Own your
software.
Unmetered is a marketplace where vetted operators sell the software they actually run. Buy once and deploy instantly.
We don’t call software “software,” we call it SaaS. But SaaS really means one thing: a subscription.
You find a tool you love for one feature, maybe two. The only way that company keeps growing is by shipping more features to justify the monthly charge. A few years later, you’re paying for a bloated piece of software you’ve grown to resent, because more features was never actually what you wanted. You wanted the one thing it did well.
I felt that powerlessness myself. I just wanted one feature, and the only way to get it, it seemed, was to go hire a dev team. Making software myself was too expensive, I tried it and lost money.
AI changed that. It let non-technical people build real software for the first time. Once you can build the tool yourself, you start questioning why you were ever renting it. Most of what a business runs on doesn’t need to be a subscription at all. People are already leaving SaaS behind and building their own versions of the same tools everyone else needs. If a hundred operators are all building the same dashboard on their own, why not build it once and share it?
The future of software isn’t a platform with a roadmap. It’s personalization. Ninety percent of any tool is the same for everyone; the other ten percent is the last mile that makes it yours. Software is going back to how it used to work: you buy it once. And the next generation of it won’t be built by software companies. It’ll be built by the operators already doing the work, selling directly to the businesses that need it.
No longer are you stuck on a meter for your software. You can go unmetered.
Unmetered is the marketplace for exactly that. Vetted operators sell the tools they already run. You buy once and get the entire codebase: licensed to your org, delivered in minutes, yours to modify and run forever. No seats. No renewal call. No roadmap to wait on.
Every tool is reviewed before it lists: we run it, we scan it, we freeze the exact version you buy, so what you own today still works exactly the same next year, whether or not you ever touch it again. When the creator ships something better, it’s there waiting for you, on your terms, never forced. If a tool doesn’t run as described, we make it right.
This isn’t open source, and it isn’t SaaS. It’s the third thing: software you own, built by someone who was solving your exact problem before you ever showed up.
Stop renting your software.
The founders
How it works
Find the tool
A curated catalog, not an app store. Every listing is tested and approved before it goes live.
Buy it once
One price at checkout. A license to your organization. Not a seat, not a subscription, not a renewal call.
Run it in minutes
Full source in your hands, with install docs and a copy-paste Claude Code prompt. Clone to live before the coffee cools.
Updates included: when the creator ships v1.1, every owner hears about it first. And if a tool doesn’t run as described, we make it right.
Curated, not crowded
Sellers apply. Most don't get in. Every tool in the catalog earned the spot.
Reviewed, then frozen
We run and scan every version. You get the exact bytes we reviewed, nothing swapped after.
Owned, not rented
Perpetual, single-org license. Read it, modify it, run it forever.
Paid once, not forever
Pay once for the thing, not forever for permission to keep using it.
You already built it. Now sell it.
Your repo saves your team ten hours a week, and your DMs are full of people asking for it. List it once: we handle checkout, licensing, delivery, updates, taxes, and the awkward money conversations. You get a new revenue line with zero marginal cost: copy #1,000 takes the same effort as copy #1.
Applications reviewed by humans. Curation is the product.
Open to everyone. Vetted before it lists.
Anyone can sign up today. Every tool and every creator gets reviewed before it lists, so the catalog grows as we approve them. One email when there’s something new, no drip campaign, promise.
Fair questions
Is this open source?
No. Everything listed is licensed, closed software. You get the full source to run and modify inside your organization, not to redistribute.
What exactly do I get when I buy?
The complete codebase for the exact reviewed version, a license key, install docs, and every future update the creator ships, announced to you as an owner.
Do I need to be technical?
If you can paste a prompt into Claude Code, you can run these tools. Every listing ships with instructions your least technical teammate can follow.
When can I start buying?
Sign up anytime. We're still building the catalog, so it'll keep growing as new tools get approved. One email when there's something new to see.
What if a tool doesn't work?
Every version is run and reviewed before it lists. If it doesn't run as described, support makes it right.
Can I resell something I bought?
No. The license is single-organization, and every download is fingerprinted. Sell your own tools instead; the margins are better.