Practical Guides & Reviews for AI Tools

Siftano is an independent publication covering AI tools, software, comparisons, and practical workflows.

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7 Criteria to Check Before Choosing an AI Tool

A practical seven-part checklist for evaluating AI tools by use case, reliability, privacy, workflow fit, cost, portability, and long-term value.

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Designing AI Workflows That Require Human Approval

A practical framework for deciding where AI may prepare, recommend, or execute work, and where a named person must review evidence and approve the next action.

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Free vs Paid AI Plans: A Practical Upgrade Decision

A practical framework for deciding whether a free AI plan is enough or a paid subscription is justified by workload, limits, privacy, administration, reliability, and total cost.

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AI Tool Privacy and Security Checklist Before Adoption

A practical pre-adoption checklist for classifying data, reviewing provider controls, limiting access and agency, testing prompt injection, and preparing incident response.

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How to Verify AI Answers, Sources, and Factual Claims

An eight-step process for checking AI-generated claims, quotations, numbers, and sources through risk ranking, primary evidence, dates, cross-checking, and human approval.

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