Best New Free AI Tools This Week

The best new free AI tools this week are DeepCell, Spacesheep, Strawberry and TheySaid. One builds the monthly report, spreadsheet and deck you'd otherwise stitch together by hand, one makes AI output readable for clients, one does browser chores for you, and one tests your website on real people. All four have a free plan with no credit card.

It was a busy week for launches, and most of them weren't for you. A lot of the attention went to tools for software teams running AI coding agents: cloud browsers, test sandboxes, inference APIs. Useful if you build software. Not much use if you run a renovation business in Penang or freelance as a bookkeeper in Manila.

So we asked our usual question. What can a small business or a freelancer in the region pick up today, for nothing, without a card? Four tools passed. Every free limit below was checked on the vendor's own pricing page, and where there's a catch, it's named.

What are the new free AI tools this week?

Here's the short version:

• DeepCell (deepcell.net). Turns your data into a linked spreadsheet, report and slide deck. Change one number and all three update. No account needed to start.
• Spacesheep (spacesheep.dev). Your AI publishes what it made as a private web page that people can comment on and edit. Free forever, no card.
• Strawberry (strawberrybrowser.com). A Mac and Windows browser with AI companions that work inside your tabs. 500 free credits a month.
• TheySaid (theysaid.io). AI-moderated user tests and surveys. 5 tests and 50 surveys a month free.

Three land in our productivity category and one in business. The last batch, with Claude's free Slides and Docs, GenPage and IrisGo, is in the previous roundup.

Can DeepCell stop you rebuilding the same report every month?

That's exactly the job it's built for. Most monthly reporting is the same three files: a spreadsheet with the numbers, a write-up explaining them and a few slides for the meeting. When a late order changes the total, you fix it in three places and hope you didn't miss one.

DeepCell puts all three in a single linked file. Its own demo shows a sales forecast: bump expected growth from 15% to 20% in the sheet, and the report sentence and the slide figure change with it. It also writes a "cheat sheet" that answers questions like "why does the slide say 500 when this morning's report said 480?" by tracing the number back to the source file. If a client or your boss tends to ask where a figure came from, that's the bit you'll like.

On price, DeepCell's pricing page lists Free at $0 and says there's no account needed to start. That's rare, and it's why this one gets our no-signup tag.

The honest limits: files are only kept beyond 30 days if you create a free account, so sign up before you build anything you'll need next quarter. It uses its own .deepcell format, which your clients won't have, so check exports before you promise them an editable file. Team sharing is listed as "coming soon." And it's brand new, so expect rough edges.

Why would a freelancer want Spacesheep?

Because AI writes far more than anyone wants to read. Ask Claude or ChatGPT for a market summary and you get a wall of text that you then paste into an email. Spacesheep's idea is that the AI should publish its answer as a proper page instead: the key number up top, a chart, a short explanation, and a private link you can send a client.

Those pages, which it calls spaces, can be documents, dashboards, design mockups or small apps like a shared lead tracker. People can comment on a specific line, type @spacesheep to ask the AI for a fix, and every version is kept. Agents connect through an MCP server or a command-line tool, and you read everything in a browser. It's a Y Combinator company and launched on Product Hunt this week.

The free tier is generous for a new product. Spacesheep's pricing page lists Free at "$0 forever" with "No card needed," including 7M agent tokens per 30 days, 60 agent web searches a day and 400 publishes a day. You don't need your own AI key either: Free includes Grok and Haiku models.

The honest limits: you need an account. It's at its best if you already work with an AI agent or an MCP-capable app, so there's a learning curve if you only use ChatGPT in a browser. And if you want better models than Grok and Haiku, you'll need to bring your own API key or pay for Pro, which is a modest $4.50 a month.

Is an AI browser like Strawberry worth installing?

If most of your working day happens in browser tabs, it's worth a try. Strawberry is a full browser for Mac and Windows with AI "companions" built in. Because they work inside your actual tabs, they can do things a chatbot can't: research prospects on LinkedIn and drop them into a Google Sheet, read your Gmail, Slack and calendar and tell you what needs attention, or draft follow-ups after a call. You can also put tasks on a schedule.

Version 1.0 was the top Product Hunt launch on the day it shipped. Strawberry's pricing page lists a Free plan at $0 with 500 credits a month and says "No credit card is needed to get started." Ordinary browsing never uses credits. They're only spent when a companion steps in.

The honest limits: Strawberry doesn't say how many credits a typical task costs, and 500 can go quickly on a big lead-research job. Monthly credits don't roll over. Expert mode and choosing your own AI model are paid features, and the first paid plan is $20 a month. Also think about what you let it touch. An agent that can read your inbox and act on websites while you're logged in deserves a careful look, especially with client data covered by the PDPA in Singapore or Malaysia. Start it on your own research, not your client's accounts.

