The honest cut question
If you're paying $20/mo each for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Notion AI, and Grammarly Premium, that's $100/mo. Which gets cut first? Honest answer: Notion AI ($10/mo on top of Notion Plus) — unless you live deep inside Notion. The workspace-grounded answers are great but if you're a light Notion user, prompting Claude with the same docs pasted in works just as well at half the marginal cost.
The shift to watch
Bundle deals are improving. Anthropic's Claude Pro now includes Projects + 200K context as defaults. OpenAI's ChatGPT Pro at $200/mo includes Sora video generation. The 'separately priced features' era is ending — pick one heavyweight subscription and lean into it before paying for 5 niche tools.
Tool of the day
Claude. If you had to keep ONE AI subscription for everything (writing, code, analysis, long documents), Claude Pro is the strongest single bet in 2026. The 200K context window alone replaces three or four single-purpose tools.