Paying $200/month for 6 AI tools, probably only need 2. Building a free quiz to help solopreneurs cut their AI stack — worth it?
Background: I'm a solopreneur running Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Manus, YouMind, and Spokenly. That's ~$200/month and honestly I spend half my time deciding which AI to open for a given task.
HBR 2026 research calls this "AI Brain Fry" — using >3-4 AI tools increases decision fatigue 33% and errors 39%. Checks out.
I'm thinking about building a free quiz:
- 5 questions (role, budget, top 3 workflows, tech level, biggest pain)
- Output: your minimum viable AI stack (2-3 tools) + what to cancel + monthly savings
- Not "discover more tools" — the opposite: "you need LESS"
Questions for the community:
- How many AI tools are you paying for right now? Do you actually use all of them weekly?
- Is "too many AI subscriptions" a real problem, or am I alone here?
- Would a quiz like this be useful, or do you just ask ChatGPT?
- If I build this, what would make you share it with other solopreneurs?
Brutal honesty appreciated. Trying to validate before building.
Maybe a8k.me could help. It's for simple tasks, but flat-priced, private and mostly unlimited. Appreciate if would give a shot
AI Brain Fry’ is the perfect way to describe it. Most of us are paying for six tools but only actually 'working' in two. Helping people cut the fat is a much bigger business than building another wrapper.
Since you're trying to validate this quiz, you should build it and launch it inside the Validation Arena (tokyolore.com).
It’s a 30-day $19 entry sprint where the goal is to prove your idea has real legs.
The prize pool is at $0 right now, and since your tool literally saves people money, you'd probably be the most popular person in the competition.
The grand prize is a trip to Tokyo! 🏆