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Adobe Acrobat

Adobe · Productivity

€30.24/mo · Standard€18.14/mo billed annuallySave 40% yearly

Why it works

  • A month-to-month plan that can be cancelled at any time without a fee
  • Acrobat Reader stays free for reading, filling and signing

Watch out

  • Month to month costs about two thirds more than the annual plan billed monthly
  • The annual plan billed monthly charges half the remaining commitment if you cancel after 14 days
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Airtable

Airtable · Projects, Automation

$24.00/mo · Team$20.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Structures client work a spreadsheet cannot
  • Free plan is genuinely usable for a solo operator

Watch out

  • Per-seat pricing gets expensive fast for a small team
  • Record limits bite before feature limits do
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Asana

Asana, Inc. · Projects

€13.49/mo · Starter€10.99/mo billed annuallySave 19% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Personal plan includes unlimited tasks and projects for up to two users
  • Starter adds timeline, Gantt, forms and unlimited automations

Watch out

  • Personal is capped at two users
  • The paid entry point is per user
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Beautiful.ai

Beautiful.ai · Design

$14.50/mo equivalent · Pro$174.00/year · Annual commitment required

Why it works

  • Fast professional decks
  • Auto-layout logic

Watch out

  • Less manual layout control
  • No free plan: the 14-day trial requires a credit card
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Buffer

Buffer · Social media

$6.00/mo · Essentials$5.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Pricing scales one channel at a time, so dropping a client removes one line, not a tier
  • The free plan is a real product, not a trial: 3 channels, 10 scheduled posts each

Watch out

  • Cost climbs quickly once you publish to six or more channels
  • Analytics stop well short of what a reporting-heavy agency needs
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Calendly

Calendly, LLC · Meetings

$12.00/mo · Standard$10.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan covers one event type and one connected calendar
  • Removes scheduling email without requiring the invitee to create an account

Watch out

  • Free plan is limited to one event type and one connected calendar
  • Round-robin scheduling and lead routing sit above Standard
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Canva

Canva Pty Ltd · Design

€12.00/mo · Pro
Free plan

Why it works

  • Extremely easy
  • Free plan available

Watch out

  • AI features capped on the free plan
  • Not a full professional design suite
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Capsule CRM

Capsule · Productivity

€19.00/mo · Starter
Free plan

Why it works

  • The free plan is permanent for two users, not a trial
  • Starter already includes up to 30,000 contacts, email templates and a shared inbox

Watch out

  • Every paid plan is billed per user, so the cost grows with the team
  • Automations, advanced reports and several pipelines start at Growth (€40 a month per user)
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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ChatGPT

OpenAI · Assistants, Writing

€8.00/mo · Go
Free plan

Why it works

  • Strong free plan
  • Very broad model capability

Watch out

  • Free tier usage caps
  • Can produce confidently wrong answers on niche topics
Vendor documented · 03.11.2026
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Claap

Claap (lemlist) · Meetings

€30.00/mo · Pro€24.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Only the people who record pay; readers stay on free Basic licences
  • Calls, dialer and email land on one deal timeline instead of three tools

Watch out

  • The positioning is sales-specific, which is wasted on a team that is not selling
  • The free licence is limited to 300 minutes in total, so it is a trial for anyone who records
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Claude

Anthropic · Assistants, Writing

€18.00/mo · Pro€15.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Excellent nuanced long-form output
  • Large context window

Watch out

  • Usage limits on free plan
  • Fewer native plugins than some rivals
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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ClickUp

Mango Technologies, Inc. · Projects

$12.00/mo · Core$9.00/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free Forever includes unlimited tasks and members
  • Core combines unlimited storage, integrations and custom fields at the paid entry tier

Watch out

  • The pricing page displays 60MB storage on Free Forever, while a separate official upgrade article references a 100MB threshold; verify the current enforced limit before relying on it
  • The broad feature set creates more configuration choices than simpler tools
Vendor documented · 03.11.2026
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Microsoft 365 Copilot

Microsoft · Assistants, Writing

€21.84/mo · Microsoft 365 Copilot Business

Why it works

  • Works where the documents already are, with no copy-pasting
  • Meeting recap is built into Teams rather than bolted on

Watch out

  • No free plan, and the entry price assumes you already pay for Microsoft 365
  • The headline annual rate is a promotion, not the standard price
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Copy.ai

Copy.ai · Writing, Automation

$29.00/mo · Chat$24.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly

Why it works

  • Very easy to use
  • Entry plan includes 5 seats

Watch out

  • Best at shorter formats
  • Premium features cost more
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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DeepL

DeepL SE · Writing

€8.99/mo · Individual
Free plan

Why it works

  • Glossaries hold product and client names steady across every document
  • File translation returns a document that still looks like the original

