r/AIToolBench

Most of the AI website tools I tried made the first version ridiculously easy but that stopped being the part I cared about so I already had a site with pages copy, a design I wanted to keep and a bunch of small things that had accumulated over time and starting over just to use AI felt kind of backwards.

I’ve been using Ploy for that existing site workflow and the part I keep noticing is how different the AI feels when it has to work around what’s already there instead of generating a fresh site from one prompt it has to understand the structure, keep the style consistent and make the change without messing up everything around it.

I’ve tried enough tools at this point that I’m starting to think the better question isn’t what’s “best,” but what actually sticks.

What’s one AI tool or piece of software that has become genuinely valuable enough that you wouldn’t want to go back to doing the job without it?

Not looking for a giant list of tools. I’m more interested in what it actually does for you.

What were you doing before you started using it? Does it save you meaningful time, replace another expense, make you money, or just remove something you hate doing?

And if you stopped paying for it tomorrow, what would you actually miss?