Before you pay $3,750 a month for an "AI employee"
I run automation projects for small businesses. Over the past two years I've set up AI sales reps, phone receptionists, support agents, bookkeeping tools and social schedulers, sometimes with great results and sometimes as an expensive lesson. This site is the comparison I wish existed when I started: what each tool actually costs, how long setup really takes, and who it works for.
AI SDR
Impressive demos, brutal contracts. Some of these start at $49/mo self-serve.
See the AI SDR comparison →AI Receptionist
The cheapest win on this site. A plumber friend pays $79/month and stopped missing jobs.
See the receptionist comparison →AI Support Agent
Intercom charges $0.99 per resolved ticket. The math only works past a certain volume.
See the support comparison →AI Bookkeeper
Mostly sold to accounting firms, not to you. Here's what that means for pricing.
See the bookkeeping comparison →AI Social Media Manager
Honest take: most of these are schedulers with a chatbot bolted on. Two earn their fee.
See the social comparison →About this site
No vendor paid to be listed here and none of them know they're on it. I'm a consultant, not a review farm: every page covers a category where I've either run the tool for a client or watched a client burn money on it. When I say a price, it came off the vendor's own pricing page, and I note the date. When pricing is hidden behind a sales call, I say that instead of guessing. Two things I will never do: rank by affiliate payout, or call something "game-changing."