Watch out

  • The free plan caps text at 50,000 characters a month and one file translation
  • Prices for France include VAT, so the figure is not comparable with US-listed tools
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Descript

Descript · Video

$24.00/mo · Hobbyist$16.00/mo billed annuallySave 33% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Editing by text is far faster than a timeline for talking-head video
  • Removes filler words in one pass

Watch out

  • Per-seat pricing climbs quickly for a team
  • Long projects are heavy to edit: check the system requirements against your machine
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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ElevenLabs

ElevenLabs · Video

$6.00/mo · Starter
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan available for evaluation
  • Entry paid plan is among the cheapest in this category

Watch out

  • Credits are consumed per character, so long projects escalate quickly
  • Voice cloning raises consent questions the tool does not answer for you
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Fathom

Fathom · Meetings

$20.00/mo · Premium$16.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free core product
  • Clean CRM integration

Watch out

  • Fewer languages than some rivals
  • Advanced features on paid plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Figma

Figma · Design

€20.00/mo · Professional€16.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Clients can comment without installing anything
  • Free Starter plan covers solo client work

Watch out

  • Overkill for simple marketing graphics
  • Seat model gets complicated once you add collaborators
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Fireflies.ai

Fireflies.ai · Meetings

$18.00/mo · Pro$10.00/mo billed annuallySave 44% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Transcription is unlimited even on the free plan
  • Search works across every call, not one at a time

Watch out

  • Free plan stores only 400 minutes per team, so the archive fills fast
  • The gap between monthly and annual pricing is unusually large
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Foxit PDF Editor

Foxit · Productivity

€16.99/mo · PDF Editor€10.96/mo billed annuallySave 35% yearly

Why it works

  • The editor runs on Windows, macOS and the web on the same subscription
  • Cloud storage and Box, Dropbox, Google Drive and OneDrive connections are included

Watch out

  • Month to month costs about 55 % more than the annual plan billed monthly
  • Mobile apps, legally binding e-signature and AI redaction need PDF Editor+, the higher plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Framer

Framer B.V. · Design

€15.00/mo · Basic€10.00/mo billed annuallySave 33% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Design and hosting in one subscription, with no separate host to manage
  • Publishes a custom domain on the entry paid plan

Watch out

  • Priced per site, so three client sites means three subscriptions
  • AI features are metered in credits, not unlimited
Vendor documented · 26.10.2026
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Gamma

Gamma · Design

€10.00/mo · Plus€8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan available, with starter credits
  • Turns a rough outline into a presentable deck faster than a template

Watch out

  • Credits on the free plan are a one-time allowance, with no monthly refill
  • Generated layouts need editing before a client sees them
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Gemini

Google · Assistants, Writing

€4.99/mo · Google AI Plus
Free plan

Why it works

  • Already inside the tools most small businesses use for email and documents
  • The free tier covers a lot of everyday drafting

Watch out

  • Paid tiers bundle storage you may not need
  • Plan names and limits change often, and the tiers are hard to compare
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Grammarly

Grammarly · Writing

€12.00/mo · Pro
Free plan

Why it works

  • Works everywhere you already type
  • Catches errors an assistant will not flag

Watch out

  • Rewrite suggestions flatten distinctive voice
  • Best features sit behind Pro
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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HeyGen

HeyGen · Video

$29.00/mo · Creator
Free plan

Why it works

  • A free plan produces finished video, which almost no avatar tool offers
  • Translation keeps the same presenter across languages instead of re-recording

Watch out

  • Free videos cap at one minute and three per month, watermarked
  • Everything is metered in credits, so cost per video depends on length and model
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Hootsuite

Hootsuite · Social media

€99.00/mo equivalent · Standard€1188.00/year · Annual commitment required

Why it works

  • Listening, inbox and publishing sit in one product rather than three subscriptions
  • Unlimited social accounts from the second tier, which per-channel pricing never reaches

Watch out

  • No free plan, and the entry price is several times that of every alternative here
  • Prices shown assume annual billing, so the advertised figure is a yearly commitment
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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HubSpot

HubSpot · Productivity

€7.00/mo, billed yearly (promo)
Free plan

Why it works

  • A permanent free plan with no card required
  • One platform for sales, marketing and service

Watch out

  • Starter was shown with a time-limited discount: check the price once the offer ends
  • Advanced automations need Pro, a higher tier than Starter, and every plan is charged per seat: check hubspot.fr/pricing before planning for it
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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iLovePDF

iLovePDF · Productivity

€9.00/mo · Premium€5.00/mo billed annuallySave 44% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • A permanent free plan for the main tools
  • Premium can be paid month to month, per user, from 1 to 25 users

Watch out

  • The free plan limits document processing
  • Signatures and workflows need Premium
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Jasper

