What's your "integration tax"?

I did some math recently and realized many teams are paying $400-600+/month just to cobble together API generation + workflow automation + database tools.

Zapier for workflows. DreamFactory or Hasura for APIs. Maybe n8n for the self-hosted stuff. Each tool does one thing well, but none of them talk to each other.

We're calling it the "integration tax"—the hidden cost of duct-taping your stack together.

What does your integration stack look like?

- How many tools are you using for API/workflow automation?

- What's the rough monthly cost?

- Would you consolidate if you could, or do you prefer best-of-breed?

No wrong answers—genuinely trying to understand how teams are solving this today.