Start with what you’re trying to do, not the tool. Each entry links to Scout’s review, where you’ll find the full verdict and the small print.
Jump to: Reply to customer enquiries · Build a website or app · Hand a whole job to an AI agent · Make business documents and research · Make sense of your documents · Automate repetitive admin
About these prices: checked on each tool’s own website on 27 October 2026. These tools charge in US dollars, so pounds are approximate, converted at £0.7492 per US$1 (ECB reference rates, 26 October 2026). Your bank may add fees, and VAT may be added. Prices change often, so check before you buy.
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Reply to customer enquiries
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Save reusable instructions in Gemini so it drafts replies to customer messages in your tone. You check and send each one yourself.
- Free option
- Yes. Google says Skills are “available without a Google AI subscription”. You need a personal Google account and to be 18 or over.
- Cheapest paid plan
- Not needed for this
Build a website or app
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Chat to build a working web app, with logins and hosting included.
- Free option
- Yes, but publishing is invite-only
- Cheapest paid plan
- Pro from $25/month (about £18.73)
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All-in-one app builder with the database, logins and hosting built in.
- Free option
- Yes, up to 5 apps and 25 message credits a month
- Cheapest paid plan
- Starter $16/month billed yearly (about £11.99), or $20/month billed monthly (about £14.98)
Hand a whole job to an AI agent
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A general “do it for me” agent that turns one instruction into a report, website or slide deck.
- Free option
- Yes, 300 refresh credits a day and 1 task at a time (from Manus’s help centre)
- Cheapest paid plan
- Pro from $20/month (about £14.98)
Make business documents and research
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An AI workspace for slides, documents, spreadsheets and research from one prompt.
- Free option
- Yes, 100 credits a day until a lifetime limit is reached
- Cheapest paid plan
- Plus $24.99/month (about £18.72), or $19.99/month billed yearly
Make sense of your documents
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A free research partner that answers from the sources you upload, with references back to them.
- Free option
- Yes, with standard limits
- Cheapest paid plan
- Not needed for most beginners. Google AI plans raise the limits.
Automate repetitive admin
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No-code AI agents and automations that work across Gmail, Sheets, Slack and other tools.
- Free option
- No. There’s a 14-day trial of Pro, which needs a card
- Cheapest paid plan
- Pro from $37/month (about £27.72)
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