Steven Jones

Author: Steven Jones

AI Tools Reviewer and Technical Analyst

Steven Jones is a technology analyst specialising in artificial intelligence, machine learning workflows, and emerging automation tools.

At DIY AI, he focuses on clear, practical guidance for people comparing AI tools in the real world. His work covers text generation, image generation, video tools, data platforms, developer-focused AI products, and the automation workflows that connect them.

Steven's reviews are built around hands-on testing, practical benchmarks, and transparent scoring rather than vendor claims. He looks closely at where each tool performs well, where it falls short, and what those trade-offs mean for creators, teams, and businesses trying to make sensible AI adoption decisions.

He has a particular interest in safety, reliability, output quality, performance metrics, and dataset quality. When he is not reviewing the latest AI model updates, he experiments with prompt engineering techniques and contributes to DIY AI ongoing work on fair, explainable scoring frameworks for AI tools.

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Best Ahrefs Alternatives

Best Ahrefs Alternatives in 2026: Free and Cheaper SEO Tools Compared

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Search Atlas is the best Ahrefs alternative overall in 2026, while SE Ranking is the strongest cheaper full-suite replacement and…
grok pricing 2026

Grok Pricing 2026: SuperGrok, X Premium+ & API Costs Explained

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Grok is included with X Premium+ and sold separately through SuperGrok, with different pay-per-token pricing for developers using the xAI…
Best Tools for Free Audio Transcription

Free Audio Transcription: Best Tools in 2026

By: Steven Jones On:
The best free audio transcription tools in 2026 are OpenAI Whisper, Otter.ai, Google Gemini, and Descript, but each has its…
otter ai pricing 2026

Otter.ai Pricing 2026: Plans, Limits & Alternatives

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Otter.ai pricing starts with a free Basic plan offering 300 transcription minutes per month. Pro costs $16.99 per user per…
Claude Code & Claude Pro Pricing 2026

Claude Code Pricing 2026: Pro vs Max vs API Costs

By: Steven Jones On:
Updated on: August 24, 2026
Claude Code pricing offers four practical routes for individual developers in 2026: Claude Pro at $20 per month or $200…
kling ai pricing 2026

Kling AI Pricing 2026: Credits, Plans, Cost Per Video & vs Runway/Sora

By: Steven Jones On:
Kling AI’s free tier provides about 66 credits per day, with watermarked output and no default commercial rights. Paid plans…
ElevenLabs Pricing 2026

ElevenLabs Pricing 2026: Every Plan, Credit Costs, Per-Minute Rates & Cheaper Alternatives

By: Steven Jones On:
ElevenLabs pricing currently runs from a free tier with 10,000 credits per month to Starter at $6, Creator at $22,…
best AI image generator for realistic photos

Best AI Image Generator for Realistic Photos 2026: Midjourney vs FLUX vs DALL·E Tested, and How to Compare Them Yourself

By: Steven Jones On:
For photorealism in 2026, OpenAI GPT Image 2 is the strongest all-rounder in the current DIY AI scoring dataset, while…
Best AI Transcription Services 2026

Best AI Transcription Services 2026: Upload Audio, Get Text, Captions and Speaker Labels

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The best AI transcription services in 2026 do more than turn speech into plain text. A good service should let…
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