Qualified Software Escrow

Software escrow is a three-party agreement between a user, the software developer, and a neutral third-party agent.

It protects the software user by ensuring they can access the source code to maintain business-critical applications if the developer goes bankrupt, fails, or stops supporting the product.

It sounds simple, but:

1. How do you know the escrow material is complete?
2. Do you know if it’s up to date, and if not, what the gap is?
3. Do you know how to use it if the time comes?
4. Is the data storage sovereign and onshore?

We have been on all sides of the Software Escrow transaction, and our impression is that the questions above are often unanswered, or not even on the table.

Here is what we can do for you in the Software Escrow space:

1. Lean into our 22+ years of experience developing software and architecting complex systems.
2. Continuously review the Escrow submissions to confirm that the contents can be restored to the full production environment.
3. Perform a one-off review of existing escrow material.
4. Advise on implementing an effective Software Escrow strategy.
5. Provide a robust Software Escrow mechanism end-to-end, including cooperation, technical support and expertise to the legal teams on both ends.
6. Arrange a technical solution for the immutable storage of the Escrow material.

We prefer working with technologies listed on the Custom Software Development page, but we’re happy to assess adjacent tech stacks.

Let’s talk if this sounds like a service you need.