Cofounder is an operating system for your entire company. Locus gives non-technical founders an opinionated path to launch and operate an internet business.
Competitor comparisonBoth help founders move. The difference is where the business starts. Locus provides an opinionated system for launching and operating an internet business, including the website, outreach, ads, CRM, and payments. Cofounder runs specialized departments around an app you build elsewhere.
Best fit
Founders with an app or product path who want departmental company operations with shared context and founder review.
Non-technical founders who want a guided internet-business builder that starts from an idea and operates through one system.
Core promise
An agentic company operating system for design, launch, growth, and operations with founder control.
An AI business builder for websites, outreach, ads, CRM, payments, and ongoing business tasks.
Websites and presence
Spins up websites and landing pages during onboarding, then keeps running company work beyond the site.
The website and custom domain are part of a broader system that also handles outreach, ads, CRM, and payments.
Operating model
Runs company work through specialized departments around the app you build elsewhere.
Offers an opinionated all-in-one path for launching and operating an internet business from one system.
Founder control
Agents share company context, move work forward, and bring consequential actions back for review.
Includes approval checkpoints for customer-facing work such as outreach and ads.
Product relationship
Your core app stays in Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, Replit, Lovable, or another builder.
The business starts inside Locus, with its generated website and operating tools as the center of gravity.
Economics
Software pricing, currently $120/month, without a percent of your revenue. See live plans on the pricing page.
The current public homepage lists $25/month or $250/year, plus 1% of payments and 5% of revenue over $1k/month. Check current billing.
Pricing summary
Starts at $120/month.
$25/month or $250/year plus payment and revenue participation. Check live pricing before you commit.
They overlap, but the starting point is different. Locus is an opinionated AI business builder for launching an internet business. Cofounder runs departments around an app or product you build elsewhere.
Cofounder is currently $120/month. Locus's current homepage lists $25/month or $250/year, plus 1% of payments and 5% of revenue over $1k/month. Check current billing before you buy because older Locus pages have shown different prices.
Yes. Locus says it can also handle cold outreach, ads, CRM, Stripe payments, and approval checkpoints. Cofounder differs by organizing company work into departments around an app built elsewhere.
Locus fits founders who want a guided, all-in-one path from idea to internet business. Cofounder fits founders who are building the app in another tool and want a company operating system for everything around it.
Standard Cofounder plans do not take a percentage of revenue. You pay for the software and usage. See live plans on the pricing page.
Use Locus for an all-in-one path from idea to internet business. Use Cofounder when you need an operating system for company work around an app built in another tool.