Case Study · Florida Public Adjuster
A Florida public adjuster stopped renting its software.
See how a 150-person public adjusting firm replaced its per-seat SaaS stack with tools it owns — and cut its software bill by 70.4%.
The Hidden Cost
A vendor tax on every signature and every photo.
The firm was paying per-envelope and per-seat fees on tools it had no choice but to keep — costs that scaled against its own growth.
→ replacedThe signature tax
Per-envelope pricing that scales against you. The more claims the firm closed, the more it paid — a toll on its own growth.
Replaced with custom e-sign · $0 marginal cost
→ replacedThe field-reporting tax
A per-seat model for field photos and reports that punishes hiring. Scaling to 150 users meant 150× the fee, not 150× the output.
Replaced with custom field hub · $0 per seatHard Numbers
The math on owning vs. renting.
Two SaaS tools, $30k a year — replaced by software the firm owns outright.
| Tool / Metric | Legacy SaaS | Founding.dev buildYou own it |
|---|---|---|
| DocuSign (e-sign) | $15,000 / yr | Included |
| CompanyCam (field reporting) | $15,000 / yr | Included |
| Total annual spend | $30,000 / yr | $8,800 / yr |
| Cost per extra user | Per-seat fee | $0 |
| Annual savings | — | $21,200 (70.4%) |
| You own the software | No | Yes |
DocuSign (e-sign)
Legacy SaaS: $15,000 / yr
Founding.dev build: Included
CompanyCam (field reporting)
Legacy SaaS: $15,000 / yr
Founding.dev build: Included
Total annual spend
Legacy SaaS: $30,000 / yr
Founding.dev build: $8,800 / yr
Cost per extra user
Legacy SaaS: Per-seat fee
Founding.dev build: $0
Annual savings
Legacy SaaS: —
Founding.dev build: $21,200 (70.4%)
You own the software
Legacy SaaS: No
Founding.dev build: Yes
THE SHIFT
Renting your stack vs. owning it.
The firm stopped paying a toll on every signature and seat — and started owning the software outright.
- Per-envelope and per-seat fees that climb as you grow
- You pay more the more work you do
- Built for the vendor's roadmap, not your field process
- You never actually own it
New model — Founding.dev
- You own everything — code, data, and infrastructure
- One flat price. No per-seat.
- Change how it works anytime
- Bank-level security, built in.
- We build it, and we can run it for you, too
The Solution
What we built instead.
One platform the firm owns, shaped around how it actually works — not a stack of subscriptions shaped around the vendors' pricing.
Custom e-sign
A fully branded e-signature tool. No per-envelope fees, no lock-in — every signature is a company asset.
Field reporting hub
Photo capture, tagging, and job reporting built around how the firm actually works in the field.
Unified operations hub
One internal platform tying e-sign, field data, and project tracking together — no more juggling five tools.
Stop renting. Start owning.
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