Affordable Egress vs 76 Fence

76 Fence is the stronger software-sales opportunity right now, and the advantage comes down to timing and budget. A 2025 FDD with CURRENT filing status signals an active, expanding franchisor—exactly the moment when back-office and POS infrastructure gets built or replaced. The AUV of $1.54M per unit means franchisees have meaningful operating revenue to absorb software spend, and the 8% royalty on that revenue gives the franchisor real skin in the game to mandate or subsidize systems that drive efficiency. Two total units is tiny, but that’s the point: you land this brand now and you become the default stack as they scale, rather than fighting an incumbent later.

The procurement model is the tradeoff you have to stomach. Franchisor-controlled purchasing means you sell one decision-maker at the top, but that door is heavy—you’re displacing whatever vendor already has the relationship, and the sales cycle will be longer and more political. Affordable Egress offers an approved-supplier model, which is technically more open, but it’s a ghost town: zero franchised units, a dormant 2023 filing, and no proof anyone is actually buying anything. Open procurement with no buyers is just a theoretical advantage.

Budget and timing beat terrain when the terrain is empty. 76 Fence gives you a live, current franchisor with revenue-rich units and a centralized buying motion you can navigate once. Affordable Egress gives you an easier procurement checkbox and nothing else. You go where the money and momentum are.

Verdict: 76 Fence wins on budget and timing; sell the franchisor once and own the stack from unit two onward.