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Self-hosted

Run Driftstack on your own infrastructure.

Some work can't leave your building. If your sessions carry data that must stay inside your own network, if your security team needs to own every box in the chain, or if you run enough concurrent sessions that renting stops making sense — run the whole thing on Macs you own.

Same SDK, same archetypes, same iPhone Safari fidelity — just running on hardware you own and inside a network you control. Driftstack runs the software that coordinates everything (the orchestration); you supply the machines. Any Apple Silicon Mac works; the package you choose (the SKU) is about how many sessions you need running at once, not about unlocking software features.

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You can start today by emailing sales; the finished, generally available (GA) self-hosted release follows the API's public launch.

Available "Contact Sales" from day 0. Self-hosted GA follows the API public launch.

Architecture

Two boxes. One secure channel. Your hardware, our orchestration.

Self-hosted is one piece of Driftstack software running on Mac hardware you own. Driftstack's coordination service (the "control plane") starts and manages sessions and gives you the developer kit (SDK) and the desktop app (GUI) — and it never holds what happens inside your sessions. 

  YOUR INFRA                                 DRIFTSTACK ORCHESTRATION
  ──────────                                 ────────────────────────

  ┌──────────────────┐                       ┌──────────────────────┐
  │  Mac fleet       │ ◀──── secure ───────▶ │  Control plane       │
  │  (M4 / Studio /  │       channel         │  (license, API keys, │
  │   multi-node)    │       (HTTPS)         │   session metadata)  │
  └──────────────────┘                       └──────────────────────┘
        │
        │  WebKit sessions exit via your network
        ▼
  ┌──────────────────┐
  │  Your network    │
  │  egress          │
  │  (DC / VPN /     │
  │   BYO SOCKS5 +   │
  │   OpenVPN + WG)  │
  └──────────────────┘

Session content (URLs, form data, captures, recordings) stays inside your network. Driftstack's control plane sees your license and basic session details — when a session started, which profile ran (session metadata) — never the session itself.

Why self-host

When self-hosted is the right call.

Privacy

Sessions never leave your perimeter

For work where session content (URLs, form data, captures, recordings) must never pass through anyone's servers but your own. Self-hosted runs the browser engine (WebKit) and Driftstack's coordination software (the control plane) on your own Mac mini or Mac Studio; nothing leaves your network.

Volume

Sustained high-concurrency operations

When your fleet runs at consistently high concurrent-session counts (sustained 10+ concurrent across the month), owning the hardware works out cheaper than renting the equivalent cloud plan. We'll work out with your team, from your actual usage — how many sessions you run at once, and for how long — the exact point where buying beats renting (the break-even).

Sovereignty

Full control over recordings + state

Recordings, screenshots, saved request files — all stored on storage you own: an S3-style cloud bucket (R2-compatible) or a local network drive (NAS), with you deciding how long anything is kept (the retention policy). Driftstack keeps no copies, no outside vendor (sub-processor) has shared access, and there's no extra data-processing-agreement (DPA) add-on for your security review.

Configurations

Three configurations.

Each package (SKU) pairs a Mac configuration with a Driftstack license tier. You buy the hardware; we install and set up the Driftstack software that runs everything on it (the control plane + orchestration layer).

Self-Hosted Solo

$1,000 /mo
or $800/mo billed annually
Hardware
Any Apple Silicon Mac (Mac Mini M4 16 GB recommended)
Browser profiles
25
Archetypes
1 archetype
Software updates
Continuous
Archetype updates
All releases
Source code access
Compiled software (build artifacts)
Custom device profiles built for you (archetype dev)
—
Source-code escrow (a third party holds a copy)
No
Support
Email · 48h target
Minimum term
3-month

Concurrent capacity is bounded by your hardware, not by license.

Contact sales

Self-Hosted Pro

$2,000 /mo
or $1,600/mo billed annually
Hardware
Apple Silicon Mac sized for sustained concurrency (Mac Studio M4 Max recommended)
Browser profiles
100
Archetypes
3 archetypes
Software updates
Continuous
Archetype updates
All releases
Source code access
Compiled software (build artifacts)
Custom device profiles built for you (archetype dev)
Limited (1/yr)
Source-code escrow (a third party holds a copy)
No
Support
Email + Slack Connect · 48h target
Minimum term
3-month

Concurrent capacity is bounded by your hardware, not by license.

Contact sales

Self-Hosted Enterprise

from $4,000 /mo
annual contract only
Hardware
Multi-node Apple Silicon fleet (Mac Studio Ultra / Mac Pro recommended)
Browser profiles
Unlimited
Archetypes
All available + custom archetypes
Software updates
Continuous
Archetype updates
All releases
Source code access
Compiled software + read-only source-code review access
Custom device profiles built for you (archetype dev)
Unlimited
Source-code escrow (a third party holds a copy)
Yes
Support
Email + Slack Connect · 48h target
Minimum term
12-month

Concurrent capacity is bounded by your hardware, not by license.

Contact sales

Process

How it works.

  1. 01

    Contact sales

    Email sales@driftstack.dev with what the work is and how many sessions you need going at once (your workload shape + concurrent-session profile). We'll set out in writing whether self-hosting fits and where owning beats renting.

  2. 02

    Procure hardware

    You buy the Mac configuration matching your package — Mini M4, Studio M4 Max, or Studio Ultra / Mac Pro / multi-node. We tell you exactly what to buy and how it should be set up (the provisioning specs).

  3. 03

    Onboard

    We install the Driftstack software on your hardware, set your team up in the admin console, and run a first live test together (a joint smoke test) on your real workload.

  4. 04

    Run

    Same SDK as cloud Driftstack — change one settings value (a config field) and your existing code talks to your own installation instead of our cloud. Support channels and response targets match the package you chose.

Common questions

What about updates? Compliance? SLAs?

See the FAQ for the standard answers, or email us with the specific question your security / procurement / compliance team is asking. We answer everything in writing.

See FAQ

Ready when you are

Talk to us about self-hosting.

Email what you're running — what the work is and how many sessions you need going at once — and we'll set out in writing whether self-hosting fits and where owning beats renting.

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