What's included

A perpetual Atelier license is $149, paid once. This page is the canonical list of what that buys you and, just as importantly, what it doesn't.

What's in the box#

• The full Atelier app. Every feature is unlocked. There is no premium tier, no feature gate, no functionality reserved for a subscription. The app a customer paying $149 receives is the same app we use ourselves.
• Activation on up to 3 devices, customer-controlled deactivation. A single license activates on up to three computers concurrently. You can deactivate any device at any time from inside Atelier (Settings → License) or from the customer portal at dunamisstudios.net/account/atelier-licenses. See the user guide § License management for the full surface and EULA §6 for the legal version.
• Source code. Atelier ships with unobfuscated source. You can read it, audit it, modify it for your own internal business use. You cannot redistribute it or use it as the foundation for a competing product — see EULA §5 for the full restrictions.
• Local REST API. A localhost-bound HTTP API on port 7423 exposes Atelier's data model to anything that can make HTTP requests. Per-installation Bearer key, documented at /api/docs inside the running app. See the API reference for the customer-facing version of those docs.
• Perpetual license for the current major version. Yours forever. The license verifies offline against a key embedded in the app — no server check-in, no online activation, no kill switch.
• Free bug fixes for as long as we operate the major version you bought. No 30-day window, no 12-month cliff. See the bug fix policy for the full statement and how to report bugs.
• Free minor updates for as long as we operate the major version you bought. New features added within a major version land in your install via the auto-updater (which you can turn off in Settings → Software Updates if you'd rather pin a specific build).

Network requirements#

Atelier is a local-first desktop app, but it is not a fully offline app. License enforcement runs against an activation server.

• First-launch internet. Required for first activation. A 7-day provisional grace period applies if you're offline at first launch — Atelier works, but it'll attempt activation on each subsequent launch and lock if it can't reach the server within 7 days.
• Periodic heartbeat. About once per day after activation. Payload is roughly 1 KB and contains your license ID, a hashed hardware fingerprint, and the running Atelier version — nothing else. See the privacy notice for the exact contract.
• 30-day offline grace. Once activated, Atelier works offline for up to 30 days between successful heartbeats. After 30 days, the next launch shows a "Reconnect to verify license" lockdown until the next successful check-in.
• Outbound HTTPS to dunamisstudios.net is the only required network egress for licensing. Antivirus or firewall software that blocks the domain will surface as an activation/heartbeat failure — whitelist if needed.

Wedding data is never sent to Dunamis Studios. The activation/heartbeat traffic is a separate, narrow channel from your business data.

What's not included, but available separately#

• Major version upgrades. When v2 ships (no committed date — we don't ship to deadlines), it's a separate paid purchase. Existing customers get loyalty pricing — currently 30% off — every major upgrade for life. See the bug fix policy for the major-version contract.
• Custom development. If Atelier doesn't have a feature you need, we can scope a custom development engagement after you've used the app and know exactly what's missing. Pricing is per-customer, not a fixed tier — see EULA §11 for the engagement framing. Contact us at legal@dunamisstudios.com to start a conversation.
• Support agreements. The default support is best-effort — no SLA, no guaranteed response time, but we do reply. Studios that need guaranteed response times can purchase a separate support agreement. Most studios don't need this.

What's deliberately not coming#

We get asked about these regularly. The honest answer for each is "no, not now and not later."

• Cloud-hosted Atelier. Atelier does not, and will not, run as a SaaS hosted by Dunamis. The local-first architecture is core to the product — your data stays on your machine, the license verifies offline, and the studio doesn't double as a hosting provider. If we ever did SaaS, it would be a different product with a different name.
• Real-time multi-user sync. Atelier is single-machine in v1. Multi-user sync (one studio, multiple planners, shared database) is on the v2 roadmap, but it will be a peer-to-peer or self-hosted server model — never a Dunamis-hosted service.
• Mobile app. Atelier runs on Windows. There's no iOS app, no Android app, no plans for one. The day-of mode is a phone-friendly web view served by Atelier itself over your local network — that's the closest thing to "Atelier on a phone" that ships in v1. iOS and Android native apps are not on the roadmap because the cost-to-benefit ratio is upside-down for a single-developer studio.
• Mac or Linux build. Mac is the most likely next platform after Windows, but it's not in v1 and we don't have a date. Linux is not currently planned.
• Telemetry, analytics, or usage tracking. Atelier does not send usage data anywhere. Future versions may introduce optional telemetry — if so, it will be off by default and require an explicit opt-in checkbox in Settings. See EULA §15 and the privacy notice for the standing commitment.
• Vendor referrals or affiliate revenue. Atelier's vendor database is your data, not ours. We don't take a cut of vendors you book through Atelier, we don't surface "preferred" vendors in the UI, and we don't sell vendor placements.

The non-purchasable distinction#

Some of the items above ("cloud-hosted Atelier", "vendor referrals") are listed as "not coming" rather than "not yet." The distinction matters: features marked not coming are things we believe make the product worse, and adding them would be an architectural reversal, not a roadmap item. Saying "no" to those things is part of the product.

If you need cloud sync, multi-tenant access, or a SaaS-shaped tool, Atelier is not the right fit and never will be. There are good tools in that shape — Aisle Planner, HoneyBook, Planning Pod — and one of them is probably right for you. Atelier is the alternative shape: software you own, runs on your hardware, your data on your disk, paid once. It is a positive choice for a specific kind of studio, not a universal upgrade.