The software your business needs — without the subscription bill.
Most business tools today are rented: a fixed fee per user or per contact, every month, forever. For each of those tools there is a mature, open-source equivalent that does the same job. We deploy it, host it on reliable infrastructure, and manage it for you — so you own the tool instead of renting it.
Per-seat SaaS gets more expensive the more you grow.
A helpdesk at $25–$100 per agent a month. A CRM at $25–$150 per user. File storage, scheduling, password managers, automation tools — each one a separate monthly bill that scales with every person you hire and every contact you add. None of it is ever paid off. Stop paying and you lose access to your own workflow.
The open-source world has produced genuinely capable equivalents to almost all of these tools. The catch has always been that someone has to install, secure, update, back up, and keep them running. That's the part we take off your hands.
You get the tool. We run everything under it.
- Deployment — we install and configure the application on a server sized for your use.
- Hosting — it runs on reliable infrastructure we provision and maintain.
- Management — updates, security patches, backups, and monitoring are handled for you.
- Your data, your domain — the app runs under your own domain, and the data stays yours.
- No per-seat licence — add as many users as you need; there's no per-user fee on the software itself.
Open-source tools, mapped to the paid services they replace.
A sample of what we deploy and manage. The catalogue is broad — if the tool you rely on has an open-source equivalent, we can most likely host it. Ask about anything not listed.
Sales & CRM
Twenty
Free alternative to Salesforce · HubSpot · Pipedrive
A modern CRM to track contacts, deals, and pipeline — without a per-seat licence.
EspoCRM
Free alternative to Salesforce · Zoho CRM
A mature, flexible CRM for customer records, activities, and reporting.
Customer support & communication
FreeScout
Free alternative to Help Scout · Zendesk · Freshdesk
A shared-inbox help desk for support email — tickets, assignment, and saved replies.
Chatwoot
Free alternative to Intercom · Zendesk
Customer engagement and live chat across web, email, and messaging channels.
Rocket.Chat
Free alternative to Slack · Microsoft Teams
Private team chat and messaging, hosted on your own infrastructure.
Mattermost
Free alternative to Slack · Microsoft Teams
Team collaboration and messaging, self-hosted and under your control.
Finance & invoicing
Invoice Ninja
Free alternative to FreshBooks · QuickBooks (invoicing)
Create and send invoices and quotes, track payments, and bill clients.
Akaunting
Free alternative to QuickBooks · Xero
Small-business accounting — invoicing, expenses, and financial reports.
Files & productivity
Nextcloud
Free alternative to Dropbox · Google Workspace
File storage, sharing, and collaboration — documents, calendars, and contacts.
NocoDB
Free alternative to Airtable
Turns a database into a no-code smart spreadsheet your team can work in.
Baserow
Free alternative to Airtable
A no-code database and spreadsheet for tracking what your business runs on.
n8n
Free alternative to Zapier · Make
Workflow automation that connects your apps and removes repetitive manual work.
Cal.com
Free alternative to Calendly · Acuity
Scheduling and bookings, embedded on your site and synced to your calendar.
Marketing & website
Mautic
Free alternative to Mailchimp · ActiveCampaign
Email marketing and automation — campaigns, newsletters, and lead nurturing.
Ghost
Free alternative to Substack · WordPress.com
A fast website, blog, and newsletter platform under your own brand.
Matomo
Free alternative to Google Analytics
Privacy-friendly web analytics — your visitor data stays on your own server.
E-commerce & content
PrestaShop
Free alternative to Shopify · BigCommerce
A full online store you own outright — no per-sale platform fees.
Drupal
Free alternative to Contentful · Adobe AEM
A powerful content management system for larger, structured websites.
Security & tools
Vaultwarden
Free alternative to 1Password · LastPass
A self-hosted password manager for your whole team, compatible with Bitwarden apps.
The savings grow as you do.
Paid SaaS charges per user or per contact, every month. Self-hosted open-source has no per-seat licence — you pay for the server it runs on and our management of it, not for the number of people using it. The bigger your team, the wider the gap.
Illustrative — a 10-person support team on a paid helpdesk
Multiply that across a CRM, file storage, scheduling, and the rest of the stack and the recurring difference becomes the point — not a rounding error.
Figures are illustrative ranges for typical commercial plans, shown to explain the pricing model; actual vendor pricing varies. We don't publish our own pricing here — ask us for a quote based on your needs.