AI Automation tools
Free AI Automation Tools
Assessment and planning tools for business automation. They weigh frequency and time saved against exceptions, judgement, risk and maintenance, because a repetitive task is not automatically a good automation candidate.
10 tools
Process Automation Suitability ScorecardAnswer 12 questions about a process to see whether it is worth automating, needs fixing first, or should keep a human in the loop.Open tool Automation ROI CalculatorCompare the time and error costs an automation saves with what it costs to build and run, to see payback period and first-year ROI.Open tool Manual Task Cost CalculatorList your repetitive admin tasks with time and frequency to see what each costs per year, ranked, before you decide what to automate.Open tool Automation Priority MatrixRate several processes on value, effort and risk to rank them and place each in a quick-win, big-project, fill-in or avoid quadrant.Open tool Lead Follow-Up Sequence PlannerBuild a timed follow-up sequence for new enquiries that mixes automated messages with the right human touchpoints.Open tool Client Onboarding Workflow BuilderList your onboarding steps and get each one classified as automate, human or hybrid, with the reason and a ready-to-use checklist.Open tool Automation Risk AssessmentAssess an automation or AI workflow for data, customer, financial and failure risks, and get the safeguards and human approval it needs.Open tool Automation Platform SelectorAnswer eight questions about your team, apps, data and volume to see whether Zapier, Make or n8n fits your automations best.Open tool AI Chatbot Readiness CheckerAnswer 10 questions about your enquiries, content and team to see whether an AI chatbot would help or hurt, and what to prepare first.Open tool Marketing Report Automation PlannerList the reports you produce, their data sources and time taken to see hours saved by automating the data and what should stay manual.Open tool
AI Automation Insights
Guides that go with these tools
- InsightAI Agents for Small Businesses: What They Can Realistically Do
- InsightClient Onboarding Automation: What to Automate and What to Keep Personal
- InsightHow to Automate Marketing Reports Without Losing the Insight
- InsightZapier vs Make vs n8n: Which Automation Tool Fits Your Business?
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Next step
Found a process worth automating?
Describe the workflow. We will map where automation genuinely helps, where a person should stay involved, and what it would take to build.