Comparisons

Make at $9 and n8n at EUR20 both undercut Zapier. But migration costs 15-20 hours for ten workflows, which pays back in years rather than months for small setups.

Otter limits transcription minutes, Fireflies limits storage and AI credits, Fathom limits feature depth. Why free-tier comparisons in this category mislead so badly.

CRM AI is usually a metered add-on rather than an included feature, so the seat price you compare is rarely the price of using it. What to check before committing.

Two different products wear this label. Booking links let others pick a slot; auto-schedulers rearrange your own calendar. Buying the wrong one is the usual mistake.

We priced the same 100-call month across four AI receptionists and got $79, $114, $149 and $915. The billing unit, not the headline price, decides what you pay.

A working small-business stack on free tiers: AI assistant, automation, CRM and email rules for $0. Plus where each free tier actually stops – which is rarely the headline number.

AI email tools are three unrelated products sharing a label. Triage costs $30-120/seat, outreach $47-555/month, and a $9 automation platform covers what most small businesses actually need.

Most AI stack articles list twelve tools and never add them up. This one totals $26-49 a month, itemised, with every price read off the vendor page – and names what you give up.