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Squad review: AI teammates for $99 a month, plus the AI plan you bring
Squad costs $99/mo plus your own AI plan ($199-$299 all-in). Our squad.so review: what the AI teammates do, where they break, and who should skip it.
· 17 min read
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HeyGen pricing in 2026: what each plan really buys you
HeyGen pricing, read from heygen.com: every plan from $0 to $4,300, what 600 credits really make, API rates, and the $99 voice clone.
· 9 min read
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bytemail review: is this native Mac inbox worth paying for?
Our bytemail review for 2026: what the native Mac email client costs, how its private-by-design inbox works, the catch and cheaper alternatives.
· 17 min read
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The best email marketing for creators in 2026, ranked by what you sell
The best email marketing for creators in 2026: Kit, beehiiv, MailerLite, Substack and Mailchimp ranked by job, with free-plan caps, prices and fees.
· 12 min read
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ChatGPT doesn't check your Domain Rating: how to get cited by ChatGPT, according to two studies
How to get cited by ChatGPT and other AI assistants: what a 200-site study and Ahrefs' 75,000-brand study say about Domain Rating, impressions and mentions.
· 13 min read
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Kit MCP: how to connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor to your Kit email list
How to set up the Kit MCP with Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor: the server URL, the Kit plan you need, prompts to run first, and the safety checks.
· 9 min read
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Kit pricing in 2026: what ConvertKit really costs at your list size
Kit pricing for 2026, read from kit.com: Free to 10,000 subscribers, Creator and Pro at every list size, yearly savings, sales fees and cheaper options.
· 10 min read
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Kit review: is ConvertKit's free plan and creator toolkit worth building your list on?
Our Kit review for 2026: what kit.com (formerly ConvertKit) does for creators, the free plan to 10,000 subscribers, real costs, the catch and alternatives.
· 17 min read
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The best AI web scraping tools in 2026, ranked by the job you need done
The best AI web scraping tools for 2026: Firecrawl, Crawl4AI, Apify, ScrapingBee, Browse AI and Bright Data, ranked by job with real prices and the catch.
· 12 min read
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Web crawling vs web scraping: the difference, and which one your project needs
Web crawling vs web scraping explained: crawlers find pages, scrapers pull data out of them. When you need each, what they cost, and the tools that do both.
· 9 min read
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Web scraping vs API: which to use for getting data, and the middle option most people miss
Web scraping vs API: when an official API is the right call, when you have to scrape, and how scraping APIs like Firecrawl sit in between, with real costs.
· 9 min read
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Claude web scraping: four ways to get live web data into Claude, and which to use
Claude web scraping, four ways: built-in web fetch and search, an MCP server like Firecrawl, Claude-written scrapers, and agents. Costs, limits and setup.
· 9 min read
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Firecrawl review: the web data API for AI agents, and what its credits really cost
Our Firecrawl review: what firecrawl.dev does for AI agents, what 1,000 to 1M credits really buy, where it breaks, and when Crawl4AI, Apify or Exa fit better.
· 18 min read
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The best AI agents for creative agencies, one per job
The best AI agents for creative agencies, ranked by job: client video, ad creative, reporting and Slack ops, with real prices, the catch and what to skip.
· 12 min read
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HIPAA compliant AI agent platforms: who signs a BAA, and on which plan
HIPAA compliant AI agent platforms, checked on vendor pages: who signs a BAA (OpenAI, Claude, Copilot Studio, Gemini, Lindy), on which plan, and who won't.
· 10 min read
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