Internal benchmark

How Launchpad replaced a $50K/year martech stack with a $15K/year GTM system.

Before selling GTM systems to clients, Launchpad rebuilt its own revenue infrastructure: fewer tools, clearer workflows, lower cost, and one integrated operating model.

Before

$50,400/year

After

$15,200/year

Reduction

70%

Timeline

42 days

Tools retired

8 subscriptions

System type

Integrated GTM workflows

Starting point

The old stack was powerful, but fragmented.

The previous GTM stack included separate tools for CRM, prospecting, outbound, enrichment, call intelligence, automation, analytics, and reporting. Each tool solved a real problem, but the system created duplicate work, fragile handoffs, and reporting gaps.

The problem was not that the tools were bad. The problem was that revenue operations had become a patchwork of subscriptions instead of one operating system.

What changed

The replacement focused on workflows, not software shopping.

Mapped the actual revenue workflow before changing tools

Defined the CRM as the operating source of truth

Rebuilt lead routing, enrichment, follow-up, and reporting flows

Used custom workflows where SaaS subscriptions were only bridging integration gaps

Documented the system so it could run without founder memory

Measured cost reduction and operating reliability together

Result

Lower cost, fewer handoffs, clearer ownership.

The rebuilt system retired 8 subscriptions, reduced annual tool cost by roughly 70%, and created a cleaner operating model for pipeline work. The goal was not minimal software. The goal was a smaller stack that did more coordinated work.

This is the same operating principle Launchpad applies for clients: audit the GTM system, remove unnecessary complexity, build the missing workflows, and give the team infrastructure they can actually run.