Personal tools and side projects
Every idea you build with your AI gets its own link. Keep drafts private and publish the good ones.
ExampleA recipe planner, a reading log and a small game, all on one €7 server.
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Use cases
Small apps that matter. Kept in one place.
Things too small for a cloud bill and too useful to leave on a laptop. Here is how people use one Automaton server, from a single builder to a company that keeps its data in-house.
Internal team tools
Dashboards, forms and trackers your team signs in to. No more spreadsheets passed around.
ExampleA shift planner and a stock tracker, visible only to signed-in members.
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Your company app store
One storefront for every tool your company builds. People find what exists instead of building it twice.
ExampleTwelve internal tools with covers and descriptions at store.your-company.com.
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Data that must stay in-house
Run AI-built apps without sending data to another cloud. Choose the machine and the country.
ExampleAn HR request form whose data never leaves the company's own server in Germany.
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Sharing with clients and partners
Invite a client or a partner company and choose exactly which apps they can open.
ExampleAn agency gives each client a project status app, invited by email.
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Scheduled jobs and monitors
Actions run on a schedule: reports, syncs, clean-ups and checks that alert you when something breaks.
ExampleA website monitor that checks five sites every five minutes and posts to Slack.
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Cost
The price is the server you rent
The software is free under Apache 2.0. There is no per-app, per-user or per-seat fee.
| Typical app platform | Automaton on your server | |
|---|---|---|
| Ten small apps | Billed per app, per seat or per request | One server of about €7 a month in our tests, plus a domain |
| Adding people | Often a per-seat price | Invite as many as your server serves |
| Where data lives | The provider's regions | The machines and countries you choose |