Your Software Stack: Rent vs. Own
You're renting the software your business runs on. See what owning it would cost instead.
Two numbers, side by side: what you pay to rent your setup, and what the owned version costs.
Two minutes, free, and you don't have to hand over your email to see your result.
Step 1 of 3 · Your setup
Which best describes your setup?
$2,400 to $6,000 a year to rent the platform your whole business runs on, and they can raise it any time.
Owned doesn’t mean homemade. One system that comes together like your all-in-one, except you own it.
Step 2 of 3 · Your numbers
We start with a typical price for that platform; adjust it to match your plan.
Which of these do you actually use?
Each one becomes a row on your map. Uncheck anything you don’t use.
Step 2 of 3 · Your numbers
Check each tool you pay for and enter what it costs.
We’ll total your rent, and each tool becomes a row on your map.
The money
You rent now
$0/mo
Per year
$0
Over 5 years
$0
The rent never stops; ownership pays for itself.
And the rent can change any time they decide. Own it and the price only moves when a license does, one piece at a time.
The part that stings
You use this You pay for it anyway
$0
The whole bill for owning it, line by line.
Things to watch for
What the monthly bill doesn’t show you
Your bill is the part you can see. Here’s the part it hides:
Step 3 of 3 · What owning costs
Here’s the whole bill, line by line.
These are the parts of one system, not a shopping list. They’re chosen because they’re built to work together out of the box, the way your all-in-one does. Every figure goes to the people who make that piece, never to us.
You need these whatever you build
The base every owned setup sits on.
And these, because you told us you use them
Uncheck anything above and it drops off this list, and off the total.
And it comes together as one system.
- The pieces are built to talk to each other, so a sale, a booking and a course signup all land in the same place, with no wiring for you to maintain.
- One login, one dashboard, one place to look when something needs checking.
- No artificial caps and no feature ceilings. The one real limit is disk space on your own server, and you can raise that whenever you need to. Everything else you shape around how your business actually runs.
That’s the Simplicity Engine: your own all-in-one, as integrated as the one you’re renting, minus the landlord, and without the ceiling.
Rounded up, so the number never flatters itself. Licenses renew yearly at full price. Most owners add a few extras later (security, SEO, analytics); those sit on top and are left out here on purpose.
So which pieces are they?
It’s free, and it names every line above plus the hosting they run on.
↓Stop renting. Start owning.
So what do you actually buy?
The tool list is free. Every piece above, named.
The exact pieces, what each one costs, and the hosting I put them on. Go buy them and build it yourself; that’s the point. Your own map comes with it, in writing.
Free; it costs you an email address. Both arrive right away, we never send spam, and you can unsubscribe anytime.
Done. The tool list and your map are on their way to your inbox.
Or skip the build entirely.
We build it, we teach you to run it, and you own every piece. Want the backend handled too (hosting, licenses, support)? That’s a separate, optional service. Hire us the way a CEO hires, and un-hire us anytime. Us, or anyone you choose.
While you wait
Where most people go next
- Would a different platform fix this? A side-by-side of the coaching platforms, including the ones we didn’t pick.
- Could I actually pull this off? Tech Confident Foundations: we build it, we teach you to run it, you own it.
- What about my specific setup? A Tech Clarity Call, where we look at what you actually have.