HVAC BUSINESS MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE

HVAC software that works your way — and you own it.

ServiceTitan and Housecall Pro charge per tech, lock you into contracts, and change the app under your feet. Founding.dev is the AI-Driven SaaS replacement platform that builds your dispatch, quoting, and invoicing around how your shop actually runs — starting from high-performance templates.

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Save up to 70%

Built for your trucks, techs, and price book

You own the code & data

REPLACE EXPENSIVE HVAC SOFTWARE LIKE

The shift

Owning your software no longer means maintaining it.

The Old Model

Rent SaaS

Pay for bloated features you never use
Bend your workflow to fit their product
Per-seat pricing that's anti-growth
Price hikes you can't control

Build with a Devshop

High maintenance cost — forever your burden
Expensive to build, and takes time — lots of back-and-forth
Every change is a new invoice

The New Model

With

Founding.dev

You own everything — code, data, and infrastructure
One flat price. No per seat.
Change it in plain English, anytime
Bank-level security, built in.
We build it and run it — the maintenance isn't on you

Replace or Build Software

How it works

Tell us what to replace or build

Replacing an expensive, bloated SaaS — or building something brand-new for your team? Either way, just tell us what it needs to do and who it's for.

We build it around your workflow

Start from a proven, expertly built template. You can customize further with our editor in plain English, or let our engineers handle it.

You own it. We can run it.

The code and data are yours to keep. Want it managed? We host, update, and maintain it for one flat price — or run it yourself.

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SIDE BY SIDE

Renting vs. Hiring vs. Owning

The cost, control, and ownership trade-offs — line by line.

Comparison of renting legacy HVAC SaaS, hiring a dev shop, and owning your HVAC business management software with founding.dev.
Feature	Legacy HVAC SaaS	Dev Shop	founding.devYou own it
Monthly cost	Per tech, per month — plus add-ons for phones, marketing, payments	Expensive to build; every change is a new invoice	One-time build + optional flat fee. Unlimited techs
Customization	Their workflow, their forms, their app updates	Custom — but billed per change	Custom — change it yourself, in plain English
Ownership & data	Your job history lives on their servers	Usually yours — check the contract	Yours outright: code, data, infrastructure
Scaling cost	Hire a tech, pay the software more	New features = new invoices	Add techs and CSRs free
Vendor lock-in	Multi-year contracts; data export is slow and manual	Low — but you depend on their availability	None. Leave anytime, keep everything
Setup	Months of onboarding and retraining	Long back-and-forth builds	Starts from a proven template, shaped to your shop
Maintenance	Included — until the forced upgrade	Forever your problem	Optional: we run it for one flat price
Security	Shared platform, their audit trail	Depends on the shop	Bank-level encryption, audit trails, SSO built in

Monthly cost

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Per tech, per month — plus add-ons for phones, marketing, payments

Dev Shop: Expensive to build; every change is a new invoice

founding.dev: One-time build + optional flat fee. Unlimited techs

Customization

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Their workflow, their forms, their app updates

Dev Shop: Custom — but billed per change

founding.dev: Custom — change it yourself, in plain English

Ownership & data

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Your job history lives on their servers

Dev Shop: Usually yours — check the contract

founding.dev: Yours outright: code, data, infrastructure

Scaling cost

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Hire a tech, pay the software more

Dev Shop: New features = new invoices

founding.dev: Add techs and CSRs free

Vendor lock-in

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Multi-year contracts; data export is slow and manual

Dev Shop: Low — but you depend on their availability

founding.dev: None. Leave anytime, keep everything

Setup

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Months of onboarding and retraining

Dev Shop: Long back-and-forth builds

founding.dev: Starts from a proven template, shaped to your shop

Maintenance

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Included — until the forced upgrade

Dev Shop: Forever your problem

founding.dev: Optional: we run it for one flat price

Security

Legacy HVAC SaaS: Shared platform, their audit trail

Dev Shop: Depends on the shop

founding.dev: Bank-level encryption, audit trails, SSO built in

Real savings

$30K $8.8K a year

A public-adjusting firm cut its software bill by about 70% — 150+ users, zero per-seat fees — by owning its software instead of renting it.

HVAC Business Management Software — Your Questions Answered

It runs the office side of your shop: scheduling and dispatch, quotes, invoicing, memberships, price book, and reporting. The difference is whether you rent it per tech — or own it.

ServiceTitan charges for every technician, every month, before add-ons — and holds you to multi-year terms. We build your system once. Unlimited techs, one optional flat fee if you want us to run it.

Both, usually. Big-shop SaaS makes small shops pay for bloat. Owning used to mean a dev shop budget — templates changed that. You get exactly the features your shop uses.

Nothing. You own the code and the data. Cancel the optional maintenance anytime and keep everything.

Yes — tell us how your board, agreements, and pricing work and we build them in, with the field app your techs need.

No. We build it and can run it for you. Changes happen in plain English — our team helps whenever you want.

We start from engineered templates that already run real service businesses, then shape them to yours. You're not paying anyone to start from a blank page.

Yes — bank-level encryption, backups, audit trails, and single sign-on come built in.

Tell us what you're replacing at founding.dev/get-started.

READY TO BUILD?

Ready to stop paying per tech?

Free trial — no commitment · You own the code & data · Cancel anytime, keep everything