You own it
The short answer
You are not renting another SaaS product. The platform we build is your asset: your source code, your database, your domain, and your accounts, all under your name. If you ever leave, you take the working system with you rather than losing access to it.
What you own
- The source code for your platform, in full, including the front end, the backend logic, and the database schema.
- Your data, in a standard database you can export at any time, in a format any developer can read.
- Your domain, registered to you, not to us.
- Your third-party accounts: payments, email sending, analytics, and any integration keyed to your business.
- The design work produced for your build, including the layouts and brand application.
What the monthly subscription pays for
The subscription covers hosting, support, maintenance, security updates, and continued development, including same-day access to new frontier AI models as they release. It is a service fee, not a licence fee for permission to use your own software.
That is the difference from rented software. With a SaaS subscription, stopping payment means losing the product and usually the data inside it. Here, stopping payment means the service around your platform ends. The platform itself is still yours.
If we part ways
- You get the current source code and a full database export.
- Domain and third-party accounts stay where they already are, in your name.
- We hand over documentation covering the architecture, the environment variables your platform needs, and how to deploy it.
- You can host it yourself or hand it to another developer. There is no proprietary runtime that only we can operate.
- No exit fee, and no clause that makes leaving more expensive than staying.
Why this matters more than it sounds
Vendor lock-in is rarely a single contract term. It is the accumulated cost of moving: data trapped in a format only one vendor writes, workflows that exist only inside one product, and integrations nobody can rebuild elsewhere.
Because your platform is ordinary code on an ordinary database, the exit cost stays low. That is deliberate. A vendor who makes leaving cheap has to keep earning the relationship instead of relying on the difficulty of the alternative.
Common questions
Questions about you own it
Do I really get the source code?
Yes. The full source for your platform is yours, and we hand over a copy along with a database export whenever you ask, not only at the end of the relationship.
What happens to my data if I stop the subscription?
You keep it. Your data lives in a standard database and can be exported in full at any time. Ending the subscription ends hosting and support, not your ownership.
Can another developer take over my platform?
Yes. It is built on widely used technology with no proprietary runtime, and we hand over architecture and deployment documentation so another developer can pick it up.
Is there an exit fee or a long lock-in contract?
No. There is no exit fee and no clause designed to make leaving expensive.
Ask us the ownership questions directly
Bring the contract questions to the discovery meeting. Source code, data export, hosting, and what happens if you leave, answered plainly before you commit.