01 — Tiers
Pick a tier, or scope a custom plan
Pay for the projects you manage. Not the work we do.
Fair pricing, by design.
Backports stay unlimited on every tier. Capacity is what you pay for — and there's a generous free tier for small portfolios.
Free
$0/month
3 projects
Try STC on a small portfolio. Bring your own Claude key.
- ✓Bring your own Claude API key
- ✓Unlimited backports
- ✓1 team member
- ✓Community support
- ✓Audit log retained 30 days
Starter
$49/month
10 projects
For one team running a handful of services.
- ✓Everything in Free
- ✓Up to 5 team members
- ✓Email support
- ✓Audit log retained 1 year
- ✓Published upgrade paths
Team
Most popular$199/month
50 projects
For an engineering org maintaining a real portfolio.
- ✓Everything in Starter
- ✓Up to 25 team members
- ✓Role-based access control
- ✓Bulk backport operations
- ✓Slack & webhook integrations
- ✓Priority email support
Business
$399/month
200 projects
For organisations standardising across many products.
- ✓Everything in Team
- ✓Unlimited team members
- ✓Single sign-on (SAML / OIDC)
- ✓SCIM provisioning
- ✓Custom detection rules
- ✓Dedicated onboarding
Custom
Let's talk
Unlimited projects
On-premise, regulated industries, or bespoke contractual terms.
- ✓Everything in Business
- ✓On-premise runner
- ✓Air-gapped operation
- ✓CRA-aligned vulnerability handling
- ✓Custom SLAs & contractual terms
- ✓Dedicated success manager
Add-ons.
Optional packages, priced separately. Add when you need them, drop when you don't.
Compliance Pack
+$200/month
Everything regulated teams ask for in procurement, gathered into one signed package.
- ✓Security overview & CAIQ on request
- ✓Signed Data Processing Addendum
- ✓Audit log retained 3 years
- ✓Quarterly process review
Available on Business and Custom
Project pack
+$99/month per 50 projects
Add capacity to any paid tier without re-papering the contract.
- ✓Stacks with your tier's included capacity
- ✓Pro-rated when you add it mid-cycle
- ✓Same backport & integration limits
- ✓Cancel any time
Available on Starter, Team, and Business
02 — Comparison
What's in each tier
Compare tiers.
| Feature | Free | Starter | Team | Business | Custom |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portfolio | |||||
| Projects | 3 | 10 | 50 | 200 | Unlimited |
| Backports per month | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Bring your own Claude key | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Agent & integrations | |||||
| Published upgrade paths | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Custom detection rules | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slack & webhook hooks | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bulk backport operations | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-premise / air-gapped runner | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Team & access | |||||
| Team members | 1 | 5 | 25 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Role-based access | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SCIM provisioning | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Audit & documentation | |||||
| Audit log retention | 30 days | 1 year | 1 year | 1 year | Custom |
| Audit trail export | — | — | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| SBOM generation | — | — | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| CRA-aligned vuln handling | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
| Support | |||||
| Channel | Community | Priority email | Dedicated onboarding | Dedicated success manager | |
| Response SLA | — | 2 business days | 1 business day | Same business day | Custom |
| 24/7 incident response | — | — | — | — | ✓ |
03 — FAQ
The honest answers
Questions, answered honestly.
Pricing is the place where vague answers cost real trust. Here are the questions we get most often.
Is there a per-backport fee?
No. Backports are unlimited on every tier — including Free. You pay for the size of the portfolio you manage with us, not for the volume of work the agent does. The Anthropic API usage that powers each backport is billed by Anthropic on your own key.
What counts as a project?
A project is one connected source repository — typically one Git repo, one team's service, or one library. Forks, mirrors, and abandoned branches don't count. If you're not sure, we'll help you map it before you commit to a tier.
Why can the free tier afford to be that generous?
Because we're not paying for your Anthropic usage — you are, on your own key. That removes the pressure to put compute-cost gates between you and the agent's output. We can keep Free meaningful (3 projects, unlimited backports) without losing money on it.
How do you handle our Claude API key and Git PATs?
Both are stored encrypted at rest, scoped to your workspace, and only ever decrypted inside the runner that needs them. We never log credentials, and we never send your source code to anyone except the model endpoint that you've pointed your key at. On Custom, the runner can live entirely inside your own network.
Can STC run fully air-gapped?
Yes — on the Custom tier. The runner deploys inside your network, talks only to your model endpoint and your Git host, and emits the audit trail to a destination you control. Useful for regulated environments and government tenants.
Why is the annual discount 20%?
It's the spread we'd otherwise spend on chasing renewals, processing month-to-month churn, and re-onboarding. We'd rather hand it back as a clean discount than dress it up as a promo.