What a 100-person company pays for its software, every year
You rent: Microsoft 365 + Salesforce Sales Cloud + Zoom Workplace + Slack + Adobe Creative Cloud + Adobe Acrobat + Jira
$
per year. Every year. For tools you don't own.
Public list prices in USD, annual billing, checked 2026-10-10. Sources and notes
- Microsoft 365 E3 (with Teams): $39/user/mo ×100 = $46,800 — www.microsoft.com
- Zoom Workplace Business: $18.33/user/mo ×100 = $21,996 — zoom.us
- Slack Business+: $15/user/mo ×100 = $18,000 — slack.com (annual rate not shown on slack.com (monthly $18, "save ~16%"))
- Salesforce Sales Cloud Core: $195/user/mo ×15 = $35,100 — www.salesforce.com
- Adobe Creative Cloud Pro for teams: $99.99/user/mo ×10 = $11,999 — helpx.adobe.com
- Adobe Acrobat Pro for teams: $23.99/user/mo ×30 = $8,636 — www.adobe.com (USD rate not shown on the US page; matches EU page and third-party listings)
- Atlassian Jira Standard: $7.91/user/mo ×20 = $1,898 — www.atlassian.com
- List prices before tax; large buyers often negotiate below list.
Stop renting your software. Own it.
The same job, tailored to how you work, for a fraction. Once. Yours.
Your own AI. In your building. On hardware you can afford.
Private models that run on your premises. Your data never leaves, never trains anyone else’s model.
- 1Zero data out · No cloud calls, no hidden hooks, no training on your data.
- 2Fits what you have · We tune the model to your machines, not the other way round.
- 3Shared smartly · Teams take AI in shifts, or all at once on a lean setup.
Living examples
Watch the move, bit by bit
Pick your size. Each story plays on its own and loops; tap a step to jump to it.
- Deposit
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Handover
Paid as each part goes live
Yes · Partly · No. Our view, for typical projects. Every option can work; this is where each one usually struggles.
Start owned, not rented.
- The stack piles upEmail, chat, calls, CRM, design, documents and tickets: seven subscriptions before your first big customer.
- Every hire raises the billThe cost grows with every seat you add, every year, and you own none of it.
- We rebuild it, bit by bitThe features your team really uses, in one system you own, moved over and checked step by step.
- Free to growSame work, your rules, and a cost that no longer grows with your headcount.
Cut the bills, keep the work.
- Seven vendors, seven billsEvery tool sends its own invoice and keeps its own copy of your customers.
- Your data in seven cloudsEach vendor holds a piece of your business. None of them answers to you.
- Moved in phases, nothing lostDepartment by department, every record checked against the original before we switch.
- One system you ownYour logo, your server, your rules, and one bill you can plan.
Take back your budget and your know-how.
- Licences by the hundredHundreds of seats across a dozen platforms, renewed every year at their price.
- Your know-how, spread across cloudsEvery connector, plugin and tracker is another door out of your company.
- A migration that never stops the businessPhase by phase, with a checked rollback at every step and your teams working throughout.
- Freedom at scaleYour systems, your servers, your audit logs, and instalments that follow the move.
AI on the machines you already have.
- AI by the seat, data out the doorCloud AI plans bill every user, and every prompt leaves your building.
- We fit the model to your hardwareWe choose open models and slim them down to run on what you own, after we check what it can handle.
- Shared by rota300 staff, 3 groups, 3-hour slots: access rules and logs you control.
- Private by designPrompts and documents stay inside. No new data centre, no per-seat AI bill.
Payment should never stand in the way.
- No foreign currency neededPay in your local currency in most cases. We confirm it in writing first.
- Not all at onceA small deposit, then stages as each part is delivered and checked.
- Instalments for big movesLarge migrations are paid phase by phase, as each part goes live.
- Your method, your termsCard or bank transfer by secure link, on terms written into your agreement.
Every road works. Ours arrives.
- AI coding toolsFast to start, but the code is unreviewed and nobody moves your data.
- Free open-sourceStrong building blocks, but generic, and support is up to you.
- Your own teamFits you well, but hiring, salaries and time add up fast.
- Digital OptimizeFast, tailored, tested, migrated and documented, at a price you know up front.
Example scenario, not a quote. Subscription costs are public list prices checked 2026-10-10, before tax. The owned cost is an example build plus yearly upkeep, set from published UK market ranges, without your own hardware. Your price comes in your offer. Our example counts only 7 core tools. Across all their apps, companies spend a median $9,455 per employee a year on SaaS (Zylo SaaS Management Index 2026), so real bills are usually higher.Startup: $22,127 / $40,000. Small & medium: $73,859 / $101,500. Enterprise: $723,747 / $942,500.
What we build
Tap a service to see the full story.
Own it, on your terms
Lifetime licence
Pay once. No renewal date hanging over your budget.
On-premises option
Run it on your own servers, or on ours when you need heavy compute.
Your data stays yours
Nothing is forced into someone else’s cloud. Your servers, your control.
Whoever you are, you belong
Startup
Don’t bleed runway on per-seat bills that grow faster than you do.
Small business
Enterprise-grade tools without the enterprise bill.
Large company
Cut the costs that stopped making sense.
The math stopped being logical. We fix the math.
Built from scratch
Our own code and architecture, written for you. Open-source projects are studied for structure only; their code is not copied.
