Why own
Stop renting software you’ll never own.
Renting made sense for a while: easy to start, easy to expense. But it has a cost that never shows up on the invoice. You don’t own the thing your business runs on. There is a third option between building from scratch and renting forever: buy a finished product once, and own it.
Costs stop compounding
Subscriptions charge per seat, per month, forever. Add tools and people and the bill only climbs. Owning is one price, then it's done.
Your data stays yours
It runs on your infrastructure, not a vendor's cloud. Stop paying and nothing switches off. Nobody else holds your customers or your history.
You can change it
Need a field, a workflow, an integration? You have the source. Edit it, extend it, or hand it to a developer. No roadmap to wait on.
No lock-in
No contract that's painful to leave, no price hike at renewal, no feature held hostage behind a higher tier. The product is yours to keep.
Rent vs. own
| Renting (SaaS) | Owning (Nanobox) | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Per seat, every month, forever | One-time license |
| Your data | On the vendor's servers | On your infrastructure |
| Customization | Whatever the vendor ships | Edit the source, it's yours |
| If you stop paying | It all switches off | It keeps running |
| Reselling | Not allowed | Yes, with an agency license |