SERVICES
Commercial Open Source
Advisory
Great project, unclear business — we've been there. Sylius went from a side project to an Open Source platform powering 10,000+ brands, and the hardest part wasn't the code. We help you make the commercial decisions: licensing, open core, monetisation, and what to keep free forever.
Who it's for
OSS founders, exec teams, software houses
Format
1 intensive day, remote or on-site
Offering
The Zero Workshop
Workshop price
€7,500
The Zero Workshop
Every engagement starts at zero. The Zero Workshop is the first workshop — an exploratory, intensive day where we map your project, community, market and constraints, challenge the assumptions behind your current thinking, and leave with the strategy written down. Three situations where it fits:
Day zero of a COSS business
You maintain an open-source project with real adoption and no business model yet. We work out how to commercialise it — licensing, open core, monetisation — without betraying the community that made it matter.
Zero to launch
You're starting a brand-new open-source product. We design the strategy before the first line of code: the license, the open-core boundary, and how the commercial side will work from day one.
Back to zero
Your commercial open-source business exists, but the model isn't working. We go back to first principles and rebuild the strategy on what you've learned since launch.
What you leave with
COSS strategy document
A written commercialization strategy: business model, positioning, and pricing direction — decided, not just discussed.
Licensing recommendation
A concrete license and open-core boundary decision, with the rationale on paper for your team and your community.
Monetisation roadmap
A sequenced plan: what to sell, to whom, in what order — and what stays free forever.
Who should be in the room
Founders & maintainers
Open-source creators deciding how to build a business on their project.
Exec teams of OSS companies
CEOs and CTOs of companies already built around an open-source product.
Software house leadership
Agencies considering launching their own commercial open-source product.
ZERO WORKSHOP
€7,500
One flat fee for the full day, preparation, and the written outputs. Where the engagement goes after zero is up to you — and scoped individually.
Free Consultation
