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SALESFORCE ALTERNATIVE

Replace Salesforce with a CRM you own.

Every other Salesforce alternative is just another subscription. This one puts you in control of what you pay and how it works — built for exactly how your team sells.

Backed byAntler

No per-seat fees, ever

Your code and data, fully yours

Up to 70% less than your software bill

BUILT FOR YOUR TEAM

Sales teamsService firmsAgenciesField salesOperationsSmall business

THE PROBLEM

You're not alone.

Why teams are switching to Salesforce alternatives.

now every renewal just hurts and the worst part is we barely use half of what we pay for.

r/smallbusinessReddit

I'm about to cut $300k in annual licensing from them in January. Looking forward to it.

r/salesforceReddit

They are quick to add-on costs and very slow to respond to reduce licenses.

r/salesforceReddit

If you already know how your team actually works, there's a real argument for building your own system around that from the start.

r/CRMReddit

…We were a Salesforce customer for 10 years, we are working on getting out now, price increases are not worth it, plus the constant push for upgrading, and the need to upgrade to get full/more usage…

r/salesforceReddit

now every renewal just hurts and the worst part is we barely use half of what we pay for.

r/smallbusinessReddit

I'm about to cut $300k in annual licensing from them in January. Looking forward to it.

r/salesforceReddit

They are quick to add-on costs and very slow to respond to reduce licenses.

r/salesforceReddit

If you already know how your team actually works, there's a real argument for building your own system around that from the start.

r/CRMReddit

…We were a Salesforce customer for 10 years, we are working on getting out now, price increases are not worth it, plus the constant push for upgrading, and the need to upgrade to get full/more usage…

r/salesforceReddit

now every renewal just hurts and the worst part is we barely use half of what we pay for.

r/smallbusinessReddit

I'm about to cut $300k in annual licensing from them in January. Looking forward to it.

r/salesforceReddit

They are quick to add-on costs and very slow to respond to reduce licenses.

r/salesforceReddit

If you already know how your team actually works, there's a real argument for building your own system around that from the start.

r/CRMReddit

…We were a Salesforce customer for 10 years, we are working on getting out now, price increases are not worth it, plus the constant push for upgrading, and the need to upgrade to get full/more usage…

r/salesforceReddit

now every renewal just hurts and the worst part is we barely use half of what we pay for.

r/smallbusinessReddit

I'm about to cut $300k in annual licensing from them in January. Looking forward to it.

r/salesforceReddit

They are quick to add-on costs and very slow to respond to reduce licenses.

r/salesforceReddit

If you already know how your team actually works, there's a real argument for building your own system around that from the start.

r/CRMReddit

…We were a Salesforce customer for 10 years, we are working on getting out now, price increases are not worth it, plus the constant push for upgrading, and the need to upgrade to get full/more usage…

r/salesforceReddit

As a W2 employee in the corporate world, we used … and took 2+ years and $1.8M to launch.

r/smallbusinessReddit

Salesforce support has been abysmal ever since they had those big layoffs a few years ago. I dread submitting cases because I know they're not actually going to help much

r/salesforceReddit

Salesforce was a fine product that's overpriced, with terrible support and sales people. And then they stopped investing in the product so that's also full of half baked ideas…

r/salesforceReddit

Even though it's supposed to be turn key we spent a million bucks customizing it to our business. So now we're locked in.

r/salesforceReddit

As a W2 employee in the corporate world, we used … and took 2+ years and $1.8M to launch.

r/smallbusinessReddit

Salesforce support has been abysmal ever since they had those big layoffs a few years ago. I dread submitting cases because I know they're not actually going to help much

r/salesforceReddit

Salesforce was a fine product that's overpriced, with terrible support and sales people. And then they stopped investing in the product so that's also full of half baked ideas…

r/salesforceReddit

Even though it's supposed to be turn key we spent a million bucks customizing it to our business. So now we're locked in.

r/salesforceReddit

As a W2 employee in the corporate world, we used … and took 2+ years and $1.8M to launch.

