For enterprises | Vendor liberation | Build what you own
You're paying millions to rent tools someone else controls. We help you build what you actually need, form the team to own it, and make your next vendor renewal optional.
Engagements designed to wind down. Your independence is the goal.
The problem
Every year you renew, the lock-in deepens. The switching cost grows. And the vendor knows it.
The hidden cost
What vendor lock-in actually costs you
Our approach
We're not here to become your next vendor. Each phase is designed to transfer more capability to your team — until you don't need us at all.
A focused assessment of your vendor landscape. We map what you're paying, what you're actually using, and where the lock-in lives.
Take the highest-value opportunity from the audit and build a working replacement. Not a prototype. A tool your team can use.
Stand up the internal team that will own and evolve these tools long after we're gone. We hire with you, build with you, then step back.
A safety net, not a dependency. Lightweight support that scales down as your team scales up.
Control your roadmap. Cut your spend. Ship at your pace, not your vendor's.
Why now
AI hasn't just changed what developers can build. It's changed how fast a small team can move. A senior engineer with modern AI tools now does work that used to require a department.
That shifts the build-vs-buy equation permanently. The vendor tools you're licensing were built when software was expensive to create and maintain. That's no longer true.
Enterprises that build internal capability now will have a compounding advantage over those still locked into legacy contracts two years from now.
What AI changes
Development speed
What took a team of 10 engineers six months now takes 3-4 engineers eight weeks.
Testing and quality
AI-assisted test generation and code review catch issues that manual processes miss.
Documentation
Codebases stay documented and maintainable without dedicated technical writers.
Iteration cycles
Ship weekly, not quarterly. Internal feedback loops replace vendor roadmap dependencies.
What this looks like
Hypothetical scenario based on typical enterprise engagements
A mid-market company paying $1.2M per year for a legacy CRM platform. Their teams used roughly 30% of its features. The other 70% was bloat they trained around.
Liberation Audit
Revealed that the core workflows — contact management, pipeline tracking, and reporting — could be rebuilt with modern tooling. The remaining features were either unused or replaceable with lightweight integrations.
MVP Build
In 8 weeks, a lean internal CRM covering the critical 30% was live. Purpose-built for their actual sales process, not a generic template.
Team Formation
A team of 4 engineers took ownership. Within 3 months they were shipping weekly improvements — something the vendor had never done for them.
Year-one savings: $900K+ after factoring in build costs and team salaries. Year-two and beyond: the gap widens as internal capability compounds.
FAQ
Honest answers to the concerns that come up in every first conversation.
That's exactly what the team formation phase solves. We don't just build and walk away — we help you hire the right people, set up the right processes, and coach the team until they're fully self-sufficient.
Staying on a legacy vendor that's raising prices and not innovating is riskier. Our phased approach deliberately reduces risk: the audit quantifies the opportunity, the MVP proves feasibility before you commit to a broader strategy.
You don't have to replace everything at once. The audit identifies which tools are realistic candidates for replacement. Start with the highest-pain, highest-cost tool and expand from there.
AI assists experienced engineers — it doesn't replace judgment. We set up code review processes, testing infrastructure, and quality guardrails. The AI accelerates development; humans ensure it meets your standards.
Most in-house replacement projects fail because they try to rebuild everything at once. Our approach starts with the smallest high-impact target, proves the model works, then expands. Phased execution, not big-bang migration.
Liberation Audit: 2-4 weeks. MVP Build: 4-8 weeks. Team Formation: 2-3 months of embedded coaching. Advisory: ongoing as needed, scaling down over time. Most companies see their first vendor replacement live within 3 months.
That's expected. Not every vendor tool is worth replacing. The audit identifies which ones are — and which ones should stay. The goal is strategic independence, not scorched earth.
Ready to break free?
No sales pitch. No deck. Just an honest assessment of whether vendor liberation makes sense for your situation — and what it would take.
Prefer email? Reach us at hello@liberateweb.com