# What is: plain-English AI explainers

Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is · Last updated: 2026-10-26 · Author: Agentic Weekly

41 explainers and pricing pages, each citing the vendor pages it relies on.

- [What is agentic AI? Definition, how it works and examples (2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/agentic-ai) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/agentic-ai.md)): Agentic AI means AI systems that set goals, plan and act with tools and little human input. Definition, components, vs generative AI and AI agents, read 2026-10-25.
- [What is an AI coding agent? How it differs from autocomplete (2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ai-coding-agent) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ai-coding-agent.md)): An AI coding agent reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and tests, and iterates. How it differs from autocomplete, with examples and limits. Read 2026-10-25.
- [What is Aider? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/aider) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/aider.md)): What is Aider? Listed under AI coding agents, from Aider-AI; license: Apache-2.0; 49,752 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is Browser Use? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/browser-use) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/browser-use.md)): What is Browser Use? Listed under Agent building, from Browser Use; license: MIT; 119,131 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Cartesia pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/cartesia-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/cartesia-pricing.md)): Cartesia pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Deepgram pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/deepgram-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/deepgram-pricing.md)): Deepgram pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Pay as you go): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Devin pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/devin-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/devin-pricing.md)): Devin pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Dify? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/dify) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/dify.md)): What is Dify? Listed under Agent building, from LangGenius; license: Modified Apache 2.0; 159,534 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [ElevenLabs pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/elevenlabs-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/elevenlabs-pricing.md)): ElevenLabs pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Credit-based subscription): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Firecrawl? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/firecrawl) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/firecrawl.md)): What is Firecrawl? Listed under MCP servers, from Firecrawl; license: AGPL-3.0; pricing: Freemium. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [GitHub Copilot pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/github-copilot-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/github-copilot-pricing.md)): GitHub Copilot pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Free + paid plans with usage credits): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Grammarly pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/grammarly-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/grammarly-pricing.md)): Grammarly pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [HeyGen pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/heygen-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/heygen-pricing.md)): HeyGen pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Hugging Face? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/hugging-face) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/hugging-face.md)): What is Hugging Face? Listed under Local LLMs and model platforms, from Hugging Face; license: Varies by repository. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is Ideogram? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ideogram) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ideogram.md)): What is Ideogram? Listed under Image generation, from Ideogram; license: Proprietary. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Ideogram pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ideogram-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ideogram-pricing.md)): Ideogram pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium, subscription and pay-as-you-go): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Kiro pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/kiro-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/kiro-pricing.md)): Kiro pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium (credit-based)): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is LangChain? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/langchain) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/langchain.md)): What is LangChain? Listed under Agent building, from LangChain; license: MIT; 148,451 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Mistral Le Chat pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/le-chat-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/le-chat-pricing.md)): Mistral Le Chat pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Leonardo.Ai pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/leonardo-ai-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/leonardo-ai-pricing.md)): Leonardo.Ai pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium with subscriptions and pay-as-you-go API): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is llama.cpp? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/llama-cpp) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/llama-cpp.md)): What is llama.cpp? Listed under Local LLMs and model platforms, from ggml-org; license: MIT; 132,360 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is LM Studio? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/lm-studio) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/lm-studio.md)): What is LM Studio? Listed under Local LLMs and model platforms, from LM Studio; license: Proprietary application. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is Make? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/make) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/make.md)): What is Make? Listed under No-code automation, from Make; license: Proprietary; pricing: Freemium, credits-based. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is an MCP server? A plain-English guide (2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/mcp-server) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/mcp-server.md)): An MCP server meaning, explained from the official MCP docs: how hosts, clients and servers work, local vs remote, popular examples, and what we tested.
- [Mem0 pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/mem0-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/mem0-pricing.md)): Mem0 pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Murf AI pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/murf-ai-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/murf-ai-pricing.md)): Murf AI pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Free API trial, pay as you go and enterprise): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is n8n? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/n8n) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/n8n.md)): What is n8n? Listed under Agent building, from n8n; pricing: Free self-hosted Community Edition + paid plans. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Notion AI pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/notion-ai-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/notion-ai-pricing.md)): Notion AI pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Ollama? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ollama) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ollama.md)): What is Ollama? Listed under Local LLMs and model platforms, from Ollama; license: MIT; 184,762 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Ollama pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ollama-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/ollama-pricing.md)): Ollama pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Free + paid cloud plans): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Open WebUI? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/open-webui) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/open-webui.md)): What is Open WebUI? Listed under Local LLMs and model platforms, from Open WebUI; license: Open WebUI License. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is OpenHands? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/openhands) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/openhands.md)): What is OpenHands? Listed under AI coding agents, from OpenHands; license: MIT; 91,839 GitHub stars. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is Perplexity? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/perplexity) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/perplexity.md)): What is Perplexity? Listed under AI search and research, from Perplexity AI; license: Proprietary; pricing: Freemium. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [Perplexity pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/perplexity-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/perplexity-pricing.md)): Perplexity pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Runway pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/runway-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/runway-pricing.md)): Runway pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Credit-based subscription): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [v0 pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/v0-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/v0-pricing.md)): v0 pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Free + paid plans with token-based usage): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [What is Vapi? Facts, license and pricing (Oct 2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/vapi) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/vapi.md)): What is Vapi? Listed under AI voice and speech, from Vapi; license: Proprietary; pricing: Pay as you go. Facts from official pages read Oct 25, 2026.
- [What is vibe coding? Meaning, how it works and the risks (2026)](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/vibe-coding) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/vibe-coding.md)): Vibe coding means building software by describing it to an AI and accepting what it writes. Definition, how it works, risks and tools, from sources read 2026-10-25.
- [Warp pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/warp-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/warp-pricing.md)): Warp pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Zapier pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/zapier-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/zapier-pricing.md)): Zapier pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.
- [Zed pricing (Oct 2026): plans and free tier](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/zed-pricing) ([md](https://theagenticweekly.com/what-is/zed-pricing.md)): Zed pricing as of Oct 25, 2026 (Freemium): plan table, free tier and what the vendor's page does not say.

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