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ZOHO ALTERNATIVE

The Zoho alternative you own, not rent.

Most Zoho alternatives just rent you the software. We build one tool you own — shaped around how you work, not a suite you stitch together, on one flat price with no fee per person.

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No fee per person, ever

Your code and data, fully yours

Up to 70% less than your software bill

ONE TOOL FOR YOUR BUSINESS

AgenciesService firmsField salesConsultantsOperationsSmall business

THE PROBLEM

Why teams outgrow Zoho.

Zoho is cheap to start. Then your business grows, and you end up with a pile of separate apps to run it — each one priced per person, each one a little different to use. You bolt on tools and custom setups to make them fit together. Most teams don't leave because Zoho is bad. They leave because running their business across a sprawling, rented suite stopped being worth it.

You hit the complexity wall

Zoho is many separate apps. As you grow, you're stitching screens together and the setup gets tangled.

Growing costs you more

Each app is priced per person. Add people or add apps, and the bill climbs from every direction.

You never own it

Your whole stack and your data sit on Zoho's servers. Stop paying and you lose access to all of it.

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 a proven template

The same kind of foundation our own products run on. A real head start, not a blank page.

2

Make it yours

Tell us what you need in plain words. Our team helps, or we build the whole thing for you.

3

Own it for good

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

THE SHIFT

Renting Zoho vs. owning your software.

No fee per person. No suite to stitch together. Just one tool that's yours.

Zoho logoOld model — Renting Zoho
  • Needs a developer to make it fit
  • Setup becomes a part-time job
  • A sprawl of apps, each per person
  • Stop paying, lose it all

New model — 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

BUILT FOR YOUR BUSINESS

Shaped around how your business runs.

Agencies

New business and live projects in one tool, with the fields and steps your team actually uses.

Service firms

Clients, jobs, and follow-ups tracked the way your firm runs — not spread across separate apps.

Field sales

Leads, deals, and territories in one place, shaped around how your reps really sell.

Operations

Your day-to-day work in one joined-up tool, instead of a suite you stitch together.

MOVING OVER

Switching from Zoho is clean.

Your data comes with you. Nothing gets left behind, and nothing breaks while you make the move.

1

Export your data

Pull your contacts, deals, and records out of Zoho.

2

We rebuild your setup

We recreate your workflow and load your data into one tool you own.

3

Run both side by side

Use both at once until you're happy, then switch for good.

Zoho alternative — your questions, answered.

STOP RENTING. START OWNING.

Own your software.

Tell us which tools you want to replace, and we'll show you what you'd save.

See how much you can save