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AI tools for architects and designers
Jobs where AI tools can help: briefs, planning documents, meeting notes and proposals. These are tools we think suit this kind of business. Each links to its checked price and free plan.
Admin and email
Claude
An AI assistant that is good with long documents, careful writing and summaries.
Gemini Notebook (formerly NotebookLM)
Upload your own documents and ask questions that are answered from them, with references back to the source.
Pipedrive
Sales pipeline CRM with AI reports and meeting notes, for tracking enquiries to signed jobs.
Meetings and notes
Fathom
Records video calls and produces instant AI summaries, with a generous free plan for individuals.
Fireflies.ai
An AI notetaker that joins video calls, transcribes them and writes summaries and action points.
Marketing and design
Canva
Drag-and-drop design for social posts, flyers, menus and presentations, with AI tools such as Magic Write.
Adobe Express
Templates, stock assets and generative AI for social posts, flyers and short videos.
Bookkeeping and banking
UK pricing
Tools here that publish prices in pounds: Xero. Many of the others price in US dollars. US-based call-answering services need checking for UK number support before you sign up.
Prompts to try
- Turn notes into a to-do list
- Reply to a complaint
- Find my selling points
- Turn a job into a post
- Set payment terms
- Offer email
Free tools
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