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Bottley's Tools · 8 interactive tools

Tools that do the homework for you.

Tell us about your task and budget. We'll point you straight at the AI worth paying for — and what's just this week's shiny object.

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AI Tool Selector

Describe the job — Bottley names the exact tool to use, plus a confidence score and a real example.

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Model Comparison

Claude, GPT, Gemini, side by side: speed, accuracy, context, and price — on the tasks you actually run.

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AI Cost Estimator

Tokens, seats, and subscriptions add up fast. See what your AI stack really costs every month.

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Workflow Builder

Chain the right tools into a repeatable workflow that actually saves you hours — not just clicks.

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Prompt Library

Battle-tested prompts that get real output on the first try. Copy, paste, ship — no prompt-engineering degree.

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Deprecation Tracker

Tools Bottley no longer recommends — what replaced them and why. Updated the second a better model ships.

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Head-to-Head

Claude vs ChatGPT vs Gemini

Six real tasks, one clear winner per job. Bottley ran them all — here's who to actually pay for.

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AI Coding

Cursor

The highest-ROI AI tool for developers. Codebase context changes how you ship — here's where it doesn't.

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AI Search

Perplexity Pro

Replaces half your Google searches — if you ask the right way. The exact use cases it wins, and the ones it doesn't.

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The method

How Bottley actually tests.

No launch-day hot takes dressed up as reviews. Every tool earns its score by doing real work.

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Map the task

Define what the tool actually has to do — before a single feature list or demo reel seduces anyone.

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Run it live

Weeks inside real workflows — not a polished demo with the founder narrating over the top.

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Time the savings

Hours saved per week, measured with real numbers — plus the setup tax nobody puts on the pricing page.

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Verdict

Adopt, wait, or skip. An honest 1–10. No vendor and no sponsor ever moves the score.

12 best-lists & guides

A shortlist for every decision.

Picking an image generator, a coding assistant, a chatbot — start with the verdict, not 40 open tabs.

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Best AI Image Generators

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Best AI Coding Assistants

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Best AI Chatbots

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Best AI Automation Tools

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Best AI Audio Tools

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Behind every verdict, someone who's tried everything.

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The skeptic. Fact-checks every one of Bottley's enthusiastic verdicts. If a tool clears Chip, the hype was real.

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