Verified workflow planning
Plan an AI workflow with costs and evidence in view.
Choose a creator, researcher or solo-builder starting point. Compare a small set of source-checked products, keep subscriptions you already use, and see the cost of adding only what your workflow needs.
Builder access costs $0. Third-party products may charge separately, and current vendor pricing should be checked before subscribing.
- Bring
- Your role, goal, constraints and existing subscriptions.
- You’ll get
- A suggested workflow stack and the records behind it.
- How it works
- Rule-based planning with dated product information; confirm current vendor costs before subscribing.
On this page
Choose an AI setup · One task, one first test
Build a setup you can check.
Start with the work you need done. Get a starting shortlist, follow the right cost and limits checks, then compare candidates on the same small test.
Your brief and notes stay in this browser tab unless you choose device saving below. Export a JSON backup to restore them later. This journey does not add private inputs to links or send them to Kingy or an AI provider.
1. What must this setup do?
2. Follow the checks for your route
Save a brief to see a justified starting shortlist and your next checks.
- Model pickerExplore app candidates and route requirements. Rule-based guidance, not a model test.
- Exact model recordsCheck identifier, provider, modality, access route, lifecycle and evidence date.
- App subscription costsCompare existing bills, required features, eligibility and current retained plan records.
- API workload costsUse current quoted rates, retries and accepted outputs. Check review and other costs too.
- Local hardware fitInspect exact-file memory estimates and separate retained measurements.
- Local versus hosted costsCompare hardware, energy, review time and capacity for the same accepted workload. Replace illustrative assumptions with your own.
- Cost of completed workInspect retained attempts and known charges for exact tasks. Missing local and human costs remain unknown.
- Limits and quotasCheck the exact plan or endpoint, model, context, output cap and reset rules. An unknown limit stays unknown.
Use the original workflow stack planner below to plan a broader tool stack. It remains available with its original content.
Local costs, licenses and source checks
For a local setup, record hardware you already own, any proposed purchase, electricity, hosting, storage and your time. Downloadable weights do not make the full workflow free. Memory fit does not establish speed or task quality.
Read the existing hardware requirements guide for its named model and assumptions. Open Local Lab for its supported configurations, or Can I Use for a source-led usage check. Compare the dated source records in the AI model licensing table. The subdomains open separately and do not receive this saved brief. Copy back the exact configuration, source and unresolved conditions; none of these checks is permission or legal clearance.
3. Keep results and unknowns together
Use “Keep result and return” on a connected tool. Each snapshot keeps its source and capture time. Retained source dates inside the result still apply; capture time does not refresh them.
No returned results yet.
Check what changed for a saved API task
Save an exact text-model rate and token-limit baseline, then compare it with current sources when you return. Your task stays in this browser; only the public price catalog is requested.
Save an API task in step 1 first.
Saving enables a check on your next visit to this setup page. The watch stays in this tab unless you have selected “Save this plan on this device”; that choice also permits a device copy when you save the watch. Task notes and other results are not copied. No background polling or notifications.
No rate watch is enabled until you save one.
Recalculate this task’s API cost · Rerun the same task test · Check the new output
4. Run one small test, then decide
Use the same synthetic task and settings for each candidate. This page prepares the test; you run it in your chosen tool. Keep real confidential data out of the first comparison.
Save a brief to prepare a first test.
Device saving includes your notes and captured results. Leave it off on shared devices. Turning it off removes the device copy; the current tab remains available.
Restoring replaces this working setup plan. Download its backup first if you want to keep both. Files are read locally.
Start with one useful workflow
Choose a profile, then adjust the answers. No account or email required.
Your suggested workflow stack
Choose a quick-start profile or answer the questions to see a small starting stack, additional costs and practical next steps.
Copy from the box below.
Product matches are editorial suggestions based on documented features, not measured quality rankings. Confirm your account, regional pricing and required features before subscribing.
