Comparisons
What else you could do instead.
Each of these starts with what the alternative does better, because that is the part you actually need to weigh. Some of them will send you elsewhere, and that is fine.
vs Hiring someoneThis is the decision most people are actually making. Not which software to buy, but whether to find a person to take the work off them.Read the comparison ›vs AI assistantsMost people ask this about whichever assistant they already use, whether that is ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok or Copilot. They have become very capable, so the difference is not whether they can take actions. It is whether you want a general assistant to direct, or a system built to run the client side of your business.Read the comparison ›vs Zapier / MakeIf you enjoy building things and have the time, automation builders give you a great deal of room. Most small business owners have neither the time nor the wish to be the builder.Read the comparison ›vs Xero / HubSpotThese are mature, deeply capable products, and most of them now ship AI of their own. The question is not whether they are good. It is who carries the work across them.Read the comparison ›vs AI employeesThis category is growing fast, and some of the products in it are very good. The difference is less about what the AI can do, and more about what the product is built around.Read the comparison ›vs Single-purpose AI toolsAI receptionists, inbox assistants, payment chasers, social media writers. There is now an AI tool for almost every job in a small business, and many of them are very good at it.Read the comparison ›vs Separate toolsThis is what most small businesses actually run, assembled one problem at a time over several years.Read the comparison ›
Start with one thing it can take off your hands.
You don't have to move your business across. Pick the job that annoys you most, the chasing, the invoicing, the inbox, and let it take that one first.