Can a small shop afford user testing with TheySaid?

On the free plan, yes, within limits. User testing used to mean paying an agency or sitting next to people while they clicked around your site. TheySaid sends testers a link, and an AI moderator guides them through tasks, asks follow-up questions and then summarises where people got stuck. It also does AI surveys and polls, in more than 70 languages, which matters if your customers speak Bahasa, Thai or Vietnamese.

TheySaid 4.0 launched this week and topped Product Hunt's daily ranking. Its pricing page lists Free at $0 a month with "No credit card required," including 5 AI user tests and 50 AI surveys a month, one workspace and one active test.

The honest limits: one active test at a time means you can't compare two versions side by side. You find the testers yourself, by sharing a link with customers or friends, because recruiting from TheySaid's panel costs extra. And there's no cheap middle plan: the only paid tier is Enterprise. Our take: use it before you launch a new checkout or booking page. Five people trying to pay you will show you more than a month of guessing.

Which launches this week didn't make the list?

A few looked good and failed on the details.

MOVO AI, a long-form video agent for mobile and web, gives new users 100 free credits with no stated monthly refresh. That's a trial in practice. UseIt Studio, a design agent for stickers, packaging and brand kits, only offered a launch promo code for free credits and doesn't publish its plans yet. SurgePix, a layered AI image editor, invites you to try it free but publishes no pricing or free limits, so we couldn't verify anything. Ghosthand, which lets an agent drive a real iPhone, is a 7-day trial and then $99 a month.

Why do these tools matter for SMEs in Southeast Asia?

Because small firms in the region mostly start with free, off-the-shelf AI, and they're starting fast. IMDA's Singapore Digital Economy Report 2025 found AI adoption among SMEs more than tripled, from 4.2% to 14.5% in 2024, driven mainly by micro and small firms using off-the-shelf generative AI tools. The same report found 73.8% of surveyed workers use AI tools at work.

Adoption isn't the same as payoff, though. The McKinsey, Singapore EDB and Tech in Asia report, which surveyed 330 senior executives across six ASEAN markets, found 46% of regional companies have moved from piloting AI to scaling it, ahead of a 35% global average. Yet 60% reported less than 5% EBIT impact, and 18% saw no financial impact at all.

That's the case for this week's picks. None of them is a chatbot you chat with and forget. Each one removes a specific chore: rebuilding a report, explaining it to a client, doing lead research, or guessing why customers drop off. That's where small businesses actually see the hours come back. For more no-card options, see our guide to free AI tools for freelancers in SEA, and check the New This Week page for every recent addition.

What else do people ask?

Can you use DeepCell without an account?

Yes. DeepCell's pricing page says no account is needed to start on the Free plan. The catch is storage: files are only kept beyond 30 days if you create a free account. Teams features are listed as coming soon, so for now it's a tool for one person building their own reports and decks.

What are the limits on Spacesheep's free plan?

Spacesheep's Free plan is $0 forever with no card. It includes 7M agent tokens per 30 days, 60 agent web searches a day, 400 publishes a day, 25 MB per deploy and 10 MB per file. Without your own API key, the built-in models are Grok and Haiku. Pro costs $4.50 a month.

How far do Strawberry's 500 free credits go?

Strawberry doesn't publish a cost per task, so it depends on the job. Normal browsing never uses credits; they're spent only when an AI companion steps in to research, draft or pull data. Monthly credits don't roll over. If you run out, top-ups cost $0.01 per credit, or the Intern plan gives 6,000 credits for $20 a month.

Is TheySaid's free plan enough for a small business?

For occasional checks, yes. The Free plan gives 5 AI user tests and 50 AI surveys a month, one workspace and one active test, with no credit card. You share a link with your own customers or friends; recruiting testers from TheySaid's panel costs extra. The only paid tier is Enterprise, with custom pricing.

Why didn't MOVO AI make this week's list?

MOVO AI, a long-form video agent for mobile and web, says it gives 100 free credits to new users. That's a one-time welcome allowance with no stated monthly refresh, so it works like a trial rather than an ongoing free plan. It doesn't meet our bar, though it's worth a look if you only need one video.

Sources: DeepCell pricing and DeepCell on Product Hunt. Spacesheep pricing and homepage. Strawberry pricing and Strawberry on Product Hunt. TheySaid pricing. MOVO AI, UseIt Studio on Product Hunt, SurgePix and Ghosthand for the excluded tools. IMDA Singapore Digital Economy Report 2025 for SME and worker AI adoption. Singapore EDB summary of the McKinsey, EDB and Tech in Asia report for ASEAN scaling and EBIT figures. Free tiers change without notice, so check each vendor before relying on a limit.