AI and automation for business, explained without the hype
Plain English guides to AI agents, workflow automation and rules such as the EU AI Act and SOC 2. Each guide shows its sources and its review date, and many include a free calculator.
Start with your first AI project
Most companies get more from one well chosen project than from ten tools. These guides help you pick it, budget it and check that it pays off.
Plan and implement
Choose a use case, prepare your data and run a pilot before you scale.
Costs and ROI
Set a baseline, count every cost and see when a project pays back.
AI for small teams
Practical, low cost ways to save hours each week with tools you may already use.
Automate the repetitive work
Compare Zapier, Make and n8n on price and ease of use, then follow step by step guides for invoices, leads and other common processes.
- n8n vs Make vs Zapier
- Workflow automation software
- Zapier alternatives
- Automate invoice processing
- Automate lead generation
- Business process automation
Understand and deploy AI agents
What agents are, how they differ from chatbots, where they work today and what to check before you give one access to your systems.
- What AI agents are
- How to build an AI agent
- AI agent use cases
- Agents for customer service
- AI agent platforms
Meet AI and security rules
What the EU AI Act, SOC 2 and ISO 42001 ask of your company, with deadlines, checklists and realistic budgets.
- EU AI Act explained
- EU AI Act checklist
- What SOC 2 is
- SOC 2 Type 1 vs Type 2
- SOC 2 cost
- ISO 42001 explained
See how other teams use AI
Real uses by industry and department, with the tools involved, the rules that apply and how to roll them out.
All use case guidesComparing software?
Side by side comparisons with pricing data, who each tool suits and what to ask before you sign.
Run the numbers yourself
Each calculator sits inside the guide that explains its figures. Nothing you enter is stored.
See all calculatorsChecked, dated and honest about limits
- We start from primary sources: regulations, standards bodies and vendor documentation.
- Calculators show their default values so you can replace them with your own.
- When a figure is an estimate, or sources disagree, the guide says so.
- Guides are rechecked when prices, laws or deadlines change, and the review date is shown.
Who is behind AutomateWisely. An independent site run by Gerard Cabana, an engineer based in Barcelona, Spain. Guides are published by the AutomateWisely Editorial Team, which he leads. We are not a software vendor, consultancy or law firm.
