# Tooling guide: Use the right AI model and tool for each job, this month.

Canonical page: https://spezia.ai/tools/tooling

For coding, research, content, outreach, data, operations, browsing and voice: the current best pick, the runner-up, what it costs and what to avoid. Rewritten weekly from release notes, benchmarks, pricing and hands-on findings.

- **Part of:** Pick your AI stack
- **Plan:** Free. Free on Explorer. No card.
- **Open it:** [See this week's picks](https://spezia.ai/app/start?tool=tooling)

## What you get

- **A pick for each job.** Eight kinds of work, each with a ranked short list and one sentence on why.
- **What to avoid.** The setups that waste money or time right now are named as plainly as the ones that work.
- **Current, not last quarter.** Tools change monthly. The guide is rewritten every week and each pick cites where it came from.

## How it works

1. Open Tooling and find the kind of work you do.
2. Read the top pick, its cost and its sources.
3. Ask Spezia for exact setup steps and a prompt to paste.

## Who uses it

- [Operators and executives](https://spezia.ai/for/operators): Leaders deciding where AI goes in the business
- [Founders](https://spezia.ai/for/founders): People building or funding a company on AI
- [Engineers and career builders](https://spezia.ai/for/individuals): Engineers, skilled workers and students

## Questions

### Is Spezia paid by any vendor?

No. Picks come from release notes, published results, pricing and hands-on use. Nobody pays to be listed.

### Is it free?

Yes. The tooling guide is part of Explorer.