AI tools change faster than most software. Features get retired, products get renamed, and pricing models flip from one-time purchases to subscriptions. While updating the listings in this directory, these were the changes that most affect what people actually pay for and use.
Retired: Quizlet Q-Chat
Quizlet's Q-Chat, an AI tutor built on OpenAI's models and launched in 2023, was retired after 30 June 2025. Quizlet said it decided to retire the study mode after evaluating it and listening to customer feedback.
Quizlet's other AI features continue, including Magic Notes, which turns notes or an uploaded document into flashcards, a summary and a practice test. The Quizlet listing now covers those instead.
What to do: if you relied on Q-Chat for tutoring-style questions, a general assistant with your notes pasted in is the nearest substitute.
Renamed: Wix ADI is now the Wix AI Website Builder
Wix stopped supporting sites built with ADI (Artificial Design Intelligence) on 10 November 2024. Existing ADI sites now open in the standard Wix Editor. Its replacement, the Wix AI website builder launched in March 2024, builds a site from a short conversation about your business.
The directory now lists it as Wix AI Website Builder.
Repriced: Topaz Labs ends perpetual licences
Topaz Labs used to sell its apps, including Topaz Video, as a one-time purchase with a year of updates. In October 2025 it ended perpetual licences across its apps. Topaz Video is now sold only as a subscription, on its own or in the Topaz Studio bundle.
What to do: if you already own an older perpetual version, it keeps working. Compare the yearly cost against how often you actually upscale footage before subscribing.
Consolidated: Magnific moves under Freepik
Freepik bought the Magnific upscaler in 2024 and has since brought its AI tools, Magnific included, under one brand and one credit system. The upscaler itself is the same; what changes is where you buy credits and how they are shared across tools.
Opened up: LM Studio free for work use
LM Studio, the desktop app for running AI models locally, became free for commercial use in mid-2025. Before that, companies were expected to contact the team for a work licence. Its command-line tool and SDK are open source; the app itself remains closed source.
Price pressure: DeepSeek's open models
In January 2025, DeepSeek's R1 reasoning model performed close to leading closed models while its weights were published openly and its API was priced far lower. Since then, cheaper and open models have become a normal part of choosing an AI provider. DeepSeek's chat app remains free, and its models can be self-hosted.
Credit changes: Hailuo
MiniMax, which makes the Hailuo video generator, removed bonus daily credits for existing subscribers in mid-2025. Credits on its plans expire at the end of each billing month with no rollover, and failed generations can still use credits.
How to protect yourself from changes like these
- Export your work regularly. Retired features rarely come with long notice.
- Read the licence, not just the price. Commercial rights and download limits matter more than the monthly fee.
- Watch the unit of payment. "Credits" can be redefined; know what one generation costs.
- Prefer tools you can run yourself for anything you depend on daily. Open-source tools such as ComfyUI and Ollama cannot be retired from under you.
We update tool listings when we find changes like these. If you spot one we have missed, the contact page is the fastest way to tell us.