Stack
Tools that replace a business function
Not a directory of AI tools. Each tool here executes a specific function that would otherwise need staff, with its autonomy level, what a careful operator still approves, and pricing taken from the vendor.
15 toolsPricing checked 16 Oct 2026
- Assistive
- Drafts or suggests; a human executes.
- Supervised
- Executes actions; a human routinely reviews or approves output.
- Autonomous within policy
- Executes end-to-end within configured rules; humans handle exceptions.
Engineering
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Code Coding agent | Software engineer, QA / test engineer, Code reviewer | Supervised | Human reviews and merges pull requests; production deploys, secrets and destructive commands stay behind permission rules. | Included with Pro ($17/mo billed annually, $20 monthly), Max (from $100/mo), Team and Enterprise seats; not included in Free. Can also run on Anthropic Console (API) billing. checked 16 Oct 2026 | 1 co. |
| Cursor AI code editor / coding agent | Software engineer, Code reviewer | Supervised | Human reviews and merges agent PRs; human chooses which tasks to delegate and watches usage-billed third-party model spend. | Free $0; Plus $8/mo (Grok models only); Premium $30/mo (cloud agents and automations; third-party models billed separately at API list price); Super $100/mo; Ultra $200/mo; Teams $30+/user/mo; Enterprise custom. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Support
1 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fin AI customer service agent | Tier-1 support agent, Phone support agent, Support triage / routing | Autonomous within policy | Human handles escalated conversations, defines refund and account-change rules in Procedures, and spot-checks resolved conversations. | $0.99 per outcome (e.g. resolution); qualifications $9.99 each. With a non-Intercom helpdesk: 50 outcomes/month minimum. With Intercom helpdesk: from $0.99 per outcome plus $29 per helpdesk seat/month. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Sales
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clay Prospect research & data enrichment | Sales development rep (account research, list building), RevOps / sales analyst (data enrichment) | Supervised | Human defines the ideal-customer and scoring rules, approves CRM writes, and reviews generated copy before it reaches a sending tool. | Free plan (500 actions + 100 data credits/mo); Launch $167/mo and Growth $446/mo as headlined; Enterprise custom. Usage-based on actions and data credits; FAQ quotes different 'starting' prices ($185 and $495). checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| Instantly Cold email outreach with AI reply agent | Sales development rep (outreach and reply handling), Appointment setter | Autonomous within policy | Human approves campaign copy, targeting and sending volume, starts the reply agent in Human-in-the-Loop mode, and answers threads the agent escalates. | Outreach Growth $47/mo billed monthly ($37.6/mo on yearly toggle); higher outreach tiers, credit add-ons and bundles (Starter $94, Scale $194, Agency $555 per month) listed; Enterprise custom. Some tier prices differ between page sections. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Marketing
1 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HeyGen AI video generation | Video producer / editor, On-camera presenter or voice talent, Video localization / translation vendor | Supervised | Human reviews scripts, translations and the final cut for accuracy and approves any use of a real person's likeness or voice before publishing. | Free $0 (3 videos/mo, up to 1 min); Creator $29/mo ($24/mo annual per FAQ); Pro from $49/mo (credit tiers up to $4,300/mo); Business $149/mo (+$20/extra seat); Enterprise contact sales. API priced separately. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Finance
1 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digits AI bookkeeping / general ledger | Bookkeeper, Accounts payable clerk | Supervised | Owner or outside accountant reviews flagged transactions and signs off the monthly close; a CPA prepares and files tax returns. | Essentials $65/mo; Core $100/mo; Pro $250/mo (marked 'Coming soon'); 30-day free trial, no permanent free tier. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Payments & tax
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paddle Merchant of record (payments, billing, sales tax/VAT) | Billing specialist, Sales tax / VAT compliance specialist, Payments risk and chargeback analyst | Autonomous within policy | Human sets products and prices, decides refunds or disputes escalated outside policy, and reconciles payouts. | 5% + 50¢ per checkout transaction, pay-as-you-go with no monthly fee; custom pricing for high-volume businesses or products under $10. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| Stripe Payments, billing & tax (optional merchant of record) | Billing / accounts receivable specialist, Sales tax / VAT compliance specialist, Payments risk and disputes analyst | Autonomous within policy | Human sets prices and product tax codes and handles refunds outside policy. Without Managed Payments the business stays merchant of record and should review tax registrations and filings. | US: 2.9% + 30¢ per successful domestic card transaction; Managed Payments (merchant of record) adds 3.5% per successful transaction on top of standard processing fees; Billing 0.7% of Billing volume. Stripe Tax price not shown on the page retrieved. checked 16 Oct 2026 | 4 co. |
