Lastware HowLegacy

How legacy is that company?

Enter any company’s website. We read how it’s bought, set up and used, score six signs of software built for another era, quote the line behind each one, and show where a newcomer could start.

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We read the company’s public website. Each check is public, the same for everyone, and free. 5 new checks left today.

Just checked

  1. 99 EpicorImplementation projects, consultants, and no public pricing—ERP as it has always been sold.
    Fossil
  2. 81 InforPricing is only available by contacting sales, and implementation typically involves consultants or partners.
    Fossil
  3. 88 ADPPricing is only available by quote, and most offerings rely on ADP experts to run core workflows.
    Fossil
  4. 73 WorkdayPricing is only available by contacting sales, and deployment can take months to go live.
    Legacy
  5. 68 SalesforceAnnual contracts, implementation projects, and consultants are still the norm for most Salesforce customers.
    Legacy
  6. 87 SAPFounded in 1972, pricing is by quote, and setup starts with restricted trials or demos.
    Fossil

Questions

What does “legacy” mean here?

How much a company still runs on the limits software used to have: screens you can only use its way, workflows that need a project to set up, data it keeps in its own system, people doing work the software doesn’t, and prices per seat or licence through a sales call. Old isn’t the same as legacy: a 30-year-old company with self-serve sign-up, public prices and an open API scores low.

How is the score worked out?

Six signals, each from 0 (built for now) to 4 (fully the old way), equal weight, turned into 0–100. The model judges each signal three times on the same passages and we keep the middle answer, because a single judgment can flip on borderline evidence. The score itself is arithmetic, not the model’s opinion.

Where does the evidence come from?

The company’s public website: its homepage and up to five pages (pricing, product, about…), plus its careers page and two job posts when it links them, because job posts name the stack. Every quote is checked word for word against the page; a signal with no checked quote is marked “inferred”.

Why did my company get this score?

Each signal shows the line from your site behind it. If your site says “Book a demo” and nothing about prices, that reads as the old way, even if the product is modern. Change the site and the next check (every 90 days) will move.

Is it fair?

It reads what a company says about itself, not its code or its customers’ experience, and the model can misread. Treat it as a conversation starter, not a rating. Each check is public and the same for everyone.

Is it free?

Yes. Any company someone already checked is open to all. You can check 5 new companies a day.

Can I build something like this?

Yes. It runs on Contextrie (open-source context and state) and Bref UI (open-source interface). Both are on GitHub.

Open source underneath

Built with

HowLegacy is a thin layer on open-source packages. Star them, fork them, build your own micro.

Contextrie

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Open-source context and state for AI: it keeps only what matters for the question.

In HowLegacy: Reads the website, pricing and careers pages, and keeps the passages about how the product is bought, set up and used, so every signal is judged on the company’s own words.

feuersteiner/contextrie

Bref UI

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Open-source Svelte components for clean, accessible interfaces.

In HowLegacy: The score, the six signals with their quotes, the openings and the board.

feuersteiner/bref-ui

Also built with SvelteKit · Vercel AI SDK · Zod

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