The subscription you leave behind is usually the smallest line. Here is the arithmetic on stranded annual prepay, overlapping months, seat jumps and card fees, using only prices the three vendors publish.
Automating invoice chasing: $240 a year against the admin hours it removes
Zapier Professional lists from $19.99 a month, Team from $69, Agents Pro at $400 a year. Set against admin time at $25 an hour, the licence is the small number. Your build hours are the real bill.
Loistrofi Editorial — 10 min read
Free property management software: only one of these three publishes a $0 plan
Only Hemlane publishes a free-forever plan, and it stops before rent collection. TenantCloud's cheapest tier bills you $180 a year and bills your tenant $1.95 per ACH payment. Here is who pays for what.
Loistrofi Editorial — 9 min read
The cheapest practice software for a solo therapist: $45/mo, and what the cheap tiers leave out
Three vendors, three entry tiers, and one of them quietly caps you at 20 appointments a month and refuses to sell you insurance billing at all. Here is what each cheapest plan costs in year one and year two.
Loistrofi Editorial — 8 min read
Five seats, one AI bill: when a paid Claude plan pays for itself and when free is fine
Five Pro subscriptions run $1,000 a year. Five Standard seats run $1,200. Five Premium seats run $6,000. Here is what each one actually buys you, and the specific work that makes the jump worth it.
Loistrofi Editorial — 9 min read
Buildium vs DoorLoop: the monthly minimum neither page puts up front
Buildium's cheapest published plan is $62 a month. DoorLoop's is $69 a month for up to ten units, billed yearly. Below fifteen doors you're paying the floor, not per unit — and the per-transaction fees decide the rest.
Loistrofi Editorial — 8 min read
