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.
Google Sheets AI Agent: What It Costs and What Breaks
Three products answer to 'Sheets AI agent'. Only one runs the job without you building or maintaining it. I read the pricing pages on 16 September 2026.
7 AI Agents for Lead Generation, Priced for One Person
Every lead-gen tool list is written for a funded sales team. I priced the whole prospecting loop for one person, with prices read in September 2026.
Consulting Proposal AI Agent: How to Build One (2026)
Most proposal tools hand you a template and a blank page. An agent should draft the scope, assemble the price and chase the reply. Here is how to set one up.
White-Label AI Agents: 8 Platforms for Agencies in 2026
Eight white-label AI agent platforms for agencies, compared on how each one bills you. Plus the margin math at 5, 10 and 25 clients that nobody publishes.
Gmail AI Agent: What Gemini in Gmail Still Cannot Do
Gemini writes and summarises inside the thread. It does not act across your tools. Here is the line, and what still needs a real Gmail AI agent.
9 Best AI Sales Agents, Compared on Real Prices (2026)
Eight of these ten AI sales agents publish a price you can plan around. Two publish nothing. Here is what each AI sales agent costs and who should skip it.
AI Agents for HR in 2026: 8 Options for Small Teams
Every HR agent list assumes you already own Workday. Under 50 people, you do not. Eight options compared, and only two publish a price you can read.
monday.com AI Agents in 2026: What They Do, What They Cost
I read monday.com's own pages: twelve named agents, credits at $0.01 each, and a sidekick capped at 5 messages a day. Here is what a seat buys.
LinkedIn AI Agent in 2026: What It Is and What It Costs
LinkedIn has one real AI agent, and it is for recruiters. The tools you found are something else. Here is what each one does, and what it costs.
ClickUp AI Agents in 2026: What You Get for $9 a Month
ClickUp's AI agents are an add-on on every plan, and its credits are the real ceiling. I divided ClickUp's own two numbers. Here is what $9 buys.
Airtable AI Agent: Omni, Field Agents and Costs in 2026
Airtable ships two things that both get called an AI agent, and they do genuinely different jobs. Confusing them is the most common reason a promising automation stalls: people ask the app builder to do per-record…
Asana AI Agent: AI Studio, Credits and Costs in 2026
Asana has shipped a lot of AI, and the naming does not make it obvious what is a feature, what is a builder and what is an agent. There are really three routes, they cost quite different amounts, and the thing that…
Zendesk AI Agent: What It Automates and Costs in 2026
Search for a Zendesk AI agent and you mostly get Zendesk, which is fair enough given it is their product, and not much help if you are trying to work out what to actually turn on. There are three genuinely different…
Jira AI Agent: What You Can Actually Automate in 2026
Search for a Jira AI agent and Atlassian answers most of the page, which is reasonable given it is their product but not very useful if you are trying to work out what to actually do. There are three genuinely…
Taskade Enterprise Pricing Is Now Quote Only (September 2026)
Taskade's Enterprise card showed $250 a month on annual billing on 1 September. On 22 September it reads Custom. Four tiers unchanged. Here is what a buyer does now.
AI Agents for Product Managers: The Honest 2026 Guide
Most writing about AI agents for product managers is a tool list. Tool lists age badly and they skip the question that actually decides whether any of this helps: which parts of the job are safe to hand over. Product…
AI Agents for Project Managers: What Works in 2026
Project management has always carried a large administrative tax: chasing people for updates, turning a meeting into work items, assembling the same status summary every Friday. That tax is the part AI agents are…
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.
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