Enter the monthly amount you would actually pay for each tool. See the yearly cost, compare it with your budget, and spot subscriptions that may be solving the same job.
Calculate your AI software spend
Use current checkout prices from each provider, including the plan and seats you need. Leave unused tools at zero.
Monthly total—
Yearly total—
Budget difference—
Enter the plans you are considering, then calculate.
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Test before paying: use the same real task in both tools. Compare revision speed, instruction-following and the amount of manual cleanup—not one lucky result.
2. Image generation and prompt preparation
Image generator
Adobe Firefly
Worth evaluating when your work continues into Adobe editing tools and you want image generation close to that production workflow. Compare its image output and cleanup time with the other generators you actually use.
This free browser tool turns your subject, style, lighting and framing choices into text. It does not generate images. Paste the prompt into ChatGPT Images, Gemini, Firefly or another service, then assess that service’s output separately.
Whether its structured brief reduces avoidable prompt revisions; it does not create images
AI video
Runway plus a structured prompt
Usable clips per generation
Final design
Canva or Photopea
Time to export-ready asset
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Run one representative task from start to finish.
Cancel overlap: two tools that solve the same repeated job must justify the extra cost.
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Example: decide whether two tools have the same job
Suppose a creator enters fictional monthly costs of $15 for one writing assistant, $20 for a second writing assistant and $10 for an image tool, with a $40 budget. These amounts are sample inputs only, not current provider prices.
Category
Sample monthly input
Question to test
Ideas and writing · assistant A
$15
Which recurring task does it finish?
Ideas and writing · assistant B
$20
Does it improve the same task enough to justify both?
Images
$10
Is image creation part of this month’s actual deliverables?
Total against $40 budget
$45/month · $540/year · $5 over
Run the same weekly brief in both assistants before renewing.
The calculator should flag a possible overlap in the assistant category. That flag identifies two paid plans assigned to the same broad job; it does not judge product quality or tell you which one to keep. Replace every fictional figure with the current checkout amount, billing period, seats, tax and currency before deciding.
Reproducible calculation · October 24, 2026
A $55 stack against a $50 budget
$20 + $20 + $15 = $55 monthly, $660 yearly and $5 over the budget. Two assistant subscriptions trigger a possible overlap note. The amounts are illustrative costs, not live provider prices. Check actual invoices and usage before cancelling anything.