SAAS ALTERNATIVES

Own your software
instead of renting it.

These are SaaS alternatives you own, not rent. The tools below charge you again for every person, every month — and your data sits on their servers. We replace them with custom software that's yours: the code, the data, all of it — that's our SaaS replacement platform at work.

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Renting costs you more than money.

Ownership

Your code, your data, your setup. When you leave, you take all of it.

Lower cost

One flat price for the whole company. No fee per person. Up to 70% less.

Built for you

Tell us what you need. The fields, steps, and workflows that power your business.

Safe by default

Strong encryption, audit trails, and single sign-on come built in.

THE SHIFT

Owning your software no longer
means maintaining it.

Two paths businesses take today — and the one that ends with you owning the result.

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, 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

There's a third option: own it.

Buying rents you a tool that never quite fits and never becomes yours. Building from scratch is slow and costly. Owning is the path in between — built around your work, and yours to keep. That's custom software for small business without the dev shop.

01

Start from a proven template

You don't start from a blank page. We begin from the same foundations our own products run on.

02

Shape it to your work

Tell us what you need in plain words. The fields, steps, and screens match how your business runs — our team helps, or we build the whole thing.

03

Own it for good

You keep the code, the data, and where it runs. We keep it running for one flat fee. Leave anytime and keep everything.

WHAT WE REPLACE

Browse the SaaS alternatives you can own instead.

Per-seat pricing punishes you for growing, and the free plans are a trial in disguise. Pick the tool you'd rather own outright — each page shows what you'd save.

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Pipedrive

Own a Pipedrive alternative built around your workflow.

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Salesforce

Own a Salesforce alternative built around your workflow.

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HubSpot

Own a HubSpot alternative built around your workflow.

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Zoho

Own a Zoho alternative built around your workflow.

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ServiceTitan

Own a ServiceTitan alternative built around your workflow.

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Jobber

Own a Jobber alternative built around your workflow.

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Housecall Pro

Own a Housecall Pro alternative built around your workflow.

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Retool

Own a Retool alternative built around your workflow.

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QuickBooks

Own a QuickBooks alternative built around your workflow.

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Kaseya

Own a Kaseya alternative built around your workflow.

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ConnectWise

Own a ConnectWise alternative built around your workflow.

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Datto

Own a Datto alternative built around your workflow.

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Jira

Own a Jira alternative built around your workflow.

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ADP

Own a ADP alternative built around your workflow.

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Klaviyo

Own a Klaviyo alternative built around your workflow.

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ALREADY BUILT, READY TO OWN

Our own products show what
owning looks like.

These are live tools you can try today — the same kind of software we build for you to own.

DocuSigne-SignaturesGoSign↗Replaces DocuSignSign and send unlimited documents. Own it, no fee per person.
CalendlySchedulingKalendar↗Replaces CalendlyBooking pages for the whole team, with no fee per person.
TypeformFormsOnForm↗Replaces TypeformBuild and share forms without per-response caps.
BambooHRHRHRMSoonReplaces BambooHRRun your people and HR in a tool you own. Coming soon.

Owning your software — your questions, answered.

You get the code, the data, and the setup — and you keep them. The tool runs without paying a rental forever, and nothing is held on someone else's servers. When you leave, you take everything with you.
Most tools charge you again for every person, every month. That bill climbs every time you hire. Owning your software is one build that you keep. Customers have cut their total software bill by up to 70%.
It charges you again for every person you add, so the bill grows exactly when you do. Owning your software is one flat price for the whole company — hiring never raises it, and there's no seat math to manage.
Buying rents you a tool that never quite fits and never becomes yours. Building from scratch is slow and expensive. Owning is the path in between: you start from a proven template, shape it to your work, and keep the code and data for good.
No. You start from a proven template our team already built. You can change it by typing what you need in plain words, our team can help, or we can build the whole thing for you. There is no team to hire.
With rented tools, you lose access — your data lives on their servers. When you own your software, the code and the data are yours. You can stop paying for maintenance anytime and still keep everything, up and running.
Yes. Every build comes with strong encryption, audit trails, and single sign-on from day one. Safety is built in, not a paid extra. Your data stays yours and is never used to train AI.
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overpaying for.

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