What's the difference between Developer and Team licenses?
Developer license is for individual developers working on personal or side projects.
Team licenses are for company/commercial use with multiple team members and priority support.
If you're building for clients or using at a company, you need a Team license.
Can I use Developer license for client work?
No. If you're building for clients or using at a company, you need a Team license.
We monitor usage patterns and will contact you to upgrade if we detect commercial use.
Team pricing will apply retroactively if you continue using Developer license for commercial work.
Why use this instead of Temporal, Airflow, or Prefect?
Temporal is great for microservice orchestration. Airflow is great for data pipelines. We are not competing there.
Sanar is built specifically for LLM workflows:
- Context caching reduces token costs 50-80%
- Agent-aware steps understand prompts, tools, completion signals
- Prompt/response logging, not just generic inputs/outputs
- Checkpoint and resume from any step after failure
If you are orchestrating LLM calls, Sanar saves you money. If you are orchestrating microservices, use Temporal.
What happens after the 2-year pricing lock expires?
Your pricing increases to $399/month (still 20% off the standard $499 rate).
You're not locked into a contract - you can cancel anytime with 30 days notice.
The discounted rate continues as long as you remain a customer.
Why only 10 customer slots?
Solo developer. Bootstrapped. I can provide direct support to 10 teams, not 100.
First 10 customers get Slack access and roadmap input - that's not scalable to a large number.
After these slots fill, standard pricing applies and support moves to email with longer response times.
Do you offer refunds?
Yes. 30-day money-back guarantee on all plans, no questions asked. We are launching in Q1 2026 -
this is pre-launch software. If it does not work for your use case,
we will refund you immediately. Developer licenses include a 30-day free trial before any charges.
What's included in "Priority Support"?
First 10 customers get direct Slack access to engineering with < 4 hour response time during
business hours (9am-6pm ET, weekdays). Standard Team customers get email support with
< 24 hour response time. Developer license includes community support via GitHub Discussions.
When will Individual Developer licenses be available?
Q1 2026. We'll notify everyone on the waitlist 2 weeks before launch with trial access details.
The first 100 developers on the waitlist get priority access - meaning you'll be able to start
your 30-day trial before general availability. After your trial, it's $49/month with no commitment.
Why use this instead of Temporal, LangGraph, or writing my own?
Fair question. If Temporal works for you, keep using it. If you have time to write your own retry logic,
state persistence, and observability - go for it. We're building this because existing tools aren't
AI-native: they don't understand prompt caching, token costs, or LLM-specific failure modes.
If you're spending more time debugging workflow infrastructure than building AI features, try Sanar.
30-day trial, full refund if it doesn't save you time.
Can I upgrade from Developer to Team license later?
Yes. You can upgrade anytime. If you are currently in the Developer trial (30 days), upgrading to First 10 Customers
(if slots remain) or Standard Team is seamless. We will prorate any unused time from your current plan.
Contact ops@sanar.co to upgrade.
What features are ready now?
We're in Phase 3 of development. Ready: workflow orchestration engine, automatic checkpointing
and resume, state persistence, deterministic execution for debugging, context caching to reduce
costs, and complete observability with audit trails. In progress: web dashboard, advanced monitoring.
This launches Q1 2026 - we're finishing polish and documentation.
Will you raise prices later?
Probably. Standard Team pricing may increase as we add features (web dashboard, advanced monitoring,
enterprise features). First 10 customers lock in $299/month for 2 years regardless of feature additions,
then get permanent 20% discount. We'll give 90 days notice before any price increases to existing customers.