Buy once. Use forever.
A perpetual source code license. Not a subscription.
Plus any applicable taxes or fees.
Everything included
Works out of the box, no customization required
Complete TypeScript/SvelteKit source code
Deploy anywhere: PostgreSQL on your infrastructure or in Docker
9 languages built in
Modify and rebrand freely
No recurring fees. No vendor lock-in.
No waiting on someone else's roadmap
Why this model
SaaS is a liability. Stop paying and you lose access. A perpetual license is an asset. You pay once, the code is yours, and the value compounds instead of draining.
A canvas, not a cage.
Primer ships complete and runs on install. If your organization has different vocabulary, a different visual style, or systems to plug into, you have the source code and can change any of it.
Your roadmap, not ours.
The biggest reason free updates barely matter: you stopped waiting for them.
Typical SaaS
Submit. Vote. Wait.
You file a feature request and join a queue of thousands. A product manager you will never meet decides if it ships. Major SaaS trackers still hold tickets filed in 2017.
Primer
Just build it.
You have the source code on day one. Move buttons, change colors, add integrations, today. Pull our updates when they help, ignore them when they do not.
One license = one legal entity
A license covers one legal entity. Portfolio companies, client engagements, and subsidiaries each need their own. If the data belongs to a separate company, that company needs its own license.
How this works in practice
- A single company with 10 offices and 2,000 employees: one license.
- A PE firm with 12 portfolio companies: 12 licenses, one per portco.
- A consultant running Primer for 3 client companies: 3 licenses, one per client.
- A franchise brand operating 300 corporate-owned units under one legal entity: one license.
Total cost of ownership
How Primer compares to a typical SaaS subscription for a 50-person team.
| Primer | Typical SaaS | You save | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Year 1 | $5,000 | $18,000 | $13,000 |
| Year 3 | $5,000 | $54,000 | $49,000 |
| Year 5 | $5,000 | $90,000 | $85,000 |
At year three, SaaS has cost $54,000 and counting. Primer is still the $5,000 you paid.
* SaaS estimate based on $30/user/month for 50 users