FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Clear answers about wallet credit, usage, subscriptions, and how Tycoon charges for work.
Does Tycoon replace Drift?
Not directly. Drift is a mature conversational marketing platform with a chat widget, AI qualification, meeting booking, and ABM routing — purpose-built for B2B marketing teams with inbound traffic. Tycoon is an AI team for running a whole company. We overlap maybe 5% — Tycoon's AI Head of Sales can respond to inbound emails or form fills, but we don't run a website chat widget with live handoff to humans. If your pain is website qualification, use Drift. If your pain is running a whole company, use Tycoon.
Can Tycoon respond to inbound leads from my website?
Yes, via form integrations and email connectors. The AI Head of Sales can receive a form submission via webhook, research the company, write a personalized response, book a meeting via Calendly, and log the whole thing in your CRM. What it doesn't do is live in-page chat with the visitor while they're still on your site — that's Drift's widget experience and we don't replicate it. For async inbound handling, Tycoon is enough; for real-time 'visitor chatting right now', use Drift.
What does Drift cost?
Drift (now Salesloft-owned) doesn't list pricing publicly but typical data points start at $2,500 per month for Drift Premium, with Advanced and Enterprise tiers at $5K-$10K+ per month depending on volume and features. Annual contracts. Tycoon is $50-$500 per month usage-based. For a mature marketing team, Drift's ROI story makes sense at that price point. For an early-stage founder, the Drift floor is higher than the total cost of a Tycoon AI team.
What happened with Drift and Salesloft?
Vista Equity Partners merged Drift with Salesloft in early 2024 — Salesloft is the sales engagement platform, Drift is the conversational marketing piece. Under the combined company (now called Salesloft), Drift is positioned as the inbound conversational layer feeding into Salesloft's outbound/engagement stack. The product still exists as Drift but is increasingly marketed as part of the Salesloft platform. If you're shopping today, expect the Salesloft sales motion.
Should I use both?
Eventually, yes, at scale. A realistic path: Tycoon from day zero through $1-$5M ARR running the whole company. Hit the point where your marketing site gets meaningful traffic and you have an inside sales team, add Drift for inbound qualification routed to the human reps. Tycoon still runs marketing, product, ops, finance; Drift handles the specific 'visitor on site right now' moment. Clean separation.