Spending over £100k a a year on software subscriptions?
Your business is building someone else's asset. Not yours. AI has changed what's possible - and what it costs to own your software instead of renting it forever.
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Most SaaS tools weren't built for your business.
They were built for the average one.
The average UK mid-market business spends £100k–£600k a year on software subscriptions. Tools that don't quite fit. Tools that don't talk to each other. Tools that get more expensive every January whether you like it or not.
Seat limits. Field limits. Feature tiers locked behind higher plans. Every time your business grows, the bill grows with it - and you're still working around the same limitations.
Every vendor promised a clean API. In practice, someone on your team is bridging the gap manually every day. Your data is fragmented. Your reporting is always a day behind.
Subscriptions are a cost, not an investment. You own nothing. When you cancel, you lose everything. When the vendor raises prices, and they always do, you have no leverage whatsoever
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This tool is flat-rate — user count doesn't affect the price.
Costs based on published UK pricing, April 2026. Build cost estimated at 1x current annual subscription fee - reflecting AI-accelerated delivery. SaaS costs compound at 10%/yr. Ongoing maintenance at 15% of build cost p.a. Figures are indicative - a scoping session will produce precise numbers.
AI has changed the economics.
Bespoke is no longer a luxury.
Bespoke is no longer a luxury.
"It's like the internet being born again. Everyone's been trying to go faster and all of a sudden there's a turbo on the engine." Bruce Thomas (Tribes founder)
AI-accelerated engineering means Tribes can design, build, and deliver production-grade bespoke software in weeks - managed by senior engineers, certified to ISO27001, and owned by you outright from day one. The maths of owning your software rather than renting someone else's has shifted permanently in your favour.
We replace the parts of your stack that don't fit.
And build something better in their place.
Not everything. We audit your subscriptions, identify where bespoke creates the most value, and build it - fast, clean, and owned by you. We'll tell you honestly which tools to replace and which to keep.
Salesforce, HubSpot, Pipedrive and countless others
Epicor, SAP B1, Infor, NetSuite
Workable, Greenhouse, Lever
ClickUp, Monday, Teamwork
From subscription to
ownership in four steps
One conversation.
A clear cost model.
No hard sell.
We map your subscriptions, identify what's replaceable, and give you the 5-year numbers - continuing vs. building. Most clients find the conversation alone is valuable.
What this looks like in practice
We’ve helped startups, enterprises, and agencies bring big ideas to life.
Estimated saving:
£320k–£400k over 5 years.
IP owned outright.
Delivered in 11 weeks.
Build cost recovered in 14 months.
Three subscriptions cancelled permanently.