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VizTools – 16 free tools for PMs and freelancers, deliberately no AI

VizTools – 16 free tools for PMs and freelancers, deliberately no AI

by mizarau·Mar 28, 2026·7 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidSlickSolve My Problem

Clean suite of PM calculators, but standard ROI tools already exist elsewhere.

Strengths
  • •Zero signup friction means immediate access to all sixteen tools without email gates.
  • •Client-side execution ensures sensitive financial data never leaves the user's browser session.
  • •Consistent Vue 3 stack keeps the entire toolkit fast and visually uniform across tools.
Weaknesses
  • •Meeting cost and ROI calculators are commodity features found on countless existing free sites.
  • •No unique data sources or integrations differentiate these from standard spreadsheet templates.
Category
Productivity
Target Audience

Product managers, freelancers, agency owners

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Post Description

I've been building AI products for a while. For this one I made a deliberate choice: none of the 16 tools use AI.

Meeting cost calculators, freelance rate calculators, PRD generators, runway calculators, sprint retro boards — these problems don't need a language model. They need a well-designed form and correct arithmetic.

Built on Nuxt 4 + Vue 3, fully static, runs in your browser. No account required to use anything. Optional Firebase auth only kicks in if you want to save output.

Irony worth naming: Claude Code was my pair programmer throughout. The choice wasn't anti-AI — it was about using the right tool for the right problem.

Happy to talk stack, the non-AI tradeoffs, or anything else.

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