Founding.dev

SAAS REPLACEMENT PLATFORM

The Last Software You'll Ever Pay For.

Stop paying per-seat subscriptions for software. Use our AI-Driven SaaS replacement platform to replace expensive, bloated SaaS with software you own — starting from high-performance templates.

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Backed byAntler

Up to 70% savings

Custom for how your business operates

You own the code & data

REPLACE EXPENSIVE SAAS LIKE

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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.

Upfront cost

Legacy SaaS (Renting): Little to start

Dev Shop (Hiring): Expensive to build

founding.dev (Owning): One-time build, from a proven template

Monthly cost

Legacy SaaS (Renting): Per-seat — climbs as you hire

Dev Shop (Hiring): Ongoing maintenance retainer

founding.dev (Owning): Optional flat fee — no per-seat

Customization

Legacy SaaS (Renting): Fit your work to the tool

Dev Shop (Hiring): Custom — but billed per change

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

Ownership (code & data)

Legacy SaaS (Renting): None — you rent access

Dev Shop (Hiring): Usually yours — check the contract

founding.dev (Owning): 100% yours — code, data, infra

Security

Legacy SaaS (Renting): Their servers, their rules

Dev Shop (Hiring): Depends on the build

founding.dev (Owning): Bank-level, on your infra

Vendor lock-in

Legacy SaaS (Renting): Slow, manual export

Dev Shop (Hiring): Depends on code access

founding.dev (Owning): Cancel anytime, keep everything

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.

SaaS Replacement — Your Questions Answered

It's a way to replace the SaaS tools you rent with custom software you actually own. Instead of paying per-seat subscriptions forever, you start from a proven template, tailor it to how your business works, and own the code, data, and infrastructure. Founding.dev is an AI-driven SaaS replacement platform built for exactly that.
SaaS is rented — you pay per seat every month, the bill climbs as you hire, and you never own it. With Founding.dev you pay once to build it and an optional flat fee to run it, with no per-seat pricing, and the software is yours to keep.
Most expensive, bloated SaaS — CRM, e-signatures, scheduling, forms, project management, and more (think Salesforce, DocuSign, Calendly, Jira). Browse the SaaS alternatives by category, or tell us what you're overpaying for and we start from the closest proven template.
Usually, yes. Owning software instead of renting it drops the per-seat fees and typically cuts software spend by up to 70%. You pay a one-time build fee plus an optional flat fee to run it — priced per company, not per user.
You keep everything. The code, the data, and the infrastructure are yours, hosted wherever you choose. There's no lock-in and nothing held hostage — cancel the optional maintenance anytime and keep it all.
No. You start from a production-ready template our engineering team already built, then change it yourself in plain English — or hand it to our team. There's no dev shop to hire and no engineers to staff afterward.
You're not starting from a blank page or going it alone. You begin on proven code, customize from there, and can hand us hosting and maintenance for one flat fee. You own the result either way.
Yes. Every build ships with bank-level encryption, audit trails, and SSO, and it's compliance-ready (HIPAA, SOC 2, eIDAS where relevant). Your data stays under your control and is never used to train AI models.
Both, in practice. Founding.dev is the platform — proven templates, AI customization, and the editor. Behind it is a real engineering team that does SaaS replacement development for you when you'd rather hand it off. Either way, you own what gets built.
Fill out the short form on Get started — who you are, your company size, and the tools you want to replace. We line up a base template that fits, then walk you through it on a call and show what replacing your stack would look like.

READY TO BUILD?

Ready to replace your first tool?

Stop hiring dev shops. Start using the founding.dev platform to build your own software.

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