⚡ SAAS MATRIX 2026 Edition
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⚡ Live 2026 TCO Arbitrage Calculator

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3 Users
1 (Solo) 25 50 (Growth)
10,000 Ops
1k 50k 100k+
Legacy Stack Spend
$2,400 / yr
Zapier 10k tasks @ $200/mo
Modern Lean Stack
$108 / yr
Make.com Core @ $9/mo
Annual Hard-Dollar Savings
$2,292 (95.5%)
Net profit preserved directly in your bank account
Verified TCO Analysis: Why This Arbitrage Exists

Zapier charges per discrete task execution; a single 5-step automation burns 5 tasks. Make.com bundles unlimited steps into modular scenarios and provides 10,000 operations for $9/month, resulting in a 29x hard-dollar cost reduction.

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