Something happened to business software.

You used to pay for it once, install it, and run it. Whether on someone’s computer or a server for everyone — it felt like you owned it. And you did.

Today, most software is a service: not owned, but rented. Buying it puts you into a perpetual landlord–tenant agreement. Every month you pay for essentially the same thing you had last month. If you stop paying, the software stops working. Boom — you’re evicted.

For nearly two decades, SaaS rewarded landlords handsomely. With routine prayers — and payers — to the Church of Recurring Revenue, valuations soared while many businesses paid luxury prices for commodity services they had little control over.

Add up your SaaS subscriptions last year. You should own that stuff by now.

SaaS still makes sense for many products, but its grip will loosen. Installation and administration used to be hopelessly complicated, but self-hosting tech is simpler and vastly improved. IT teams are hungry to run their own IT again, tired of being subservient to Big Tech’s clouds.

Introducing

1time — pay once. host forever.

Once upon a time you owned what you paid for, you controlled what you depended on, and your privacy and security were your own business. We think it’s that time again.

1time brings ownership back: pay once, host yourself, inspect the code, and run it on your terms.

• Pay one time, own forever.
• We write the code; you get to see it.
• We give you the software; you get to host it.
• Simple and straightforward — not enterprisey and bloated.
• For one fixed price. 1time.

The subscription era is quietly collapsing. Smart businesses are going back to ownership—with better tech than ever.

Stay tuned.