Best AI Tools for Small Business

Your general-purpose business assistant. Drafts emails, brainstorms marketing ideas, summarizes documents, analyzes data, writes first drafts. Start here if you're only going to try one AI tool.

Every small business needs graphics — social posts, flyers, presentations, ads. Canva's AI features generate designs, remove backgrounds, and resize for every platform. Non-designers produce professional results.

AI chatbot for your website that answers customer questions 24/7. Handles the repetitive 80% — shipping, returns, pricing, hours — so you deal with the interesting 20%. Setup takes about an hour.

Connects your apps and automates workflows between them. New form submission → CRM entry → welcome email → Slack notification, all automatic. The glue that makes your other tools work together.

AI-powered personal finance dashboard. Tracks spending, categorizes transactions, and surfaces savings opportunities automatically. Ask questions about your finances in plain English.

AI writing tool that learns your brand voice. Produces marketing copy, blog posts, email campaigns, and product descriptions. Worth it if you publish content weekly; overkill if you don't.

AI social media management — brainstorms content, writes captions, suggests best posting times, schedules across Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and TikTok. Turns a week of social media into a 2-hour batch session.