The free stack$0 a month
Starting from zero
Everything a solo marketer needs to ship every week, on free plans only.
- beehiivEmail
- ClaudeWrite
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The Solo Stack · 134 AI tools
134 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.
- 134 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.
5 toolsMaurice's pick
ShanghAI AI Media Stack
by Lucas Page
To start$0/mo
All upgraded$69/mo
9 toolsMaurice's pick
AI-Powered Podcast Stack [FREE]
by MG
To start$0/mo
All upgraded$104.99/mo
9 toolsMaurice's pick
Faceless YouTube Channel Side Business
by MG
To start$0/mo
All upgraded$138.99/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
The list
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beehiiv
I use thisMember dealNewsletter 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 website1 recommends
FreemiumVisitMember deal
14-day trial + 20% OFF for 3 months
No code needed: the deal applies when you sign up through Visit.
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002Granola
I use thisMember dealAI meeting notes that work without a bot on the call.
Free plan: AI meeting notes and chat, 30 days of meeting history.
Use it toGet clean notes from client and partner calls1 recommends
FreemiumVisitMember deal
New users get 100% off for their first month
No code needed: the deal applies when you sign up through Visit.
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003Make
I use thisVisual 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 cheaply1 recommends
FreemiumVisit
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004Surfer SEO
I use thisOptimize 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 pages1 recommends
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005ElevenLabs
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 posts2 recommend
FreemiumVisit - 006
006SupaBird
I use thisAI 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 following1 recommends
PaidVisit - 007
007Vercel
I use thisPuts your website online, with AI help to build and fix it.
Free Hobby plan: personal, non-commercial sites only; 100 GB data transfer a month, 1 seat.
Use it toHost your website and ship changes in minutes1 recommends
FreemiumVisit - 008008
ChatGPT
I use thisOpenAI'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 versions2 recommend
FreemiumVisit - 009009
Claude
I use thisAI 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 projects1 recommends
FreemiumVisit - 010010
Perplexity
I use thisAI answer engine that cites its sources.
Free plan: cited answers with basic AI models and limited daily usage.
Use it toResearch a topic fast with linked sources1 recommends
FreemiumVisit
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The starter stackYour first upgrades
What to pay for first
The upgrades that save the most hours. Start paying here, nowhere else.
- beehiivEmail
- ClaudeWrite
- DescriptVideo
- Opus ClipVideo
- 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.
- ElevenLabsAudio
- DescriptVideo
- CanvaDesign
- Opus ClipVideo
- HeyGenVideo
How I pick
Four rules. A tool breaks one, it's off the list.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Some links are affiliate links. They never decide what makes the list.