CFO & CRO Guide

The Real Cost of
Agentic GTM Orchestration

Comparing Dhisana AI with Enterprise GTM Platforms โ€” Gong, HubSpot, and Salesforce Agentforce

Executive Summary

Mid-sized companies adopting AI-driven GTM orchestration often underestimate how quickly enterprise pricing models scale. Seat-based pricing, platform fees, and per-action usage meters create a hidden success tax.

Dhisana AI takes a different approach by pricing on active lead volume with unlimited seats, enabling predictable spend even as automation scales.

Annual Spend Snapshot

Typical Mid-Market Company (15-20 GTM users, 10,000 active leads/month)

Platform Typical Annual Spend Primary Cost Driver Hidden Costs
Dhisana AI ~$5,000 / year Active leads per month, unlimited seats None
Gong $50,000+ / year Platform fee + per-user licenses Integration fees, training, storage overage
HubSpot Enterprise + Breeze $50,000+ / year Seat pricing + onboarding + AI credits API limits, contact tiers, add-on features
Salesforce Agentforce $75,000+ / year Per-action usage (Flex Credits) Implementation partner, credit overages
90%+ Savings
Average cost reduction when switching from enterprise GTM platforms to Dhisana AI

Detailed Platform Cost Breakdown

See exactly where your money goes with each platform (based on 15-20 user team)

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Gong

  • Platform Base Fee $15,000/yr
  • Per-User License (ร—15 users @ $1,500) $22,500/yr
  • Additional Storage & Recordings $5,000/yr
  • Integrations & API Access $4,000/yr
  • Onboarding & Training $3,500/yr
Estimated Annual Total $50,000+

๐ŸŸ  HubSpot Enterprise + Breeze AI

  • Sales Hub Enterprise (base) $18,000/yr
  • Additional Paid Seats (ร—10 @ $1,200) $12,000/yr
  • Marketing Hub (required for full automation) $10,800/yr
  • Breeze AI Credits $6,000/yr
  • Onboarding (mandatory) $3,000
Estimated Annual Total $50,000+

โ˜๏ธ Salesforce + Agentforce

  • Sales Cloud Enterprise (ร—15 @ $1,980) $29,700/yr
  • Agentforce Flex Credits $24,000/yr
  • Data Cloud (required for agents) $12,000/yr
  • Implementation Partner $15,000+
  • Admin / Developer Resources Ongoing
Estimated Annual Total $75,000+

โœจ Dhisana AI

  • Professional Plan Base $588/yr
  • Additional 9,000 leads/mo (ร—9 @ $40) $4,320/yr
  • Unlimited Seats $0
  • All Integrations Included $0
  • Onboarding & Support $0
Estimated Annual Total ~$4,900

Why Enterprise GTM Platforms Get Expensive

Three hidden cost drivers that multiply your spend as you scale

1. Seat-Based Pricing Penalizes Adoption

As more SDRs, AEs, RevOps, managers, and founders use the system, costs scale linearly. Adding 10 more users can mean $20,000+ more per year โ€” even if those users only need basic access.

๐Ÿ’ก Example: A 20-person sales team on Gong pays ~$30,000/year just for user licenses. Scaling to 40 users doubles that cost to $60,000 โ€” with no additional functionality.

2. Usage-Based Pricing Penalizes Success

Agentic workflows involve many small actions. Per-action pricing increases cost as automation improves. The better your AI performs, the more you pay โ€” a hidden success tax.

๐Ÿ’ก Example: Salesforce Agentforce charges per "conversation." An AI agent handling 10,000 prospect interactions/month at $2/conversation = $20,000/month = $240,000/year.

3. Fragmented Stacks Multiply Spend

Many teams pay separately for enrichment, CRM automation, call intelligence, and agent runtimes. Each tool adds licensing costs, integration overhead, and vendor management complexity.

๐Ÿ’ก Example: Typical stack: CRM ($20K) + Enrichment ($15K) + Sequencing ($12K) + Call Intelligence ($18K) + AI Agent Runtime ($25K) = $90K+ before you've closed a single deal.

Hidden Costs That Don't Appear in Sales Proposals

๐Ÿ”’ Contract Lock-ins

Enterprise platforms typically require 12-36 month commitments. Early termination fees can reach 50-100% of remaining contract value. Dhisana AI offers month-to-month billing with no long-term commitments.

