How much would it cost you to get the programming tools necessary
| Software Tool | Purpose | Price | 
| ACT! SDK | Software Development Kit - utilities and functions to extend ACT! | Free | 
| dBase.com's dBase 7.5 | the best way to directly access with Goldmine files, and extract information | $499 | 
| Redstone Softbase's GoldBox | utilities for preparing Goldmine files for conversion | $195 | 
| Sequitter Codebase | ACT!'s native database format and engine | $395 | 
| Visual Studio - Microsoft | Visual Basic for script creation, and FoxPro for database manipulation | $549 | 
| Microsoft ODBC  | Open Data Base Connectivity, Universal Data Access | Included | 
| ZedTek's ZTreeWin | Direct byte level file manipulation and checking. ICC database expert Damon Corners' recommended database utility | $30 | 
| TOTAL | Software for performing Goldmine-ACT! Conversion yourself | $1,668 |