How the replacement actually works.
Three steps: audit your stack, build the replacement on your hardware, split the savings for 36 months.
Step 1: The $500 audit
Simon reviews your entire software stack. Not the features list on the vendor's website - what you actually use, what you don't, what it costs you monthly, and where the waste sits.
What the audit covers
Every subscription your business pays for. Dispatch, scheduling, invoicing, CRM, POS, inventory, field service tools, and anything else that shows up on a credit card statement. Each tool gets rated on three dimensions: what you're paying, how much of it you use, and how hard it would be to replace.
What the report contains
An effort-vs-impact matrix of your entire stack. For each tool: current monthly cost, estimated replacement cost, estimated build time, and a recommendation. The recommendations are blunt. If something isn't worth replacing, the report says so.
When you get it
Within two business days of the initial call. Delivered as a PDF to your email.
What if nothing is replaceable?
You pay $500 and learn something about your stack. That's the deal. Most people find the report useful even if they don't hire Anvilshare to build anything. Some shops use it to renegotiate with their existing vendors.
Soon: call Mira
Mira is a voice agent Anvilshare is building to handle the first 10 minutes of intake. She asks blunt questions about your software: what you're paying, what your techs think of it, what breaks, and how often you call support. No pitch, no pressure.
Mira's transcript feeds into a pipeline that generates the initial assessment before Simon reviews it. The goal is faster turnaround on audit reports and a lower barrier to starting the conversation.
Mira is in build right now. When she launches, calling her will be the fastest way to start an audit. For now, the process starts with an email to simon@anvilshare.ai.
Step 2: The build
After the audit, you pick what to replace first. Anvilshare builds it.
Where it runs
On your server or a VPS you rent directly. Not on Anvilshare's infrastructure. You own the hardware, you control the data, and if you fire Anvilshare tomorrow the software keeps running. This is the key difference between Anvilshare and every SaaS vendor you've dealt with.
What you get
Open source code, documented, deployed, and tested against your real workflow. Not a demo. Not a prototype. A production system your team uses on Monday morning.
How long it takes
Depends on complexity. A dispatch replacement for a 5-tech HVAC shop: 4-8 weeks. A full field service management suite: 8-16 weeks. The audit report includes a timeline estimate for each replaceable tool.
What happens to the old software
You cancel it. When the replacement is live and your team is running on it, you call the old vendor and end the subscription. That's when the savings clock starts.
Step 3: The savings share
Anvilshare takes 50% of your verified monthly savings for 36 months. After 36 months, the software is yours. No renewal, no escalation.
Worked example: dispatch software
Your current dispatch software costs $1,400/mo.
The Anvilshare replacement runs on a VPS you rent for about $50/mo. Hosting is your cost, not part of the split.
Monthly savings: $1,350/mo.
Anvilshare's share (50%): $675/mo for 36 months.
Your net savings: $675/mo for 36 months, then the full $1,350/mo after.
Your 36-month savings: $24,300. Anvilshare revenue: $24,300.
After month 36: you keep $1,350/mo. Anvilshare gets nothing. The software is yours.
What Anvilshare won't do
No lock-in. You can cancel the savings share and keep running the software. The code is yours from day one.
No proprietary formats. Your data stays in standard formats on hardware you control. Nothing is encoded in a way that only Anvilshare can read.
No hidden fees. The audit is $500. The savings share is 50% for 36 months. That is the entire price structure.
No "we own the data" clauses. Your customer data, your job records, your business information - it's yours. Anvilshare never touches it in any form that persists beyond the build.
No disappearing after launch. Simon answers the phone when something breaks on a Friday afternoon. That's part of the deal.
Start with a conversation
15 minutes. Simon asks what you're paying, what's broken, and whether a replacement makes sense. If it doesn't, he'll tell you.