I Tried 100+ AI Tools. These 7 Are the Best — Transcript

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1. 0:00So after testing over 100 AI tools for
2. 0:01my business, I noticed something, which
3. 0:03is that most of them are just noise or a
4. 0:05fancy solution to something pretty
5. 0:06basic. But there are seven tools that
6. 0:08have actually changed how I run my
7. 0:09business every single day, even though
8. 0:10there are so many new tools popping up
9. 0:12all the time. Now some of these may
10. 0:13sound pretty simple or even boring, but
11. 0:15they have had a bigger impact on my
12. 0:16business than I expected when I first
13. 0:18started using them. So today I want to
14. 0:20talk about what they are, how I use
15. 0:21them, and why you should, too. So the
16. 0:23first tool is not going to shock
17. 0:24anybody. It's actually two tools. It's
18. 0:25Claude Code and Codex. They're AI agents
19. 0:27that work right on your computer, so
20. 0:29they can read your local files, they can
21. 0:30write code, they can build things, and
22. 0:32all you have to do is talk to them in
23. 0:33natural language. And for me, they're
24. 0:34the number one biggest lever in my
25. 0:36business. If I had to only use one of
26. 0:38these tools on this list today, it would
27. 0:39be either Claude Code or Codex. I can
28. 0:41use them to make slide decks or
29. 0:43spreadsheets and Google Docs. I can use
30. 0:45them as a brainstorming partner, as a
31. 0:46counsel, and basically my entire
32. 0:48operating system that my whole business
33. 0:50runs on. My second brain lives in there.
34. 0:52All my projects, my skills, all my
35. 0:53knowledge, all my meeting transcripts,
36. 0:55all of that kind of stuff. It drives
37. 0:57about 90% of my daily workflow. It's
38. 0:59also helped me cut out a lot of other
39. 1:00tools that I used to pay for, because
40. 1:01now I can just build them myself. So I
41. 1:03used to pay for something like Gamma to
42. 1:04make slide decks or something like Poppy
43. 1:06to help with content. And now I can just
44. 1:07build my own little custom apps instead.
45. 1:09[music] I've even built my own version
46. 1:10of Loom that I use, because once you can
47. 1:12just describe the tool and that you
48. 1:14want, you know, you don't really need to
49. 1:15rent someone else's tool. Now it's not
50. 1:17me saying it's easy to build software
51. 1:18that you could scale to hundreds of
52. 1:19thousands of users, but if you're just
53. 1:21using it or you're using it for a small
54. 1:22team, it's not as risky. So if you guys
55. 1:24run a business, a good place to start is
56. 1:26a tool that you're paying for every
57. 1:27month but only using one feature of. Or
58. 1:30you can point something like Claude Code
59. 1:31at SOPs and client docs and your team
60. 1:33can ask it questions instead of asking
61. 1:35[music] you. Now people do always ask me
62. 1:37which one of these two that I use, and
63. 1:38the answer is it's both. I pay for both
64. 1:40and I use both every single week. You
65. 1:42know, sometimes one model is ahead,
66. 1:43sometimes my usage just lasts longer on
67. 1:45one, so I'm bouncing back and forth a
68. 1:47lot. But in general, you know, I think
69. 1:48Codex is a lot better at computer use,
70. 1:50browser use, and Claude Code is a better
71. 1:52thought partner when I'm brainstorming.
72. 1:54And right now, the usage lasts a lot
73. 1:55longer, but that might not be true in 2
74. 1:57months. So, it's not a matter of which
75. 1:58one is best, it's which one of them is
76. 2:00best for the task that I'm doing right
77. 2:02now, and how do I build my whole like
78. 2:04AIOS, all my files, and my folders, and
79. 2:06projects in a way where I can switch
80. 2:07between the two, and it's not a hassle,
81. 2:09or it's not a pain at all. But, let's
82. 2:11move on to number two, which is
83. 2:12OpenRouter. OpenRouter gives you access
84. 2:13to over 500 AI models from more than 80
85. 2:15different providers through just one
86. 2:17account. So, everything's in one place.
