Starter bundle
2 to 4 weeks, fixed-fee. Written quote inside 48 hours of the discovery call.
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The numbers, owned, not rented
The Numbers Toolkit.
The numbers you actually watch, the cash you actually have, and what a job actually costs. Modular, owned, themed to your business.
Both halves of the financial picture in one owned toolkit: looking back at what happened, and looking forward at what is coming. Eight containers across Foundation, Look Back, Look Forward, and Support. Pick the containers that fit; we configure the build and hand over the source at the end.
What this is, what this is not
The numbers, owned and refreshed. Not a BI platform you rent per dashboard.
The toolkit reports what happened and forecasts what is coming. It is not your accounting system and it does not do your books; it reads from the data you already keep and turns it into a dashboard, a report, a budget, and a price. It replaces the Friday-morning spreadsheet ritual, the three days of monthly copy-paste, and the per-dashboard analytics subscriptions you pay for now.
This is
- A modular numbers toolkit
- Containers you turn on as you need them
- Brand-themed to your business
- Owned by you at handoff: source, data, documentation
- Often pays for itself by consolidating the per-dashboard subscriptions it replaces
This is NOT
- An accounting or bookkeeping system
- A BI platform you rent per dashboard or per data source
- A bookkeeper or a CFO
- A subscription you rent forever
The containers
8 containers across 4 tiers.
Foundation is always on. The rest are picked in the configurator. Each container is a working module of the toolkit, themed to your business, built into your install.
Tier · Foundation
- nu-01Always on
Access and Data Controls Baseline
Authentication, roles and permissions, audit log, encryption, automated backups, export your own data.
- nu-02Always on
White-Label Theme
Your logo, colors, and fonts on every screen.
Tier · Look Back
- nu-03
Owner Dashboard
One page, refreshed daily, showing the eight numbers the owner actually wants to see.
- nu-04
Reporting Pack
The recurring reports you assemble every month for a board, a lender, a parent company, or a partner, exported on a schedule.
Tier · Look Forward
- nu-05
Working Budget
A real budget you can update yourself, not a static spreadsheet that goes stale in February.
- nu-06
13-Week Cash Forecast
Cash in and cash out, thirteen weeks ahead, so a tight week is a decision and not a surprise.
- nu-07
Pricing and Job-Cost Model
What a job actually costs and what it should be priced at, with the assumptions visible.
Tier · Support
- nu-08
Data Connectors
Pull from the tools you already use: Sheets, an accounting export, your CRM, your job board. Scoped to the specific sources in the quote.
Build my toolkit
Pick the containers. Share the link. Send us the config.
Start from a preset or build a custom configuration. Foundation containers are always on. Your selection is encoded in the URL so you can copy the page and share it with a partner before sending. When you are ready, drop your name and email and we will come back inside 48 hours with a written, fixed-fee quote.
Start with a presetCustom
A guided tour
A guided tour through four containers.
Mockups shown for a fictional business, Catalina Coffee Roasters. Your install is themed to your brand at no additional cost; see the White-Label Theme container.
Owner Dashboard, eight-tile view 
Reporting Pack, scheduled export 
13-Week Cash Forecast 
Pricing and Job-Cost Model
Hosting, ownership, and what you pay after handoff
You pick the platform. We build on it. You own it.
- You choose where it runs. Your AWS account, your Azure account, or open-source and self-hosted. We build to the platform you want, not the one that pays us.
- The only ongoing bill is your own usage, paid to the provider. On AWS or Azure that is metered usage billed directly by Amazon or Microsoft, usually modest for a single-business tool. On an open-source, self-hosted setup it can be close to nothing. AC5 Labs does not resell hosting, mark it up, or sit between you and your provider.
- No AC5 Labs platform fee. No seat licenses. No renewal. Once we hand over the source, the data, and the documentation, the build is yours and nothing from us keeps billing.
- Maintenance is on call, not on retainer. When you want a change or a fix, you call us, we quote it, and we do it. An optional standby maintenance line is available, never required, never auto-renewed.
- You are not signing up to run a data center. We hand over something documented and stable, on the platform you chose, with a recorded walk-through. Most owners touch the infrastructure rarely, and call us when they do.
Pricing and timeline
Fixed-fee per configuration. Owned at handoff.
The four anchors. The exact dollar amount lands in the written quote inside 48 hours of the discovery call.
Full toolkit
4 to 8 weeks, fixed-fee. Same Pilot Risk-Reversal at the Phase 1 gate.
Optional maintenance
A single optional line for changes and platform questions, billed only when you use it. Never required, never auto-renewed.
Owned at handoff
No seat licenses, no platform access fees. The build is yours forever.
Compared to the SaaS stack
What watching the numbers commonly costs, every month.
Approximate retail SaaS list pricing as of 2026. Your savings depend on your current stack.
| What you commonly pay for | Approx. cost | Container that replaces it |
|---|---|---|
| Dashboard and BI tool, often per data source (Tableau, Power BI Pro, Domo) | $10 to $75 per user per month, plus connectors | Owner Dashboard |
| Board and lender reporting | $50 to $300 per month | Reporting Pack |
| Budgeting and cash-forecast tool (Float, Fathom) | $50 to $200 per month | Working Budget, 13-Week Cash Forecast |
| Pricing and job-cost add-ons | $30 to $150 per month | Pricing and Job-Cost Model |
| Sum | Several hundred per month, recurring | One-time custom build, owned forever |
Costs above are approximate retail SaaS list pricing as of 2026. BI tools often bill per connected data source, so the bill grows as you connect more of your business.
FAQ
The questions buyers ask first.
Is this my accounting system?
No. It reads from your accounting data and turns it into dashboards, reports, budgets, and prices. Your books stay where they are.
Where does the data come from?
From the tools you already use, through the Data Connectors container: Sheets, an accounting export, your CRM, your job board. We scope the exact sources in the quote.
Where is the data hosted?
Your choice: your AWS or Azure account, or open-source and self-hosted. You pay your provider directly for usage; we do not resell hosting.
What happens if AC5 Labs disappears?
You own the source code, the database, and the documentation. Any competent developer can pick it up.
Can I add containers later?
Yes. The toolkit is modular. A new container slots into the same Foundation baseline and theme.
Can I update the budget and the pricing model myself?
Yes. They are built for you to edit, and we hand over a recorded walk-through so your team can keep them current.
Tell us which numbers you are flying blind on.
30-minute discovery call. We come back inside 48 hours with a written, fixed-fee quote and a fixed timeline. If your current stack is the right answer, we will say so on the call.