For one-person businesses
Each week we tell a busy solopreneur to ADOPT, TRY, or SKIP. We check the price on the vendor's site, the hours it might save, and what you give up to use it.
Latest issue · October 20, 2026
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Three questions, in the same order every week. If we don't know, we say so.
What the company actually charges, copied from its own site, with the date we checked it.
Hours you might get back. These are our estimates, never a vendor's promise presented as a fact.
Privacy, lock-in, and whether a brand-new company should touch your books or your customer list.
Use it. The job is real, the cost is clear, and the risk is small.
Test it on one job, on the free plan or a short trial. Keep it only if the numbers work.
Leave it for now. The risk, the lock-in, or the missing facts aren't worth your week.
You used to have a department for the website, the inbox, and the books. Now you are the department. This briefing is for ex-corporate solopreneurs who want a short list, not another launch thread.