From what I am seeing across communities, here is what the tool stack looks like right now.

The Core Stack

Email & Capture: Mailchimp for launch updates and email sequences . Carrd for quick, clean launch-specific landing pages . Pre-launch tools like LaunchBuddy and Prefundia to build a waitlist and gather early feedback before you even hit the Product Hunt button .

Social & Scheduling: Buffer or Hootsuite to keep a consistent presence across X, LinkedIn, and Threads without it taking over your entire day . Canva for generating graphics that do not look like you threw them together in five minutes .

We re trying to expand our social media activity and be present on more platforms.

But honestly, preparing and posting the same content across different platforms eats a lot of time.

I want to keep our voice and our content, without spending hours manually editing and publishing everywhere.

So, makers and marketers:

We just wrapped the Orbit Awards for AI Dictation and now we re moving to the next category: AI Automation.

This one is for the tools that actually do work for you clearing chores, running workflows in the background, or quietly taking over a chunk of your week without turning into another dashboard you have to babysit.

One of the more interesting things we have learned while building Causo is that people ask for automation, but what they really want is productivity. Those sound like the same thing but actually aren't.

Ask someone what they want from an AI sales tool and the answer is usually:

Just find the leads, write the emails and run the outreach for me.

But the moment the tool actually tries to do that, the questions start: where did this company come from; why does it match my ICP, is this person still working there; where did you find this information; can I change the email; has anything been sent yet?

I run paid ads. But I have been building automations with Claude Code. You describe what you want in plain English. It writes the code.

Here is what I actually use it for.

1. Full account audits in minutes. Feed it raw data. Get a client-ready brief back.

2. Automated weekly client reports. Pulls data, builds tables, emails it I do not touch a thing.

I've been in social media marketing for nearly five years, but with AI advancing, I suspect my role in ad setup may soon become unnecessary.

I used to set up promo campaigns manually using native platform tools (which already applied some AI, like automated texts or ad placement, viz. Facebook Business Manager).

We re officially in nominees season for the Orbit Awards: AI Workflow Automation.

@Zapier, @Make, @Relay.app , @n8n , @Activepieces, @Pabbly
So many automation tools in 2025!

I cannot decide what to choose for beginners but with a wish to become a pro user
From my recent research, quick insights

• @Zapier still wins for ease-of-use and integrations, but might be expensive and has low free limitations

• @Relay.app is amazing for beginners due to built-in AI workflows

• @Make remains top for complex automation

My takeaways for new users from my one day research

As a marketer trying to be AI first and making sure my team does the same, I do have some issues such as:

1. Juggling many LLMs to find a base I can work on (image generation, content creation, strategy builder, content optimizer, social media content and hashtag generation,...)

2. Having to test many prompts to get what i need. Sometimes I even need to repeat the same prompt in different LLMs to get what I need

3. Need to copy paste the result on a different tool for final edits and tweaks.

4. Ending up using the same tools I used before, such as Canva, google Sheets, Google Docs, ...

I do think that AI is super helpful for content optimization, reducing time to do research, cutting labor cost and many more stuff, but I'm afraid we're still using too many tools for doing the same tasks and it's not that cheap at all!

Hey, I m building a tool where you just chat to automate tasks no setup, no coding. It connects with your apps and gets stuff done.

Quick question:

• What tools do you use for repetitive tasks right now? (Zapier, Notion, n8n, Make.com, etc.)

• What are the most common apps or SaaS tools you use every day?

• What s the most annoying part of your workflow?

• Would you be interested in trying an early version and helping shape a tool that could save you hours each week?

Appreciate any thoughts!

What tools make your work processes smooth while keeping you sane?

[Solutions for maintaining health are also welcome since your work results depend on your well-being and energy management.]

I am a marketer, and here are my go-to apps/tools: