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Why this page looks like this. The URL is /technology-designs-escrow, but production calls the page "IP escrow" (title "Intellectual Property Escrow Solutions") and files it under "SaaS Escrow". The H1 keeps "IP escrow" for search, and the page names the material "IP and designs", as the footer does. In the new model it's one of eight materials a deposit can hold, for any application.
  • One template for all eight "What we deposit" pages, as production has: hero, why it matters for recovery, what's included, how it gets in and how it's proven, which protection fits, the other seven materials, the evidence pack, FAQ and close. Every page follows the same fictional SaaS application, Booking Hub (also on the SaaS escrow page), so the set reads as one story: one application needs several kinds of material to come back.
  • Headline: says what this material is in plain words: the designs behind the software.
  • Visual: a mock of what this part of the deposit holds. Production's hero image couldn't be opened from the kit to check it for old product names, so it isn't reused; swap it back only after someone has checked it.
  • Dropped: "Book a free demo" (now Book a demo), the closing line "Let's build bulletproof software resilience together", the press quotes with publication logos (Product Hunt and two others; not customer reviews, and the logos need permission), the third-party tool logos, the per-page e-book block (the sample evidence pack band replaces it) and "Unlimited automated deposits", "supports all formats required to reconstruct or maintain your software" (an absolute), "Lock down your intellectual property" and "start at $195 per month".
  • For legal: the FAQ says a release gives access to materials and doesn't by itself transfer ownership. It follows the agreed line that rights come from the agreement; please check the wording.
What we deposit

IP escrow. The designs behind the software.

Some of what an application needs isn't code: the designs, architecture diagrams, algorithms and research behind it. Codekeeper holds them as part of the deposit, kept current and checked, and releases them only under the terms your agreement sets.

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From $199. Per application per month, with the protection you choose.

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Steps 1 and 2: the exposure and the shift, for IP. Production asks four questions ("What if you lose access to your intellectual property?"…) and closes with "Unprotected IP creates avoidable delays, operational risk, and lost trust during critical moments." Here both sides of the deal are named: the customer needs the designs to rebuild or extend the application, and the vendor needs them kept private until a release. Production's "Access to essential IP is always clearly defined" and "Risk is significantly reduced" are gone.

Why it matters for recovery

The code shows what it does. The designs show why.

Algorithms, design decisions and specifications often live outside the repository. If the vendor stops, rebuilding or extending the application without them means rediscovering work that was already done. For the vendor, the same materials are IP to keep private until a release.

IP outside the deposit

  • Designs and specifications held only by the vendor
  • Algorithms reconstructed from the code, if at all
  • The vendor's IP either shared too widely or not at all

IP held with Codekeeper

  • Designs, diagrams, algorithms and research held with the code
  • Kept private, and released only under the agreement
  • Checked with the rest of the deposit, with a vault report and a Software Resilience Certificate
Step 3 in detail: what an IP deposit holds. The four groups are production's FAQ list ("technical documentation, design assets, architecture diagrams, proprietary technology, algorithms, research materials"). "Usually part of" says any deposit where the agreement lists it: the Software, SaaS and AI pages don't list designs, and nothing on them contradicts it. Production capability claim to confirm: formats. Production shows Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Sketch, Figma, AutoCAD, Fusion 360, VectorSeek, Unreal Engine, Unity and Affinity Designer logos; the page says "design, CAD and 3D tools" in plain words and shows no logos.

What's included

What an IP deposit holds.

The agreement lists exactly what's deposited. Only the items it names are required. Most IP deposits include:

  • Design files. Interface, product and engineering designs, including CAD and 3D assets.
  • Architecture diagrams. How the system is put together, and why.
  • Algorithms and specifications. The proprietary logic that defines how the application works.
  • Research materials. The studies, test results and notes behind the design.

Files can come from the design, CAD and 3D tools your teams use, in their own formats.

Usually part of
Any deposit, where the agreement lists it
How it gets in
Repository and storage integrations, or secure upload
How it's checked
Automated check, with a vault report
Released
Only under the agreement's release conditions
Steps 3 and 4: from the design tool to the proof. "50+ integrations" is production's figure, kept and flagged (agreed: production stats stay, flagged). The hub has setup pages for 24 platforms and production's grid shows 40, so Product must confirm the real count.md. "Sync daily" is a production claim, flagged. The proof steps are confirmed facts: an automated check with a vault report and a Software Resilience Certificate with every protection; on Escrow Pro, Resilience Pro and Continuity Pro, Agentic Verification (the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab, no vendor help, hours, missing items flagged, monitoring between runs). The ladder is the agreed proof ladder, kept short; its last line keeps the agreed wording on release rights. Designs and research aren't built in a rebuild, so the page says so plainly instead of implying the agents test them. The release step uses the agreed wording: we verify the condition and release to the beneficiary. 16 Oct: Continuity Pro added; base Continuity no longer includes Agentic Verification, so the Recoverability Certificate rung names Continuity Pro.

How it gets in, and how it's proven

Deposited privately. Released only on the agreed terms.

IP arrives through integrations or secure upload and is checked with the rest of the deposit. It leaves the vault only when the agreement says it should.

1

Connect or upload

Designs kept in a repository or connected storage arrive through our 50+ integrations and sync daily. Upload design files, diagrams and research securely.

2

Checked and certified

An automated check confirms what's in the deposit, with a vault report, and you receive a Software Resilience Certificate.

3

Alongside the rebuild, with Pro

AI agents rebuild the application from the deposit in the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab. Designs and research aren't built, but they're held in the same deposit as the code they explain.

4

Released only under the agreement

If a release condition in the agreement is met, we verify it and release the deposit to the beneficiary.

Escrow · Resilience · Continuity

Software Resilience Certificate

The designs, diagrams and research are held with the code, and an automated check confirms what's there, with a vault report.

Proves: it's there.

Escrow Pro · Resilience Pro · Continuity Pro

Recoverability Certificate

AI agents rebuild the application from the deposit in the Codekeeper AI Verification Lab, with no help from the vendor, in hours. You also get the run report, an SBOM and an Exit workbook.

Proves: it builds. Agentic Verification

Add-on to any plan

Tested Exit Report

Our specialists rebuild by hand in a clean room, from the deposit and its designs, and test the business functions you nominate, without the original developers.

Proves: you could exit and keep working. Exit Exercise

The higher you go, the more it proves. The Recoverability Certificate documents the rebuild; release rights come from the agreement. How verification works

Step 3 continued: which protection to attach. The three-job cards appear on every deposit page, each with one line on what that job means for this material on the day it's needed. The "from" prices are the 6 Oct list (Software row); the lead is the price logic sentence, word for word. Every protection can hold IP, so no card is outlined. 16 Oct: Continuity Pro added (from $1,699, setup $999) to the fine print; base Continuity no longer includes Agentic Verification. 17 Oct: the recovery models are named, as in the launch film (Danny): Self-Run Recovery for Escrow, Managed Recovery for Resilience and Continuity.

Which protection fits

Choose who works from the designs.

Escrow means the deposit is released to you and you run the recovery. Resilience costs more because we do the recovery. Continuity costs more again because we also keep the live environment switched on.

Released to you

Escrow

Released to you→Self-Run Recovery

If a release condition is met, the designs are released to you with the code, under the terms of the agreement. Explore Escrow

From $199

Recovered by us

Resilience

Comes to us→Managed Recovery

They come to Codekeeper, and our engineers use them in the recovery we run for you. Explore Resilience

From $399

Stays online

Continuity

Live service kept on+Managed Recovery

We recover with them while the live environment stays paid and switched on for an agreed period. Explore Continuity

From $1,449

Software list prices, per application per month; SaaS and AI have their own rows. Escrow Pro (from $449), Resilience Pro (from $649) and Continuity Pro (from $1,699) add Agentic Verification. Setup is $499 per arrangement, or $999 for Continuity and Continuity Pro. See all prices

Close the loop on the story: one application, eight kinds of material. Production's "Cover your full software infrastructure" block links to only two to five of the other asset pages, and files them under three old products (Software, SaaS and Continuity Escrow). Here all eight appear in the same order on every page, with this one marked, because one application usually needs several of them to come back. The order follows a recovery: what it's built from, how it's built, what it runs on, how to run it, what it calls, the thinking behind it, where it runs and the keys to it. The names match the footer. The links underneath go to the application pages, which say which materials each application type usually deposits, and to the guides hub instead of production's per-page e-book block.

Everything else we deposit

One application. Eight kinds of material.

An application usually needs more than one of these to come back. The agreement lists which ones your deposit holds, and they're checked together.

Source code

The codebase, scripts and libraries the application is built from.

Source code escrow

Deployment assets

Build scripts, pipelines and infrastructure definitions that turn code into a running system.

Deployment assets escrow

Data

Database exports, reference data and the files the application needs to work.

Data escrow

Documents

Installation guides, architecture and runbooks: how to build, run and support it.

Document escrow

Third-party dependencies

What it takes to maintain or replace the services and packages it relies on.

Third-party dependencies escrow

IP and designs

The designs, diagrams, algorithms and research behind the application.

You're on this page

Hosting environment

Where it runs and the accounts it depends on, mapped and kept current.

Hosting environment escrow

Credentials

The logins, billing roles and keys needed to manage where it runs.

Credentials escrow
What a software deposit holds What a SaaS deposit holds What an AI deposit holds Guides and case studies
The secondary conversion, on every page. Visitors who aren't ready to talk can still leave their email. The sample evidence pack is the same offer on every page, so the site has one lead magnet instead of a different e-book per page. It also carries the launch story: proof, not promises. The button goes to the sample evidence pack page.

Sample evidence pack

See what your auditor would receive.

An anonymised set of outputs from a real Agentic Verification run, so you can judge the evidence before you talk to us.

  • Recoverability Certificate
  • Run report
  • SBOM and Exit workbook excerpts
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Production's questions, plus the one legal will ask. Kept: what it is, the types of IP, security and how it differs from source code (production compared it with "SaaS Escrow", an old product). New: whether a release transfers ownership. The answer follows the agreed line that rights come from the agreement, not the deposit; legal must review it. Removed: "$195 per month" and "ISO 27001-aligned environments".

Questions

IP escrow, answered.

What is IP escrow?

An agreement in which a software vendor deposits its proprietary materials, such as designs, architecture diagrams, algorithms and research, with a neutral party such as Codekeeper. If an agreed release condition is met, they're released to the beneficiary so development, recovery or operations can continue.

What types of IP can be deposited?

Any intellectual property behind the application that the agreement names: design assets, architecture diagrams, algorithms and specifications, technical documentation and research materials.

Does a release transfer ownership of the IP?

No. A release gives the beneficiary access to the deposited materials. What they may do with them is set by the agreement and their licence, not by the deposit itself.

Is our IP safe with you?

Codekeeper is ISO/IEC 27001:2022 certified, and deposits are encrypted at rest with AES-256 and in transit with TLS. The deposit is released only when a release condition in the agreement is met and verified. See the Trust Center.

How is it different from source code escrow?

Source code escrow holds what the application is built from. IP escrow holds what explains and defines it: designs, diagrams, algorithms and research. Most deposits combine both. Source code escrow

The same close on every page. The close repeats the page's idea in the visitor's words: the designs belong with the code they explain. Every page ends on the same two actions in the same order: Book a demo, then the sample evidence pack.

Keep the thinking with the code.

We'll look at the designs and research behind your application, and how a deposit would hold them.

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