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Drift Costs $2,500/Month. I

DEV Community·GrimLabs·20 days ago
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Drift Costs $2,500/Month. I'm a Plumber. Last year I was trying to figure out how to stop losing phone leads. I run a plumbing company, six employees, serving about a 30-mile radius. We do maybe $800K in revenue on a good year. Not small, but not a Fortune 500 company either. So I start Googling "AI customer engagement tools" and "automated lead capture" and similar things. Every blog post, every "best of" list, every comparison article points me to tools like Drift, Intercom, HubSpot, Salesforce. The big names. I go to Drift's pricing page. $2,500 per month for the plan that actually does what I need. Thats $30,000 per year. For a tool to help me answer the phone. Intercom? Starts at $74/month but the version with AI features that I'd actually use is closer to $500-1,000/month. HubSpot? Their Service Hub with the features I need is $500/month. Salesforce? Don't even get me started. I'm a plumber. My average job is $300. I'd need to do 100 extra jobs per year just to break even on the Drift subscription.…

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