Nine dollars a month now buys you 10,000 automated tasks. The AI agent price war is real — and for once it's pointed at small businesses, not the enterprise. But the cheapest platform is the wrong thing to chase. This week: why the real risk in 2026 isn't price, it's lock-in — and the 30-minute test that tells you which agent platform you can actually walk away from.
In this episode:
Story 1 — The agent price war
Story 2 — OpenAI ends free workspace agents
Story 3 — Vendor lock-in
Tool Spotlight — Zapier Agents
Every stat is sourced — verify any live pricing before it changes.
Topics: AI agents, automation, Zapier, Make, n8n, Lindy, OpenAI, vendor lock-in, no-code, small business AI, switching costs, agent pricing, SMB automation.
Hosted by Shaun Gehring — The AI Operator. AI strategy for people who actually run the business.
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