About

Hi, I’m Alex, and This Is OneLessHour

I started OneLessHour because busywork eats most people’s days: emails, meeting notes, research rabbit holes, social posts. The kind of tasks that fill a calendar without moving anything forward. Sound familiar?

AI tools can take a real share of that work off your plate. Not the hype-cycle stuff you see on social media. The boring, practical kind. My job here is to sort out which ones are worth your time and money.

Why I Started OneLessHour

OneLessHour is the blog I wish existed when I started. The internet is overflowing with “10 ways AI will change the world” articles. What I couldn’t find was somebody who’d read the pricing pages, the help docs and the fine print, and then said plainly what each tool costs, what it’s good at and where it falls short.

So I built it. Most articles here are research-based: I work from official documentation, pricing pages, changelogs and independent reviews, and I check prices and features again when they change. When I have used a tool hands-on, the article says so. I pay for most of the AI tools I use myself.

What I Cover

• Free AI tools that save real time (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Otter.ai)
• Paid tools under $10/month that are actually worth the investment
• Step-by-step workflows you can set up in 15 minutes or less
• Honest reviews, including what doesn’t work and where AI falls short

How I Research

I compare tools on what they cost, what each plan actually includes, their limits and their privacy settings, using the vendors’ own documentation and independent sources, and I list my sources in the article. The full process is on my review methodology page, including what disqualifies a tool and how I handle affiliate links.

Get in Touch

Have a question, tool suggestion, or just want to say hi? Email me at [email protected].

My mission is simple: help busy people get one less hour of busywork every day. That’s it. That’s the whole thing.

Alex