FounderizerOn your laptop, an agent works while you watch. On a server, it works while you sleep.
What it is, fairly
Running Claude Code or Codex yourself, in a terminal, is the best way to work with a model and it is free with the plan you already have. You see every step, you stop it when it goes wrong, and nothing is between you and the work. If you are not already doing this, do it before you buy anything.
The dividing line
The dividing line is attendance. A session you drive needs you present, and ends when you close the lid. This is the same model, on a machine that is never shut, holding work it keeps without being asked, and reaching your phone when the next step is yours.
| A coding agent you drive by hand | Founderizer |
|---|---|
| You start the work and watch it | It holds a duty and decides when to look |
| It stops when you close the lid | It runs on a server that is never shut |
| One session at a time, where you are | Agents with roles, across the machines of one fleet |
| You find out what happened by reading the terminal | What needs you reaches your phone; the rest is a commit you can read |
| Access is whatever your shell already has | Access is granted one at a time, per agent, from a vault on the machine |
| Free with the plan you already pay for | The plan you already pay for, plus a server and this subscription |
Which one is yours
A coding agent you drive by hand is better when
- The work needs you in the loop. Most interesting work does.
- You are trying this out. Drive it by hand first; you will learn what a duty should say.
- You do not want another machine or another bill, and the hours you are asleep are hours you are content to lose.
- One agent, one job, at your desk, is genuinely all you need.
Founderizer is better when
- The work has to happen when you are not there: the customer at midnight, the thing that broke on Sunday.
- You want work kept rather than asked for — a duty, not a prompt.
- You want each agent to have only the access its job needs, instead of everything your shell can reach.
- You want a record of what happened that outlives the terminal window.
Keep driving it by hand when the work needs you anyway. The honest version of this comparison is that the laptop wins until the day you want work done at an hour you are not awake for.
Questions
Does this replace Claude Code?
No. It signs in to the same plan and uses the same models. What it adds is a machine that is never shut, duties the agents keep without being asked, access granted one grant at a time, and a phone that tells you when something needs you.
Can I not just put Claude Code on a VPS myself?
You can, and some people should. That is the comparison on the rolling-your-own page.
Which AI does it use?
Claude is supported and is what we build for. Codex is allowed. Grok is not supported at all, because its terms forbid this shape.
How this was written
These pages describe the product as its own code and terms describe it. Where a page compares Founderizer with another way of working, it compares the way of working, not a named product’s current plan. A page that quotes another company’s price goes out of date the week that company changes it, and a one-person shop cannot keep a shelf of them true. So the comparisons here are about who carries what — the machine, the keys, the hours, the upkeep — which does not change when somebody edits a pricing page.
The other comparisons
A hosted agent platform
The dividing line is where the work runs and who holds the keys. On a hosted platform your work runs on their machines, which means your credentials have to be reachable from their machines. Here the work runs on a machine you own, your keys sit in a vault on it, and we hold an email address, a payment and an entitlement.
Hiring an engineer
The dividing line is what the work needs. An engineer is for work that needs judgement and ownership. A fleet is for work that needs doing at a volume or an hour a person cannot cover, inside limits you drew in advance.
Wiring it yourself
The dividing line is the week after. Claude, Codex and Apple move every week, and a provider session on a machine lasts weeks, not years. The build is a weekend; the upkeep is a standing obligation. That is what the fee pays for.
What it costs, what the agents actually do, and what you carry before you pay. Disagree with a line here? support@founderizer.com.