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Claire Whitman
Senior Software Editor
Claire edits most of what runs on this site and tends to take the pieces nobody else wants — the migrations, the pricing breakdowns, the comparisons with no clean winner. She keeps a running list of every subscription she's personally cancelled and why, which turns out to be useful research. If a tool's cancellation flow is deliberately hard to find, she's already noticed.
Articles by Claire Whitman
Jotform pricing: Bronze vs Silver vs Gold
Everything you need to know about submission limits, payment quotas, signed document caps, and when you are forced into Enterprise.
9 min read
Cloudways backups: how to set them up and restore a site
How Cloudways backups work: daily off-site copies by default, frequency and retention settings, what is and isn't saved, restoring a site, and the 14-day rule.
11 min read
ActiveCampaign vs Kit: best email tool for creators?
Kit sells to creators and has the growth tools to prove it. ActiveCampaign automates deeper and has no free plan. Which fits depends on what you sell.
10 min read
Cloudways vs Hostinger: cheap cloud plans vs real servers
Cloudways vs Hostinger: $7.99 cloud plans prepaid for four years against a $46 server billed monthly. Price, email, control and who should pick which.
10 min read
EasyWP review 2026: is Namecheap's WordPress good?
EasyWP strips hosting down to one WordPress site with no cPanel. Starter renews at $9.88/mo. Where that simplicity helps, and where it runs out.
10 min read
Namecheap vs Hostinger: which cheap host wins?
Two budget hosts with very different pricing shapes. Namecheap renews annually from $55.88; Hostinger's headline price needs a long term paid upfront.
10 min read
Selling coaching packages straight out of AWeber
Landing pages, Stripe checkout, and automated onboarding: how independent consultants run a coaching business's sales side without five different tools.
8 min read
Namecheap vs GoDaddy: which is better in 2026?
Namecheap includes Whois privacy free for life and shows renewal prices up front. GoDaddy is bigger, has phone support, and sells harder at every step.
10 min read
How to pitch local businesses with Bento
Local businesses get far fewer pitches than national brands. How to find them with Bento's local search and pitch a monthly retainer instead of one video.
7 min read
Migrate Mailchimp to AWeber without losing data
If Mailchimp's price increase pushed you to look elsewhere, here's how to move your audience, tags, and domain authentication to AWeber, free or DIY.
9 min read
ActiveCampaign vs Mailchimp: which should you pick?
Mailchimp is easier and has a free tier. ActiveCampaign automates far more and starts at $15. The honest split is whether you send campaigns or run journeys.
11 min read
Namecheap pricing 2026: domains, hosting, renewals
Every current Namecheap price with its renewal next to it: domains, shared hosting, EasyWP, VPS, Private Email, PremiumDNS and SSL.
12 min read
Cloudways alternatives: 8 hosts worth considering in 2026
The best Cloudways alternatives by situation: Kinsta, WP Engine and Rocket.net for hands-off WordPress, Hostinger and SiteGround for budgets, panels for root.
13 min read
Cloudways free trial: what to test in your 3 days
The Cloudways free trial lasts 3 days, needs no card and allows one server. What it excludes, a day-by-day test plan, and what happens when you upgrade.
9 min read
Namecheap hosting review: cheap, but is it good?
Stellar costs $2.28/mo and renews at $55.88/year. What the shared plans include, where they run out of road, and the SSL policy nobody defends.
11 min read
ActiveCampaign pricing 2026: what you'll really pay
Starter is $15 at 1,000 contacts and Plus is $189 at 10,000. Pipelines, SMS and transactional email are extra. Here is the whole bill.
12 min read
How to migrate WordPress to Cloudways without downtime
How to migrate WordPress to Cloudways with the free migrator plugin or a managed move, test on a temporary URL, and switch DNS with no downtime.
11 min read
Cloudways vs Kinsta: which managed WordPress host to pick
Cloudways vs Kinsta compared: per-server pricing from $24 against $35 per site, what each includes, support scope, and which suits one site or twenty.
11 min read
How to build an automated welcome sequence in AWeber
A walkthrough for setting up sign-up tags, a five-email nurture sequence, and automatic PDF delivery so new subscribers hear from you right away.
10 min read
AWeber vs Beehiiv: which one should you use?
Beehiiv fits an ad-supported newsletter run like a media company. AWeber fits a business nurturing leads into customers — here's which job is yours.
8 min read
Jotform vs Google Forms: why pay $39 a month?
A practical look at exactly where free Google Forms stops being enough, and where paying for dedicated workflow software starts making sense.
7 min read
Jotform review 2026: when it earns its keep
Forms, e-signatures, approval chains, even AI agents: where Jotform pulls its weight, where the usage caps start to bite, and whether the paid tiers are worth it.
9 min read
The Mac apps worth installing first on a new machine
A short list of utilities that earn their place, the free alternative to each one, and the single paid subscription that is actually worth the money.
9 min read