87. 2:19You're not having to manage a bunch of
88. 2:20different separate keys, or different
89. 2:21billing information, or different
90. 2:22passwords for things like OpenAI, and
91. 2:24Tropic, Google, all the other AI model
92. 2:26providers. So, any automation that we've
93. 2:28got running in production right now,
94. 2:30whether it's for my business, or, you
95. 2:31know, for one that we are putting in
96. 2:33production for our clients, it pretty
97. 2:34much uses OpenRouter as the AI model
98. 2:36provider powering it. You know, because
99. 2:38I can also set up fallbacks, so that if
100. 2:40one model goes down, or errors out, it
101. 2:42just tries the next one. It falls back,
102. 2:44instead of the whole automation
103. 2:45breaking. And I can create a separate
104. 2:46API key per automation, so the analytics
105. 2:49are showing me exactly which one is
106. 2:50costing me how much money. So, if you're
107. 2:52building automations for your own
108. 2:53business, which I'm assuming all of you
109. 2:54guys are, then you could have a cheap,
110. 2:56fast model sort your incoming leads, and
111. 2:58then you could have a smarter model
112. 2:59write the actual replies, or do
113. 3:01different reasoning. And that can all
114. 3:02happen in one dashboard from one
115. 3:04provider. It's a really, really simple
116. 3:05tool, and that's kind of why I like it.
117. 3:07Everything is in one dashboard, like I
118. 3:08said, and it can all be on one credit
119. 3:10card, and switching models is basically
120. 3:11just changing one line. Super easy. Real
121. 3:13quick, guys, I've got this completely
122. 3:15free kit that I want to give to you all
123. 3:16on helping you build your own AIOS,
124. 3:18whether you need to build it, or whether
125. 3:19you need to scale it up, this is the
126. 3:21full kit. It's based on my actual
127. 3:22framework I call the Herc Loop, context,
128. 3:24connections, capabilities, and cadence.
129. 3:26This thing comes with six skills, it
130. 3:27helps you set up a brain, it helps you
131. 3:29set up your priorities in your business,
132. 3:30and it interviews you. It is exactly how
133. 3:32I built my own actual AI operating
134. 3:34system, and it's how I'm able to move so
135. 3:35fast. So, if you guys want this, the
136. 3:37link for this is down in the
137. 3:37description. But, anyways, let's get
138. 3:39back to the video. All right, so moving
139. 3:41on to number three, hosting your VPS.
140. 3:42Now, Hostinger is sponsoring this part
141. 3:44of the video, but I'd have it on the
142. 3:45list either way, because I actually do
143. 3:47use it, and I've been using it for a
144. 3:48long, long time. A VPS is a virtual
145. 3:50private server. So, basically, a
146. 3:52computer in the cloud that stays on 24/7
147. 3:54and it keeps all your stuff on that
148. 3:56private server running even if your
149. 3:57laptop or your desktop is closed or
150. 3:59turned off. Now, this one probably
151. 4:01sounds the most boring on the list, but
152. 4:03it's where a lot of my stuff actually
153. 4:04lives. I've got one running Anidote.
154. 4:06I've got one running, you know, Hermes
155. 4:07agents and Open Claw agents and all the
156. 4:09other open-source agents you might want
157. 4:10to host later or even open-source models
158. 4:12you might want to host for yourself. You
159. 4:13know, my Hermes agents can automate
160. 4:15different parts of my business over
161. 4:16here. Like, I've got one that's trading
162. 4:17stocks for me and one that's making
163. 4:18Instagram Reels and carousels for me
164. 4:2024/7. And then I use some just to test
165. 4:22different Claude code setups. And the
166. 4:23reason that I use Hostinger is because I
167. 4:25can spin up a server really quickly with
168. 4:27just one click of a button without
169. 4:28worrying about the technical side, like
170. 4:29scaling or compute or, you know, running
171. 4:32the different commands or whatever it
172. 4:33may be because I don't really come from
173. 4:35a technical background or like a devops
174. 4:36background. So, because of all these
175. 4:37one-click templates for trending tools
176. 4:40like either Anidote or Hermes or Open
177. 4:42Claw or whatever comes next, it makes it
178. 4:44so much easier and it also makes sure
179. 4:45that I don't have to worry about it when
180. 4:46I'm trying to sleep at night that
181. 4:47something's going to shut down and I'm
182. 4:48not going to be able to figure out what
183. 4:50happened and why. And if you guys want
184. 4:51to try this one out for yourself, you
185. 4:52can go to hostinger.com/natehertzvps
186. 4:54and that will be linked in the
187. 4:55description. And one more quick thing on
188. 4:57this, guys, Hostinger told me that
189. 4:58they're having this Black Friday sale
190. 5:00from pretty much now until about halfway
191. 5:02through December. So, there's going to
192. 5:03be lots of different sales and Cyber
193. 5:05Monday and lots of different things
194. 5:06going on. So, I'll let you guys go check
195. 5:08it out and explore those deals. But
196. 5:09anyways, let's get back to the video.
