Minimum viable stack
A practical AI marketing stack under $100 per month
Start with the smallest stack that covers the job, preserve budget for genuine gaps, and add subscriptions only after a real workflow test.
Starter configuration
Choose one general assistant at $20/month, not two. Add Buffer Essentials at $5 per channel per month on annual billing. Three channels make the known subtotal $35/month, leaving $65 for a proven design, video or reporting gap.
General assistant$20/mo
3 Buffer channels$15/mo
Known subtotal$35/mo
What this does not prove
This subtotal does not automatically cover specialist video production, client approvals, brand governance or cross-client reporting. Keep those as explicit gaps instead of assigning them to a product without evidence.
Buying order
- Choose ChatGPT Plus or Claude Pro after a side-by-side content test.
- Start Buffer with only the channels actively used.
- Run the workflow manually for two weeks.
- Add one specialist product only where the measured bottleneck remains.
- Review the stack after 30 days and cancel anything that was not adopted.
Official pricing sources
- Jasper official pricing — checked 2 August 2026
- Buffer official pricing — checked 2 August 2026
- OpenAI official pricing — checked 2 August 2026
- Anthropic official pricing — checked 2 August 2026
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