Cost-first guides
Cost-first guides to software pricing, global hiring, and employment compliance — with the real numbers behind each decision.
- STACK TEARDOWN · AI & GLOBAL HIRING The AI Hiring Stack, Priced (2026) Six layers at published rates: where AI dropped the floor, why 82% of AI-recruiting tiers are quote-only against a 41% catalogue baseline, and why the employment layer is 86% of year-one spend on an international hire. 2026-08-24
- SOFTWARE PRICING · TIDIO · VIDEO Tidio Pricing in 2026: The Video Breakdown A 3:48 walkthrough of both Tidio pricing ladders, including the unedited exchange in which Tidio's own Lyro AI agent confirms the numbers we extracted. 2026-08-11
- SOFTWARE PRICING · TIDIO Tidio Pricing in 2026: What It Actually Costs at Your Volume The seven Growth steps behind the $59 headline, Lyro's flat $0.70 per AI conversation, what a resolution really costs once you use the right resolution rate, and the renewal behaviour worth planning around. 2026-08-07
- COMPLIANCE · WORKER CLASSIFICATION What Worker Misclassification Actually Costs (2026) The four simultaneous liability layers — IRC §3509 employment tax, doubled FLSA wage claims, per-worker state penalties, benefits restitution — with a computed worked example and the 2026 US/EU regulatory split. 2026-08-07
- LOCAL MARKET · BRAZIL How to Hire Employees in Brazil (2026): Cost, Compliance & EOR What it really costs to employ someone under the CLT, the eSocial compliance machine, the pejotização contractor trap, and where the EOR-vs-entity line crosses. 2026-06-05