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AI tools for small business

56 tools · prices checked Nov 9

Tools that cover marketing, support and admin without a big contract. Each listing says what a one-person or five-person team would pay.

Our top 3

  • ChatGPT

    Best overall

    OpenAI's general assistant for writing, questions, images and code.

    Free$8/mo
  • HubSpot

    Best free

    Free CRM with paid marketing, sales and service tools on top.

    Free$7/mo
  • Zapier

    Best for automation

    Connects thousands of apps so work moves between them automatically.

    Free$19.99/mo
  1. Best overall

    ChatGPT

    OpenAI's general assistant for writing, questions, images and code.

    Free$8/mo
  2. Best free

    HubSpot

    Free CRM with paid marketing, sales and service tools on top.

    Free$7/mo
  3. Best for automation

    Zapier

    Connects thousands of apps so work moves between them automatically.

    Free$19.99/mo

Customer replies

  1. Tidio

    Live chat and AI agent (Lyro) that answers website visitors.

    Free
  2. Intercom

    Help desk with the Fin AI agent that resolves customer questions.

    Trial
  3. Zendesk

    Customer service platform with ticketing and AI agents.

    $19/mo
  4. Gorgias

    Help desk and AI agent built for Shopify and ecommerce stores.

    Free
  5. Chatbase

    Build an AI support agent trained on your own content.

    $40/mo
  6. 21X (formerly Structurely)

    AI agents that call, text and email leads to qualify and book them.

    Paid

Bookkeeping

  1. Xero

    Online accounting software for small businesses, with AI help built in.

    $27/mo
  2. Booke AI

    AI bookkeeper that categorizes transactions inside QuickBooks and Xero.

    $129/mo

Ads & marketing

  1. Best free design tool

    Canva

    Design app with AI tools for posts, slides, flyers and video.

    Free
  2. AdCreative.ai

    Generates ad images, videos and copy sized for each ad platform.

    Trial
  3. Mailchimp

    Email and SMS marketing with AI help for writing and timing.

    Free$20/mo
  4. Buffer

    Plans and schedules social posts across networks, with an AI assistant.

    Free$5/mo
  5. Jasper

    AI content platform for marketing teams that must stay on-brand.

    $59/mo
  6. Surfer

    SEO and AI-search content platform for getting cited and ranked.

    $49/mo
  7. Writesonic

    Tracks how your brand shows up in AI answers and helps fix gaps.

    $79/mo
  8. Copy.ai

    Workflow platform that automates sales and marketing tasks with AI.

    $29/mo

Websites

  1. Wix

    Website builder with AI site creation, hosting and business tools.

    Free$17/mo
  2. Durable

    AI business builder: website, CRM, SEO and marketing in one app.

    Free$22/mo
  3. Framer

    Website builder with an AI design agent and a fully editable canvas.

    Free$10/mo
  4. Lovable

    Builds full-stack web apps and sites from a chat description.

    Free$25/mo
  5. Bolt

    Chat-based builder for websites, apps and prototypes in the browser.

    Free$25/mo
  6. Replit

    Describe an app or website and Replit's agent builds and hosts it.

    Free$18/mo

Meetings & admin

  1. Fathom

    Free AI notetaker that records and summarizes your video calls.

    Free$15/mo
  2. Fireflies.ai

    Meeting assistant that transcribes calls and builds a searchable archive.

    Free$10/mo
  3. Motion

    AI calendar and project manager that plans your day around tasks.

    $19/mo
  4. Notion

    Workspace for notes, docs and projects with built-in AI agents.

    Free$10/mo
  5. Make

    Visual automation builder for connecting apps, data and AI agents.

    Free
  6. Krisp

    Removes background noise from calls and takes AI meeting notes.

    $8/mo
  7. tl;dv

    Records Zoom, Meet and Teams calls and writes AI meeting notes.

    Free$18/mo
  8. Otter.ai

    Live transcription and AI notes for meetings, lectures and interviews.

    Free$8.33/mo

More tools for this job

  1. Best free video editor

    CapCut

    Free video editor with AI captions, effects and video generation.

    Free$12.49/mo
  2. Claude

    Anthropic's assistant for long documents, careful writing and coding.

    Free$20/mo
  3. Best for creators

    Descript

    Edit video and podcasts by editing the transcript like a document.

    Free$16/mo
  4. ElevenLabs

    Lifelike AI voices, voice cloning, dubbing and music.

    Free$6/mo
  5. Figma

    Collaborative design tool with AI for prototypes, sites and code.

    Free$16/mo
  6. Best for slides

    Gamma

    Builds presentations, documents and simple websites from a prompt.

    Free
  7. Gemini

    Google AI assistant tied into Search, Gmail and Docs.

    Free$4.99/mo
  8. Grammarly

    Grammar, clarity and tone checks in almost every app you write in.

    Free$12/mo
  9. HeyGen

    Makes talking-avatar videos with your own face and voice.

    Free$29/mo
  10. Ideogram

    Image generator that is good at putting readable text into pictures.

    Free
  11. invideo AI

    Agent-style video editor that builds videos from a text prompt.

    Free$10/mo
  12. Looka

    AI logo maker that also builds a brand kit and simple website.

    Free
  13. Microsoft Copilot

    Microsoft's free AI chat for answers, writing and everyday tasks.

    Free
  14. Murf AI

    AI voiceover studio and text-to-speech API with many voices.

    Free
  15. Best for short clips

    OpusClip

    Cuts long videos into short clips ready for Reels, Shorts and TikTok.

    Free$15/mo
  16. Best for research

    Perplexity

    Answer engine that searches the web and cites every source.

    Free$17/mo
  17. Photoroom

    Product photo editor that removes backgrounds and makes listing images.

    $12.99/mo
  18. Reclaim.ai

    AI calendar assistant that protects time for tasks, habits and breaks.

    Free$10/mo
  19. Recraft

    AI image tool for designers, with vector output and brand styles.

    Free$10/mo
  20. Rytr

    AI relationship assistant that preps meetings and drafts follow-ups.

    Free$9/mo
  21. SOUNDRAW

    Royalty-free AI beats you can customize instrument by instrument.

    $11.04/mo
  22. Synthesia

    AI avatar videos for training, onboarding and explainers at work.

    Free$14/mo
  23. VEED

    Online video editor with AI avatars, dubbing and auto subtitles.

    Free$12/mo
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