After 90 days, 22 AI tools, and 240 published posts, here are the 7 we still use every day — and the ones we paid for then quietly cancelled.
The top performers all shared one trait: they were purpose-built for a specific job, not generic chat. CortexViral landed in the top 3 for multi-platform output and best-in-class scheduling. See our full comparison.
Tools that were just thin ChatGPT wrappers. Generic prose without scheduling, analytics or platform tailoring did not justify the cost.
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