We build software that costs 90% less than the incumbent. You earn a percentage of the revenue. We publish the numbers together.
The Commons builds essential software tools and prices them at what they actually cost to deliver. We are looking for people with deep subject matter expertise -people who know what the tools in their field should do, where the incumbents fail, and what “done” looks like.
You do not need to be a software engineer. You need to know your domain well enough to define the product, validate the output, and hold it to a standard that users trust. We handle the infrastructure, the development environment, and the process.
Your compensation is a published line item in the product’s cost breakdown, visible to every user. The exact split is negotiated per product. Nothing is hidden.
Products where the gap between cost and price is widest.
Incumbents charge $10-30/user/mo
Kanban, Gantt, sprint planning, time tracking. You know what works and what is bloat.
Incumbents charge $25-300/user/mo
Contact management, pipeline, activity logging, forecasting. The core is simple. The pricing is not.
Incumbents charge $25-80/mo
Conditional logic, response collection, analytics. You know what questions need to be asked and how.
Incumbents charge $15-60/mo
Double-entry, reconciliation, invoicing, reporting. You understand the compliance requirements.
Incumbents charge $8-20/user/mo
Flowcharts, architecture diagrams, wireframes. You know what engineers and designers actually draw.
You know the gap better than we do
If you use a tool every day that costs too much for what it does, tell us. The pattern is always the same.
Software people currently overpay for relative to its infrastructure cost.
Tools where the core functionality is well-understood, not experimental.
Products that benefit from ecosystem integration -shared contacts, auth, workflows.
Categories where managed-service alternatives don’t exist at honest pricing.
Tell us what you know and what you want to replace. We will follow up within a few days.