StackPilot AI
500+ AI tools. Tested. Compared. No BS.
7 days until StackPilot AI launches on Product Hunt.
Spent the back half of this week doing the least exciting kind of work: auditing my own automation. Turns out one of my content agents had a broken duplicate-check and had been quietly publishing near-identical articles for weeks without me noticing. Fixed now, with a proper dedupe check before anything publishes.
Also shipped something new based on this week's model news: a cost calculator comparing token pricing across 14 models from 6 providers (GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, Sonar) — was surprised how much they diverge once you look at real volume.
One week out, feeling ready in the way that comes from fixing real things, not from crossing fingers.
Built this solo over the past couple months. The core problem: every “best AI tools” list is frozen the day it’s published, and tools die or change pricing constantly with zero warning.
So every tool on StackPilot gets a Status Badge — Active, Uncertain, or Discontinued — based on manual verification, not a one-time review that goes stale. Also shipped a cost calculator across 15 models and a side-by-side comparison tool.
Launched on PH about [X] hours ago — would genuinely appreciate any support or feedback from this community, good or critical. Happy to answer anything about the build (it runs on an automated n8n + Claude content pipeline, one founder, no editorial team).
https://www.producthunt.com/products/stackpilot-ai?launch=stackpilot-ai
Quick build update: the token-cost calculator I mentioned a few days ago now covers 14 models — GPT-5.6, Claude, Gemini, Grok, DeepSeek, and Perplexity. Enter your monthly token volume and see a sorted, real comparison.
Deliberately left out credit-based tools (Manus, Lovable, etc.) since they don't have per-token pricing and mixing them in would be misleading — those live in the main directory instead.
One week out from launching StackPilot AI on Product Hunt (July 29).
Spent most of this week doing something less glamorous than shipping features: a full audit of the site itself. Found and fixed a genuinely embarrassing list — a newsletter form that silently failed on every signup, fake testimonials I'd forgotten I even had on the tool pages, 17 dead buttons, and a "verified monthly" status badge that had actually never been individually verified on a single tool since launch day.
Fixed all of it. Also discovered my content automation (two n8n agents scraping + writing articles) had quietly stopped running weeks ago without me noticing — one of the workflows was never even published, just sitting in draft this whole time.
The honest takeaway: distribution and marketing get all the attention, but a chunk of pre-launch work is just making sure the thing underneath is actually telling the truth. Nobody's going to thank you for it, but they'll definitely notice if you skip it.
One week left. Feeling more ready than I did a week ago, for real reasons this time.
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The interesting opportunity isn't launching another AI directory—it's becoming a source people trust because the information stays accurate long after it's published. I'd keep validating whether users return because StackPilot helps them discover tools or because they believe the recommendations are consistently maintained rather than merely comprehensive.
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Really glad this is the piece people are picking up on — that's the actual bet we're making. A directory is commodity; a directory you can trust not to waste your time isn't.
Concretely, that's what the Status Badge (Active/Uncertain/Discontinued) is for — we're hand-verifying it, not scraping and forgetting. Went through all 35 listings this week doing exactly that, and caught pricing that had drifted out of date on a few.
You're right that comprehensiveness alone doesn't earn a second visit — trust does, and trust only proves itself over time. Honestly, we haven't proven it yet. Post-launch, the number I actually care about isn't traffic, it's whether people come back a second and third time specifically because they believe the badges, not just because we have 35 tools listed. That's what I'll be watching.
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Appreciate the context.
The trust loop you're describing is the interesting part, but I don't think I'd do it justice in a public thread.
If you're open to it, what's the best email to reach you on?
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Thanks! I’ve just sent it over.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts whenever you have a chance.
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Quick update from StackPilot AI — an AI tools directory with a twist: every tool shows whether it's actually still maintained (Active/Uncertain/Discontinued).
This week I focused on proving the content engine can run without me: two automated agents handling research + writing, publishing straight to the CMS. Also ran a small paid test on LinkedIn targeting founders — CTR came in above the platform average, which was a nice signal that the messaging resonates.
