Cofounder is an operating system for your entire company. Locus helps non-technical founders stand up a generated site and light business motions.
Competitor comparisonBoth help founders move. The difference is scope and economics. Locus is a lightweight generated-site path with payment and revenue take. Cofounder is a company operating system - including websites and landing pages in onboarding - with software pricing instead of compounding take-rates as you grow.
Best fit
Founders building a real company who want departmental ops with founder control.
Non-technical founders who want a lightweight generated-site path quickly.
Core promise
An agentic company operating system for design, launch, growth, and operations with founder control.
A fast path to a generated web presence and lightweight company workflows.
Websites and presence
Spins up websites and landing pages during onboarding, then keeps running company work beyond the site.
A generated site on a custom domain is often the center of gravity - not a full company operating system.
Product depth
Built for running the company around a real product or service customers pay for - not only a brochure site.
Stronger when a generated presence is enough. Weaker when you need depth past a site.
Economics
Software pricing, currently $120/month, without a percent of your revenue. See live plans on the pricing page.
About $25/month plus 1% of payments and 5% of revenue over $1k/month. Check current billing.
Pricing summary
Starts at $120/month.
Starts near $25/month with payment and revenue participation. Check live pricing before you commit.
Yes if you are weighing AI company tools on scope and pricing. Locus is a lightweight generated-site path; Cofounder is a company operating system with founder control.
Cofounder is currently $120/month. Locus is publicly near $25/month + 1% of payments + 5% of revenue over $1k/month. As revenue grows, percentage terms dominate. Check current billing.
A generated site on a custom domain is not the same as a product customers retain. If you need software people pay for, keep a real product path and use Cofounder for company work around it.
Cofounder already spins up websites and landing pages during onboarding, then runs company work beyond that. Locus still fits if you only want a lightweight generated-site path and are fine with payment and revenue take. Cofounder fits when you need a real company operating system without a revenue tax.
No revenue-share tax on standard Cofounder plans. You pay software and usage. See live plans on the pricing page.
Use Locus when a generated presence is enough. Use Cofounder when you need an operating system for company work around a real product - without giving away a slice of every month's revenue.