Try before you buy
20 prompts to test any AI subscription
Copy these into the free tier of any AI before you pay. If a subscription handles your real work here, it will earn its monthly fee — if it struggles, you just saved yourself a renewal.
The prompts
Run these on your own files & tasks
Mix in your real documents. Watch for invented facts, broken sources, math slips and refusals.
| 1 | Summarise this 30-page PDF in 10 bullet points, then list anything that needs human verification. |
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| 2 | Analyse this spreadsheet: top 3 trends, any anomalies, and a chart suggestion. |
| 3 | Turn this report into a 10-slide deck outline with titles and 3 bullets each. |
| 4 | Write a polite German business email (Sie-form) declining a meeting and proposing two alternatives. |
| 5 | Answer this research question with up-to-date, clickable sources and flag uncertainty. |
| 6 | Extract every invoice number and total from this scanned PDF into a table. |
| 7 | Here is a failing function and the error — find the bug, explain it, return a working fix. |
| 8 | Rewrite this email to be precise and legally careful; mark where a lawyer should review. |
| 9 | Compare how two different models answer this question and tell me which is stronger and why. |
| 10 | Translate this document to French, preserving formatting and tone. |
| 11 | Draft a 6-email marketing sequence for this product, with subject lines. |
| 12 | Critique my argument and steel-man the opposing view. |
| 13 | Convert these messy notes into a structured project plan with milestones. |
| 14 | Explain this contract clause in plain language and list the risks. |
| 15 | Generate 20 SEO title ideas for this page and rank them. |
| 16 | Build a week-long study plan for this syllabus with daily tasks. |
| 17 | Refactor this code for readability and add tests. |
| 18 | Fact-check these five claims and cite sources. |
| 19 | Create a budget table from this list of expenses and total by category. |
| 20 | Summarise this long email thread and list the decisions and open questions. |
Score each on accuracy, whether it needed human fixing, and speed. Then compare your shortlist in the matrix and check the pricing archive.