AI Helper Tools (AITach)
AI Helper Tools is a curated directory of AI products and services designed to help businesses discover, compare, and adopt AI solutions. The site emphasizes practical details — categories, pricing types (Free, Freemium, Paid), short descriptions, user votes, and direct links to product pages. It includes a search/filter panel, category navigation, sponsored listings, recently added tools, and social login options for contributors.
Key features
- Centralized discovery: searchable index of AI tools across many domains (NLP, computer vision, predictive analytics, content creation, marketing, video/image generation, education, fitness, and more).
- Category-driven exploration: dozens of focused categories and a “See all categories” option to drill down to niche solutions.
- Pricing and licensing indicators: badges for Free, Freemium, Paid to quickly assess cost model.
- Sponsored & featured listings: support for promoted tools with richer presentation and imagery.
- Community signals: vote counts and favorites to surface popular tools.
- Contributor workflow: submit-a-tool flow and social auth (Google, Facebook, Github) to add or manage listings.
- Search + filter: keyword search and payment_type filter on the tools listing endpoint.
Target users and use cases
- Product managers and CTOs evaluating AI vendors for prototypes or integration.
- Developers and data scientists looking for tooling, APIs, or models by category.
- Marketers and content creators seeking AI content, video, or image generation platforms.
- Startups and SMBs comparing pricing tiers (Free, Freemium, Paid) before trials.
- Tool providers who want to list, sponsor, or promote their product to an AI-focused audience.
Technical notes
- RESTful listing pages with GET query support for search and filtering (e.g., /tools?search=...&payment_type=...).
- Lightweight front-end using Bootstrap layout, badges, and modular card components for listings.
- Social login endpoints for OAuth-based submission and account access (social-auth/google, /facebook, /github).
- Image assets hosted under /product_img and site assets under /assets/site/img, suitable for CDN caching.
