A curated guide to the AI and automation tools we work with and recommend, organised by what they actually do. Filter by category to find the right fit for your stack.
Visual workflow automation platform for connecting apps and APIs.
Teams that want flexible, multi-step automations without a developer.
Works well as the orchestration layer alongside SharePoint lists and Power BI.
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Microsoft's low-code automation tool inside the Power Platform.
Organisations already running on Microsoft 365 and SharePoint.
Native integration with Teams, Outlook, SharePoint and Dataverse.
Open-source workflow automation with a fair-code license.
Teams that want self-hosted or highly custom automation.
A strong alternative to Make.com when you need deeper control.
The best-known no-code automation tool for connecting SaaS apps.
Small teams getting started with simple app-to-app workflows.
Useful for quick wins, but can get expensive at scale.
Enterprise-grade integration and automation platform.
Larger mid-market teams needing governance and scale.
Often sits between ERP, CRM and HR systems.
AI assistant embedded across Microsoft 365 and Power Platform.
Teams that live in Teams, Outlook and SharePoint.
Best value when combined with M365 and SharePoint adoption.
OpenAI's conversational AI with team workspaces and admin controls.
Teams that want a general-purpose AI for drafting, analysis and research.
Use via API or browser; pair with Make.com for automated prompts.
Anthropic's AI assistant with a focus on long context and safety.
Teams processing long documents or needing careful, nuanced outputs.
Strong alongside Notion, Airtable or any knowledge base.
AI-powered presentation and document creation tool.
Teams that need to turn ideas into polished decks quickly.
Fits into a modern docs-and-decks workflow with Notion or Slack.
AI search engine that cites sources in real time.
Research-heavy teams that need answers with references.
Complements SharePoint or Notion as a front-end research layer.
Spreadsheet-meets-database platform with automation built in.
Teams managing projects, inventories or content pipelines.
Pairs cleanly with Make.com for cross-tool workflows.
All-in-one workspace for docs, wikis, databases and projects.
Teams that want a single source of truth for knowledge.
Works with Make.com, Slack and most GTM tools.
Work operating system for project and portfolio management.
Teams that need visual project tracking and automation.
Integrates with Microsoft 365 and most CRM platforms.
Microsoft's document management and intranet platform.
Organisations that need secure file storage and team sites.
The natural backbone for Power Platform and Copilot workflows.
Productivity platform combining tasks, docs, goals and chat.
Teams wanting one tool for project management and documentation.
Connects with Slack, GitHub and hundreds of other apps.
Sales intelligence and engagement platform with a large contact database.
Outbound sales teams prospecting into defined accounts.
Syncs with HubSpot, Salesforce and most CRMs.
Data enrichment and outreach automation for go-to-market teams.
Teams building personalised outbound at scale.
Feeds enriched leads into CRMs and sequencing tools.
Cold email outreach platform with personalisation and deliverability tools.
Teams running email campaigns and follow-up sequences.
Works with Apollo, HubSpot and LinkedIn workflows.
Cold email automation focused on deliverability and scale.
Agencies and teams sending high-volume outreach.
Best paired with lead lists from Apollo or Clay.
CRM, marketing, sales and service platform for growing businesses.
Teams wanting an integrated CRM and marketing suite.
Connects to almost every tool on this list via native or API integrations.
AI notetaker that works without a bot joining your call.
Teams that want private, accurate meeting notes.
Complements Notion or Airtable as a knowledge capture layer.
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarises calls.
Sales and customer success teams reviewing calls.
Feeds summaries into CRMs and Slack channels.
Real-time transcription and meeting summarisation.
Teams that need live captions and shareable transcripts.
Works with Zoom, Teams and Google Meet.
Free AI notetaker for Zoom with instant highlight reels.
Teams that want quick call summaries and clips.
Great for sales teams using Zoom and HubSpot.
Microsoft's low-code app builder for internal business apps.
Teams needing custom apps on top of SharePoint or Dataverse.
Best when your data already lives in Microsoft 365.
No-code full-stack web application builder.
Teams building customer-facing apps without a dev team.
Use when you need a real web app, not just a form or dashboard.
AI-powered full-stack app development platform.
Teams that want to ship internal tools or MVPs fast.
Pairs with Supabase or any API-backed data source.
Online coding environment with AI assistance and deployment.
Teams prototyping or running lightweight scripts.
Useful for quick automations that need a little custom code.
Low-code builder for internal tools and admin dashboards.
Ops teams needing dashboards on top of databases and APIs.
Connects to PostgreSQL, Airtable, HubSpot and more.
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