He told his CRM vendor no renewal: €17k a year saved
Tino Ferreira just told his company's CRM vendor they won't be renewing. He built his own CRM, AI-native and shaped around exactly what they need, with 'no bullshit extras nobody asked for'. It costs him about €100 a month to run, mostly Claude API calls, and he puts the saving at €17k a year, minimum. That's one of the cleanest scoreboards in this feed: a stated running cost, a stated saving, and a vendor who found out by notice. The CRM was the boss. The API bill is the new rent.
Saving, as stated by the author: €17k a year (minimum)
Just sent my notice to my company CRM that we won't be extending with them.
Built my own, fully AI native on exactly what we need it for. No bullshit extras nobody asked for.
Costs me €100/ month to run (mainly API calls to Claude).
€17k a year saved (minimum).
— Tino Ferreira, read the original on XMore SaaS obituaries
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