I'm a solo founder and I was subscribing to 6 AI tools: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Manus, YouMind, and Spokenly. About $200/month total.
One day I realized I was spending more time deciding which AI to open than actually doing the work. So I did an audit.
The audit
For one week, I tracked every time I opened an AI tool and wrote down what I used it for. The result:
- Claude: ~80% of everything
- ChatGPT: ~10% (mostly quick brainstorming)
- The other 4: splitting the remaining 10%
I was paying for 6 tools but really only needed 2.
What happened after I cancelled 4
- Monthly cost: $200 → $40
- Productivity: went UP, not down
- The biggest gain wasn't the money — it was not having to think "which AI should I use for this?" every single time
When you only have 2 tools, you actually learn them properly. You build real workflows instead of jumping between 5 different interfaces.
I built a tool for this
I figured other solopreneurs probably have the same problem, so I built a free quiz: AI Stack Finder
5 questions, takes 2 minutes. It tells you which 2-3 AI tools you actually need based on your role and tasks, and how much you could save by cancelling the rest.
Tech stack: Next.js, Supabase, Vercel. The recommendation engine uses a greedy set-cover algorithm to find the minimum set of tools that covers all your tasks.
Would love to hear: how many AI subscriptions are you running right now? Have you done an audit like this?
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