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SAASpocolypse

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One developer + Claude Code. 26 days. 20 open-source repos targeting $4.7 million worth of enterprise software categories. Each one built live, start to finish. Each one given away free.

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The Data

Enterprise SaaS has a
pricing problem.

These are real numbers from real analyst reports. Enterprise software is overpriced, underused, and increasingly replaceable.

$2T

Market Cap Evaporated

Software stocks lost ~$2 trillion in early 2026. Analysts are calling it the SAASpocalypse. The market is repricing what enterprise software is actually worth.

$21M

Wasted Per Enterprise

The average enterprise wastes $21 million per year on unused SaaS licenses. 47% of licensed seats go completely untouched. (Source: Zylos Research 2026)

35%

Already Replacing SaaS

Over a third of enterprises have already replaced at least one SaaS tool with custom-built software. 78% plan to build more in 2026.

$285B

Erased in February Alone

$285 billion in software stock value disappeared in a single month. Thomson Reuters dropped 15.8%. The era of unchallenged enterprise pricing is over.

80%

Features Never Used

Enterprises use only 20% of features in the average SaaS tool. They're paying full price for software that's 80% bloat. The 80/20 rule is a death sentence.

10x

AI Speed Multiplier

AI coding tools like Claude Code have fundamentally changed what a single developer can ship. I'm going to show you exactly how much, live on camera.

CRM (Salesforce) HIGH RISK
ITSM (ServiceNow) CRITICAL
Help Desk (Zendesk) HIGH RISK
Compliance (Vanta) CRITICAL
Expense Mgmt (Concur) HIGH RISK
BI/Analytics (Tableau) HIGH RISK
The Math

What they charge vs.
what it actually costs.

Here's what companies pay today for enterprise software versus the self-hosted open-source cost. The software license is free — you just need hosting.

ServiceNow
$1M+/yr
ServiceForge
$0/yr
Salesforce
$330K/yr
ContractPilot
$0/yr
Qualtrics
$323K/yr
InsightPulse
$0/yr
Tableau + Looker
$200K/yr
DataTalk
$0/yr
Marketo
$180K/yr
MarketFlow
$0/yr
Enterprise Annual Cost
Open-Source (Self-Hosted)
Total annual enterprise software replaced
$0
across all 20 open-source builds
The 20 Builds

20 open-source repos.
20 enterprise alternatives.

Each project targets a gap in the open-source ecosystem where no credible alternative exists. These are functional foundations — the core 20% of features that deliver 80% of the value — built with AI and given away as MIT-licensed repos you can fork, extend, and deploy.

#01 GAP: 10/10
ContractPilot
AI-native contract lifecycle management. Upload, extract, track, sign.
IroncladDocuSign CLMJuro
Annual savings $60K - $150K
#02 GAP: 10/10
ComplianceForge
AI-powered GRC & compliance automation. SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA.
VantaDrataSAP GRC
Annual savings $30K - $500K
#03 GAP: 9/10
ExpenseZero
AI expense management. Snap receipt, auto-categorize, approve, reimburse.
SAP ConcurExpensifyBrex
Annual savings $20K - $110K
#04 GAP: 10/10
ServiceForge
AI-native ITSM. Auto-resolve L1 tickets, SLA tracking, knowledge base.
ServiceNowBMC HelixFreshservice
Annual savings $240K - $1M+
#05 GAP: 9/10
GongSlayer
AI sales conversation intelligence. Record, transcribe, analyze, coach.
GongChorus.aiClari
Annual savings $30K - $100K
#06 GAP: 7/10
MarketFlow
AI marketing automation. Visual journeys, AI copy, lead scoring.
MarketoPardotHubSpot
Annual savings $40K - $180K
#07 GAP: 7/10
DataTalk
Talk to your data. Natural language queries, AI-generated charts.
TableauLookerPower BI
Annual savings $25K - $200K
#08 GAP: 9/10
ProposalForge
AI proposal generator. Brief in, beautiful proposal out, e-sign included.
PandaDocProposifyQwilr
Annual savings $5K - $20K
#09 GAP: 8/10
PeopleOS
AI-native HR & employee management. Directory, PTO, onboarding, reviews.
BambooHRGustoRippling
Annual savings $24K - $100K
#10 GAP: 8/10
InvoiceAgent
AI accounts payable. Invoice ingestion, 3-way match, approval routing.
CoupaSAP AribaBill.com
Annual savings $30K - $150K
#11 GAP: 8/10
StatusBrew
Modern status pages & incident management. AI postmortems included.
StatuspagePagerDutyInstatus
Annual savings $5K - $25K
#12 GAP: 7/10
InsightPulse
AI survey, NPS & feedback. AI-generated insight reports from responses.
QualtricsMedalliaSurveyMonkey
Annual savings $20K - $323K
#13 GAP: 8/10
RecruiterAI
AI-powered ATS. AI resume screening, pipeline tracking, scheduling.
GreenhouseLeveriCIMS
Annual savings $20K - $50K
#14 GAP: 9/10
CompeteWatcher
AI competitive intelligence. Auto-track competitors, generate battlecards.
CrayonKlueKompyte
Annual savings $20K - $60K
#15 GAP: 8/10
ContentMultiplier
AI content repurposing. One input, 10+ platform-native outputs.
Repurpose.ioAgenciesCastmagic
Annual savings $36K - $120K
#16 GAP: 9/10
VendorShield
AI vendor risk management. Auto-fill questionnaires, parse SOC reports.
OneTrustPrevalentSecurityScorecard
Annual savings $25K - $100K
#17 GAP: 9/10
BoardReady
AI board meeting & reporting portal. Secure docs, AI minutes, voting.
DiligentBoardEffectOnBoard
Annual savings $20K - $100K
#18 GAP: 7/10
SupportGenius
AI-first help desk. Auto-resolves 80% of tickets from your own docs.
ZendeskIntercomFreshdesk
Annual savings $50K - $180K
#19 GAP: 8/10
DocuVault
AI document intelligence. Auto-classify, semantic search, Q&A across docs.
M-FilesSharePointDocuWare
Annual savings $20K - $80K
#20 GAP: 7/10
FinOpsLite
AI cloud cost optimizer. Anomaly detection, rightsizing, waste elimination.
CloudHealthSpot.ioKubecost
Annual savings $20K - $100K
Combined enterprise software costs these 20 builds address
$4,748,000
per year in enterprise licensing — each build is MIT licensed, free to fork and deploy
The Format

