For partners and resellers

Free software. A real business.

You sell services, licences and hosting around a platform your customers can try with zero risk.

Become a partner Answers for customers
Revenue

How the money is made

The software is free. Companies pay for the things that make it work in their business.

Commercial licence

ERP 1,800 EUR · OEM 3,200 EUR

One-time. For companies that keep their own changes private, embed the platform or resell it.

Updates

20% a year

Of the licence price, from the second year. Without renewal the licence keeps working on the last version.

Hosting and support

up to 450 EUR a month

Recurring revenue: you run, back up and update the system for the customer.

Pilot on real data

2,500 EUR fixed

The customer's own project, estimate or model, set up and shown working. The usual first invoice.

Implementation

5,000 to 20,000 EUR

Data import, cost databases, templates, roles, training. Your service, your price.

Consulting

up to 800 EUR a day

Estimating processes, data workflows, custom modules and reports.

Data and converter products

Converters for RVT, IFC and DWG, cost databases and country packs, sold on top.

Maximum list prices. We give country-specific discounts and agree prices with each company individually.

The argument

Why "free" is your strongest sales argument

The free platform creates the leads. You close the services.

Zero-risk trial

The customer installs it and works on a real project before spending anything. No sales meeting needed to start.

No vendor lock-in

If they ever leave you or us, the software and their data stay with them. That removes the biggest buying fear.

Open standards

GAEB, DIN 276, IFC and other formats in and out. It fits into the tools and processes the customer already has.

Source on GitHub

Every line can be read and audited. IT departments say yes faster.

Customers own their data

On their own server, in PostgreSQL, fully exportable. Nothing is held hostage.

Objections

What customers ask, and what to say

Short answers you can use as they are.

"Where are the hidden costs?"
There are none, and the licence guarantees it. The core is under AGPL-3.0, which legally keeps it free. It installs offline, with no account, no licence key, no locked features and no expiry."Install it yourself today. You can check this in five minutes."
"How do you earn money then?"
From the work around the software: pilots, implementation, hosting, support, training and commercial licences for companies that need them. The same way many large open-source companies work."You pay for our time and expertise, not for permission to use the software."
"What if the project dies?"
The code is open and the customer keeps a full copy. Their data sits in their own PostgreSQL database in open formats. Any developer can keep the system running."Your system and your data stay yours, whatever happens to anyone else."
"Is open source secure and supported?"
The code is public, so it can be audited by anyone, including the customer's own IT. It runs on their own server, behind their own firewall. Support with response times comes from you, under a contract."You can audit every line, and you get a support contract with us."
"Why pay for a licence if it is free?"
The AGPL asks anyone who changes the software and offers it to others to publish those changes. A commercial licence removes that obligation: keep your own changes private, embed the platform in your product or resell it."You only need it if you want to keep your changes private or build it into your own product."
"Who supports us?"
You do, as the local partner, in their language and time zone. Behind you stands the core team that develops the platform."We do, locally, with the developers of the platform behind us."
Support

What partners get

  • A demo instance to show customers
  • Training for your team
  • Sales materials ready to adapt
  • Help with country packs: local standards, cost data, documents
  • Leads from your region shared with you
  • A non-exclusive territory, with no partnership fee
Start

Three steps to start

Write to us

Tell us your region, your customers and your team.

Get the demo and training

Learn the platform on a demo instance and agree the partner terms.

Run your first pilot

Offer a fixed-price pilot on a customer's real project.

Become a partner info@datadrivenconstruction.io
Ready to send

Forward this to your customer

OpenConstructionERP is an open-source platform for construction estimating and cost management: estimates, cost databases, tenders, CAD and BIM quantities, and project control. It is free because it is published under the AGPL-3.0 licence: you can install it on your own server, without an account, licence key or time limit, and your data stays yours in an open format. You pay only for what you choose: a pilot on your own data, implementation and training, hosting and support, and a commercial licence if you need to keep your own changes private or build the platform into your product.