Tools

The stack behind a six-person content company

Every tool here is one we pay for or built. The public card says what it is. Members get the part that matters: how we actually use it, what broke, and the partner deal when there is one.

  • Perplexity

    Research

    Search-grounded answers with citations, plus Search, Agent, Router and Embeddings APIs for your own research agents.

    Freemium
    How we use it at CCCpaid
  • ChatGPT

    Agents

    OpenAI's assistant with memory, projects, agent mode and custom GPTs; the second brain most teams already have.

    Freemium
    How we use it at CCCpaid
  • DataForSEO

    Analytics
    CCC

    Pay-per-use SEO data APIs (SERP, keywords, backlinks, on-page, LLM mentions) for building your own dashboards.

    Paid
    How we use it at CCCpaid
  • Apify

    Research

    A store of ready-made scrapers ("Actors") with an API and an MCP server your agents can call.

    Freemium
    How we use it at CCCpaid