Controlled infrastructure access for outside talent
Connect the cloud VMs, remote servers and development machines you already use. Give freelancers, contractors and partner teams access to exactly what they need — and revoke it when the work is done.
Free for your first Site. Keep your existing infrastructure. No hosting migration.
Add an existing cloud VM, remote server, office machine or development laptop. Your infrastructure stays where it is.
Add a freelancer, contractor, developer or partner team and grant access only to the site they need.
Remove access from one place when a project or engagement ends. Keep the site under your control.
Architecture
How access is organized
Public cloud · on-prem · personal machines
Your infrastructure (Sites)
Public cloud
Any provider VM / VPS
On-prem
Office or datacenter server
Personal machine
Laptop or desktop
BSTRAPR
Control layer for ownership, Sites, and collaborator lifecycle
People you authorize
Founder / owner
Full control
Developer
Public-cloud Site only
Contractor
On-prem Site · temporary
Your infrastructure (Sites)
Public cloud
Any provider VM / VPS
On-prem
Office or datacenter server
Personal machine
Laptop or desktop
BSTRAPR
Control layer · ownership · Site access · lifecycle
People you authorize
Founder / owner
Full control
Developer
Public-cloud Site only
Contractor
On-prem Site · temporary
Provider-agnostic by design. Your Sites stay where they already run — Bstrapr manages who reaches which Site, and when that access ends.
A concrete workflow: connect infrastructure you already run, grant Site-scoped access, then revoke it when the engagement ends.
Product workflow
Connect a cloud VM, remote server, or development machine you already run.
Sites
Infrastructure you already own
prod-api
Public cloud · VM / VPS
client-b-server
On-prem · office server
dev-laptop
Personal · laptop / desktop
VPN connectivity is only part of the problem. Bstrapr is designed around the relationship between infrastructure owners, Sites and external collaborators — so teams can manage who should have access, what they should reach and when that access should end.
Keep your cloud VMs, VPS and machines where they already run. No hosting migration.
Invite specialists for an engagement and offboard them cleanly when the work ends.
Grant each person only the Sites required for their work — not broad environment access.
Treat contractor and agency access as time-bound by design, not as lingering credentials.
Agencies and studios keep developer access organized across different client environments.
Revoke Bstrapr-mediated access from one control layer without rebuilding the underlying Site.
Agencies & product studios
Keep access organized across client environments while maintaining clear boundaries between clients, Sites and delivery teams.
For AgenciesLean software teams
Bring in specialists when you need them and give them controlled access to the infrastructure your product already runs on.
For Lean TeamsEarly-stage startups
Connect the environment they need, grant access for the engagement and take it back when the work ends.
For StartupsRepresentative workflows from early design-partner engagements — specific access outcomes, not generic praise.
7-person product studio
Gave three developers controlled access across two client environments, then revoked a contractor when the engagement ended.
Lean software team
Brought in a DevOps specialist for a launch window with Site-scoped access only — no shared root credentials left behind.
Contractor-using startup
Connected one production Site, invited the first external developer, and kept founder ownership of the infrastructure.
Join the design partner program
Agencies, lean teams and startups shaping collaborator-access workflows with us.
Bstrapr sits between the infrastructure you own and the people you authorize. Precise controls — not vague security slogans.
Collaborators authenticate through Bstrapr before reaching assigned Sites.
You enroll machines you already operate; ownership of the Site stays with you.
Access is granted per Site — not as open-ended environment credentials.
When you revoke, Bstrapr-mediated access for that collaborator ends.
Accounts and Sites are isolated so one team’s access model does not bleed into another’s.
Bstrapr manages access relationships. Your application data stays on your infrastructure.
Access activity history shows who was granted access, which Sites they could reach and when access changed.
Read the security overviewPlans cover the Bstrapr access layer — Sites, collaborators and governance — not your cloud or server bill.
A Site is an enrolled environment (VM, server or machine). Connected machines behind a Site are included in plan capacity and managed in the product — not as a separate marketing upsell.
Trying Bstrapr / one simple use case
Startups and lean teams working with outside contributors
Agencies and established teams managing more sites/collaborators
Organizations needing their own Bstrapr environment
No. Connect a supported VM, remote server or designated machine as a Site and manage collaborator access through Bstrapr.
No. Your infrastructure remains with your existing provider or hardware. Bstrapr pricing covers the access and control layer.
Remove the collaborator's Bstrapr access. Your Site remains connected and under your control.
When scale, isolation, governance or deployment needs exceed the shared platform. See the Dedicated overview or contact us.
A Site is an enrolled environment you already operate — for example a cloud VM, VPS or development machine — that collaborators can be granted access to.
Early teams often need expertise they cannot justify hiring full time. The answer should not be handing every freelancer or agency broad access to your environment. Bstrapr helps founders and small teams use infrastructure they already have while keeping a clear boundary between what they own and what collaborators can reach.
Free for your first Site. Keep your existing infrastructure. No hosting migration.