---
title: "Solutions"
description: "Four ways to run on Federated Computer: open-source apps; apps plus AI development; Federated AI for the open-source apps you already run; or the full stack with agents."
sections:
  - type: hero
    compact: true
    bars: false
    eyebrow: "Solutions"
    title: "One Platform. Four Places to Start."
    subhead: "Federated Computer is built in layers, so you only take on what you need today. Here's how each kind of customer uses it — and what's there when you want more."

  - type: paths
    bordered: true
    kicker: "Choose Your Path"
    headline: "Which One Sounds Like You?"
    items:
      - who: "For teams leaving Google Workspace or Microsoft 365"
        title: "Open-Source Apps"
        body: "You want software that works, costs less, and keeps your data private. AI can wait."
        link: "/solutions/open-source-apps/"
        linktext: "Explore Open-Source Apps"
        fit: { core: "yes", library: "yes", sandbox: "no", controls: "no" }
      - who: "For teams who want to build AI on their own business data"
        title: "Apps + AI Development"
        body: "You want the apps, and a private place for your developers to build AI features and automations against real business data."
        link: "/solutions/apps-and-ai-development/"
        linktext: "Explore Apps + AI Development"
        fit: { core: "yes", library: "yes", sandbox: "no", controls: "yes" }
      - who: "For teams already running their own open-source apps"
        title: "AI for Your Own Apps"
        body: "You already host your open-source apps and don't want to move them. You want Federated's AI capabilities connected to what you have."
        link: "/solutions/ai-for-your-apps/"
        linktext: "Explore AI for Your Own Apps"
        fit: { core: "yes", library: "own", sandbox: "no", controls: "yes" }
      - who: "For teams ready to put AI agents to work"
        title: "The Full Stack"
        body: "You want the apps, the AI development loop, and somewhere safe and affordable to run the agents you build."
        link: "/solutions/full-stack/"
        linktext: "Explore the Full Stack"
        fit: { core: "yes", library: "yes", sandbox: "yes", controls: "yes" }

  - type: matrix
    id: "compare"
    bordered: true
    tinted: true
    kicker: "Compare"
    headline: "What Each Path Includes"
    lede: "Nothing here is a dead end. Anything marked “Add anytime” can be switched on later, on the same platform, without migrating."
    columns:
      - name: "Open-Source Apps"
        link: "/solutions/open-source-apps/"
      - name: "Apps + AI Development"
        link: "/solutions/apps-and-ai-development/"
      - name: "AI for Your Own Apps"
        link: "/solutions/ai-for-your-apps/"
      - name: "The Full Stack"
        link: "/solutions/full-stack/"
    rows:
      - label: "100+ managed open-source apps"
        layer: "Software Library"
        cells: ["yes", "yes", "own", "yes"]
      - label: "Unlimited users, one login, monitoring and backup"
        layer: "Federated Core"
        cells: ["yes", "yes", "For Federated services", "yes"]
      - label: "Built-in AI connectors (MCP)"
        layer: "Software Library"
        cells: ["Built in, ready when you are", "yes", "Connected to your apps", "yes"]
      - label: "Organizational Brain — a live index of your business"
        layer: "Data & Controls"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Jupyter notebooks with local AI"
        layer: "Data & Controls"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Gitea version control and CI/CD"
        layer: "Data & Controls"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Digital twin test environments"
        layer: "Data & Controls"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Grafana and Prometheus monitoring"
        layer: "Data & Controls"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Federated learning"
        layer: "Federated Core"
        cells: ["no", "yes", "yes", "yes"]
      - label: "Agent Sandbox — run your agents on Federated"
        layer: "Agent Sandbox"
        cells: ["no", "no", "no", "Included (beta)"]

  - type: text
    bordered: true
    kicker: "Same Promise on Every Path"
    headline: "Private by Architecture, Whichever Layers You Use"
    body: |
      Every path runs on single-tenant infrastructure that's yours alone. Once you change your admin password, we can't see your data. It's never used for advertising or to train anyone's AI — not on the apps-only path, and not on the full stack.
    ctas:
      - label: "Read About the AI Privacy Advantage →"
        url: "/ai-privacy-advantage/"
        style: text

  - type: final-cta
    dark: true
    headline: "Not sure which path fits?"
    body: "Tell us what you run today and what you want AI to do. We'll show you where to start."
    ctas:
      - label: "Book a Demo"
        url: "https://calcom.federated.computer/david/60-min-meeting"
        style: primary
      - label: "Start 7-Day Free Trial"
        url: "/start-now/"
        style: ghost
---