Close SaaS deals, keep your stack.
Enterprise buyers won't sign a SaaS contract without a continuity plan, and for SaaS, source code alone won't bring the service back. Escrow holds the running environment, so the deal closes and the buyer stays recoverable.
Code alone won't restart it.
Software escrow for SaaS companies holds the running environment, not just a repository. For a hosted service, the source by itself doesn't turn the lights back on.
What a repository gives a new team
- ✓Source code
- ×Deploy & build configuration
- ×Infrastructure as code
- ×Configuration & secrets
- ×Runtime state & data schema
What it takes to stand the service back up
- ✓Source code
- ✓Deploy & build configuration
- ✓Infrastructure as code
- ✓Configuration & secrets
- ✓Runtime state & data schema
Streaming deposits keep the held environment in step with production. See how SaaS escrow works →
The frameworks your buyers answer to.
Most SaaS vendors aren't directly regulated. Your enterprise buyers are, and they push SOC 2, DORA, and FFIEC continuity expectations up the chain to you.
Verification is matched to the risk, never automatic. EscrowTech does not redeploy every deposit by default; the deepest checks are never standard. See SaaS escrow →
See it from your side.
The same deposit does two jobs at once: it closes the deal for the vendor and keeps the buyer recoverable.
Close the deal.
You're the vendor. See how escrow satisfies the buyer's continuity requirement without exposing your stack, and moves procurement forward.
For vendors →Stay recoverable.
You depend on the SaaS. See what a usable deposit must contain and how to make sure the service can actually be stood back up.
For licensees →Two vaults. One in a granite mountain.
Deposits are held in two physical, US-based vaults, one inside a granite mountain, monitored around the clock. The provider has to satisfy the people who approve the deal, and EscrowTech is the one their legal teams already recognize.
SaaS escrow by sector, answered.
The questions SaaS vendors, their enterprise buyers, and both sides' counsel ask most often.
What is software escrow for SaaS companies?
It is an arrangement where a neutral third party holds the running environment behind a SaaS product, source code plus the deployment configuration, infrastructure as code, and runtime state, and releases it to the customer only if a condition written into the agreement is met. It lets a SaaS vendor promise continuity without handing over its stack.
Why isn't source code enough for SaaS escrow?
For on-prem software a customer can often rebuild from source. A SaaS product runs as a live, hosted service, so source code alone won't turn it back on. A usable SaaS deposit also needs the deploy configuration, infrastructure as code, secrets, and enough runtime state to stand the service up again.
What does a SaaS escrow deposit include?
The source code, build and deployment scripts, infrastructure as code, configuration and secrets management, dependencies and integrations, and the data schema and documentation. In short, what a new team would need to redeploy and run the service, not just read the code.
How does escrow help close enterprise SaaS deals?
Enterprise buyers increasingly won't sign a SaaS contract without a continuity plan. Escrow satisfies that requirement with a neutral third party, so the vendor can answer the procurement and security questions and move the deal forward without exposing the stack.
Will the buyer get my stack?
No. The deposit sits with EscrowTech as a neutral third party, not with the buyer. It is released only on the specific conditions both sides agreed to, such as the vendor ceasing to operate the service. Until then, your stack stays protected.
Is the SaaS deposit verified to actually redeploy?
It can be, matched to the risk. Verification ranges from confirming the materials are present to a full build and redeploy of the service. EscrowTech does not redeploy every deposit by default; the deepest verification is never automatic or standard, you choose the level.
Who holds the deposit and stays neutral?
EscrowTech holds the deposit as an independent third party and administers the escrow agreement only. It stays neutral between the vendor and the buyer and does not decide the underlying commercial dispute; it acts on the release conditions written into the agreement.
How is SaaS escrow priced?
Pricing is custom, based on how the deposit is structured, whether it covers one buyer or many under a multi-beneficiary structure, and how far you choose to verify. Ask for a quote and we will price it to your setup before you commit.
Make it safe to depend on.
Tell us whether you're selling or running the SaaS. We'll structure the escrow and the verification around it.
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