Every AI tool we have bought, run on real work for at least two weeks, and scored against the same nine criteria. Newest first.
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Grammarly folded Premium and Business into one Pro plan in 2026. The price swings 150 percent on billing cycle alone. What Free covers, and what the prompt limits mean.
Wave gives unlimited invoicing and bookkeeping at $0, which almost no competitor does. Here is what the free Starter plan covers, what Pro adds at $19, and where the real cost hides.
Adobe Express pricing, its generative AI credit system, and how the free and Premium tiers actually compare to Canva for a small business.
Canva Magic Studio is real and useful at $0. Its paid team pricing has repriced more than once. What to expect from each tier, and why to confirm the number yourself.
Copy.ai pricing, what the $29 Chat plan actually includes, and why there is no middle ground between it and a $1,000-a-month workflow plan.
HubSpot CRM pricing, what the free plan actually includes at 1,000 contacts and 2 users, and where the Starter plan's promotional pricing reverts.
Jasper AI pricing, Brand Voice training, and where the Pro plan hits a wall before Business pricing kicks in. Based on Jasper's own documentation and pricing pages.
Make (formerly Integromat) pricing, its credit-based system compared with Zapier's task-based one, and who should choose the visual builder over the simpler alternative.
n8n pricing across its free self-hosted Community Edition and paid cloud tiers, and when owning the infrastructure is actually worth it for a small business.
Notion AI is not sold separately. Here is what plan you actually need to get full access, what Free and Plus users get instead, and whether it is worth the jump.
Surfer SEO pricing across four content-optimization tiers, what the Discovery plan actually limits, and when a small business should wait before buying it.
Zapier pricing broken down by task, what the free plan actually blocks, and where the Professional and Team tiers start to add up. Based on Zapier's own pricing page.