Over-the-shoulder builds.
Streamed live everywhere.

Every build is coded live. You watch me architect and build each project from scratch in real-time, pair-programming with Claude Code. Real problems, real debugging, real shipping.

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Every build streams simultaneously across Facebook, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), Instagram, and YouTube. Pick your platform.

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See Every Line

Over-the-shoulder screen share. The architecture decisions, the Claude Code prompts, the debugging, the mistakes. Nothing hidden, nothing pre-recorded.

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Get the Repo

Each completed build ships as a public GitHub repo with an MIT license. Full code, full docs, full freedom. Viewers who tune in live get access first.

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Fork & Ship

Every repo is yours to fork, extend, deploy, and build on. MIT license means zero restrictions. Take the foundation and make it your own.

The Schedule

26 days. 20 builds.
Day by day.

Every project has a date. Every stream is live. Here's the full build order, optimized for skill reuse and maximum impact.

Week 1 — Quick Wins May 23 – May 27
Day 1
May 23
StatusBrew
Replaces Atlassian Statuspage
$16K/yr
Day 2
May 24
ProposalForge
Replaces PandaDoc
$20K/yr
Day 3
May 25
InsightPulse
Replaces Qualtrics
$323K/yr
Day 4
May 26
BoardReady
Replaces Diligent Boards
$100K/yr
Day 5
May 27
RecruiterAI
Replaces Greenhouse
$25K/yr
Week 2 — Core Builds May 28 – Jun 1
Day 6
May 28
ExpenseZero
Replaces SAP Concur
$110K/yr
Day 7
May 29
ContractPilot
Replaces Ironclad
$150K/yr
Day 8
May 30
ComplianceForge
Replaces Vanta / Drata
$100K/yr
Day 9
May 31
PeopleOS
Replaces BambooHR / Rippling
$100K/yr
Day 10
Jun 1
InvoiceAgent
Replaces Coupa / SAP Ariba
$200K/yr

Day 11 — Rest Day · Jun 2

Buffer for build overruns. Stream prep. No new ship.

Week 3 — Advanced Builds Jun 3 – Jun 8
Day 12
Jun 3
GongSlayer
Replaces Gong
$100K/yr
Day 13
Jun 4
CompeteWatcher
Replaces Crayon / Klue
$60K/yr
Day 14
Jun 5
ContentMultiplier
Replaces Repurpose.io + Agencies
$120K/yr
Day 15
Jun 6
DocuVault
Replaces M-Files / SharePoint
$80K/yr
Day 16
Jun 7
FinOpsLite
Replaces CloudHealth / Spot.io
$100K/yr
Day 17
Jun 8
VendorShield
Replaces OneTrust Vendorpedia
$100K/yr

Day 18 — Rest Day · Jun 9

Buffer for build overruns. Stream prep. No new ship.

Week 4 — Boss Fights Jun 10 – Jun 14
Day 19
Jun 10
SupportGenius
Replaces Zendesk
$180K/yr
Day 20
Jun 11
MarketFlow
Replaces Marketo / Pardot
$180K/yr
Day 21
Jun 12
DataTalk
Replaces Tableau / Looker
$200K/yr
Day 22-23
Jun 13-14
ServiceForge
Replaces ServiceNow — 2-day finale
$1M+/yr

Days 24-26 — Jun 15-17

Polish, documentation, demo videos, README standardization across all 20 repos. Launch blog post, Product Hunt, and Hacker News submissions.

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The Builder
Steve Kaplan

Steve Kaplan

I don't advise. I build. I wrote a whitepaper showing how a 6-tool open stack can do the job of a $259K enterprise marketing data platform — at 88% less cost. That was one stack. This is twenty.

The SAASpocolypse is what happens when one person with Claude Code takes that same approach and applies it to the 20 most overpriced enterprise software categories, live on camera, in 26 days.

These won't be full enterprise replacements on day one — they'll be functional, AI-native foundations that nail the core 20% of features most teams actually use. The kind of starting point that would cost a company six figures to build from scratch, given away as open-source repos anyone can fork and extend.

$259K Stack Whitepaper
BigQuery + PostHog Expert
AI-First Architecture
Open Source Advocate
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