Our Core Values
Five principles that shape every feature, every pricing decision, and every line of code we ship. They aren't marketing taglines — they're the standards we hold ourselves to.
Privacy First
Your data belongs to you — not us, not the cloud.
When you self-host TestPlanIt, every feature works within your own network with nothing phoned home. For hosted customers, the same principle guides how we build: minimal data collection, local LLM support, and a commitment to never monetizing your data.
Transparency Over Spin
We say what's true, even when it hurts.
We say what's true, even when a competitor would call it a weakness. Honest positioning builds trust that marketing copy can't buy.
Access Without Gatekeeping
Quality tools shouldn't scale their cost with your team.
Great software shouldn't cost more because your team grows. Unlimited users isn't a pricing hack — it's a values statement about who deserves good tools.
Your Data, Your Control
Built for sovereignty, portability, and trust you can verify.
We build for sovereignty. Whether that means self-hosting, local LLMs, or open source access, our users shouldn't have to trust us blindly — they should have options.
Open by Default
AGPL-3.0 is a commitment, not a checkbox.
AGPL-3.0 isn't just a license choice. It's a commitment to the idea that software ecosystems are healthier when code is shared, auditable, and improvable by the community.
Values that show up in the product
See how these principles translate into features you can use and verify — not promises you have to trust.
A quick note on "TestPlanIt"
TestPlanIt is two things at once:
- The open source software — a full-featured test management platform released under AGPL-3.0 that you can self-host for free, forever.
- Our hosted service — optional paid plans where we run the same software for you, with managed infrastructure, uptime SLAs, and support.
Throughout these value pages, we call out which promises apply to the self-hosted release, which apply to our hosted plans, and which apply to both — because they're not always the same.