Fixed by FridayStop renting software you barely use.
Lots of businesses pay every month, for every person, for a program they barely use. I can build just the part you need.
Add up what you're payingBrightBoard Projects, a made-up program
What does your team actually use?
You use 3 of 14.
Those three could be one small tool that you own.
Example with made-up details.
What are you renting?
Put in what one program costs you each month. See what it adds up to.
The starting numbers are made up. Put in your own.
What you pay
$60 a person × 12 people, every month
Each year
$8,640
Over five years
$43,200
If you only use a small part of it, I can probably build that part for you once. After that it belongs to you, and the cost doesn't grow when you hire.
Where this usually works
For each of these, I've already built a tool that does the same kind of job.
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Reporting and chart tools
Paying every month just to turn your own figures into a few charts.
Ask for a dashboard Does the same kind of job. You type a question and get charts from your own figures.
Try it
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Project tools paid per person
A fee for every person, when the team mostly needs one clear list of what's going on.
Every project, one page Stands in for a shared spreadsheet that was hard to read. A meeting agenda I built stands in for a paid project app.
Try it
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Client proposal and portal software
Paying for a portal so clients can look at options and say yes or no.
Let clients rank options Does the same kind of job. Clients rank, turn down and send back their choices on one private page.
Try it
Where it doesn't make sense
Some things are worth renting. I'll say so.
Keeping your data safe
Keep paying a proper provider to store and back up your data. My own tools use one too.
Taking card payments
Card payments need specialist providers with strict security rules.
Sending email
Getting email into people's inboxes is a specialist job. My tools pay for a sending service too.
Copying someone's product
That's not what this is. I build the one job you need, your way.
The honest trade-off
Owning isn't free.
- It needs a little care now and then, and a written plan so someone else could look after it.
- It costs something each month to run: a small server, and any AI it uses.
But that cost doesn't go up each time you add a person.
As your team grows
Renting
12 fees a month
One more for every person.
Owning
1 running cost a month
The same, however many people.
A picture of the idea, not real prices.
What's the slowest job in your business?
Tell me what's slow. I'll tell you honestly if I can help.
Tell me about it