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Every SaaS Tool In My Stack, Ranked By How Long I Forgot I Was Paying For It

Published January 15, 2026 | By Marcus Chen

I used to believe in software. I'd sign up for every tool that promised to optimize my workflow, automate my life, and finally achieve inbox zero. I was wrong. Here's what I learned, ranked by how many months each tool charged my card before I remembered it existed.

12. Calendly — 4 months I remembered this existed when a stranger booked 6 AM on a Sunday. The tool worked exactly as designed. I had simply designed my own nightmare.

11. Grammarly Premium — 7 months I write for a living. Premium corrected my spelling of "definitely" 847 times. I could have hired a child.

10. Superhuman — 9 months Thirty dollars a month for an email client. My inbox is exactly as overwhelming as before, but now it loads faster, so I experience the dread instantly.

9. Loom Pro — 11 months Recorded four videos. Three were tests to see if I looked okay. One was sent to a client who never opened it. Cost per viewed video: undefined.

8. Zapier — 14 months I built one automation. It broke the same week. I kept paying for fourteen months because canceling would mean admitting I'm not someone who automates things.

7. Miro — 16 months I have never opened Miro by myself. Every memory I have of it is someone else's screen, someone else's sticky notes, someone else's plan. I paid to watch.

6. Pitch — 19 months Used it once to make a presentation titled "Consolidating Our Tool Stack." The irony was not apparent to me at the time.

5. Webflow — 23 months I do not have a website. I have a Webflow account. These are different things.

4. Airtable — 26 months I remember signing up. I remember the excitement. I remember thinking "this changes everything." I do not remember what "everything" was or how it was supposed to change.

3. Riverside.fm — 27 months For a podcast I recorded three episodes of. The podcast was about productivity. I will not be taking questions.

2. Clockify Pro — 31 months A time-tracking tool. I never once tracked my time. If I had, I would have noticed 31 months ago that I was paying for a time-tracking tool.

1. Monday.com — 34 months I have worked alone for six years. Monday.com is team collaboration software. I paid $4,080 to collaborate with myself. I did not collaborate once. I did, however, receive weekly emails asking how my team was doing.

I used to think the problem was finding the right tool. Now I understand: the tool was never the problem. I was the problem. I still am. I cancelled Monday.com last week and signed up for Asana.

Sloptopsy Report

Format: Definitive Ranking

The numbered list implies methodology. "Ranked by how long I forgot" sounds like a metric, but it's just personal failures presented with the confidence of data-driven analysis.

Archetype: I Was Wrong Humble Pivot

The confession of past naivety ("I used to believe in software") positions the author as wiser now. But the final line—signing up for Asana—reveals no growth. The humility is performance.

Fallacy: Circular Reasoning

"The tool was never the problem. I was the problem." This sounds profound but explains nothing. The solution to over-subscribing is to subscribe again. The cycle is the point.