ARCANUS Request early access ↗

PRICING A clear ownership model

Own the hardware.
Subscribe to the platform.

Arcanus separates the things you should own from the services that keep improving. The portable workspace is purchased once. Platform access can be paid monthly or annually.

See how pricing works ↓
Early access pricing Final figures are being set with founding customers. No invented numbers. No hidden structure.

01 How it works

Three parts.
Only one is recurring by default.

Start with the portable workspace. Add Platform access. Then enable the specialist applications that fit the business.

ONE-OFF PURCHASE 01

Portable workspace

Price confirmed during early access

The physical foundation that separates the Arcanus environment from the customer-owned business workspace.

  • Arcanus XFCE + Core drive
  • Arcanum Vault
  • Secure provisioning
  • Initial recovery configuration
Purchased up front · owned by the customer
MONTHLY OR ANNUAL 02

Platform access

Choose flexible or annual billing

The maintained services, updates and shared platform foundation that keep the Arcanus workspace current.

  • Core updates and protocol support
  • Arcanus Platform foundation
  • Security and compatibility updates
  • Standard support and release access
Annual billing will carry the best effective rate
ADD AS NEEDED 03

Specialist modules

Priced by capability

Build the platform around the work your organisation actually performs. Do not pay for an entire suite to use one application.

  • Practice
  • Customs
  • Ledger
  • Commerce and future modules
Enabled within Platform · data remains in the Vault

02 Choose the cadence

Monthly flexibility.
Annual certainty.

MONTHLY

Start flexible.

Best for pilots, early adoption and businesses that want to prove the fit before committing further.

  • Pay month to month
  • Add or change modules as needs develop
  • Higher effective rate than annual billing
ANNUAL · BEST VALUE

Plan with certainty.

Best for established deployments that want predictable budgeting and the lowest effective subscription cost.

  • One annual Platform payment
  • Discounted effective monthly rate
  • Simple renewal and module planning

03 Your Arcanus build

Price the business you have.

A final quote is assembled from four visible decisions. Nothing needs to be buried in a single opaque software bundle.

01UPFRONTWorkspace pair
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02OPTIONAL HARDWAREPortal devices
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03RECURRINGPlatform access
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04AS NEEDEDSpecialist modules
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YOUR BUILDA clear, reviewable quote

04 Pricing principles

The model should reflect the architecture.

01

Ownership is visible.

The customer purchases the physical workspace. Subscription does not turn the Vault into rented storage.

02

Recurring value is maintained.

Subscriptions support the platform, updates, compatibility and continuing product development.

03

Modules stay composable.

Practice, Customs, Ledger and Commerce can be enabled around the organisation instead of forced into one edition.

04

Annual should reward commitment.

Monthly keeps the entry flexible; annual billing provides the strongest effective rate.

05 Before exact prices

The questions that set the figures.

These are the commercial decisions to settle during early access.

What should the upfront purchase include?+

The current model includes the Arcanus XFCE + Core drive, Arcanum Vault, secure provisioning and initial recovery configuration. Packaging, replacement cover and onboarding can be priced once production costs are known.

Should modules be per user or per organisation?+

That remains open. Organisation pricing is simpler and fits shared business capability; user bands may be fairer where support and usage scale materially with team size.

What happens if a subscription ends?+

The final policy should preserve the customer's ownership of the Vault while clearly defining which maintained Platform services, updates and modules remain active. This commitment should be explicit before the first sale.

How should Portal be priced?+

Portal is separate hardware. It can be sold outright, supplied with a support plan or quoted as a managed fleet depending on the final device and service model.

FOUNDING CUSTOMERS Shape the price

Help make the model fair.

Early organisations will help establish the right balance between upfront ownership, recurring platform value and specialist module pricing.

Discuss your build ↗ Return to the system → hello@arcanusplatform.co.uk