โš™๏ธ Implementation & Customization

Salesforce implementations average $50,000-$150,000 for mid-market companies. HubSpot onboarding starts at $3,000 and scales with complexity. Dhisana AI is self-service with guided setup included.

๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ’ป Ongoing Admin Overhead

Complex platforms require dedicated admins. The average Salesforce admin salary is $95,000/year. Many mid-market companies need 0.5-1 FTE just to maintain their GTM stack.

๐Ÿ“ˆ Tier Upgrades & Overages

Contact limits, API call limits, storage limits โ€” enterprise platforms are designed to push you into higher tiers as you grow. A "$50K platform" often becomes $80K+ within 18 months.

Why Dhisana AI Costs a Fraction

Designed for orchestration-first GTM teams with predictable pricing

Dhisana AI pricing scales by active lead volume rather than seats or micro-actions, allowing organizations to run always-on workflows without cost surprises.

๐Ÿ“Š What Counts as an Active Lead?

An Active Lead is any lead that had a touchpoint during the billing month:

  • โœ… Research & enrichment
  • โœ… Email or LinkedIn outreach
  • โœ… Website visit tracking
  • โœ… Engagement signal captured
  • โœ… CRM sync or update
  • โœ… AI qualification or scoring

Leads with no activity in a month don't count โ€” you only pay for leads the system actually works on.

Pricing by Team Size & Lead Volume

Startup / Small Team
2,500 leads/mo
$89/month
~$1,068/year
$49 base + (1.5 ร— $40 overage)
Growth Stage
10,000 leads/mo
$409/month
~$4,900/year
$49 base + (9 ร— $40 overage)
Scale-Up
25,000 leads/mo
$1,009/month
~$12,100/year
$49 base + (24 ร— $40 overage)
Mid-Market
50,000 leads/mo
$2,009/month
~$24,100/year
$49 base + (49 ร— $40 overage)

How to Calculate Your Cost

  • โœ“ Base: $49/month includes first 1,000 active leads
  • โœ“ Overage: $40 per additional 1,000 leads (prorated)
  • โœ“ Seats: Unlimited โ€” add your entire team at no extra cost
  • โœ“ Features: All workflows, integrations, and AI capabilities included
Formula: $49 + ((Active Leads โˆ’ 1,000) รท 1,000 ร— $40)

Unlimited Seats

Add your entire team โ€” SDRs, AEs, RevOps, executives โ€” without per-seat charges.

Predictable Costs

Know exactly what you'll spend based on lead volume, not unpredictable usage meters.

Scale Without Tax

As your automation improves, your cost per outcome decreases โ€” no success penalties.

CFO & CRO Takeaway

Dhisana AI aligns cost with outcomes. As agentic GTM workflows scale across teams, spend remains predictable and controlled โ€” unlike enterprise platforms where success directly increases licensing and usage fees.

Feature Comparison

What you get at each price point

Capability Dhisana AI
~$5K/yr
Gong
$50K+/yr
HubSpot Enterprise
$50K+/yr
Salesforce Agentforce
$75K+/yr
Unlimited User Seats โœ“ โœ— โœ— โœ—
AI Lead Research & Enrichment โœ“ Limited Add-on Add-on
Multi-Channel Sequencing โœ“ โœ— โœ“ Add-on
Autonomous AI Agents โœ“ โœ— Breeze AI โœ“
Call Intelligence โœ“ โœ“ Add-on Add-on
Website Visitor De-anonymization โœ“ โœ— Add-on Add-on
CRM Integration (HubSpot/Salesforce) โœ“ โœ“ Native Native
Champion & Job Change Tracking โœ“ Limited โœ— Add-on
Custom Signal Creation โœ“ โœ— Limited โœ“
No Long-Term Contract โœ“ โœ— โœ— โœ—
Self-Service Setup (No Implementation) โœ“ โœ— Partial โœ—

About Dhisana AI

Dhisana AI is an autonomous GTM orchestration platform that enables teams to build, deploy, and scale custom AI agents across prospecting, qualification, engagement, CRM hygiene, deal acceleration, and forecasting โ€” without enterprise cost structures.

500+
AI Workflows
14+
Signal Sources
10x
GTM Productivity
90%
Cost Savings

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