This Week in AI Tools: Sep 21, 2026

Every week we publish what changed across the 1,675 AI tools we have scored, plus a handful worth your attention. This is the issue for Sep 15 - Sep 21, 2026, sent to subscribers and archived here in full.

What we published

Best AI Lead Generation Tools in 2026: What a Founder Pays Per Enriched Contact, From $0.0248 to $0.09

Google named nine AI lead generation tools for this query on 7 September 2026 and priced none of them. Four publish a rate you can divide into a unit cost, from $0.0248 for an Apollo credit to $0.09 for a Landbot chat. Clay's headline price is the sum of two sliders, Thunderbit's credits are annual, and Instantly's own page states two different allowances for the same plan.

ElevenLabs vs Open Source TTS in 2026: Cost Per Finished Minute, and the Licence That Decides It

ElevenLabs costs $0.148 a finished minute at best on a plan and $0.045 on the Flash API. Self-hosted open source costs $0 to licence. We audited all 13 open source voice projects in our catalogue against their own repositories on 2 September 2026: 2 publish model weights you are not permitted to sell the output of.

ElevenLabs Pricing in 2026: What One Finished Minute of Narration Costs on Every Plan

We measured 899 characters per finished minute across 280,485 characters of shipped narration, then priced every ElevenLabs plan against it. $0.148 a minute at best on a plan, $0.090 on the API for the same model. Verified 1 September 2026.

Five worth your time

Tool	Category	Score
Hoarder	AI Design	8.5/10
Inbound GPT	AI Agents	8.5/10
KrispCall	Sales	8.5/10
Lazybird	AI Video	8.5/10
MD Editor	AI Coding	8.5/10

Hoarder. Karakeep is the open-source bookmark manager for links, notes, and images. Automatically organize and tag your bookmarks with AI. Self-hostable, with apps for iOS, Android, Chrome, and Firefox.

Inbound GPT. Create custom AI agents for your business in minutes. No coding required.

KrispCall. Manage calls, SMS, and customer conversations across 100+ countries with AI-powered tools and CRM integrations. Trusted by 9,000+ businesses worldwide.

Lazybird. Create realistic AI voiceovers for videos, podcasts, audiobooks, courses, and product demos. Import your script, choose a voice, generate audio, and download - free to start.

MD Editor. A self-serve Markdown workspace for technical writers, docs engineers, developer advocates, and developers.

The honest limit

We have scored 1,675 tools across 23 categories, and we have not tested every one to the same depth. Where a score leans on vendor documentation rather than hands-on use, the review says so on the page.

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