Who owns the code and IP?

You do, all of it. IP is assigned to you from day one and the full codebase is delivered to your repository. No lock-in, nothing held hostage.

Where does our production data live?

In your own cloud, on credentials you own and can revoke. During development our engineers work on staging with test data, not real user data.

What if we want to bring the project in-house later?

You already have everything you need: full code, all access, clean documentation. Leaving is never a renegotiation, because there is nothing to hand back.

How do you engage: fixed bid or time and materials?

Time and materials, in sprints, with a block-level estimate up front so you can budget. We do not do fixed-scope tender contracts.

Can we see how you work before committing?

Yes. Start with a free discovery call and a clickable prototype you can change yourself, before any production code.

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Trust & security

You're about to hand us your product. Here's why that's safe.

250+ products shipped since 2005. A 100% success score across 900+ paid jobs. Your data stays in your cloud, your code and IP stay yours, and we finish what we start.

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How your data flows

Development

Staging server · test data

Production

Your cloud · your credentials

Ownership

You · full code + IP

Engineers touch staging only

You own everything

In short

Why it's safe to hand us your product

The scariest part of any build is trusting an outside team with your product and your users' data. With Fora Soft, the sensitive data never sits on our servers, and you own everything from day one.

250+

products shipped since 2005: real-time video, audio and AI software

100%

Upwork Job Success Score across 900+ paid jobs, and we finish what we start

production databases on our servers. Your data lives in your cloud, on credentials you control

Your data

Your data never depends on trusting us

Here's how a build actually works, from the first commit to years after launch. The sensitive data simply never lives on a server we control.

Staging, not production

During development, our engineers work on a staging server with test data, not your real users' data.

Production in your cloud

Your live app runs in your own cloud, on credentials you own and can revoke at any time.

NDA, DPA, least privilege

We sign an NDA before we see anything, work under least-privilege access, and cover data handling in a DPA.

Everything transfers at handoff

At handoff, the full codebase and every access key become yours.

Come back anytime

For ongoing maintenance we keep scoped access under your control, so you can return a year later without re-onboarding a team.

The principle

Your data, your cloud, your control. We build against staging with test data; production runs on credentials only you own.

Ownership

You own all of it. Code, IP, the lot.

No vendor lock-in, no black box. Everything we build belongs to you.

Assigned from day one

Intellectual property is yours from the first commit, not negotiated at the end.

Delivered to your repo

We hand over the full codebase straight into your GitLab, or as a documented archive another team could pick up.

No lock-in

Nothing is held hostage. Leaving is never a renegotiation, because there is nothing to hand back.

Delivery

We have finished every project we have taken on

A 100% Upwork success score across 900+ paid jobs since 2005. Senior in-house engineers, a process you can see, and working demos every month.

Step 01

Discovery & estimate

A discovery call and a block-level estimate up front.

Step 02

Clickable prototype

You change it yourself before we write production code.

Step 03

Agreed specs

We build to specs you have signed off on.

Step 04

Build + monthly demos

Working software, demoed every month, then deploy and support.

Senior, not junior

50 senior engineers in-house, not subcontractors. Roughly 1 in 400 applicants gets hired.

AI-assisted, senior-led

We use AI to make our engineers faster, never to replace their judgment.

Time & materials, in sprints

You steer the project instead of betting on a fixed spec, and you own the code at every step.

Compliance

We build software that passes your auditors

We are not selling you a certificate. We build products to the standards your industry answers to.

Your world

What we build to

Healthcare / telehealth

HIPAA-aligned data handling, audit trails, access controls

Enterprise SaaS

SOC 2 control alignment, SSO, least-privilege access

EU / global users

GDPR data handling, residency options, DPA

Public-sector-adjacent

On-prem and private-cloud deployment options

Proof

Don't take our word for it. Take theirs.

Direct clients in the industries where trust matters most.

Healthcare & video surveillance

HIPAA

Who you're working with

Twenty years, one specialty, real names

We are not a marketplace of freelancers and not a three-person shop that disappears after launch.

Since 2005

Two decades building real-time video, audio, and AI software. Deep institutional experience, not a new agency.

50 senior engineers, in-house

Dev, QA, design and analytics, fully in-house, no subcontracting.

Real leadership

Led by CEO Nikolay Sapunov and co-founder Polina Sapunova (CFO/CMO). Offices in Ajman (UAE), Hong Kong, and Astana (Kazakhstan).

FAQ

Straight answers

The questions clients actually ask before signing.

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The fastest way to de-risk a decision is to ask the thing you are actually worried about. Send it to your Fora Soft contact and you will get a straight answer, not a sales deflection.

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