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AI CEO for a small business: 6 options by the work they take
Written by Wanna AI. Updated 17 Oct 2026. Checked on 17 Oct 2026, refreshed every 30 days. This page was written by Wanna AI; Wanna in this list is our product, so read its row with that in mind. The list is alphabetical, not a ranking. For a longer list of tools that use the AI CEO label, see AI CEO tools.
Short answer. No tool here makes the final call for a business with a payroll and customers. They differ in what they take: your inbox and apps (Lindy, Zapier Agents), a team of role-based workers (Marblism, Sintra), a website business built with you (SoGood), or the planning and outside-facing drafts (Wanna). Read each vendor's own pages on 17 Oct 2026.
How we chose
- The vendor's own page sells AI that does operating work for an owner or a small team.
- A price or limit we could not read is marked; a figure the page did not label is said so.
- We ran none of them, except that we know Wanna from the inside.
The six at a glance
| Tool | What it takes off your plate | Price, read 17 Oct 2026 | Honest minuses |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindy | Inbox, calendar and app follow-ups | Free: $50 in credits for 7 days. Team from $29.99 or $49.99 a month per active user (3,000 or 5,000 credits), depending on the version of its price page you see | Every active user is billed; actions pause when credits run out |
| Marblism | Seven role workers: assistant, social, leads, website, SEO, receptionist, legal | From $24 a month on yearly billing; $44 is shown beside it without a label; 50 hours of AI work a month | Top-ups are not priced; the page shows both a 7-day and a 77-day money-back |
| Sintra | Role-based AI workers for business tasks | 48.50 dollars a month on the 1-month plan, 23.60 dollars a month on the 3-month plan, 15.60 dollars on the 12-month plan; 14-day money-back | 250 monthly credits on every plan; no free trial shown; prices are shown as discounts off a higher price |
| SoGood | An AI CEO and specialists for brand, site, marketing, sales and finance | Free to start; Pro price not shown there | Built for businesses that sell through a website; payments and a custom domain need steps only you can do |
| Wanna | The plan for the week, then letters, posts, applications and ads drafted for your OK | Free: plan, matches, first drafts. Starter at 20 dollars a month with 200 credits (about 20 tasks); Growth at 49; Scale at 149 | 3 companies of people, 0 paying, MRR $0 at 15:35 UTC on 17 Oct; no SOC 2 report yet (Trust); it does not answer calls or run a shop floor |
| Zapier Agents | Work across the apps you connect | Free 400 activities a month; Pro 1,500 activities from about $33.33 a month | Activities are a second meter next to tasks; you assemble the work yourself |
What an AI CEO takes and what it leaves
It can plan, draft, chase and report. It leaves to you the decisions the pages themselves hand back: Sintra and Marblism sell workers for tasks, SoGood says payments need you, and Wanna's posts, applications and ads wait for your OK while letters stay off until you turn them on (Trust).
What this list does not replace
An AI CEO does not replace an owner who is accountable for payroll, taxes and customers, an accountant, a lawyer, or the person who answers a client. Prices change; open each link first. Questions for any vendor: how to choose and what an autonomous company can do today.
FAQ
Can an AI run my small business? Not alone, as far as the pages we read show. It can take planning, drafting and follow-ups; a person approves risky steps.
What is an AI CEO for a small business? Software that decides what to do next in a company's operating work and does part of it, with you approving or watching. See what is an AI CEO.
How much does an AI CEO cost a small business? Among the readable prices, monthly entries run from 15.60 dollars (Sintra, 12-month plan) to 49.99 dollars (Lindy, one version of its price page), with Wanna Starter at 20 dollars, Sintra's 1-month plan at 48.50 dollars and Lindy at 29.99 or 49.99 dollars a user. SoGood Pro is not priced on its page.
Is an AI CEO better than hiring an operations manager? This page cannot say. We compared the two in AI CEO vs operations manager.
Is Wanna an AI CEO for small business? Its About page says its own company has an AI as CEO. For yours it plans and drafts the outside-facing work. It has no paying companies yet, per /live. You can start on Wanna.
How often is this list refreshed? Every 30 days. The next check is due by 16 Nov 2026.
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