Smelter · the ledger

The ledger, up front.

Own the build outright at one of two moments, or let the forge keep running it. Real prices, no fine print doing the arguing.

smelter · terms of the firing   ·   usd · introductory
01 · first hour

Take it sight unseen

$20introductory · one-time
  • For the first hour after your firing finishes
  • The whole build is yours flat
  • Full source, docs, and deploy steps in one ZIP
  • Before any live test
  • The bold price for the decisive
Forge it
the cheap way in 02 · first week

Test it, then take it

$100after 24h live · one-time
  • Let the hour pass and we push your build live for you
  • Use it for the first 24 hours and see it work
  • Buy the download any time in the first week after go-live
  • Own it outright
Forge it
03 · standing

Stay in the fire

$10a month · +15% net rev
  • Prefer not to self-host? Your build keeps running on the Smelter SaaS
  • Plus 15 percent of the revenue it earns
  • Net of the API costs we carry to run it for you
  • Available before, during, and after both windows
Forge it
04 · any time after

The door that never closes

openpriced on proven value
  • Let both windows pass and ownership stays reachable
  • Buy the build out later at a price proven by what it has actually earned
  • The windows are the cheap way in, not the only way
Forge it
two cheap windows, one standing door, no locked exits
miss both and nothing is lost: it stays live, hosted, earning
introductory pricing for the first cohort of pickaxe makers · these numbers will change, and we will say so plainly before they do

$20 in the first hour if you trust the forge. $100 in the first week once you have seen it run. And if both pass you by, the door is still not locked: buy it out later at a price proven by what it earns.

How a firing runs, start to finish: see how a firing works. Plain answers: the questions page.