Check the records behind your workflow
Review structured product records and recent product changes before adding subscriptions to a workflow.
How to use your result
Treat the result as a shortlist. Pick one weekly output, test the smallest useful set of tools, and remove anything that does not support that workflow. Before paying for a tool, review its current official pricing and terms.
What the five questions change
Role and goal set the base category weights, and priorities add further category weight. Skill level and monthly budget shape the guidance and cautions; for some profiles they also affect the stack name or next steps. These editorial weights are a planning aid, not a product benchmark.
Review tools before you commit
Browse AI tools, then use the AI Stack Audit Guide to check purpose, overlap, and pricing before subscribing.
AI workflow stack examples
A workflow can cover research, creation, building, automation, and distribution without requiring a tool at every stage. Compare the available categories in the AI tool directory, or browse AI guides for practical workflow context.
Six products behind the shortlist
Sources checked 2026-10-01. Individual web subscriptions. Advertised US-dollar prices; tax, regional offers, add-on credits and API usage excluded. Annual equivalents are not monthly payment plans. This is an editorial feature match, not a quality ranking or hands-on benchmark.
Claude
Pro includes Claude Code and more session capacity. Five-hour and weekly limits apply; optional usage credits can add costs. Claude Console API usage is billed separately.
Source review 2026-10-03 · within seven-day review window.
Claude Pro · Claude individual pricing ·
Gemini Apps
Start without a Google AI plan for brainstorming and file-based tasks. Compute capacity varies with task complexity; five-hour and weekly limits apply. Paid Google plan prices are outside this shortlist.
Source review 2026-10-01 · review required; price estimates withheld.
Gemini ·
Perplexity
Open and check search citations. Pro Search and Research have different review windows and limits. Consumer Pro has no recurring Computer credit allocation; API usage is separate.
Source review 2026-10-01 · within seven-day review window.
Perplexity Plans · Perplexity Credits · Perplexity US list price FAQ ·
Midjourney
Basic provides metered Fast time and no Relax mode. Stealth needs Pro or Mega. Check commercial terms; companies above the stated revenue threshold need Pro or Mega.
Source review 2026-10-01 · within seven-day review window.
Midjourney · Midjourney Speed ·
GitHub Copilot
Free has limited coding capacity. Pro combines base and variable flex AI credits; additional usage can cost extra. A third-party model here does not include its vendor app subscription.
Source review 2026-10-01 · review required; price estimates withheld.
ChatGPT
Free has limited model and tool capacity. Plus broadens access, including file analysis and reasoning; limits and model availability vary by account. Plus does not include OpenAI API billing.
Source review 2026-10-01 · within seven-day review window.
Frequently asked questions
What is an AI workflow stack?
For this builder, an AI workflow stack means a plan for the tool categories used at different steps in one repeatable workflow, such as research, creation, building, automation, or distribution.
How does the AI stack builder choose workflow categories?
It applies fixed editorial category weights to your role, goal, and priorities. Higher-scoring categories appear first, while skill level and budget shape the guidance and cautions.
Does the builder verify tool pricing?
The creator, researcher and solo-builder shortlist uses six products with individual source-review dates shown below. Current estimates require a live review-state check and reviewed sources no older than seven days. Prices are individual web-plan examples in USD, excluding tax and usage extras. Annual amounts are paid upfront. Changed, unavailable or expired evidence withholds the affected estimate until reviewed.
Can I choose a free-only budget?
Yes. Select “Free only” in the budget question. That selection avoids new paid subscriptions in the shortlist. An existing paid plan may still be useful; its current bill is not counted as additional spend.
Can I copy or print my stack?
Yes. After building a plan, use Copy my workflow plan or Print / Save as PDF.
Make, fix and compare
Reproduce a documented outcome, troubleshoot a failure, compare subscription spending or inspect local test evidence.
Budget the work before you start
Compare generation attempts, review time and upfront spending using your own assumptions.