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The subscription era is optional

Storage plan. Password app. Music. Backup. AI. Each one is small — together they're a second utility bill that never ends, for things one machine can do at home.

The average family pays $2,340 a year for services that scan their data.

One quiet box replaces the lot. It plugs into your router, sets itself up in 15 minutes, and after the one purchase there is nothing left to pay — ever.

SearXNG
Firefly III
Duplicati
Kavita
Mealie
Matrix + Element
Gitea
Uptime Kuma
Immich
Nextcloud
Vaultwarden
Jellyfin
Home Assistant
AdGuard Home

18 apps. One purchase. $0/month.

$2,340/yr — the average family's subscription stackFrom $549 once — or free on a computer you own$0/month after that. Ever.Yours to upgrade, resell, or unplug
I.

Add up what you actually pay.

Google One, iCloud, Spotify, ChatGPT, a password app, cloud backup. None feels expensive alone. Together: about $195 a month — forever, and rising.

II.

Twenty years of rent, and you own nothing.

Miss a payment and the family photos are hostage. Prices go up; you can't say no — they have your entire life as leverage.

III.

One purchase ends it.

A pod costs less than three months of that bill, once. Everything moves home. The bill stops. The scanning stops with it.

For the family techie doing the vetting: no Docker, no terminal, no YAML — unless you want it. It's all open underneath, and there's a free bring-your-own-machine tier.

Cancel these. Keep everything they did.

Same features, same phone apps — minus the monthly bill and the scanning.

Google One — $9.99/moImmich· the same magic photo search, at home
iCloud+ — $9.99/moNextcloud· files, calendar, contacts — everywhere
LastPass — $4/moVaultwarden· your passwords, your vault
ChatGPT Plus — $20/moPrivate AI· a helper that runs on your own machine
Spotify — $11.99/moJellyfin· your music and movies, no ads
Backblaze — $9/moDuplicati· encrypted backup to a drive you own
YNAB — $14.99/moFirefly III· budgets the bank can't browse
NextDNS & ad blockers — $2/moAdGuard Home· ads gone on every device in the house

18 apps included. $0 a month.

The box carries its own app store — everything below installs in one click and never bills you.

Immich
replaces Google Photos
Nextcloud
replaces Google Drive / iCloud
Vaultwarden
replaces LastPass / 1Password
Jellyfin
replaces Plex / streaming boxes
Home Assistant
replaces Google Home / Alexa
AdGuard Home
replaces ads & trackers, network-wide
Private AI
replaces ChatGPT
SearXNG
replaces Google Search
Firefly III
replaces Mint / YNAB
Duplicati
replaces Backblaze
Kavita
replaces Kindle library
Mealie
replaces recipe apps
Grocy
replaces grocery apps
WGER
replaces MyFitnessPal
Authentik
replaces Okta / Auth0
Gitea
replaces GitHub (private)
Matrix + Element
replaces Signal / WhatsApp servers
Uptime Kuma
replaces status-page SaaS

All shipping today; more added monthly. No accounts, no ads, no rent.

Do the math

Tap what you pay for today. Then compare it with a box you buy once.

Your monthly rent
$94.94/mo
$1139/yr · $2279/yr for a two-adult home
The pod
$549once
Once. That's the whole column.

From bill to owned in 15 minutes

01

Plug it in

Two cables: power, and your internet router. That's the whole installation.

02

Type one code

Your order comes with a simple code. Type it once — the box sets itself up while you watch the progress bar.

03

Cancel the subscriptions

Your photos, files, passwords and music are home. Go down your bank statement and start cancelling.

The fine print, honestly

Really no monthly fee?+

Really. The box is yours the way a refrigerator is yours. Optional extras exist — like reaching your box while travelling — but nothing you bought ever stops working if you skip them.

Do I need to be good with computers?+

No. Plug it in, type a code, done. No coding, no settings — and the family techie can inspect everything.

What if it breaks?+

Plug in any USB drive and the box keeps an encrypted backup. A replacement brings everything back in about 20 minutes. 1-year warranty included.

How fast does it pay for itself?+

At the average $195/month stack, a $549 box pays for itself in under three months. Even the biggest box pays back within about a year.

Is my stuff really private?+

It lives in your house, on hardware you own. Nobody can scan it, sell it, or hold it hostage — there's no account to suspend.

What if I need help?+

Email us and a real person answers — usually the founder. No phone trees, no chatbots.

One purchase. No subscription. Ever.

Pick by how much of your life you're bringing home. Most sizes pay for themselves in well under a year.

Refuge
The essentials: photos, files, passwords
$549once
saves ~$2,340+/yr in subscriptions
  • Your photos, files & passwords — at home
  • Your own movies, music & books
  • Keeps working even when the internet is down
Choose Refuge
Most popular
Domus
Everything, plus a private AI helper
$649once
saves ~$4,020+/yr in subscriptions
  • Everything in Refuge
  • A private AI you can talk to — it never tells
  • Ads blocked for every device in the house
Choose Domus
Hearth
Built for the whole family
$699once
saves ~$5,200+/yr in subscriptions
  • Everything in Domus
  • A private space for each family member
  • Parental controls built in
Choose Hearth
Atrium
For your small business
$1,299once
saves ~$11,400+/yr in subscriptions
  • Everything in Domus
  • Invoices, team chat, documents & code — owned
  • Serious security for client work
Choose Atrium
Citadel
Maximum privacy, for work that depends on it
$2,499once
saves ~$20,000+/yr in subscriptions
  • Everything in Atrium
  • The strongest protection we make
  • For journalists, lawyers, and the truly careful
Choose Citadel
Or pay nothing at all.Free
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Cancel the rent. Keep the life.