Jasper AI, Inc. · Writing

$69.00/mo · Pro$59.00/mo billed annuallySave 14% yearly

Why it works

  • Strong brand-voice consistency
  • Designed for marketing teams

Watch out

  • Premium price point
  • Overkill for light users
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Krisp

Krisp Technologies · Meetings, Video

$16.00/mo · Core$8.00/mo billed annuallySave 50% yearly

Why it works

  • Cleans audio in any app, not just one platform
  • Noise removal works on both sides of the call

Watch out

  • No permanent free plan, only a 7-day trial
  • Per-seat pricing on top of tools you may already pay for
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Later

Later · Social media

$25.00/mo · Starter$18.75/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly

Why it works

  • The visual planner shows the grid as an audience will see it before anything publishes
  • A social set bundles one profile per network, which suits a brand rather than a channel count

Watch out

  • No free plan at all, only a 14-day trial
  • The entry plan allows one user, so any review loop needs the next tier up
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Linear

Linear · Projects

$12.00/mo · Basic$10.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan available for small workspaces
  • Noticeably faster to operate than general work-management tools

Watch out

  • Built around software delivery, so client-services work fits awkwardly
  • No native time tracking or invoicing
Vendor documented · 26.10.2026
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Loom

Atlassian · Meetings, Video

$18.00/mo · Business
Free plan

Why it works

  • Replaces a status call with a link the client watches when they like
  • Free plan covers occasional use

Watch out

  • Free plan caps recordings at 5 minutes and 25 videos
  • Editing is basic: it is a recorder, not an editor
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Make

Celonis, Inc. · Automation

$10.59/mo · Core$9.00/mo billed annuallySave 15% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Powerful and flexible
  • Cheaper than some rivals at volume

Watch out

  • Steeper learning curve
  • Operations pricing can climb
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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MeetGeek

MeetGeek · Meetings

$15.99/mo · Pro$9.99/mo billed annuallySave 38% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • The free plan includes bot-free recording and AI summaries, not only a trial
  • Follow-up agents and Zapier, Make and n8n connections start on the Pro plan

Watch out

  • Pro is capped at 20 hours of transcription a month; unlimited starts at Business
  • The free plan keeps transcripts for three months and audio for one
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Metricool

Metricool · Social media

€20.00/mo · Starter€16.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • The free plan schedules 20 posts a month for one brand, with no card
  • Priced per brand rather than per seat, which matches how client work is billed

Watch out

  • The free plan cannot connect LinkedIn or X
  • X access is a paid add-on rather than part of the plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Midjourney

Midjourney, Inc. · Design

$10.00/mo · Basic Plan$8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly

Why it works

  • Image quality is its reputation (not tested here)
  • Style consistency

Watch out

  • No free plan
  • Historically accessed via Discord
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Miro

RealtimeBoard, Inc. · Projects, Design

€10.00/mo · Starter€8.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan is enough to test real collaboration on three editable boards
  • Visitor editing lets clients contribute without signing in on Starter

Watch out

  • Only the three most recent boards stay editable on the free plan
  • Pricing is per member on the paid plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Mistral

Mistral AI · Assistants

$14.99/mo · Pro
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan available on web and mobile
  • Paid plan includes API credits, not only chat

Watch out

  • Smaller third-party ecosystem than the US incumbents
  • Message and search limits apply on the free plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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monday.com

monday.com · Projects

€12.00/mo · Basique€9.00/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Read-only viewers are free and unlimited, which suits client-facing boards
  • Automations and integrations are built in from Standard, with no extra tool to pay for

Watch out

  • Every paid plan is billed per user, so the cost grows with the team
  • Basique has no automations, integrations or calendar view: Standard is the realistic entry point
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Murf AI

Murf AI · Video, Audio

$29.00/mo · Creator$19.00/mo billed annuallySave 34% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Commercial rights are included from the first paid Studio plan
  • The API is pay-as-you-go with credit that does not expire

Watch out

  • The free plan has no downloads and no commercial rights, so it is only a trial
  • Creator allows two hours of voice a month and a single editor
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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n8n

n8n GmbH · Automation

€24.00/mo · Starter€20.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free forever if you self-host
  • Priced per execution, not per step

Watch out

  • Self-hosting means you own the maintenance and uptime
  • Steeper learning curve than the mainstream no-code tools
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Notion

Notion Labs · Projects

€11.50/mo · Plus€9.50/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Flexible and powerful
  • Generous free plan

Watch out

  • Learning curve for databases
  • AI add-on costs extra
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Otter.ai

Otter.ai, Inc. · Meetings

$16.99/mo · Pro$8.33/mo billed annuallySave 51% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Good free tier
  • Automatic capture

