Tools I've actually used
No star ratings — just what I built with each one, how hard it was, and whether I'd reach for it again.
Claude CodeWebsitesRuns on this site
Built the whole layered defence — honeypot, validation, server-verified Turnstile, fail-closed — in one 2h21m session, and got the ordering of the controls right without being asked. It will also hand you a passing test that never exercised production. Checking that the test matches reality is still yours.
HeyGenVideoRuns on this site
Kept my script exact and looked credible on the first paid render — a written script to a finished video in an afternoon, no camera and no face. Where it is not the pick: structured training/L&D content, where Synthesia's presenter-led approach fits better. Go in knowing the free tier is for evaluating, not publishing — you pay to ship anything real.
BotpressChatbotsRuns on this site
Never made an answer up across 60 graded questions — genuinely good at the part that matters. The trap is knowledge-base coverage: it finds your sitemap via robots.txt and ignores the HTML link, then never warns you it indexed only a fraction. Check coverage before you judge a single answer.