Pay less for software you actually own.
Most businesses pay $300 to $1,500 a month to vendors that keep the website when they leave. We audit the bill for free, move what should move, and run it for you at 40–60% of the cost — on your domain, in your name.
The sequence.
If the replaceable part of your bill is under $150 a month, we'll tell you so and point you at Get Found instead. The audit is free either way.
Where the money is.
| Stack | Replace outright | Partial | Keep with vendor | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food & drink | ||||
| Typical | $89 Squarespace Core $29 · Mailchimp Standard $60 | $75 Toast Online Ordering ~$75 — pickup moves to RestroPress; delivery and kitchen tickets stay | $237 Toast POS $69 · OpenTable Basic $149 · Quo phone $19 | $401 |
| Premium bundle | $529 Popmenu Essentials + ordering $349 · Klaviyo Email+SMS $75 · Shopify Grow $105 | $474 Podium Core $399 · Toast Online Ordering $75 | $368 Toast POS $69 · OpenTable Core $299 | $1,371 |
| Real estate | ||||
| Typical | $125 Follow Up Boss Grow $69 · Matterport Starter $14 · BombBomb Core $42 | $154 Placester Premier $129 + IDX feed $25 — the site moves, the feed stays paid | $51 Dotloop $32 · Quo phone $19 | $330 |
| Premium bundle | $139 Matterport Professional $69 · BombBomb Core+Copilot $70 | $899 Luxury Presence Launch ~$400 · Follow Up Boss Pro $499 | $68 Dotloop $35 · Quo Business $33 | $1,106 |
| Trades & local services | ||||
| Typical | $46 Wix Core $36 · Calendly $10 | $75 NiceJob Reviews $75 — the link kit and widget replace it; SMS requests don't | $510 Jobber Connect $139 · QuickBooks $38 · Quo $33 · ~6 Thumbtack leads ~$300 | $631 |
| Premium bundle | $1,100 Hibu Standard ~$1,100 before ad spend | $399 Podium Core $399 | $1,013 Housecall Pro MAX $329 · QuickBooks Essentials $85 · Angi leads ~$500 · Quo × 3 $99 | $2,512 |
The Own Your Stack plans.
| What you get | Essential $99 a month | Growth $199 a month Most picked | Business $349 a month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site | WordPress or a static site, hosted and maintained | Plus a WooCommerce store or RestroPress pickup ordering | Plus a small monthly budget for theme and content work |
| Apps included | 1, typically the newsletter | Up to 4 — newsletter, booking, forms, e-sign, analytics | Up to 7 — adds CRM, shared inbox, automation, tour hosting |
| Email sending | 5,000 a month | 25,000 a month | 100,000 a month |
| Support | Email, two business days | Email and phone, next business day | Same day, plus a quarterly review call |
| Always included Every tier | Nightly backups · patches · SSL · uptime monitoring on a status page you can see · a shared password vault · export on request, no exit fee | ✓ | ✓ |
| Workspace add-on Nextcloud + Collabora | +$79 a month, up to 10 people | +$79 a month | +$79 a month |
| Replaces, typically | Squarespace/Wix + Mailchimp, $74–$105 a month | Popmenu or Shopify + Klaviyo + Calendly + Matterport, $300–$500 | A Luxury Presence / Sierra / Hibu-class bundle + CRM + inbox, $700–$1,500 |
What you'd own.
- Domain
- In your registrar account
- Site
- Exportable, standard formats
- List
- Yours, not the platform's
- Data
- Nightly backups you can ask for
- Media
- Full-resolution files, delivered
Ask for an export and you'll have it within five business days. No exit fee.
You own it. Your domain stays in your registrar account. Your site, your list, your data and your media are yours; ask for an export and you will have it within five business days, in standard formats, with no exit fee. If we ever stop, you keep running.
What stays where it is.
Toast, Square and Clover stay. OpenTable, Resy and Tock stay. Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, QuickBooks, your MLS feed and Dotloop stay. Your mailbox stays with a mail provider. On email hosting, online ordering, review and messaging tools we take part of the job and tell you which part.
What we run for you.
WordPress or a static site for the website, WooCommerce when you sell, Listmonk for the newsletter, Easy!Appointments for booking, EspoCRM for leads, DocuSeal for signatures, Activepieces for automation, plus analytics, a shared password vault and a public status page — and Nextcloud with Collabora when you want files and documents off Google.
All of it is standard, documented software with no custom lock-in — you could hire anyone to run it tomorrow. We run this same stack for our own businesses — here's the status page.
Questions owners ask.
What if something happens to you?
You'd keep running. Your domain is in your account, your site and data are exportable in standard formats, every system has a written runbook, and a named backup operator has the keys. Ask any vendor you pay today the same question.
Is open-source software safe for a business?
It runs the sites you already use — WordPress powers about 40% of the web. What matters is who keeps it updated and backed up; that is what the monthly plan is for. You can see it running: our status page is public and our own businesses are on the same stack.
What does it cost to leave?
Nothing. No exit fee, no code we keep, no domain we hold. Export within five business days.
Are you going to replace my point-of-sale?
No. Toast, Square, OpenTable, Jobber, QuickBooks — they stay. Here is the list of what stays, and why.
What about email?
Your mailbox stays with a mail provider — Fastmail, Zoho, mailbox.org. We replace Drive, Docs and Dropbox with Nextcloud and Collabora. We don’t run mail servers, and we’d be wary of anyone who offers to.
Bring your last three software invoices. We'll show you what you pay, what you'd pay, and what stays — in thirty minutes, free.
Get the free audit Or call (619) 485-0064