Watch out

  • Accuracy drops in noisy audio
  • Free minutes cap
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Perplexity

Perplexity AI · Assistants

$17.00/mo equivalent · Pro$204.00/year · Annual commitment required
Free plan

Why it works

  • Cites its sources, which is the whole point for research work
  • Free tier is usable for occasional lookups

Watch out

  • No monthly price published: annual commitment is the advertised path
  • Not built for long-form drafting
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Pipedrive

Pipedrive · Productivity

€24.00/mo · Lite€14.00/mo billed annuallySave 42% yearly

Why it works

  • The pipeline view is the centre of the product
  • Every plan can be paid month to month

Watch out

  • No free plan
  • Email sync and automations start at Growth (49 € per seat a month)
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Prezi

Prezi · Presentations, Design

€5.00/mo equivalent · Standard€60.00/year · Annual commitment required
Free plan

Why it works

  • Audience participation runs in the same screen as the slides, with nothing for the audience to install
  • Existing decks come in as they are, so there is no rebuild to try it

Watch out

  • Every paid individual plan is billed annually; there is no monthly price
  • The free Basic plan allows five projects, all publicly visible
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Slack

Salesforce · Communication, Productivity

€8.25/mo · Pro€7.25/mo billed annuallySave 12% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Client channels keep project talk out of email
  • Very large integration catalogue

Watch out

  • The free plan only keeps 90 days of message history
  • Priced per active member, so occasional collaborators still cost a seat
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Smallpdf

Smallpdf · Productivity

€10.00/mo · Pro€7.50/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • A permanent free plan with over 30 tools
  • Pro can be paid month to month

Watch out

  • The free plan limits downloads
  • Text editing and OCR need Pro
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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SmartSuite

SmartSuite · Projects

$20.00/mo · Team$15.00/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly

Why it works

  • Unlimited Solutions on every paid plan
  • A 14-day trial of Professional with no card and no automatic charge at the end

Watch out

  • Team has a minimum of 3 billable users, so the smallest bill is three seats
  • No free plan, only a 14-day trial
Vendor documented · 26.10.2026
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SocialBee

SocialBee LABS (WebPros) · Social media

$29.00/mo · Bootstrap$24.17/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly

Why it works

  • Posts sorted by theme can be recycled automatically, so an evergreen library keeps publishing
  • Every plan includes unlimited AI content generation

Watch out

  • No free plan, only a 14-day trial
  • Bootstrap and Accelerate include 1 user; each extra user costs $10 a month
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Synthesia

Synthesia · Video

€19.00/mo · Starter€12.00/mo billed annuallySave 37% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Professional avatar quality
  • Good for localized training

Watch out

  • Free tier capped at roughly 10 minutes of video a month
  • Avatar limits on base plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Todoist

Doist · Productivity, Project management

€7.00/mo · Pro€5.00/mo billed annuallySave 29% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Natural-language entry makes capture genuinely fast
  • Cheapest credible paid tier of the task tools reviewed here

Watch out

  • No Gantt or workload view, so it stops short of project management
  • Reminders and calendar sync sit behind the paid plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Toggl Track

Toggl · Projects

€12.00/mo · Starter€9.00/mo billed annuallySave 25% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • The free plan covers up to three users with real-time timers, not only a trial
  • Reports by client and project are what an hourly invoice needs

Watch out

  • The pricing page opens on the annual price; monthly billing costs a third more
  • Billable rates and approvals start on paid plans
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Trello

Atlassian · Projects

$6.00/mo · Standard$5.00/mo billed annuallySave 17% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Free plan supports up to 10 collaborators and 10 boards per Workspace
  • The board metaphor is easy to understand without training

Watch out

  • Free plan caps each Workspace at 10 boards
  • Free storage is limited to 10MB per file
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Vista Social

Vista Social · Social media

$99.00/mo · Professional$80.00/mo billed annuallySave 19% yearly

Why it works

  • The entry plan already covers 15 social profiles and 2 users
  • Review management and listening sit in the same tool as publishing

Watch out

  • No free plan, only a 14-day trial
  • Zapier and Make integrations start at the Advanced plan
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Writesonic

Writesonic · Writing

$99.00/mo · Starter$79.00/mo billed annuallySave 20% yearly

Why it works

  • Affordable entry point
  • Broad format coverage

Watch out

  • Long-form can feel templated
  • Credit system can run out quickly
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026
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Zapier

Zapier, Inc. · Automation

$29.99/mo · Professional$19.99/mo billed annuallySave 33% yearly
Free plan

Why it works

  • Easiest no-code automation
  • Vast integration catalog

Watch out

  • Task limits enforce quickly
  • Premium apps add cost per task
Vendor documented · 25.10.2026