
Manage Your Communications Budget So It Won't Manage You: A, B, C-Tier Allocations for 2026
Every comms budget that survives 2026 splits into four buckets — fixed, variable, measurement, crisis reserve. Working allocations across A-tier (Salesforce, HubSpot, Adobe), B-tier (Mercury, Ramp, Linear, Magic Spoon, Olipop, Mejuri), and C-tier (Resend, PostHog, Plain, Topicals, Vacation Inc.).