- Audited line by line
- No unvetted third-party code
- No trackers, no telemetry, no hidden calls
- Every library that ships is reviewed
✔ written from scratch: 100% own code✔ trackers found: 0✔ telemetry / hidden calls: 0✔ unvetted dependencies: 0✔ licences: MIT / Apache only✔ tests: passedThe danger of the shortcut
Free repositories save time until they cost you. The risks are real and documented:
Hidden trackers
Analytics and telemetry calls buried in dependencies send your data out.
Injected code
A trusted package can be taken over and ship malicious updates.
Unclear licences
Some licences force you to publish your own code, or forbid commercial use.
Real cases: the event-stream npm package (2018) and the xz-utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094).NVD
Your build, step by step
Planned up front. Never open-ended.
- 1
Speak your idea
Talk or type. Describe what you use today and what hurts.
- 2
Concept card
We shape it into a one-page concept you can read in a minute.
- 3
You confirm
Adjust anything. Nothing moves until you agree.
- 4
Offer within 24h
Clear packages, clear price, clear delivery date.
- 5
Pick and personalize
Choose a package, add a custom note. Custom requests are re-quoted.
- 6
Sign, both sides
A written agreement, signed by you and by us.
- 7
Built and tested
Written from scratch, reviewed and tested piece by piece.
- 8
Delivered with proof
A quality report and full documentation come with every delivery.
Proof you can check, standard by standard
Every build ships with independent test results. Need a formal certificate? Pick the scheme: we prepare for it, and the accredited body issues it.
In every build, where it applies
- ASVSOWASP ASVSBuilt and checked against the open Application Security Verification Standard, level 1 by default.
- SBOMSoftware bill of materialsA CycloneDX list of every component, so nothing hides inside your software.
- CVEDependency scanEvery library checked against public vulnerability databases before delivery.
- ZAPSecurity scanAn automated attack scan of web apps with the open-source ZAP scanner.
- TLSSSL and header testsPublic tests (Qualys SSL Labs, Mozilla HTTP Observatory) you can re-run yourself.
- AVAntivirus checkInstallers scanned by dozens of antivirus engines (VirusTotal), so your users are not warned off.
- A11YAccessibilityChecked against WCAG 2.2 AA, so everyone can use it.
- PERFSpeed reportLighthouse scores for speed and best practice, in your quality report.
On request, issued by a third party
- On requestPENCREST-accredited penetration testA UK-accredited tester attacks your app and reports what they find.
- On requestCE+Cyber Essentials / PlusThe UK government-backed scheme for your organisation. We get your systems ready.
- On request27001ISO/IEC 27001 readinessWe prepare the controls; an accredited certification body audits you.
- On requestSOC 2SOC 2 readinessFor US customers: we prepare the evidence; a licensed CPA firm reports.
- On requestSIGNCode signing and store reviewSigned Windows and macOS builds (notarised), plus App Store or Google Play review.
- On requestCCCommon Criteria / FIPS 140-3For government and regulated buyers who require them.
Names belong to their owners. We are not certified by, or affiliated with, these bodies. Third-party fees are quoted separately in your offer.
What digital freedom means in your build
Watched only by you
Logs, analytics and AI prompts stay on your servers. Nobody else reads them.
Full control
Source code, admin keys and the right to change anything are yours from day one.
Same features, and more
We rebuild what you use, then add what your old vendor never would.
AI on the hardware you have
We fit and tune open AI models to the machines you already own, older ones included, after we check what they can run.
Trust and security
No trackers
No analytics, no data collection, no third-party calls in what we deliver.
No hidden dependencies
Every library is listed and reviewed.
Reviewed and tested
Code review and tests on every part before delivery.
Documented
Including how it behaves with antivirus and firewalls, so features aren’t flagged.
Built following OWASP ASVS practices.
Guarantees
Signed agreement
Scope, price and delivery date in writing before work starts.
Money-back terms
Written into your agreement before any payment.
Technical vetting
We confirm your idea is buildable before we quote it.
Documentation
You get the guide to run, maintain and extend what you own.
Find yourself in one
A fraction of what the subscriptions cost. Every model is quoted per project.
Lifetime licence
Pay once, own it forever.
Lifetime + updates
Own it, and pay yearly for updates when you want them.
Annual licence
Lower start, renew yearly.
Self-host / on-premises
Runs on your servers, under your control.
Hosted on our servers
For heavy compute, we run it for you.
Per-seat and team tiers
Pricing that fits your headcount.
Custom add-ons
Extra features, quoted on request.
Your exact price comes in your offer within 24 hours.
How you pay
Fair, clear and shaped around you. The whole plan is agreed in writing before any work starts.
- 1
Agree the plan
Price, currency, dates and method go into your signed agreement.
- 2
Small deposit
A small deposit confirms your order and books your build.
- 3
Pay in stages
Pay as each agreed stage is delivered and checked.
- 4
Handover
The last stage is paid when your software, documentation and keys are handed over.
Moving a large business? Pay in instalments.
Big migrations run in phases, so payment can too. Spread the cost across the move, phase by phase, as each part goes live and is checked.
Pay your way
We shape how you pay around your needs: schedule, currency and method. Secure payment links by card or bank transfer.
Local currency is available in most cases, but not for every amount or every date. We confirm your options in writing before you pay.
Ready to stop renting?
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