Replace per-seat SaaS with your own system
Modelled on a SaaS at €90/user/mo vs Unseated's €2,500/yr flat fee. Source: Unseated savings calculator; Retool 2026 Build vs Buy report.
We rebuild the simple-but-pricey tools your team actually uses, then host and run them for one flat annual fee.
No per-seat bill. Built by senior engineers, at AI speed.
- One flat fee, not per seat
- We build it and run it
- Escrow-backed licence that outlives us
Modelled on a SaaS at €90/user/mo vs Unseated's €2,500/yr flat fee. Source: Unseated savings calculator; Retool 2026 Build vs Buy report.
The shift in plain numbers
There are three ways to get software your team actually uses. Here is what each one costs: upfront, ongoing, and as you grow.
| Rent SaaS | Hire a dev-shop | Your own system | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cost model | Per-seat, rises every year | €80k–€150k+ upfront, alone; every change a new invoice | One flat annual fee: build, hosting, monitoring, maintenance included |
| What's yours | Nothing: your data lives on their servers, on their terms | The code, but the maintenance too | Your data + escrow-protected access; your own isolated instance |
| Cost as you grow | Multiplies per seat | Ongoing retainer | Flat: add your whole team for free |
| Who maintains it | The vendor (take it or leave it) | You, forever | We do: senior engineers, on call |
| Build cost | N/A | Full price, alone | Shared across the founding five: a fraction each |
The rent trap is real
Most tools started simple. Then they added features you do not need, raised prices every year, and tied your data to their servers. Here is what that actually costs.
You pay for the whole tool but use only a slice of it.
The bill rises every year, and again with every new hire (per-seat).
Stop paying and you lose access to your own history and data.
You can't shape it: you bend your process to fit their product.
No finish line: you rent forever with nothing to hold at the end.
Replace it once: a system shaped around how you work, on a flat fee, on a perpetual licence, your data always yours.
Tools worth replacing
Simple, expensive SaaS where most teams use only a slice of the features.
See what you'd actually save over 5 years
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What if…
Assumes 1/5 share of the build, €2,500/yr flat run fee. SaaS list price held flat (conservative: most vendors raise 5–15%/yr).
Share the build. Get paid back
The more firms join, the cheaper it gets for you, while your data and your private features always stay yours.
Cheaper because it's shared.
~5 firms split one build, so each pays a fraction of a bespoke build.
Founder pricing fixed for 10 years.
No annual hikes. Your cost is locked from day one.
You shape the roadmap.
Priority on the features you need, built around how you actually work.
You get paid back.
5% of each new customer's combined fees (entry fee + first-year licence) is returned to each founding member, until each founder has recovered half their build contribution.
Fair by design.
Later joiners also pay an entry + licence fee, nobody gets your work for free.
Lower risk, expert delivery.
Senior-led agentic engineering; we build it and run it; your own isolated instance.
Join the founding five: share the build, lock your price for 10 years, and get paid back as new customers come aboard.
Reserve a founding seatEverything included, nothing to maintain
We migrate your data
Out of the old tool, into yours. No exports, no mess.
We host and run it
Your own isolated instance: servers, scaling, updates, backups, not your problem. Growing load? Normal usage is included in the flat fee, if your load ever outgrows it, you pay only the extra infrastructure at cost, agreed in advance.
Unlimited users
Your whole team's in. Per-company pricing, never per-seat.
Senior engineers, real accountability
Forty engineers, a team that has been building since 2018: real accountability, not a prototype that breaks when one freelancer leaves.
Yours to keep
Your data is fully yours (export anytime). Your contract includes a source-code escrow clause: a licence that outlives us, so access is yours even if we ever stop trading. (The platform IP stays with Rollout IT; that is what keeps your price low.)
Expert-built, AI-fast
Senior engineers set the architecture, review every change, and own testing and release sign-off; AI accelerates the work in between. Need something beyond the core? We build it for you.
Co-fund the build. Shape the result
Founding members share the upfront cost and the benefits that follow.
Late joiners come on board after launch on a licence fee.
Gather a founding cohort
We line up 4 to 5 companies who all overpay for the same SaaS. Costs split across the group.
We build your system
Senior engineers rebuild the workflows your team actually uses, AI-assisted, at a fraction of a traditional estimate.
Launch and go live
We host and run it for a flat annual fee. Founding members get a say in the first feature set.
Earn it back
Late joiners pay to come aboard; founding members receive a revenue share as a bonus until half their build contribution is returned.
5 firms split one build: each pays a fraction, not the full price alone.
Founding member pricing fixed for 10 years, no annual hikes.
You set the initial feature priorities: your workflows built first.
“None of this is an argument that every SaaS product is safe. AI raises the bar, and low-differentiation tools with generic workflows will feel increasing pressure. If a product is essentially ‘a simple database plus a form plus a dashboard,’ customers will ask why they are paying recurring fees for something they can reproduce quickly.”Josh Haas, co-founder and co-CEO of Bubblein Forbes (Technology Council)
What the numbers look like
of builders plan to build more in-house tools in 2026
Survey of 817 software builders, late 2025, up from the 35% who've already replaced at least one SaaS with custom software. Retool, 2026 Build vs. Buy Report
per year
Illustrative example, modelled on vendor list prices
A field-service firm with ~30 engineers paying ~€14k/yr for work-management SaaS would run its own system for ~€2.5k/yr, with payback in roughly a year once the build share is recovered.
of organisations have already replaced a SaaS
At least one SaaS replaced with a custom build, and the number is rising fast. Retool, 2026 Build vs. Buy Report
Built by the team behind 50+ production systems
Unseated is a new offer. The engineering team behind it has been shipping since 2018, for Erste, Vodafone, MOL and dozens of product companies.
Senior delivery, human support
Worried about introducing something new to your team? Don't be. You already have the SaaS. We rebuild the same workflows you already know, and stand behind it.
- Rollout IT: 40+ engineers, 50+ products shipped since 2018. Senior engineers own every delivery.
- Your team keeps the workflows they already know: we match the tool's core flows, with a cleaner UI.
- Nothing ships until a senior engineer has reviewed and signed it off.
“Rollout IT proactively helped us build a new product from scratch: a fast-loading system with a dependable UX.”
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Frequently asked questions
You own your data (export anytime) and hold a perpetual licence to run the system: the source code is deposited with Codekeeper, an independent escrow agent, so your access is protected even if Rollout disappears. You don't buy the source code (the platform IP stays with us, which keeps your price low). No per-seat; price fixed for 10 years; your own isolated instance. Full detail: unseated.io/trust
Stop renting. Get your own system
Tell us the SaaS you'd replace. We line up a founding-five cohort, build your system, and run it for you: one flat fee, your data, a perpetual licence.