Legal
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stripe Atlas Company formation (US) | Startup lawyer or paralegal (routine formation paperwork) | Autonomous within policy | Founder reviews generated formation documents before signing and consults a lawyer for non-standard situations. Founder still files the Delaware annual franchise tax report and pays franchise tax by March 1 each year. | US$500 one-time (includes state fees and first-year registered agent); US$100/year registered agent thereafter, auto-renews. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| Vanta Compliance automation (SOC 2, ISO 27001, etc.) | Compliance / GRC analyst, Security engineer (evidence collection), Sales engineer (security questionnaires) | Supervised | Human approves policies and questionnaire answers, fixes failing controls, and works with the external auditor. | Not published. Pricing page says 'Request a free demo... get personalized pricing' (tiers: Essentials, Plus, Professional, Enterprise). checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Operations
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n8n Workflow automation / AI agents (self-hostable) | Operations / admin assistant, Integration engineer (glue code) | Autonomous within policy | Approval gates on tool calls that send messages, modify or delete records, or make purchases. | Self-hosted Community Edition free. Cloud Starter €20/mo and Pro €50/mo, billed annually; Business €667/mo billed annually; Enterprise contact sales. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| Zapier Workflow automation / AI agents | Operations / admin assistant, Data-entry clerk, Marketing or RevOps operations (routing, enrichment) | Autonomous within policy | Turn on approval for tools that write, send or delete; review task history and errors. | Free (100 tasks/mo); Professional from $19.99/mo billed annually ($29.99 monthly) for 750 tasks; Team from $69/mo billed annually ($103.50 monthly) for 2,000 tasks; Enterprise custom. Agents add-on billed separately (free tier 400 activities/mo). checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
Infrastructure
2 tools| Tool | Replaces / affects | Autonomy | Still approved by a human | Pricing | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Supabase Managed backend (Postgres, auth, storage) | Backend engineer (auth, database APIs), Database administrator (hosting, backups) | Autonomous within policy | Human reviews schema migrations and row-level-security policies, performs restores, and keeps an eye on the spend cap. | Free $0 (2 active projects; projects pause after 1 week of inactivity); Pro from $25/mo (includes $10 compute credit; usage-based overages; spend cap on by default); Team from $599/mo; Enterprise custom. checked 16 Oct 2026 | — |
| Vercel Web hosting & deployment platform | DevOps / release engineer, Web hosting systems administrator | Autonomous within policy | Human merges to the production branch after checking the preview deployment and sets spend limits for usage-based billing. | Hobby $0 (personal, non-commercial use only); Pro $20/mo including $20 usage credit, then pay-as-you-go (e.g. data transfer from $0.15/GB); Enterprise custom. checked 16 Oct 2026 | 1 co. |
From the dataset
What tracked companies say they use
Stack items cited in company dossiers, including tools not profiled here. A count of one is an anecdote, not a trend.
- Stripe4
- agent-media (UGC video generation)1
- AgentMail (partner)1
- Anchor Browser (partner)1
- Anthropic (API)1
- Anthropic Claude (incl. Claude 4)1
- Anthropic Claude (incl. Opus)1
- AWS1
- AWS (image hosting/CDN)1
- CareGLP Affiliated P.C.s (clinical, partner)1
- CareValidate (telehealth infrastructure, partner)1
- ChatGPT1
- ChatGPT API (scheduled worker scripts)1
- ChatGPT Astra1
- Claude1
- Claude Agent SDK1
- Claude Code1
- Discord1
- ElevenLabs1
- FAL (model hosting/inference)1
- Featurebase (bug and feedback board)1
- GitHub Copilot1
- Google Vision (photo moderation)1
- GPT-4 (in some products)1
- Grok1
- JAX1
- jQuery1
- Mailgun (email)1
- Midjourney1
- Model Context Protocol (MCP)1
- MongoDB Atlas (with Mongoose)1
- Next.js / React1
- NextAuth1
- OpenAI Codex1
- OpenLoop Health (clinical network, partner)1
- PHP1
- Plausible1
- Replicate (stated as provider in Aug 2024)1
- Runway1
- SQLite1
- Tailwind CSS + daisyUI1
- Unicorn Platform (website builder)1
- Vercel1
- Whisper (transcription)1