Still working through the classic solo-builder problem: organic traffic takes time to build, and directories especially need volume before they compound. Product Hunt launch is set for July 29 — that's the next real test.
Happy to share specifics on the automation stack if anyone's curious.
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One thing I'd be watching isn't whether the content pipeline is fully automated—it's whether it keeps producing compounding insights.
Directories become valuable when each new page makes the whole collection more useful, not just bigger. If the automation is helping you discover patterns about which AI tools survive, disappear, or evolve over time, that feels like an advantage that's much harder to automate away.
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That's a sharper framing than mine, honestly. Right now the "pipeline" (an n8n agent scanning AI news feeds for new/changed tools) is really just discovery — it flags candidates, but the badge verification this week was still me manually checking all 35 listings, not the system spotting a pattern on its own.
You're right that's where the real moat would be — not "we found tool #36" but "here's a tool that went Active → Discontinued in 90 days, and here's what that says about the category." That kind of insight only exists after tracking status changes for months, so I can't claim it yet. It's the thing I want to be true a year from now, not a launch-week claim.
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Hi IH 👋
This is my second product this year, built solo alongside a few other small projects. The idea came from a pattern I kept noticing: most "CRO audit" services for Shopify make you book a call, sit through a pitch, then get a generic checklist. I wanted something async — submit your store info, get a written, specific action plan back by email within 24-72h, no call.
How it works:
1. Fill out a short intake form about your store (traffic, sales, main issue, etc.)
2. Pick a plan: Basic Audit ($29), Full Action Plan ($79), or Premium Review Pack ($149)
3. Get a written report by email, generated from your data plus (on Premium) automated technical checks
The part I'm most excited about is the Premium plan's "Agent Readiness Score." AI shopping agents (ChatGPT Shopping, Perplexity, etc.) are starting to browse and recommend products on behalf of shoppers, and most Shopify stores have zero visibility into whether these agents can even read their product data properly (crawler access, structured data, llms.txt, etc.). This plan scores that across 6 pillars and tells you exactly what to fix.
Stack: Lovable (frontend) + Supabase + n8n (automation/orchestration) + Claude for report generation + Stripe for payments.
Where I need help: this is a fresh launch, zero reviews, zero case studies yet. If you run a Shopify store (or know someone who does), I'd genuinely appreciate early feedback — good or bad. Happy to answer any questions about the build too.
Link: [shopify-gain-insight.lovable.app]
Hey Indie Hackers 👋
I just launched StackPilot AI — a directory where founders and teams can find, compare, and evaluate AI tools without the noise.
The problem I kept running into: every "best AI tools" list online is either outdated, sponsored, or just a dump of product descriptions. I needed something honest.
So I built it.
What StackPilot AI is:
- 500+ AI tools across 10+ categories
- Honest comparisons with pros, cons, and use cases
- A daily automated pipeline that discovers and publishes new tools every day
- Free to use — monetized through affiliate commissions, not ads
How I built it (as a non-coder):
- Lovable for the frontend
- Sanity CMS for content management
- n8n for automation (two agents running daily)
- Claude for content generation
- Zero employees, zero funding
The whole stack runs on ~$50/month.
I'm at $0 revenue right now, but affiliate programs are live (Make, ElevenLabs, Synthesia, and more). The goal is to hit $500 MRR by end of Q3.
Happy to answer any questions about the build, the automation pipeline, or the no-code approach.
Check it out: https://stackpilotai.tech
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That's exactly the direction we're heading. The goal isn't to be the biggest list — it's to be the most useful filter. We're building comparison layers and use-case matching so people can eliminate 490 of those 500 tools in under 2 minutes. Thanks for the sharp take, Aryan.
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The hard part isn't collecting 500 AI tools anymore—it's helping people eliminate 495 of them. As the category gets noisier, the value shifts from having the biggest directory to making someone confident they're choosing the right tool for their specific job.
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