One Tool vs Mailchimp + Zoho + Calendly + Stripe | The Real Cost
Sales Growth Suite
The typical Australian SME stack: Mailchimp ($30/mo), Zoho CRM ($35/user/mo), Calendly ($16/mo), Stripe (2.9% + 30c per transaction), a Google Form for enquiries, and someone manually copying data between them. Sales Growth Suite is the alternative.
The “5 tools” cost in real numbers
- Mailchimp Standard 2,500 contacts: AUD $30/mo
- Zoho CRM Professional, 3 users: AUD $105/mo
- Calendly Pro, 3 users: AUD $48/mo
- Stripe transaction fees: variable, typically AUD $80-200/mo for SME
- Google Workspace (forms + email): AUD $36/mo
- Subtotal: ~$300/mo + transaction fees
- Plus 4-8 staff hours per month copying data between them: ~$200-$400/mo at $50/hr internal rate
Real cost: $500-$700/mo for a fragmented 5-tool stack.
The lead leakage problem
Here is what every disconnected stack does, every week:
- Lead fills out the Google Form. Nobody picks up the email until 9am next day.
- Lead gets manually added to Mailchimp two days later.
- Mailchimp sends a welcome email that contradicts the website.
- Calendly link in welcome email points to a stale calendar.
- Lead books a slot, doesn’t get a Zoho contact created, sales rep doesn’t see it.
Industry research: 15-25% of leads leak between tools in disconnected stacks. For an SME generating 100 leads/mo at $300 average deal value, that’s $4,500-$7,500/mo of revenue walking out.
What Sales Growth Suite replaces
The Pricing
Bronze
(AUD $99/mo + $497 setup)
Silver
(AUD $247/mo + $1,197 setup)
Gold
(AUD $597/mo + $1,497 setup)
Platinum
(AUD $1,197/mo + $1,997 setup)
Even the highest tier costs less than the disconnected 5-tool stack — and stops the lead leakage entirely.
Book a stack-audit walkthrough. We will calculate your current real cost vs the SGS equivalent.