AI tool stack builder
Most teams adopt AI tools one viral demo at a time, and six months later finance finds twelve overlapping subscriptions nobody can map to an outcome. This builder flips that: you describe the departments that will actually use AI and roughly how many people sit in each, and it assembles a coherent stack — one strong tool per high-value use case — with a monthly budget estimate attached.
How it works
Each department is mapped to the AI use cases that move the needle for it. Engineering gets a coding assistant and a code-review copilot; marketing gets a content generator and an image tool; support gets a ticket-deflection copilot; sales gets a meeting notetaker and an outreach assistant. For every matched tool the builder carries a representative monthly price — per-seat where the vendor charges per user, flat where it does not — and multiplies seat-priced tools by the headcount you entered. The budget band you choose nudges the recommendations toward leaner or fuller coverage. The result is a per-department breakdown plus a single monthly total you can drop into a planning doc.
Tips and notes
Resist the urge to buy the whole stack at once. The highest-ROI move is to pick the one or two tools tied to your most expensive bottleneck — usually engineering throughput or support volume — and pilot them for 30 days with a clear metric. Consolidate where one platform covers two use cases, and prefer tools that integrate with your existing identity provider and data warehouse so you are not managing a dozen separate logins and exports. Re-run the builder as your headcount changes; seat-priced tools dominate the bill as teams grow.