What does your current tool stack actually cost you per month?
I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Most agency owners I talk to are running something like Slack + Notion + Asana + HubSpot without really adding it up.
When you stack the per-seat costs for a 5-person team it usually lands somewhere between $200–$300/month — and that’s before Zapier, Google Workspace, or any specialist tools.
Curious what everyone here is actually running:
- What’s your core stack?
- Have you ever tried consolidating and gone back?
- What’s the tool you’d drop first if something replaced it?
I wrote up some thoughts on where each of these tools specifically falls short for client-facing work (not just the cost, the actual workflow friction) if anyone wants the longer read: https://www.kobin.team/blog/slack-notion-asana-hubspot-alternatives
But mostly just curious what people are actually using in 2026.


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