What AI Tools Are Actually Worth Paying For?
The number of paid AI subscriptions is growing quickly, but very few people want to pay for five tools that perform similar tasks. Which AI products have earned a permanent place in your workflow?
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The only tools worth paying for are 'Workflow Integrators, ' not 'Generators.' I don't pay for ChatGPT Plus because I can get the same text generation for free via APIs or open-source models (https://www.sequoiacap.com/article/generative-ai-act-two/). I pay for Cursor (the AI code editor) and n8n (automation). Cursor is worth $20/month because it has the context of my entire codebase. It doesn't just generate code; it integrates it. If a tool requires you to copy-paste between windows, it's a to...
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