The math first
Figma Pro is $20 a month. Lovable Pro is $25. Cursor Pro is $20. Canva Pro is $15. Runway Standard is $15. Suno Pro is $10.
That is $105 a month, or $1,260 a year, at monthly prices. Google has a free tool for every one of those jobs. Two more tools on this list have no clean paid equivalent, so they are not counted in that number. Consider them a bonus.
One honest note before you cancel anything: free means a free tier with limits, not unlimited. Every section below tells you where the limit is, so you know when paying actually makes sense.
1. Gemini Notebook: your researcher
Replaces: hours of reading (not counted in the $1,260)
What it does: This is NotebookLM with a new name. Google renamed it in July 2026, and it is the same product with the same notebooks, used by more than 30 million people. Upload PDFs, links and YouTube videos, and it answers only from your sources. It also turns them into audio podcasts, flashcards and slide decks.
Start here: Create a notebook, drop in five sources on one topic, and generate an Audio Overview. Listen to it on your next walk.
Free limit: The free tier did not change with the rename. Newer extras, like running code inside a notebook, reach paid Google AI plans first.
Link: https://notebook.google
2. Stitch: your designer
Replaces: Figma Professional, $20 a month
What it does: Describe an app or website and get polished screens in seconds. Link the screens into a clickable prototype, then export to Figma or straight to code.
Start here: Prompt one screen of your app idea, ask for three variations, and export the best one to Figma.
Free limit: Free inside Google Labs, with no paid plan and no card required. There is a monthly generation cap, so save the heavier modes for your final screens.
3. Google AI Studio: your full stack developer
Replaces: Lovable Pro, $25 a month
What it does: Build mode turns a prompt into a real app with a frontend, a backend, a database and secure login. It runs the app live in a preview and hands you the code.
Start here: Open Build and describe one app: the screens, what the user clicks, and what gets saved. Then change one thing at a time.
Free limit: Free to build. Heavy use runs into rate limits.
4. Antigravity: your senior engineer
Replaces: Cursor Pro, $20 a month
What it does: Google's agent first coding environment, and its answer to Cursor and Claude Code. Agents plan the work, write the code and test it while you review.
Start here: Open a project folder, give the agent one task with a clear definition of done, and read its plan before you let it run.
Free limit: The Individual tier is $0 and includes unlimited Tab completions, unlimited Command requests and a basic weekly agent quota. Google AI Pro at $19.99 a month raises the agent limits.
5. Opal: your ops manager
Replaces: no clean paid equivalent (not counted in the $1,260)
What it does: Describe a workflow in plain English and Opal chains Gemini, image and video steps into a mini app you can share with a link. No code at all.
Start here: Try "take a product name, write three ad angles, then generate an image for each one." Share the finished app with your team.
Free limit: A free Google Labs experiment, available in more than 160 countries, with no paid tier announced.
Link: https://opal.google
6. Pomelli: your marketer
Replaces: Canva Pro, $15 a month
What it does: Paste your website and Pomelli builds your Business DNA: your colors, fonts and tone of voice. Then it generates on brand social campaigns and ad creatives from it.
Start here: Paste your URL, check the Business DNA it pulls, fix anything that looks off, and then ask for a campaign.
Free limit: Free during the beta, in more than 170 countries. You need a Google account and must be 18 or older. It is only as good as your website, so a thin site gives you a generic brand.
7. Flow: your video crew
Replaces: Runway Standard, $15 a month
What it does: Google's AI creative studio for video and images, running Veo for video and Nano Banana for images.
Start here: Generate one reference image with Nano Banana first, then animate it into a clip with Veo.
Free limit: The free tier gives you daily credits. Video burns credits much faster than images, so prototype with images before you render video. Paid Google AI plans add a monthly credit pool.
Link: https://flow.google.com
8. Flow Music: your music producer
Replaces: Suno Pro, $10 a month
What it does: This was ProducerAI until Google bought it and rebranded it. You chat a song into existence with Lyria 3.5, Google's newest music model, then direct it like a producer: "make the bass punchier." It also does covers, stem exports and music videos.
Start here: Start with lyrics or just a vibe, generate a first take, then refine it one instruction at a time.
Free limit: Free to start, with free unlimited downloads.
The one to skip: Mixboard
Almost every repost of this list includes Mixboard, Google's AI moodboard. Google takes it offline on September 28, 2026, and all boards, generated images and prompts get deleted. If you already use it, export your boards before then. Do not start anything new on it.
How to stack them
This is the part nobody posts. Research your market in Gemini Notebook. Design the screens in Stitch and export them. Build the first version in Google AI Studio, then move the code into Antigravity when it gets serious. Automate the repetitive work with Opal. When you launch, Pomelli makes your campaign, Flow makes your video, and Flow Music scores it.
That is a full product launch without a single subscription.
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