197. 5:11So, number four is Grokbot and I use
198. 5:12this one a ton. Grokbot lets you set up
199. 5:14bots that do work for you and they all
200. 5:16share a cloud computer with a browser,
201. 5:18file system, and a terminal. So, they
202. 5:20can basically do anything that you could
203. 5:21do yourself on a real computer. And what
204. 5:23I love about Grokbot is how fast I can
205. 5:25set up an automation because it's got
206. 5:26connectors in there to all the apps that
207. 5:27I already use. I have it on my phone and
208. 5:29it syncs pretty much automatically. I
209. 5:31can schedule routines super easily in
210. 5:32there. So, basically, automations that
211. 5:34run on some sort of schedule or a
212. 5:35webhook and they just keep going all the
213. 5:37time in the background right from my
214. 5:39pocket. So, for example, after every
215. 5:40single Q&A call in my plus community,
216. 5:43one of my Grokbots grabs the transcript,
217. 5:45posts it in my community, and then it
218. 5:47also puts it in the classroom so that
219. 5:48members can find it later. Another one
220. 5:50is posting in both of my communities
221. 5:51every time I drop a YouTube video. So,
222. 5:53it's like these little repetitive things
223. 5:54that I might forget, or if I did forget,
224. 5:56I'd have to like catch up on later, Grok
225. 5:58Bot can now just handle that stuff, so I
226. 5:59don't have to be like perfectly
227. 6:00consistent, and there's less room for
228. 6:02human error for me to make a mistake.
229. 6:04I've got another one set up that keeps
230. 6:05me up to date on everything that's going
231. 6:06on in AI. It's just pinging me little
232. 6:08reminders, and I've got all these little
233. 6:09different Grok Bot personalities set up,
234. 6:11and each one has a very specific job.
235. 6:13The way I think about it is it's like
236. 6:14having a bunch of open claws in your
237. 6:16pocket, but with way less technical
238. 6:17setup. Because with open claw, you're
239. 6:19kind of figuring out like the server
240. 6:20side and the connection and figuring out
241. 6:22the hosting and everything. But, with
242. 6:23Grok Bot, you just describe what you
243. 6:25want, and it's just an app [music] that
244. 6:26you would install on either your laptop
245. 6:28or your phone. All right, so moving on
246. 6:29to the next one, number five, this is
247. 6:31Glydo. And full disclosure, I am a
248. 6:33partner in Glydo, but that's how you
249. 6:34guys know that I actually do use it and
250. 6:36trust the vision of it. So, it's a voice
251. 6:38dictation app, so you just hold a key,
252. 6:39you talk, and then words get [music]
253. 6:40typed and pasted into whatever app that
254. 6:42you're actually in. So, I basically
255. 6:43don't type anymore. Prompts, messages,
256. 6:45emails, I just speak into my mic, and
257. 6:47it's there. But, you can really
258. 6:48customize all your settings in there.
259. 6:49It's also the fastest on the market, and
260. 6:51it's completely private. But, the reason
261. 6:53why I wanted to put this one on the list
262. 6:54is because of command mode inside of
263. 6:56Glydo. This means instead of just
264. 6:57dictation, it can also take action for
265. 7:00you. So, I can have it search the web,
266. 7:01summarize a YouTube video, do deep
267. 7:02research, find and open files and apps
268. 7:04for me. Or, you can even look through
269. 7:06all of the different things that I've
270. 7:07said to Glydo. And all of this is
271. 7:09obviously stored locally, like I said,
272. 7:10it's completely private. And what's cool
273. 7:11about the command mode is you can build
274. 7:13custom tools for it. So, basically, you
275. 7:14can build custom MCP servers on top of
276. 7:17it, so basically plugins, and you could
277. 7:18have it like kick off threads into Cloud
278. 7:20Coder Codex, or sync to your Notion or
279. 7:22to your task app, or whatever it is.
