Social schedulingFree tier
Buffer
Simple, no-nonsense post scheduler with an AI assistant for ideas and rewrites.
Price: Free; Essentials $5/channel/mo billed yearly; Team $10/channel/mo billed yearly. 14-day trial.
AI tools for Freelancers & Solopreneurs
Consultants, designers, coaches, one-person businesses. The AI assistants, note-takers and automations that act like the staff you don't have.
26 tools25 with a free tier
Design + AI (Magic Studio)Free tier
Canva
Menus, flyers, posts, thumbnails and videos from templates, with Magic Studio AI and one-click background removal.
Price: Free; Canva Pro $144/yr for one person (US price).
AI assistantFree tier
ChatGPT
The all-rounder: emails, menus, quotes, captions, spreadsheets, brainstorms. Start here if you use one AI tool.
Price: Free; Go $8/mo; Plus $20/mo; Pro from $100/mo.
AI assistantFree tier
Claude
Anthropic's assistant. Very strong at writing in a natural voice, long documents and careful reasoning.
Price: Free; Pro $20/mo ($17/mo billed yearly); Max from $100/mo.
AI translationFree tier
DeepL
Translation that sounds human. Use it for menus, product pages, emails and contracts in other languages.
Price: Free translator; DeepL Pro from $8.74/mo billed yearly ($10.49 monthly).
AI voice & dubbingFree tier
ElevenLabs
Realistic AI voiceovers, voice cloning and dubbing into other languages. Narrate a video without recording.
Price: Free; Starter $6/mo; Creator $22/mo; Pro $99/mo.
AI meeting notesFree tier
Fireflies.ai
Joins your calls, transcribes, summarises and pushes action items to your CRM or Slack.
Price: Free; Pro $10/seat/mo yearly ($18 monthly); Business $19/seat/mo yearly ($29 monthly).
AI presentations & one-pagersFree tier
Gamma
Type a prompt and get a decent-looking deck, doc or simple website. Good for pitches and proposals.
Price: Free; Plus $9/mo billed yearly ($12 monthly); Pro $18/mo billed yearly ($25 monthly).
AI in Gmail, Docs & SheetsFree tier
Gemini in Google Workspace
Google's AI inside Gmail, Docs, Sheets and Meet, plus the Gemini app, bundled with business email on your own domain.
Price: Business Starter $7/user/mo with a 1-year commitment ($8.40 flexible), includes Gemini in Gmail and the Gemini app. Gemini app is free for personal use.
AI writing assistantFree tier
Grammarly
Fixes grammar and tone everywhere you type, and rewrites or drafts with AI. Handy if English isn't your first language.
Price: Free; Pro $12/member/mo billed yearly ($30 monthly).
Budget AI website builderPaid only
Hostinger Website Builder
Cheap AI website builder with hosting included. Describe your business and get a site in minutes.
Price: From $3.49/mo on a 48-month term (renews at $10.99/mo). No free plan.
Email for creators (ex-ConvertKit)Free tier
Kit
Newsletter platform built for creators, with automations, paid newsletters, digital products and a recommendations network.
Price: Free Newsletter plan up to 10,000 subscribers; Creator from $39/mo ($33/mo billed yearly) for 1,000 subscribers.
Email marketingFree tier
MailerLite
Easy newsletters, automations, landing pages and an AI writing assistant at a fair price.
Price: Free up to 250 subscribers; Comfort $10.80/mo and Power $22.50/mo (billed yearly, up to 500 subscribers). 14-day trial.
Visual automationFree tier
Make
Visual drag-and-drop automations. Cheaper than Zapier for multi-step flows, with AI modules.
Price: Free (1,000 credits/mo); Core from $9/mo billed yearly ($10.59 monthly).
AI in Word, Excel & OutlookFree tier
Microsoft 365 Copilot
Copilot inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams: summarise threads, draft proposals and analyse spreadsheets.
Price: Copilot Business add-on $21/user/mo paid yearly (currently promoted at $18); Business Standard with Copilot $23.50/user/mo yearly. The basic Copilot app is free.
Automation & AI agents (self-hostable)Free tier
n8n
Open-source workflow automation with strong AI-agent building blocks. Free if you host it yourself.
Price: Community Edition free to self-host; Cloud Starter $20/mo billed yearly ($24 monthly).
Workspace + AIFree tier
Notion
Notes, docs, wikis, content calendars and client portals in one place, with Notion AI to write, summarise and search.
Price: Free; Plus $10/member/mo yearly ($12 monthly); Business $20/member/mo yearly ($24 monthly), which includes Notion AI.
AI clipping for shortsFree tier
OpusClip
Feed it a long video. It finds the best moments and turns them into captioned vertical shorts with a virality score.
Price: Free; Starter $15/mo; Pro $29/mo ($14.50/mo billed yearly); Business custom.
AI transcription & meeting notesFree tier
Otter.ai
Live transcription and meeting summaries. Also good for recording interviews or voice memos on your phone.
Price: Basic free (300 min/mo); Pro $8.33/user/mo billed yearly; Business $19.99/user/mo billed yearly.
AI search engineFree tier
Perplexity
Ask a question, get an answer with sources linked. Great for researching suppliers, competitors and content ideas.
Price: Free; Pro $17/mo billed yearly; Max $167/mo billed yearly.
Remote podcast & video recordingFree tier
Riverside
Studio-quality remote recording with each guest recorded locally, plus AI transcripts, clips and editing.
Price: Free (limited, watermark); Pro $24/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly); Grow $34/mo yearly; Webinar $79/mo yearly.
AI receptionist with human backupFree tier
Smith.ai
AI answers your business line 24/7, qualifies leads and books appointments, and can hand off to a live North America-based receptionist.
Price: Free: 25 calls/mo ($3 per extra call); Pro $150/mo for 75 calls; Enterprise from $500/mo. Month-to-month.
AI meeting recorderFree tier
tl;dv
Records Zoom, Meet and Teams calls and writes notes and follow-ups. EU-based company.
Price: Free (unlimited recordings, AI notes on 10 meetings); Pro $18/user/mo billed yearly ($29 monthly).
Browser video editor + AIFree tier
VEED
Online video editor with auto subtitles, translations, AI avatars and screen recording. Nothing to install.
Price: Free (watermark, 720p); Creator $12/user/mo, Pro $22/user/mo, Studio $39/user/mo (billed yearly).
Website builder with AIFree tier
Wix
Website builder whose AI drafts your whole site from a chat, plus bookings, online ordering and stores.
Price: Free (Wix branding); Light $17/mo, Core $29/mo, Business $39/mo billed yearly (US).
No-code automationFree tier
Zapier
Connects thousands of apps so 'new booking → add to sheet → send text' happens on its own, with AI steps built in.
Price: Free; Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo.
Newsletter
One AI move a week. Tested, priced, no fluff.
A short email with one tool that saved a real owner time or money, plus price changes worth knowing about.
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