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Need advice: tech provider has gone down hill and I have only two options legal action OR transfer to self hosted (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by Nck123123@alien.top to c/entrepreneur@indiehackers.space

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It's a complex issue, but I'll try to explain.

I wanted to start a company and to do so, I needed a custom platform for various reasons. I spent a lot of time debating whether to go fully custom through boutiques or customizing existing off-the-shelf products. Through a detailed process, I found a company with a product that was 90% of what I needed with huge benefits - they hosted the product and had developers customize it to my needs.

Lately, their work has gone downhill, and they've dropped communication and missed multiple SLAs across all severity tiers. I finally was able to have a frank discussion with them, and only two options are now available.

1 I seek legal actions for their missed SLAs, poor quality work, and potential financial losses due to slower time to market based on their work

2 They've offered to give me full access and ownership of the code on my own server. (which usually has a fairly large fee attached to it but they are doing it for free given their poor quality of work)

The second option sounds cleaner and easier as I would rather not do legal battles that could be fairly expensive. However, a huge reason I went with them was they had developers and SLAs to fix things when they broke- I can't code, nor do I have the money for a full-time developer.

Any suggestions?

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[–] warbuspie@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You used an off the shelf product to validate your business.

Time to get funding.