Stop building software stacks priced for a team that doesn't exist. Honest reviews of the tools that actually fit a one-person business. No seat-based pricing, no busywork, no workflow built for fifty.
Featured
Picked for solo operators, not enterprise teams. Each review is what I'd say about the tool to a friend.
The open-source alternative to Calendly. Self-hostable if you care, but the cloud version is generous enough that you almost never have to.
One-page websites that take an hour to ship and cost $19 a year. Perfect for landing pages, link-in-bio, and coming-soon shells.
Privacy-first analytics with a single-line script and a single-page dashboard. The closest competitor to Plausible and worth comparing both before you commit.
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What changed
Editor-tracked changes that actually matter: price moves, new tiers, big features. We add an entry when a tool ships something you'd want to know.
Free tier now caps at 50 fast completions/day, down from 200. Pro stays $20/mo.
Sonnet 4.6 released, faster and cheaper than Opus 4.5 for most coding tasks.
LLM observability product GA. Free tier covers 5k traces/mo.
New $200/mo Pro tier with unlimited GPT-5 and priority access. Plus tier unchanged at $20.
Growing Business tier raised from $9 to $10/mo for new sign-ups. Existing subscribers grandfathered.
Notion AI rolled into the base Plus tier instead of a separate $10 add-on.
Stack of the Month · May 2026
Solo SaaS founder running a $12k MRR analytics tool
The first Stack of the Month: a solo founder running a $12k MRR product analytics tool talks through the seven tools they actually open every day, the three they paid to cut, and the one they added that finally made support feel small.
Best of
Curated lists of the best software for one-person businesses, organised by stage, business type, and budget.
Stage: just starting
Best tools for new solopreneurs
24 tools
Stage: established
Best tools for established solopreneurs
50 tools
Service businesses
Best tools for solo service businesses
55 tools
Digital products
Best tools for digital product solopreneurs
49 tools
Content / media
Best tools for solo content creators
39 tools
Ecommerce
Best tools for solo ecommerce businesses
5 tools
Editor's picks
The articles I'd hand to a friend who's just stepping into running a business of one.
Website
Carrd vs Framer vs Webflow compared for 2026. Pricing, features, design control, and which website builder fits solo landing pages, marketing sites, or SaaS.
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Substack vs Beehiiv vs Ghost compared for 2026. Pricing, monetization, ownership, and which newsletter platform fits solo writers, publishers, and creators.
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Payments
Lemon Squeezy charges 5% + $0.50 as merchant of record. Full 2026 fee breakdown, what MoR actually covers, and when it beats Stripe for digital products.
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Latest
Substack vs Kit (formerly ConvertKit) compared for 2026. Pricing, automation, paid subscriptions, and which fits writers vs creators with broader funnels.
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The best Feedhive alternatives for 2026. AI-powered LinkedIn and X scheduling, content generation, and post optimization tools for solo creators and indie founders.
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The best Onlypult alternatives for 2026. Tools for multi-platform social scheduling, bulk posting, and analytics. Ranked by use case and budget for solos.
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The best GatherContent alternatives for 2026. Tools for content planning, client collection, editorial workflows, and structured CMS migration. Ranked by use case.
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The real productivity killer for solos is role-swapping, not workload. Here is the cognitive cost and a batching system that fixes it
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