The Ultimate Guide to AI Tools: What's Worth Your Money?

Rick Mulready • May 30, 2025
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Hey, I’m Rick and I'm here to simplify AI and share everything I know, and am learning along the way, about how you can leverage AI in your online business. On this channel I explore AI, AI tools, automations, use cases, and online business. If that sounds interesting, subscribe and follow along so you don't get left behind with AI. For the last 11+ years, I've run a multi 7-figure online business helping online businesses grow and scale while working fewer hours. I also founded and after 12M+ downloads, sold The Art of Online Business podcast in 2023. You could say I'm obsessed with this stuff and I'm here to make it easy for you to discover and leverage AI so you too can work less and profit more. 🤖 Join my AI Playbook Community here: https://www.skool.com/ai-playbook/about 📧 Get my free weekly The AI Playbook Newsletter: All about how to use AI to work less and profit more. https://rickmulready.com/newsletter

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📈 Join The AI Playbook—in just one week, discover how to trim 5 hours off your workweek & unlock $500–$1K in new monthly revenue ➡️ https://rickmulready.com/skool49 ABOUT THIS VIDEO: If you're juggling AI tools, unsure what’s worth paying for, or worried you’re missing out by sticking to just one — this video is for you. It's the ultimate guide to choosing the right AI tool, and by the end, you’ll know exactly where to spend your time and money (and where you shouldn’t). - Get my free weekly AI Playbook Newsletter for online businesses here: https://rickmulready.com/email-yt2 CHAPTERS: 00:00-00:56 What to expect from the video 00:56-03:57 ChatGPT: What it's good/not good at, privacy concerns, free version limitations, worth the upgrade? 03:57-06:42 Claude 06:42-10:35 Google Gemini: 10:35-13:20 Perplexity 13:20-16:07 Grok 16:07-16:49 My personal recommendation if I could only choose one tool WHO AM I? Founded and after 12M+ downloads, sold The Art of Online Business podcast in 2023. Founder of The AI Playbook® community and The AI Playbook newsletter. I started my online business over 10 years ago and for the last decade I’ve been helping online businesses grow and scale while working fewer hours. Ever since ChatGPT went mainstream I’ve been obsessed with learning, implementing, and teaching AI to online businesses so you can boost productivity and make more money. On this channel, I simplify AI and share everything I know, (and am learning along the way), about how you can leverage AI to work less and profit more.

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