r/smallbusinessReddit

Salesforce support has been abysmal ever since they had those big layoffs a few years ago. I dread submitting cases because I know they're not actually going to help much

r/salesforceReddit

Salesforce was a fine product that's overpriced, with terrible support and sales people. And then they stopped investing in the product so that's also full of half baked ideas…

r/salesforceReddit

Even though it's supposed to be turn key we spent a million bucks customizing it to our business. So now we're locked in.

r/salesforceReddit

As a W2 employee in the corporate world, we used … and took 2+ years and $1.8M to launch.

r/smallbusinessReddit

Salesforce support has been abysmal ever since they had those big layoffs a few years ago. I dread submitting cases because I know they're not actually going to help much

r/salesforceReddit

Salesforce was a fine product that's overpriced, with terrible support and sales people. And then they stopped investing in the product so that's also full of half baked ideas…

r/salesforceReddit

Even though it's supposed to be turn key we spent a million bucks customizing it to our business. So now we're locked in.

r/salesforceReddit

Per-seat pricing punishes growth

Your bill climbs every time you hire.

The consultant tax

Even small changes wait on a paid consultant.

Bloated, and not built for you

You pay for the whole platform and use a sliver.

THE SHIFT

Renting Salesforce vs. owning your CRM.

No consultants. No per-seat fees. Just a CRM that's yours.

Salesforce logoOld model — Renting Salesforce
  • Needs paid consultants to set up and change
  • Overkill features you'll never fully use
  • The price jumps every renewal
  • 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

HOW IT WORKS

A proven head start, then it's yours.

Real engineering behind it. Your choice: hands-on or done-for-you.

1

Start from the right base

Start from a proven template with Salesforce's core features — one of ours, a proven open-source base, or built from scratch. An expert-built head start, not a blank page.

2

Make it yours

Customize it to your exact workflow — build the features yourself in plain English, or hand it to our engineering team. Either way you get engineering support along the way.

3

Own it for good

The finished software is yours — code, data, and a setup built around your workflow. Customize it anytime, and we can keep it running for you.

BUILT FOR YOUR PROCESS

Shaped around exactly how you work.

Sales teams

Leads, deals, and forecasts tracked your way — not buried in features you'll never touch.

Service firms

Clients, jobs, and follow-ups in a tool shaped around how your firm actually delivers.

Agencies

New business and live work in one place, with the fields and steps your team really uses.

Operations

Your day-to-day process, built in — without paying experts to bend a giant platform.

Salesforce alternative — your questions, answered.

It's too much. Salesforce is big and complex, most teams use only a slice of it, and it usually takes a paid consultant to set up and change. They leave because it's far more tool — and more cost — than the way they actually work.
More than the license. You pay for every person, then pay again for the experts who set it up and change it. An owned CRM is one build that you keep — no charge per person and no consultant on retainer. Customers have cut their total software bill by up to 70%.
With Salesforce, often yes. With Founding.dev, no. We build your CRM for you and hand it over ready to use. You can change it later by typing what you need in plain words.
Yes. You export your contacts, deals, and records from Salesforce. We rebuild your process and load your data in. You can run both side by side until you're happy, then switch.
Cheaper rentals exist, but you're still renting — paying for every person, with the tool on someone else's servers. Owning your CRM removes the per-person meter and the platform you never keep.
They are all still rentals. You pay for every person, and the tool lives on their servers. Owning your CRM is a different path — built for you, kept by you. See the other tools we replace on our SaaS alternatives page.
Fill out the short form on Get started — who you are, your company size, the tools you want to replace, and a bit about how your team works. With that, we line up a base template that fits before we talk. On the call, we walk you through that template, look at your current stack, and show what replacing Salesforce — and anything else you're overpaying for — would look like.
You're not starting from scratch or doing it alone. You begin on proven code, and you can hand us hosting and maintenance for one flat fee. It's there if you want it, and you own the result either way.
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.

STOP RENTING. START OWNING.

Own your CRM.

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