Founding.dev

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE FOR SMALL LANDLORDS

Property management software you own — not rent by the unit.

AppFolio and Buildium charge you for every door, every month — and set minimums that punish small portfolios. Founding.dev is the AI-Driven SaaS replacement platform that builds property management software around your portfolio, starting from high-performance templates. You own it.

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Backed byAntler

Save up to 70%

Built around your doors, tenants, and workflows

You own the code & data

REPLACE EXPENSIVE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE LIKE

AppFolioBuildiumYardiTenantCloudQuickBooksDocuSign
AppFolioBuildiumYardiTenantCloudQuickBooksDocuSign
AppFolioBuildiumYardiTenantCloudQuickBooksDocuSign
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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

1

Sign up

Create an account with Google or GitHub. You land in the builder.

2

Choose a template

Choose a template that matches the SaaS you're replacing, or start something new for your team.

3

Make it yours

Change it to fit how you work. Build in plain English or let our engineers handle it. The code and data are yours.

Start replacing

SIDE BY SIDE

Renting vs. Hiring vs. Owning

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

Monthly cost

Legacy PM SaaS: Per unit, per month — with monthly minimums even for small portfolios

Dev Shop: Expensive to build; maintenance is your burden forever

founding.dev: One-time build + optional flat fee. No per-unit charges

Customization

Legacy PM SaaS: Your workflow bends to their product

Dev Shop: Custom — but billed per change

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

Ownership & data

Legacy PM SaaS: Their servers, their rules. Leave and start over

Dev Shop: Usually yours — check the contract

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

Scaling cost

Legacy PM SaaS: Every new door raises the bill

Dev Shop: New features = new invoices

founding.dev: Add doors and users free

Vendor lock-in

Legacy PM SaaS: Data export is slow and manual

Dev Shop: Low — but you depend on their availability

founding.dev: None. Leave anytime, keep everything

Setup

Legacy PM SaaS: Weeks of onboarding into their structure

Dev Shop: Long back-and-forth builds

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

Maintenance

Legacy PM SaaS: Included — until the price hike

Dev Shop: Forever your problem

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

Security

Legacy PM SaaS: Shared platform, their audit trail

Dev Shop: Depends on the shop

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

Property Management Software for Small Landlords — Your Questions Answered

The best software is the one that fits how you actually manage — your lease terms, your maintenance flow, your reports. Rented tools like AppFolio and Buildium make small landlords fit their structure and pay per unit for it. An owned system is built around your portfolio and costs the same whether you have 20 doors or 500.
They charge for every unit, every month, plus minimums and add-ons. We build you the system once. After that there are no per-unit fees — one optional flat price if you want us to run it.
Free tools cap units, features, or support — they're trials in disguise. Owning your software gives you the full feature set without a meter on it.
Nothing. You own the code, the data, and the infrastructure. Cancel the optional maintenance anytime and keep everything.
Yes — tell us the workflows your business runs on and we build them in: tenant portals, rent tracking, maintenance queues, and the reports you actually send owners.
No. We build it and can run it for you. Want a change? Say it in plain English — our team is there when you need them.
It was, when it meant a dev shop and a blank page. We start from proven, engineered templates that already run real businesses, then shape them to yours.
Yes — bank-level encryption, backups, audit trails, and single sign-on come built in.
Tell us what you want to replace or build at founding.dev/get-started.

READY TO BUILD?

Ready to stop paying per door?

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