Phylactery
Indie-priced software escrow: rebuilds and boots the SaaS monthly + founder dead man's switch
Codekeeper already sells SaaS escrow with cloud deployment checks, leaving no open gap.
Indie-priced software escrow: rebuilds and boots the SaaS monthly + founder dead man's switch
SMB customers rely on these tools for daily work, so a sudden shutdown can halt their operations with no warning. Standard escrow services often cost too much for small vendors, so many small SaaS products have no backup plan.
Phylactery keeps a monthly rebuilt copy of your SaaS and boots it if a dead man's switch trips.
- 1Vendor connects their code repository and sets a check-in schedule.
- 2Phylactery rebuilds and tests the app every month automatically.
- 3If the founder goes silent, the switch triggers and the app boots.
Why it failed
Check 3 · Already existsCodekeeper already sells SaaS escrow from about $179-199/month with daily syncs and cloud deployment verification that stands the app up in a test environment. Death Plan Switch covers the founder dead man's switch for free. The idea has no price or feature gap left to exploit.
What already exists
7 products checked- 01
Interview five SaaS vendors on why Codekeeper's price blocks them.
- 02
Test a sub-$30 tier for indie vendors on X and Indie Hackers.
- 03
Validate with ten paying pre-orders before writing any escrow code.
- Codekeeper, Death Plan Switch (Show HN)
Codekeeper, Death Plan Switch (Show HN)