1. Enter Orbio
2. One Platform, Not Twelve
3. The Math That Made Us Do This
4. Why AI Changed the Economics
5. We're Just Getting Started
6. Try It Free for Two Months

We Replaced Our SaaS Spend With One Tool — and It Costs $5/Month

At Wakeflow, we used to pay for a CRM. A separate invoicing tool. A help desk. Meeting scheduling software. E-signature platform. Time tracking. Leave management. Form builders. The list went on, and so did the invoices.

Every month, we'd watch over a thousand dollars drain out across a patchwork of subscriptions — each solving one narrow problem, none of them talking to each other particularly well, and all of them charging per user per month like it was 2015 and that was the only business model anyone had ever heard of.

So we decided to stop complaining about it and start building.

Enter Orbio

Orbio is the platform we built to run Wakeflow. It started as a simple CRM — contacts, companies, deals, pipelines — because that's where the pain was sharpest. But once we had a foundation, we kept asking the same question: why are we paying for a separate tool to do this?

Turns out, the answer was usually "no good reason."

So we kept building. And with AI dramatically accelerating how fast a small team can ship production-quality software, what would have taken years now took months. Feature after feature, we rolled functionality into Orbio that previously lived across half a dozen different subscriptions.

One Platform, Not Twelve

Today, Orbio handles everything we used to spread across our entire SaaS stack:

• CRM & Sales — Contacts, companies, deals, and customizable pipelines give us full visibility over every relationship and opportunity. No more switching between tabs to figure out where a deal stands.

• Conversations & Live Chat — A built-in messaging system with a website chat widget means we handle customer conversations right where we manage everything else. No more paying for a separate live chat tool.

• Ticketing — Customer issues get tracked and resolved inside the same platform where we already have all the context. No more copy-pasting between a help desk and a CRM.

• Invoicing — We create and send invoices directly from Orbio. The client's details, deal history, and payment status all live in one place.

• E-Signatures — Contracts and agreements get signed without leaving the platform. No more $30/month e-sign subscriptions for a feature that should just be built in.

• Meeting Scheduling — Clients book time with us through Orbio's meeting links. It syncs with our calendars. It just works.

• Call Recordings — Meetings get recorded and stored alongside the contact and deal records they relate to.

• Forms & Templates — Lead capture forms, email templates — all the operational tools a growing business needs, without the operational tax of managing them in separate apps.

• Workflows & Automation — We automate repetitive processes directly in Orbio. When a deal moves to a new stage, things happen. No Zapier required.

• Calendar — Integrated scheduling that ties events to contacts, deals, and the rest of our workflow.

• Custom Objects — When the standard data model isn't enough, we extend it. Orbio adapts to how we work, not the other way around.

• AI Assistant — An AI layer baked into the platform that helps us work faster across everything we do inside Orbio.

And then there's the internal operations side:

• Time Tracking, Leave Management, and Hiring — The tools we need to run the team are in the same place where we run the business. One login. One platform. One bill.

The Math That Made Us Do This

Here's the rough reality of what a typical small team pays for SaaS tools every month:

• A CRM will run you $50–100/user.
• Help desk software, another $25–50/user.
• E-signatures, $25–40/month.
• Meeting scheduling, $10–15/user.
• Live chat, $20–50/month.
• Invoicing, $15–30/month.
• Time tracking, $10–15/user.
• Form builders, $25–50/month.

Throw in automation tools and you're easily north of $200/user/month just to run a normal business.

Orbio replaces all of that. For $5/user/month.

That's half the price of a single SaaS tool. And you get the functionality of a dozen of them.

Why AI Changed the Economics

This wouldn't have been possible even a few months ago. Building software of this scope used to require massive engineering teams and years of runway. AI has fundamentally changed that equation.

We used AI throughout the development process — not as a gimmick feature, but as a force multiplier that let a small team build and ship at a pace that would have been unthinkable before. That speed advantage translates directly into cost savings we pass on through pricing.

The AI assistant built into Orbio itself is another expression of this philosophy. Instead of bolting AI onto legacy software and charging a premium for it, we built it in from the start. It's not an add-on. It's just how Orbio works.

We're Just Getting Started

Here's the thing about building your own platform: you never stop improving it. Orbio is already the backbone of how we run Wakeflow, and every week it gets better.

We have a public feature request board where users tell us what they need. We ship fast. We iterate constantly. The roadmap is driven by real usage from real businesses — including our own.

The features you see today are just the foundation. We're going to keep adding functionality, keep replacing more of the bloated SaaS stack that small businesses are drowning in, and keep doing it at a price point that doesn't make you question your life choices during budget season.

Try It Free for Two Months

We know switching tools is a commitment, so we're making it easy. Orbio is $5/user/month — already a fraction of what you're probably paying now — but if you sign up through the link below, you get it free for not one, but two full months.

No credit card tricks. No "starter plan" that's missing everything useful. The full platform, free for 60 days.

Get two months free → orbio.one/refer/REVYUI

So join us on this mission to make SaaS affordable and tell us what you need - we'll build it.

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