The $300/month AI stack

Five categories, five tools. Every price is the real monthly cost we pay — not sticker price. Prices last checked June 2026.

• AI Support Agent

  $30–50/mo

  Answers tier-one tickets 24/7. Best when your product has a searchable knowledge base. Break point: nuanced billing disputes.

  Try: Intercom Fin / Tidio

• AI Bookkeeper

  $30–90/mo

  Categorizes bank feeds, matches receipts, flags anomalies. Break point: multi-entity groups and complex sales tax.

  Try: QuickBooks AI + Expensify

• AI Executive Assistant

  $20–40/mo

  Auto-schedules meetings, defends focus time, plans your week. Break point: complex multi-party scheduling with vendors.

  Try: Motion / Reclaim

• AI Sales Assistant

  $0–50/mo

  Follows up on inbound leads within minutes, logs to CRM, drafts replies. Break point: outbound cold outreach at scale.

  Try: HubSpot AI / Zoho Zia

• Ops Glue

  $20–50/mo

  Moves data between the tools above so you never copy-paste anything. Break point: real-time workflows that need webhooks.

  Try: Zapier