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Today's stack

The tools that survived our testing and earned a permanent spot. Every one demoed on screen before it made this list.

Automation

Make

Visual automation that connects your apps and runs your busywork while you sleep. The backbone of every workflow we build.

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Writing

Jasper

AI writing that holds a brand voice across everything — posts, emails, scripts — without sounding like a robot wrote it.

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Voice

ElevenLabs

The most human AI voices available. We use it in our own videos — that's the demo.

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Design

Canva

Design without a designer. Templates, brand kits, and now AI image tools that are genuinely usable.

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Writing

Grammarly

Catches the mistakes you stopped seeing. The free tier alone is worth installing today.

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Video

Pictory

Turns scripts and blog posts into finished videos with stock footage and captions — no editing timeline required.

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SEO

Surfer

Tells you exactly what a page is missing to rank. Content optimization with receipts.

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Writing

Copy.ai

Fast marketing copy at scale — product descriptions, ads, and emails in your voice, in seconds.

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How we pick

Every tool on this page gets tested on screen before it earns a spot. If it's clunky, overpriced, or a wrapper around something free, it doesn't make the list — no matter what it pays.

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