Foundable vs Polsia: two AIs that run a business, compared
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Foundable publishes this comparison and is one of the two products in it, so read it as our view. Every fact about Polsia below comes from Polsia's own pages, linked where it appears; check them, since they change. The short version: both products hand the running of a business to AI. Polsia leans toward a company that runs itself, with a 3% fee on each sale and a 31-day wait before payouts. Foundable leans toward Ted doing the work while you keep the say on what goes out, and takes no fee on your sales.
What each one is
Polsia describes itself as "AI that runs your company while you sleep": a team of AI agents, a CEO, an engineer and a growth manager among them, that work in daily cycles to write and release code, send emails, post on social media, run ads and look at the numbers.
Foundable gives you Ted, your AI employee. You tell him the idea; he builds the website, takes payments through a Stripe account in your name, writes posts and emails, and, when you start Run, runs the business on his own in the background, doing the next most useful thing again and again while you see what he is doing and thinking.
The differences that matter
| Foundable | Polsia | |
|---|---|---|
| What goes out without you | Nothing by default: emails, posts and website changes wait for your approval. Switching Run to On its own lets Ted send emails and posts and publish website changes himself; website changes can be undone. | Agents run daily cycles on their own, within the budgets and settings you enable. |
| Where your customers' money goes | Into a Stripe account in your name. Foundable isn't the seller and takes no fee on your sales. | Into your own Stripe Express account, which Polsia sets up, less a 3% platform fee, with a 31-day settlement before payout (Polsia's help center). |
| What is public | Your website, once you publish it. Ted's work and Run's log are in your account. | Its terms make each company's dashboard of logs, numbers and posts public by default and open to search engines (Polsia's terms); its FAQ says "Only you can see your company by default" (FAQ). Each company may also get a page at yourcompany.polsia.app. |
| Price | Free to start; paid plans on the pricing page. | Free to start with starter credits; plans from $20 a month (Polsia's plans). |
How Foundable does the work
- Ted is the one you talk to. He turns the idea into a brief: the customer, the offer and the first thing worth testing.
- Build makes the website, shows you a live preview, keeps every version and publishes it at its own foundable.app address.
- Run is Ted running the business: improving the site, finding customers, writing up what he learns.
- Payments puts Buy buttons on your site that take payments through your own Stripe account.
Everything Ted does is recorded, so you can always see what he did and why, and stop a run at any time.
When Polsia is the better choice
Choose Polsia if you want a company that writes and ships its own software every day with as little of your attention as possible, or if building in public is part of the plan and a public dashboard is a feature for you, not a worry.
When Foundable is the better choice
Choose Foundable if it is your business and your name on it: you want to approve what goes out until you trust it, keep every dollar a customer pays in your own Stripe account, and keep the inner workings to yourself. It suits shops, services, creators and local businesses as much as software, and you can text Ted from anywhere.
Questions
Is Foundable a Polsia alternative?
Yes. Both run a business for you with AI. The main differences are who approves what goes out, what each keeps from your customers' payments and what is public unless you change it.
Can I move a business from Polsia to Foundable?
Yes. Sign up, choose I have a website and type your Polsia website's address: Ted reads it to learn your business, and when you ask, he brings it into Foundable as it is or redesigned (switch to Foundable). Then connect your payments and social accounts. Your Polsia company and its polsia.app address stay with Polsia; Is Polsia worth it? covers cancelling there and taking your code, data and domain.
Which one is cheaper?
It depends on what you sell and spend. Both are free to start. Foundable's plans are on its pricing page, and it takes no cut of your sales; Polsia's plans start at $20 a month, and it keeps 3% of each customer payment. On ads each one runs for you from its own ad account, both keep 20%: Polsia's terms set it inside your ad budget, and Foundable Ads keeps it from each campaign's total. See who takes a cut of your sales.
Get started, see how Run works, compare Polsia alternatives, or read Foundable vs Lovable.