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Choose your tools.
Know the trade-offs.

Practical tests of the tools behind client inquiries and project workflows. See what worked, where free plans stop, and what we have not verified.

Google Forms vs Tally →

Latest field test · 10 October 2026

Your client brief.
A Google login?

We built the same two-question intake in Google Forms and Tally, submitted a small file, and tested what happens when the file is too large.

See the results, screenshots and limits →

Useful before your next client call.

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Client Brief Check

Turn unclear deliverables, approvals and inputs into questions to resolve with your client.

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Worked example

“Could you add two more slides?”

A fictional project shows how an extra request changes the work, timing and review allowance.

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Evidence before recommendations.

We separate hands-on results from provider documentation, and mark what remains untested. These are tool tests—not customer success stories or promises of revenue.

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