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AI Stack Advisor

For companies confused about which AI tools to use.

What should we actually be using?

There are thousands of AI tools and most comparisons are written by people being paid to recommend one. We tell you what to use based on how your business actually works — and what to skip.

The questions we get asked

  • Which AI tools should our sales team use?
  • ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — and do we need all three?
  • n8n, Zapier, or Make?
  • Which CRM should we be on?
  • Should we buy a tool or build something ourselves?
  • What should our AI stack look like in twelve months?

Three ways to get an answer

Free

Guides and comparisons

Tool recommendations by business type and team function, head-to-head comparisons, and stack guides. Published openly, updated as the tools change.

Free

Stack recommender

Answer a few questions about your business and get a recommended stack with the reasoning shown.[ships with the Scan]

Paid

Stack advisory

A working session plus a written recommendation: the specific tools, the licence count, the rollout order, the cost, and the migration path off what you're on now.[PRICE_ADVISORY]

Why our answer is different

  • We don't take affiliate commission on tool recommendations.

    What we suggest has nothing to do with what pays us.

  • We recommend against tools, including popular ones.

    A shortlist with nothing ruled out isn't a shortlist.

  • We start from your workflows, not the feature matrix.

    The best tool for a ten-person team with one integration is rarely the highest-scoring tool in a review.

  • We say when the answer is “nothing new”.

    Sometimes the tool you need is the one you already pay for and don't use.

Questions we get on this

Isn't this just a Google search?

The search gives you a hundred listicles optimised to rank. The hard part isn't finding tools, it's ruling them out against your constraints — team size, existing systems, budget, and who has to run it.

How current is your advice?

The guides are dated and we re-review on a schedule. Anything older than that says so at the top.[CONFIRM]

Can you just implement it too?

Yes — that's the automation and custom build services. The advisory stands alone if you'd rather run it in-house.

Tell us what you run. We'll tell you what to keep.