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The Solo Stack · 125 AI tools

125 AI tools that earn their place.

Not 700. Picked for solo entrepreneurs, small businesses and one-person marketing teams. Every tool tells you the job it does, what the free plan really gets you, and whether I use it myself.

  • 125 tools
  • 10 jobs
  • Every listing checked Oct 2026
  • No paid placements

Member stacks

What other members actually run

Real stacks from members, with what they cost. My picks first, then the most recommended.

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5 toolsMaurice's pick

ShanghAI AI Media Stack

by Lucas Page

To start$0/mo
All upgraded$69/mo
4 toolsMaurice's pick

X (Twitter) content business stack

by MG

To start$8/mo
All upgraded$84/mo
4 tools93% · 15 ratings

Selling my first digital product

by Ana R.

To start$0/mo
All upgraded$62/mo
4 tools82% · 11 ratings

Video once a week, no editor

by Dev P.

To start$0/mo
All upgraded$53/mo
4 toolsNew

Research to post in an hour

by Sam K.

To start$0/mo
All upgraded$57/mo
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The list

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10 tools

  1. 001

    beehiiv

    I use thisMember deal

    Newsletter platform with built-in growth and ads.

    Free plan: up to 2,500 subscribers, unlimited sends, 1 publication, 30-day analytics.

    Use it toRun and grow a newsletter with a website

    1 recommends

    FreemiumVisit

    Member deal

    14-day trial + 20% OFF for 3 months

    No code needed: the deal applies when you sign up through Visit.

  2. 002

    Descript

    Edit video by editing the transcript.

    Free plan: 1 hour of media a month, 100 one-time AI credits, 720p export with watermark.

    Use it toCut podcasts and talking-head videos

    1 recommends

    FreemiumVisit
  3. 003

    Make

    I use this

    Visual drag-and-drop automation builder.

    Free plan: 1,000 credits a month, 2 active scenarios, runs every 15 minutes at most.

    Use it toBuild multi-step automations cheaply

    1 recommends

    FreemiumVisit

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  1. 004

    ChatGPT

    I use this

    OpenAI's AI assistant for chat, writing, images and voice.

    Free plan: unlimited chats with the base model; limited uploads, images, voice and deep research.

    Use it toBrainstorm hooks and draft first versions

    2 recommend

    FreemiumVisit
  2. 005

    Claude

    I use this

    AI assistant for writing, coding, planning and automating

    Free plan: chat on web, desktop and mobile, web search, files, memory and Artifacts, with usage limits.

    Use it toDraft posts, emails and sales pages in your voice and coding projects

    1 recommends

    FreemiumVisit
  3. 006

    Surfer SEO

    I use this

    Optimize articles to rank in Google and AI search

    No free plan. 7-day trial of the Pro plan. It needs a card and turns into a paid plan unless you cancel.

    Use it toscore your draft against top-ranking pages

    1 recommends

    PaidVisit
  4. 007

    ElevenLabs

    Realistic AI voices, voice cloning and sound effects.

    Free plan: 10k credits a month, 3 Studio projects, no commercial license.

    Use it toVoice over videos, ads and audio versions of posts

    2 recommend

    FreemiumVisit
  5. 008

    Stanley AI

    I use thisMember deal

    AI content manager you text to draft and post

    No free plan. $44.99/mo with a 3-day free trial.

    Use it toTurn voice notes into posts for 6 social networks

    1 recommends

    PaidVisit

    Member deal · ends 31 Oct

    1 month free

    Join free to see the code
  6. 009

    Buffer

    I use this

    Simple scheduler for 12 social networks.

    Free plan: 1 user, 10 scheduled posts per channel at a time, 100 ideas, AI assistant, basic stats.

    Use it toSchedule a week of posts in one sitting

    1 recommends

    FreemiumVisit
  7. 010

    SupaBird

    I use this

    AI assistant that writes and schedules your X posts

    Paid plans from $6/mo billed yearly.

    Use it toGet daily post ideas and grow your X following

    1 recommends

    PaidVisit

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Start here

Don't browse the whole list. Start with a stack.

The free stack$0 a month

Starting from zero

Everything a solo marketer needs to ship every week, on free plans only.

  1. beehiivEmail
  2. DescriptVideo
  3. ClaudeWrite
  4. PerplexityResearch
  5. CanvaDesign
The starter stackYour first upgrades

What to pay for first

The upgrades that save the most hours. Start paying here, nowhere else.

  1. beehiivEmail
  2. DescriptVideo
  3. ClaudeWrite
  4. Opus ClipVideo
  5. ZapierAutomate
The video stackFree plans to start

Show your face, or don't

Record once, cut it into a week of clips, and voice it without a mic.

  1. DescriptVideo
  2. ElevenLabsAudio
  3. CanvaDesign
  4. Opus ClipVideo
  5. HeyGenVideo

How I pick

Four rules. A tool breaks one, it's off the list.

  1. 01

    It does one job well for a solo marketer

    If I can't say in one line what you'd use it for this week, it isn't here. No "AI platforms" that do everything and nothing.

  2. 02

    It's alive

    A real company that shipped updates in the last few months, with a working site. Dead tools and thin wrappers get cut at every monthly check.

  3. 03

    A real free plan or a fair price

    Every listing says what the free plan actually gets you, in plain English, so you don't find out at checkout.

  4. 04

    Nobody pays to get on

    Some links earn me a small commission. That never decides what makes the list, and those links are marked.

Built a tool for solo founders?

Send it in. If it passes these four rules, it goes on the list with your logo, your pitch and your perk.

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