09/23/2026
I would rather find an unnecessary $29/month subscription than spend an hour trying to save $3 somewhere else in my business.
Business software has a sneaky way of piling up. You sign up for one tool because you need one feature. Six months later, another platform you already pay for adds that exact feature, and you're still paying for both because you forgot all about it.
So here's a really useful job to hand over to AI: **ask it to audit your tech stack.**
Give it every app, software program, and platform you're paying for. Tell it what you use each one for, what it costs if you know it, and which ones are non-negotiable.
Then use this prompt:
"I want you to audit the software, apps, and platforms I use in my business and help me find places where I'm paying for overlapping features or tools I may no longer need.
Here is my current tech stack:
[LIST EACH TOOL, WHAT YOU USE IT FOR, WHAT IT COSTS, AND WHETHER IT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE. IF IT IS NON-NEGOTIABLE, EXPLAIN WHY.]
Look for:
- Tools doing similar jobs
- Features I'm paying for in one tool that another tool already includes
- Tools I could downgrade, consolidate, or possibly cancel
- Places where reducing the number of tools would make my business easier to manage
Do not recommend canceling something based on features alone. Consider my actual workflow, integrations, client or team requirements, switching costs, and anything I've marked as non-negotiable.
Give me a KEEP, REVIEW, DOWNGRADE, CONSOLIDATE, or CANCEL recommendation for each tool, explain why, and estimate my potential monthly and annual savings.
If you need more information before making a recommendation, ask me instead of guessing."
The goal isn't to have the fewest tools possible. The goal is to stop paying for things you don't actually need while keeping the tools that make sense for the way you run your business.
And please don't cancel something simply because AI says two platforms have overlapping features. Your workflow matters. So do integrations, clients, contracts, team requirements, and whether moving everything would make you want to throw your laptop out the window.
If this kind of AI prompt is useful to you, I have five more free prompts designed to help you organize different parts of your business. One of them takes this tech-stack audit quite a bit deeper.
The link to get these is in the comments. 👇
And yes, they're also a good little sample of the kind of practical AI work I share inside The Business Backroom. Membership is currently $10/month through September 30, and then the price increases.