BrainDup rests on a transparent business model, built to create value at every link in the chain. Each party keeps ownership of what it produces, and pays only for what falls to it.
That model follows from an architectural choice: separating the software layers clearly, so that ownership, costs and responsibility are distributed fairly.
Ownership in three layers
| Layer | Share | Owner | Content |
|---|---|---|---|
| The BrainDup base | around 48 % | AS3P | Generic, reusable infrastructure: SSO, dual-schema RAG, Data Room, notifications, templates, the document pipeline, CI/CD |
| The trade layer | around 43 % | Partner or integrator | Sector knowledge: data schemas, business logic, specialised workflows, document templates |
| Client customisation | around 9 % | End client | Network and domain settings, branding, configuration, specific business rules |
For the integrating partner
The trade layer is theirs. They are not locked to AS3P. If they build a vertical, that sector knowledge remains their intellectual property.
For the end client
What they have customised is theirs. They pay for no base they did not commission, and no sector knowledge they do not use.
For AS3P
Every new project enriches the base. Fixes and improvements benefit the whole ecosystem. A cumulative effect.
Economic comparison: cloud against local
| Cloud solution (SaaS) | BrainDup on premises | |
|---|---|---|
| Recurring annual cost | around €6,000 a year | around €900 a year (support) |
| Upfront investment | €0 | around €6,000 (hardware and installation) |
| Paid back after | Never | around 14 months |
| Data sovereignty | No | Yes, entirely local |
| AI queries | Quotas (200 to 300 a month) | Unlimited (no marginal cost) |
| Vendor dependency | Complete | None (open source) |
Projected over three years
Cloud SaaS
€18,000
With no residual asset, complete dependency on the vendor, and binding quotas.
BrainDup on premises
€8,700
Hardware you own, fully sovereign data, unlimited AI queries.
The saving lands around €10,000 over three years, and it widens over time. Beyond the money, data sovereignty weighs heavily for regulated professions: lawyers, notaries, doctors, accountants.
The hidden cost: processing your documents
The subscription is only part of the bill. Every document you hand to a cloud service is charged per processing run, and that cost returns with every reindexing.
A cloud service
€9,812
to process 20,000 documents, at a cloud service's rate, and again on every run.
BrainDup locally
€0 in tokens
the investment stops at the hardware, once. Later runs cost nothing.
A built-in calculator puts a figure on the gap for your own volume. It is the difference between a cost that scales with your activity and an investment that pays itself back.
AI Nursery pricing: development built for you
AI Nursery is the AS3P unit that builds and incubates custom AI.
| Level | Offer | Timeline | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Standard module | 1 to 3 days | A proven n8n workflow: answering email, prospecting, qualifying leads, enriching contacts, producing quotes |
| 1+ | Adapted module | 3 to 5 days | The standard workflow, fitted to your situation: extra nodes, CRM or ERP connection, custom business logic |
| 2 | Standard SME pack | 1 to 2 weeks | Four connected modules: email, prospecting, enrichment, quotes |
| 3 | A RAG for your sector | 2 to 4 weeks | A complete RAG system for a specialised sector: adapted corpus, dedicated skills, dedicated interface |
| 4 | A complete suite for a new trade | 2 to 6 months | A complete framework: workflows, full RAG, custom skills, graphical interface, API and MCP |
Consortium model (level 4)
Four to six companies in the same sector co-fund the development. Each gets the complete suite for a fraction of the total cost.
Partnership model (level 4)
One client funds the initial development in full. AS3P then sells the solution on, with a share going back to the client who went first.
The AI Nursery process, in four steps
Free AI review
30 minutes, no commitment
Design
Specification and quote
Development
Short iterations with validation
Rollout
A working solution and support
What sets AI Nursery apart
Complete openness
The workflows are visible in n8n. No black box, you see what happens.
Ownership of the code
What is built for you is yours. No hostage-taking.
Community included
Every AI Nursery client gets access to the TNT community to build up their own skills.
Predictable maintenance
15 to 20 % of the initial investment per year, all in. No surprises.
The 3 pillars of AS3P
AS3P stands for Artificial Intelligence, Sovereign, 3 Pillars. Those three pillars form a loop that feeds itself.
Training (TNT)
Shapes the ecosystem. The TNT courses produce partners able to design, deploy and maintain BrainDup solutions.
Development (AI Nursery)
Frames the build. AI Nursery makes sure every project meets the BrainDup standards for quality, security and method.
Sovereign AI (BrainDup)
The open source framework. BrainDup provides the technical base everything rests on: infrastructure, reusable components, reference architecture.
A model where each party owns what it creates, pays for what it uses, and shares in the collective growth; that is the economic promise of BrainDup.
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