Notes on getting work done by agents
Comparisons, prices as of this month, and what actually works when you hand a task to an AI agent. Written by the people who build and test them.
Stripe AI Agent: Three Different Things With One Name
Selling through agents, monetising an AI app, and letting an agent operate your Stripe account are three separate products. Which one you need, and how Stripe secures the third.
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HubSpot AI Agent: What Agent Hub Does and What It Costs
HubSpot renamed Breeze Agents to Agent Hub and prices its customer agent at $0.50 per resolution. What counts as a resolution, which edition you need, and where a CRM-native agent stops.
Slack AI Agent: What You Get, and On Which Plan
Slack's plan cards list Slackbot under Free and Pro. The comparison table says otherwise. What Slack's AI agent does, where it stops, and what it really takes to run one.
Excel AI Agent: 6 Spreadsheet Jobs to Hand Over in 2026
Copilot in Excel works inside one file. Most spreadsheet chores loop between the sheet and your inbox. Six jobs an agent can take, and where Copilot wins.
Shopify AI Agent: Sidekick, Store Apps and the Gaps
"Shopify AI agent" means two completely different products depending on who is saying it. Shopify's own AI is Sidekick, an assistant that sits in your admin and helps you run the store. The Shopify App Store sells…
Salesforce AI Agent: 6 Real Jobs and What They Cost
Six jobs an AI agent can actually do inside your Salesforce, and the honest cost of every route. Agentforce included.
QuickBooks AI Agent: Intuit's Agents and What They Do
QuickBooks does not have one AI agent. Intuit announced a set of them, described as a "virtual team," and the three named in the launch are the Payments Agent, the Accounting Agent and the Finance Agent. They are…
Zapier Statistics 2026: 56 Verified Numbers on Customers, Revenue, Pricing and AI
56 Zapier numbers on scale, revenue, pricing and AI, each linked to the original document. Verified 15 September 2026. Free CSV of every figure.
Zapier Pricing History 2025 to 2026: 2 Changes to the Published Price Set
Zapier today: $19.99 a month (Professional, annual billing). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since May 2025, from monthly Wayback snapshots with a
What Is an Agent Operating System? (2026 Definition)
Nine companies use the phrase and disagree four ways; three invert the stack. I read every definition, priced the category, and worked out when you need one.
Voiceflow Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 7 Changes to the Published Price Set
Voiceflow today: Not published on the pricing page (contact sales). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snaps
Vellum Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 5 Changes to the Published Price Set
Vellum today: $30 a month (first paid tier on the page). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since May 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with archi
Taskade Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 14 Changes to the Published Price Set
Taskade today: $10 a month (first paid tier, annual billing). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots w
Stack AI Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 2 Changes to the Published Price Set
Stack AI today: Paid tiers not shown with a figure on the page. Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots
Small Business AI Adoption Statistics 2026: 44 Numbers From Census, Fed and Bank Data
Forty-four small business AI adoption statistics, verified 16 September 2026, from Census, the Fed, JPMorganChase and four national statistics agencies.
Relevance AI Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 7 Changes to the Published Price Set
Relevance AI today: Not published on the pricing page (sign-in or contact). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since March 2024, from monthly Wayback
Pipedream Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 3 Changes to the Published Price Set
Pipedream today: $29 a month (first paid tier, annual billing). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots
No-Code Automation Statistics 2026: 40 Verified, 25 Rejected
Forty no-code automation statistics verified on 15 September 2026, each with publisher, date and method, plus the popular figures that do not exist.
n8n Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 4 Changes to the Published Price Set
n8n today: €20 a month (Starter, annual billing). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with archived
Lindy Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 5 Changes to the Published Price Set
Lindy today: $29.99 per seat a month (Plus). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since April 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with archived source
Gumloop Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 5 Changes to the Published Price Set
Gumloop today: $37 a month (Pro). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since June 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with archived sources. Verified
Dify Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 3 Changes to the Published Price Set
Dify today: $590 a year on the page's first paid tier ($159 a month on the next). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly
Botpress Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 12 Changes to the Published Price Set
Botpress today: $25 a month (first paid tier on the page). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since March 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with a
Bardeen Pricing History 2024 to 2025: 4 Changes to the Published Price Set
Bardeen today: Not published on the pricing page as read. Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly Wayback snapshots with
AI Automation Statistics 2026: 46 Verified Numbers on Adoption, Time Saved and Failure
46 AI automation statistics, each traced to a dated source: adoption, what actually gets automated, time saved, ROI, failure. Verified 16 September 2026.
AI Agent Pricing Index 2026: 16 Platforms, Checked Monthly
Starting price, free tier and billing unit for 16 AI agent platforms, read on the vendors' own pages on 15 September 2026, with dated history.
AI Agent for Etsy Message Replies: Answering in Your Own Style
The most common way this question gets asked is oddly specific, and the specificity is the interesting part: people do not search for an AI that answers Etsy messages, they search for one that answers Etsy messages…
Activepieces Pricing History 2024 to 2026: 8 Changes to the Published Price Set
Activepieces today: $16 a month (Plus, yearly billing; $20 on monthly billing). Every plan-price set on its pricing page since January 2024, from monthly W
Notion AI Agent: What Notion 3.0 Agents Actually Do
Notion's AI agent is called, plainly, Notion Agent. It lives in your workspace, it edits databases and pages the way a person would, and it can read across the tools you have connected. Since Notion 3.0 there is also…
AI Sales Agent: What It Costs in 2026 and Where It Breaks
Four of ten AI sales agent vendors publish no price. Five billing units, three platform rules that cap the motion, and the numbers I could verify.