AI Automation Tools
Zapier, Make, n8n and DIY agent builders — a box of parts you assemble and maintain.
- Who runs it
- You build and run it
- What it costs
- Cheap tools + your hours
Better than tools & agencies
Best way to integrate AI into your business
My Command Center is built around your business with you and configured to how you work. Better than typical AI tools and less expensive than AI agencies that don't control their own system.
The three options
Run your business on it
Same goal, three very different paths — here's what each one really means for you.
AI Agencies
They build it for you — by wiring together rented APIs and tools you can’t see inside.
- Who runs it
- The agency, on a rented stack
- What it costs
- Big upfront fee + monthly retainer
My Command Center
A platform we build and maintain, configured around how your business actually works.
- Who runs it
- We run it — built around you
- What it costs
- One subscription, less than an agency
Side by side
Compare every difference
The same three options, line by line.
The trade-off
AI Automation Tools Zapier, Make, n8n
AI Agencies Custom shops & freelancers
My Command Center
Who builds it
You
The agency
We build it with you
Built on a platform owned by
The tool vendor
The vendor (rented)
Us — our own platform
Grounded in your business
Only if you wire it
Sometimes
Yes — Knowledge Hub by default
When it breaks
You fix it
Pay the agency
We maintain it — included
What you’re left with
A pile of automations only you understand
Little — the build leaves with the agency
A maintained platform built around your business
Cost shape
Cheap tools + your time
$5k–$25k build + $2k–$10k/mo retainer
One monthly subscription — less than a typical agency
Time to value
Weeks of your effort
Project timeline
Discovery → designed plan → built with you
Questions
Tools, agencies & My Command Center
Why not just use Zapier or Make?
Great for a tinkerer with time. If you don’t have hours to build and maintain automations, you want a system run for you, not a toolkit.
How are you different from an AI agency?
Agencies build on software they don’t own and bill you to maintain it — a big upfront fee plus a monthly retainer. We build and maintain our own platform, configure it around your business, and charge one subscription that’s less than a typical retainer. You get a custom-fit system that keeps improving and actually helps you run the business — not a one-off project on rented tools.
What if I already use a tool you don’t list?
We can still connect it — building on our own platform is exactly what lets us add the custom link an agency can’t.
Is this more expensive than a tool?
More than a DIY tool, less than a typical agency retainer — and unlike either, it’s built around your business and maintained for you, so it actually helps you run things.
Built around your business. For less than an agency.
Book a call and we'll design the system with you — configured to how you work, maintained so it keeps improving, and priced as one monthly subscription, not a retainer.