Guide · Business · AI Tools
AI workflow evaluation worksheet
Measure accepted output, review time, risk, and repeated-use cost.
Buyer's guide
How to choose AI software by job, not hype
Name the repeated job
Start with a workflow that happens often, has a clear owner, and produces an output you can review. ‘Use AI’ is not a requirement; draft five campaign variants, analyze support data, or build an internal intake app is.
Decide how much control the job needs
General assistants are flexible. Specialist platforms trade some breadth for brand rules, audience context, deployment, or workflow governance. The more contributors and customer-facing output involved, the more those controls matter.
Measure usable output
Track time to an acceptable result, review effort, factual error rate, and the cost of repeated use. A fast first draft that needs a full rewrite is not automation—it is an expensive warm-up act.
Red flags
- No owner for reviewing output
- Sensitive data copied into an unapproved workspace
- Credit costs tested only on toy prompts
- A specialist platform bought before the repeated workflow exists
The bottom line
ChatGPT Business leads our default weighting, and the ranked comparison on the category hub lets you re-weight the criteria around your own priorities before you commit.