generated videos is extremely high, with no confusion and a good understanding of the action.
2. Pika
What: A top AI video platform founded by Chinese with excellent dynamic element fusion capabilities.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/1557.html
It's also a Chinese-founded AI video company, and the overall video generation quality is top-notch.
Recently a new feature has been launched, which allows you to add other dynamic elements inside the video. The left side of the picture below is the original video, and the right side is the video after AI generation, you can see that the generated video is great and realistic.
For those who want to have some fun, or have a need for it, try Pika.
3. Runway
What: Trailblazer in AI video, high price but irreplaceable professional quality.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/78.html
OpenAi in the field of AI video, when Gen-2 was first released can be called the day in the field of video generation, only need to enter a few sentences of description, or upload a picture, it will be able to generate a smooth and natural video for you. Not the kind of rough animation, but a real sense of the picture, even the professionals have to marvel at the kind.
Nowadays, although the AI video field is full of stars, Runway is still the same. The only unfriendly thing is that it is expensive and needs to be imitated, so if you don't mind the hassle, we still recommend you to use Koring directly.
4. Vidu
Features: domestic video of the large model of the people's choice, the Chinese interface is friendly and easy to get started, cost-effective
Link:https://www.1ai.net/16856.html
The same is the first-class domestic video big model, the effect is good. The use of the interface is also very friendly to the Chinese people, support for Chinese cue words, very good to get started.
And the main one is cheap, so if you are just interested in AI video you can try to play around with Vidu.
V. AI Audio
1. Conch AI
Features: MINIMAX's voice generation artifacts, read aloud staccato natural, clone accurate and realistic, self-media creators of voice-over tool.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/21428.html
MINIMAX products, their house dabbles in everything from picture to video to sound, and they all work pretty well.
My personal favorite is to use Conch AI's voice generation feature, which reads the text aloud with clarity and can automatically do staccato with a strong sense of realism.
VI. AI programming
Cursor, Windsurf, Trae
Characteristics: Cursor ability is the most specialized and complex operation; Windsurf is next; Trae is next.
Link:
https://www.cursor.comhttps://codeium.com/windsurfhttps://www.trae.ai
I'm not a programmer myself, and have done less research in AI programming tools, so I won't play the big tail and give recommendations.
Cursor, Windsurf, and Trae are three that I have used and have made complete products with all of them.
In my brief experience, Curosr is more specialized in this area of AI programming, but has a higher barrier to use.
Windsurf is more suitable for newbie geeks and easier to operate.
Trae is byte out of the AI programming tools, and other bytes of the same product user experience pull full, comes with Chinese accessibility, you can also use free claude 3.7, if MINIMAX is the Bodhisattva, that byte proper cyber Buddha.
VII. AI search
1. perplexity.ai
Features: AI search tool originator.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/8821.html
The earliest AI search tools combined AI and search to dramatically improve the accuracy of information.
Ideal as a supplement to search engines such as Google, but also a great tool for researchers such as content creators to retrieve information.
Disadvantages, after all, is a foreign tool, has not been optimized for the domestic, the current domestic nano AI search and the secret tower search have been developed, there are better products to use.
2. Nano AI search
Features: Zhou Hongyi launched the AI search tool, comes with more AI tools, office tools.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/24025.html
Zhou Hongyi launched the nano AI search, taking advantage of the DeepSeek wave, and quickly went online with a free full-blooded version of the R1 reasoning model, the download volume soared, and the daily activity also rose rapidly.
The experience is not bad, the features that should be there are there, the search results basically meet my requirements, but sometimes there are factual errors. It has a lot to do with the ability of the model itself, DeepSeek R1.
In addition to searching, there is a multi-model collaboration feature that allows the AI to play different roles in checking answers. There are also some useful AI tools that help us improve our efficiency on a daily basis, and overall it's still great for hitters.
3. Tower search
Features: focus on scientific research work study AI search tool, you can build your own knowledge base and industry analysis report, work study home essential.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/11523.html
In function with the nanometer AI search is almost the same, also accessed DeepSeek r1. But the overall tool is more like a learning tool, in addition to AI search, but also comes with a literature search function, the relevant documents can only be converted from English into Chinese, very convenient, hemp no longer need to worry about my English is not good enough to understand the foreign language.
At the same time, you can also upload the required documents to the secret tower to build their own knowledge base. I can only say that the secret tower search is "academic research, work and study, home essential".
VIII. AI Music
1. Suno
Features: Pioneer in the field of AI music creation, supports diverse music styles and is highly specialized.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/6130.html
The earliest and the hottest, and at the same time is currently the best use of AI song generation tools, support a large number of music style generation. I've done quite a bit of lofi music with it myself, with great animations generated from AI videos.
There's already tons of lofi content on YouTube with AI music + AI video generated with Suno, it's a way to make money. The video below is a pure music song I tried to produce earlier.
2. SpongeBob Music
Features: byte jump launched the civilianization of AI music tools, low threshold easy to get started.
Link:https://www.1ai.net/17012.html
Another double oboe is byte launched AI products, from this series of products can be seen byte has restarted the "App factory", Zhang Yiming is bound to take the big mountain of AI.
Overall, Sponge Music, like other AI products from the Byte family, has a very low threshold for use, and the music generated is okay and basically adequate, so if you like music you can play around with it more.
3. MusicFX
Features: produced by Google, easy to operate, high quality of generation.
Link: https://labs.google/fx/zh/tools/music-fx
Google's new AI music product is easy to use, I use it a lot to generate lofi music and don't study much about other uses.
It can be seen that Google in the field of AI began to force, and the momentum is very strong, and there is a great meaning of the later.
There is a Google presence in almost every area of AI these days. It couldn't be better for us regular users, after all, the big manufacturer's products are not only high quality, but also basically don't cost anything.
Standing today in 2025, we are at the center of this transformation. the AI tools are constantly being iteratively updated, with each update expanding the boundaries of what is possible.
As witnesses and participants of this era, we need to maintain an open attitude to new technologies as well as the ability to think independently; we need to make good use of AI to improve efficiency as well as enhance our irreplaceability through continuous learning.
In the future, the most valuable people will not be those who can use specific AI tools, but those who can integrate multiple tools, think across boundaries, and solve problems creatively.
As with every technological revolution in history, the development of AI will ultimately cause us to rethink what is uniquely valuable about human beings and discover new possibilities for ourselves in the process.