The coffee test
Add up what you spent on coffee this month. One drink a day at the shop down the street and you're past $100. One nice latte a week is about $25. Now here's the whole pitch: a month of FeedCrew Starter is $0 — and if you want to post four times a week instead of one, Pro is $19 a month, less than one of those lattes a week, and it keeps your business posting on Instagram and Facebook the entire month.
We don't say this to be cute. "I can't afford marketing" is the single most common reason small businesses go quiet online — and at coffee-money pricing, that reason quietly stops being true.
And the starting point isn't cheap — it's free. Five AI-written posts a month, no credit card, no expiry, for as long as you want them.
What every other option actually costs
Line the alternatives up next to a free month — or a $19 one:
- A local agency: $1,500–$5,000 a month. Often great work — priced for businesses that already have a marketing budget.
- A freelancer: $300–$1,200 a month, plus the hours you spend briefing and chasing them.
- A part-time hire: $20–$35 an hour, plus managing a person who will eventually move on.
- Doing it yourself: "free," but 4–8 hours a week. At even $40/hour for your own time, that's $640–$1,280 a month of your labor — the most expensive option on the list.
- FeedCrew: free for 5 posts a month, $19 for 30 — and roughly twelve minutes a week of approvals either way.
Why cheap doesn't mean worse here
The instinct is fair: usually, paying a tenth of the price gets you a tenth of the quality. That logic breaks when the savings come from automation instead of cut corners. An agency's bill is mostly human hours. When AI does the drafting, scheduling, and timing, those hours leave the bill — but the post that lands on your feed is still on-brand, well-written, and sent at the right time. You removed the labor cost, not the quality.
The return on a $19 bill
You don't need an analytics dashboard to see it. One post that reminds a regular you exist, one Mother's Day pre-order, one "still have some left at 3 p.m." that fills a slow afternoon — any single one covers a $19 month many times over. And consistency compounds: businesses that post 3–5 times a week stay top-of-mind for the moment a customer is finally ready to buy. That moment is worth a lot more than a coffee.
What you actually get
- AI captions written in your voice, learned from your website.
- A calendar pre-filled with the holidays your industry cares about.
- Instagram + Facebook publishing, on time, automatically.
- One-tap approval from your phone — you stay in control of every post.
How FeedCrew does it for coffee money
FeedCrew is the marketing crew for small business owners who'd otherwise do nothing. The AI reads your site, fills your next 90 days with drafts in your brand colors, and posts them after you approve. No agency retainer, no new hire, no blank calendar — just a steady presence, free to start and about a coffee a week if you want more of it.
Start on the free plan. No credit card. Then go buy the latte anyway.