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Subscriptions to live by

I have a question for our community here. As independents and fractional business owners I am sure you are watching expenses and what subscriptions you are paying monthly and annually for. I have tried to be very diligent in tracking subscriptions, and I always maintain a "lapse list" - certain subscriptions that I am willing to let expire and then see what falls apart. Others can never be allowed to lapse (for example the subscriptions keeping my website and email online).

What are some tools and subscriptions you absolutely swear by? What are the ones you'll want to cut first when it's time to tighten purse strings?

For me the critical ones are:

1) Google workspace (for my domain, email, and some of the AI stuff)

2) Google One (Cloud backup of critical information)

3) Cellphone plans

Ones that I am using but don't consider critical at the moment:

4) Claude

5) Gamma.app (built most of my original collateral on it, but looking at phasing it out)

6) RedZone (this is a new and specific one that a marketing team I have engaged requires, if you are interested I can discuss this more)

Ones that I am toying with letting lapse:

7) Zoom premium

Ones that I have let expire:

8) Fireflies.ai

9) LinkedIn Premium (but will probably reinstate)

I am sure there are other things I am missing. Also this is not necessarily ALL my operational expenses, I also have budgets for AI API usage across different platforms. But I am trying to keep subscriptions lean.

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