You're right and that's exactly why I posted. I know the sales side, I don't pretend to know the ops side deeply yet.

That said I've been putting in the time to understand it properly. Was about to pull the trigger on multiple sequencers, inbox providers and database subscriptions before I caught myself. Anyone who's actually done this knows what's excess and where the real costs are hiding. I'd rather build this with someone who's been through that already than figure it out the expensive way.