Start from proven business modules, customise them around how you work, run everything on a server you control — and keep it evolving with AI plus a BYOS Engineer on subscription.
Not a bundle of apps that rent you access. An operating layer for your business: the modules you need, speaking one language, on infrastructure you control.
| Traditional SaaS | Custom development | BYOS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Where it runs | Vendor's cloud | Your server | Your server — or a VPS inside your own cloud account |
| Who owns the data | Vendor. You rent access. | You | You. Always. |
| Time to launch | Days | Months | Days — start from proven modules |
| Customisation | Limited | Unlimited, expensive | Configuration → workflows → extensions, without forking |
| Updates | Forced | None | Signed, reversible, on the channel you pick |
| If you stop paying | Software disappears | Nothing changes | Software keeps running. You stop getting updates and engineer time. |
| Talks to other businesses | Rarely | Never | Squad Connect — orders, invoices and channels between businesses |
AI models will change every year. These six things won't.
The shared kernel every module inherits: users, roles, permissions, custom fields, forms, files, notifications, audit log, search, workflows and the event bus.
Proven processes for orders, bookings, invoicing, inventory and HR — encoded once, improved for everyone, configured for you.
Your public website, CMS and e-commerce, plus customer, vendor and employee portals, dashboards and a mobile app — all on the same data.
Modules talk to each other inside your business. Businesses talk to each other across instances — purchase orders, invoices, shared channels, guest seats.
An AI gateway where you choose the model, agents and tools per module, skills and knowledge — so your data answers questions and your workflows run themselves.
Packaging, one-command install, signed pull-based updates with rollback, backups, monitoring and the byos CLI. Four containers on your box.
When AI writes most of the code, the accountable human who decides what to build, checks it, and ships it safely becomes more valuable — not less. Your BYOS Engineer is that person, on subscription.
You choose the capacity. You manage the plan. You get a shared engineer who knows your business — and real development work delivered every month.
Every plan starts at the same price for month one. After that, you pay monthly for the engineer capacity you choose — and you can change it whenever you like.
Need more than one engineer, an enterprise deployment on Kubernetes, or a source-escrow licence? Talk to us on WhatsApp.
Four steps. No procurement cycle.
Choose the engineer capacity that fits — Starter to Personal. You can change it any month.
Your first month is the same price on every plan. That confirms your place and starts onboarding.
A discovery call, then BYOS goes on your server — or a VPS we provision inside your own cloud account.
Your engineer configures, builds and releases. Track everything in Squad Hub. Pause or cancel whenever.
If you cancel your BYOS subscription, your software keeps running. You simply stop receiving updates, support, Squad Connect and engineering time.
BYOS — Build Your Own Software — is a modular business software platform from UpSquad. You assemble the modules your business needs (CRM, Orders, Inventory, Finance, HR, Website…), customise them, host them on infrastructure you control, and keep evolving them with AI plus a BYOS Engineer on subscription.
On your own VPS, cloud or on-prem server — or on a "Client Cloud" VPS that we provision inside your hosting account (Hostinger, DigitalOcean, AWS). The minimum is a 2 vCPU / 4 GB box with Docker, roughly ₹500–1,000 a month. Enterprise deployments run on your Kubernetes.
Every plan costs ₹10,000 for the first month, regardless of which capacity you choose. It confirms your place, covers onboarding, and gets your engineer started. From month two you pay the monthly price of the plan you picked.
They understand your business, configure your modules, supervise AI-assisted development, build extensions and integrations, review every change, manage releases and troubleshoot. You get real development work each month, sized to your plan — not just support tickets.
Starter through Pro give you a shared engineer with capacity reserved for you (10% to 80% of a full-time engineer). The Personal plan is a dedicated, full-time-equivalent engineer with instant call access and live collaboration.
Yes. You choose and manage your subscription. Upgrade or downgrade any month, pause when things are quiet, or cancel outright. If you cancel, your software keeps running — you simply stop receiving updates, support and engineering time.
Your data, server, domain, configuration, workflows, themes and client-specific extensions are yours. The platform and standard modules are UpSquad's, licensed to you under a source-available licence: read it, modify it, self-host it for your own business.
SaaS rents you access to software on the vendor's cloud and takes it away when you stop paying. BYOS runs on your server, holds your data on your box, and keeps running after you cancel. Our recurring revenue comes from continuous improvement — never from holding your data hostage.
We're onboarding a small group of founding customers first. Join the waiting list or message us on WhatsApp and we'll reach out with a start date and a discovery call.
Tell us a little about your business and the plan you're leaning towards. We'll reply on WhatsApp or email with your start date.
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