280. 7:24Ultimately, the vision we have for Glydo
281. 7:25is that you can control your whole
282. 7:27computer with just your voice and get
283. 7:28just as much done away from your desk as
284. 7:30you would if you were sitting at it. And
285. 7:31even if you only use the dictation
286. 7:33feature and not the command mode, it
287. 7:34still saves a ton of time when you're
288. 7:36writing emails or recipes, or whatever
289. 7:38it is that you may be doing, just
290. 7:39talking is faster than typing. Okay,
291. 7:41moving on to number six, this one is
292. 7:42key.ai and is basically open router but
293. 7:45for images and videos. You get
294. 7:46pay-per-use access to a bunch of image
295. 7:48and video models in one spot like VO or
296. 7:51Kling or C Dance, Nano Banana, GPT Image
297. 7:532. Anytime that I'm making images or
298. 7:55visuals for a carousel or for a
299. 7:57thumbnail or for an Instagram reel or
300. 7:59whatever it may be, I'm using key.ai
301. 8:01because you only pay for what you
302. 8:02generate and it's been the cheapest
303. 8:03option I found when I'm making a lot of
304. 8:05images and videos at once. So, for you
305. 8:07guys, that's stuff like product photos,
306. 8:09ad creatives, short videos for socials,
307. 8:11you know, whatever it may be and you
308. 8:13don't have to pay a monthly
309. 8:13subscription, you're just paying per
310. 8:15usage. And the last one here, number
311. 8:16seven, is trigger.dev. It hosts your
312. 8:19TypeScript code and it runs on a
313. 8:20schedule or whenever something kicks off
314. 8:23like a webhook. So, unlike a VPS,
315. 8:24there's no server that you have to
316. 8:26manage. [music] It's just your code and
317. 8:27it just gets executed. We use this all
318. 8:29the time for all the automations in the
319. 8:31business that are more deterministic,
320. 8:33meaning they're more predictable, they
321. 8:34do the same steps every time like
322. 8:36processing documents or syncing data
323. 8:38between two different tools. Those don't
324. 8:40really need a full Cloud Code Agent
325. 8:42Carnis Loop AI Agent and it would kind
326. 8:44of be a waste to use something that
327. 8:45powerful. It'd kind of be overkill for
328. 8:47something that simple. So, we just build
329. 8:48out a script using Cloud Code and then
330. 8:50we put that script in trigger.dev for it
331. 8:52to automatically process. And I don't
332. 8:53even have to open up trigger.dev. I
333. 8:55don't have to like it's not very
334. 8:56confusing because I just tell Cloud
335. 8:58Code, "Hey, I want a TypeScript
336. 8:59trigger.dev automation for this use
337. 9:01case." and it will build it, it will
338. 9:02also deploy it, it will also test it
339. 9:04[music] and it can also update it for
340. 9:05me. And because it's just running code,
341. 9:07it's super super cheap as well. So, you
342. 9:09basically just pay the second it runs
343. 9:10and the free plan comes with five bucks
344. 9:12of credits every month which will
345. 9:13honestly last you quite a while. So, for
346. 9:15your business or for your client's
347. 9:16business and you're setting up a bunch
348. 9:18[music] of deterministic code-based
349. 9:20automations, I would definitely
350. 9:21recommend using trigger.dev. Okay, so
351. 9:23now you have seen the seven tools that I
352. 9:25use to run my business and obviously
353. 9:27this is my list, you know, it kind of
354. 9:28changes over time but these are the
355. 9:29seven that I keep coming back to and
356. 9:31that I have been using consistently
357. 9:32over, you know, a year and a half, two
358. 9:34years now. Now, if your your is doing
359. 9:35different things than mine, then this
360. 9:36exact list might not be the best one for
361. 9:38you, and that's totally fine. But, I
362. 9:39know that learning some [music] of them
363. 9:41can feel pretty overwhelming at first,
364. 9:43and that's why I try to cover as many as
365. 9:44I can on this channel and inside of my
366. 9:46community. You can also find all the
367. 9:48free resources I've ever given away
368. 9:49inside of my communities, and you can
369. 9:50ask questions about how other members of
370. 9:52the community are using these tools
371. 9:54[music] or finding success. And, if you
372. 9:55are really serious about using AI tools
373. 9:57to build a business or just earn some
374. 9:58income on the side, then you can join my
375. 10:00plus community with everything that you
376. 10:01need for the business side of AI, as
377. 10:03well. So, both links are down in the
378. 10:05description, but that is going to do it
379. 10:07for this one. So, if you guys enjoyed it
380. 10:08or learned something new, please give it
381. 10:09a like, helps me out a ton. And, as
382. 10:10always, I appreciate you guys making it
383. 10:12to the end of the video. I'll see you
384. 10:13all in the next one.
385. 10:14Thanks, everyone.