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Vendor tables, every cell linked to its source
The tools we get asked about, side by side, with the vendor page each fact came from. Dated, so you know how fresh the numbers are. Not affiliated with any vendor listed.
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AI at work
Which AI can run a whole job for you?
Plans, prices, orchestration, CRM connectors and data training for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Microsoft Copilot. Every cell links to its vendor page.
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AI at work
Which meeting notetaker can you bring into a client call?
Bot or no bot, consent notices, where audio goes, model training, free plans and pricing for Granola, Otter, Fireflies, Gemini in Meet and Copilot in Teams.
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AI and privacy
Which AI company can a privacy-minded business trust with its data?
Training defaults, data retention, residency, DPA and HIPAA terms, status pages and output ownership for Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Meta.
Checked October 14, 2026Open - live
AI and automation
Which AI model should run a small business job every day?
Workhorse model, API price per million tokens, context window, cutoff, data retention, structured output and hosting for Claude, GPT, Gemini, Muse and Mistral.
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AI on your own hardware
Run AI on your own computer, or rent it?
Hardware needs, whether data leaves the building, cost at 2 and 20 users, updates and licensing for Ollama, LM Studio, Open WebUI, ChatGPT Business and Copilot.
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Automation
Which automation tool should glue your apps together?
Free plans, billing units, first paid plan, self-hosting, built-in AI steps and scheduling for Zapier, Make, n8n, Google Apps Script and Power Automate.
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CRM
Which free CRM can a small business actually live in?
Free plan caps, email logging, automation gates, API access, cheapest paid seat and data export for HubSpot, Zoho CRM, Freshsales, folk and Pipedrive.
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Websites and CRM
Which booking link should you put on your site?
Free plans, payment at booking, reminders, embeds, CRM push and first paid plan for Google Calendar, Calendly, Cal.com, Acuity and Square Appointments.
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Websites
Website builder, WordPress, or custom build: what do you give up?
Cheapest plan with your own domain, custom head code, redirects, site export, fees and hosting for Wix, Squarespace, WordPress.com, Webflow and Next.js.
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Websites
Where should a small business site live?
Free tiers, commercial use rules, first paid plan, SSL, overages and support for Vercel, Netlify, Cloudflare Workers and Pages, WP Engine and SiteGround.
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Websites
Where should you register a .com?
.com first-year and renewal prices, WHOIS privacy, transfer-out rules, DNSSEC and email forwarding for Cloudflare, Porkbun, Namecheap, Squarespace and GoDaddy.
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Websites
Which spam filter should sit on your contact form?
Free tiers, pricing, what visitors must do, data collected and how checks work for Cloudflare Turnstile, reCAPTCHA, hCaptcha, Friendly Captcha and Akismet.
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Websites and automation
Which service should send your website's email?
Free sends, cost at 10,000 emails a month, dedicated IPs, log retention and domain authentication for Resend, Postmark, SendGrid, Mailgun and Amazon SES.
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Search visibility
Do you need a review tool, or just Google?
Pricing, request channels, text consent, review replies, contracts and free options for Google Business Profile, Birdeye, Podium, NiceJob and Grade.us.
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Paid ads
Which ad channel fits a local service business?
Minimum spend, billing basis, eligibility, review influence, setup and commitment for Google Search Ads, Local Services Ads, Meta, Nextdoor and Yelp Ads.
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Paid ads
Flat fee, percent of spend, or pay per lead: what will ad management really cost?
Ad management cost at $1,000, $3,000 and $10,000 a month under flat fee, percent of spend, pay per lead and hybrid pricing, and what each pays the agency to do.
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Spearworks Labs · spearworksai.com · Nathan Spear · Happy Valley, Oregon