Hey HN, and I run a 12-person e-commerce business. Like many of you, I was drowning in SaaS subscriptions—Salesforce for CRM, QuickBooks for accounting, Trello for projects, Zendesk for support, plus a patchwork of spreadsheets and half-baked integrations. It was expensive, messy, and worst of all, nothing talked to each other.
The Breaking Point
Last quarter, my operations manager quit—partly because she spent 20 hours a week manually copying data between systems. Our CFO missed a cash flow crisis because QuickBooks and our inventory system showed different numbers. And our sales team? They were still updating deals in Google Sheets because Salesforce was too clunky.
I knew there had to be a better way.
Enter Barawave
A fellow founder recommended Barawave, an AI-powered ERP & CRM that promised to replace our entire stack. Skeptical but desperate, I tried it. Here’s what changed:
No More Tab Hell
AI CRM auto-logged calls, tracked deals, and even drafted personalized emails (our sales team cried tears of joy).
Smart ERP synced real-time financials, inventory, and orders—no more reconciling spreadsheets at midnight.
The AI That Actually Works
Instead of digging through reports, I just asked: “Why did Q3 revenue drop?” and got an instant breakdown—turns out a shipping delay killed 12% of our upsells.
The “Opportunity Radar” flagged our most at-risk customers before they churned (we saved a $50k account the same day).
Time & Money Saved
Cut SaaS costs by 30% (bye-bye, $1,500/month in redundant tools).
Regained 15+ hours/week by automating manual data entry.
22% more upsells thanks to AI-driven recommendations.
The Ugly Truth
It wasn’t perfect. Migrating data took effort, and some team members resisted change (RIP, Trello loyalists). But within a month, even our skeptical CFO admitted: “This is how software should work.”
Try It Yourself
If you’re tired of:
Paying for 10 tools that don’t integrate
Guessing why metrics changed
Playing data janitor instead of growing your business
johngai•9mo ago
The Breaking Point Last quarter, my operations manager quit—partly because she spent 20 hours a week manually copying data between systems. Our CFO missed a cash flow crisis because QuickBooks and our inventory system showed different numbers. And our sales team? They were still updating deals in Google Sheets because Salesforce was too clunky.
I knew there had to be a better way.
Enter Barawave A fellow founder recommended Barawave, an AI-powered ERP & CRM that promised to replace our entire stack. Skeptical but desperate, I tried it. Here’s what changed:
No More Tab Hell
AI CRM auto-logged calls, tracked deals, and even drafted personalized emails (our sales team cried tears of joy).
Smart ERP synced real-time financials, inventory, and orders—no more reconciling spreadsheets at midnight.
The AI That Actually Works
Instead of digging through reports, I just asked: “Why did Q3 revenue drop?” and got an instant breakdown—turns out a shipping delay killed 12% of our upsells.
The “Opportunity Radar” flagged our most at-risk customers before they churned (we saved a $50k account the same day).
Time & Money Saved
Cut SaaS costs by 30% (bye-bye, $1,500/month in redundant tools).
Regained 15+ hours/week by automating manual data entry.
22% more upsells thanks to AI-driven recommendations.
The Ugly Truth It wasn’t perfect. Migrating data took effort, and some team members resisted change (RIP, Trello loyalists). But within a month, even our skeptical CFO admitted: “This is how software should work.”
Try It Yourself If you’re tired of:
Paying for 10 tools that don’t integrate
Guessing why metrics changed
Playing data janitor instead of growing your business