Secure connections
Reach your services through dedicated Admin and App tunnels, with DDoS protection and network-port reconciliation.
Own the software your business runs on.
The everyday tools your business depends on - files, email, chat, booking, CRM, and more - on a server that's yours.
The environment that runs your services
Catena installs to a dedicated VPS or computer you own to securely provide integrated capabilities.
Backups
Keep your data safe with verifiable, incremental backups.
Single sign-on
One login across every service, with role-based permissions and an audit trail.
Safe updates
Your infrastructure and services stay up to date automatically, with continuous threat monitoring and automatic fault recovery.
Admin dashboard
Monitor your infrastructure, services, users, and their permissions from a single, unified pane of glass.
Monitoring and alerts
Get alerts when a service goes down or the server's resources are overused.
Automation
Use native connectors or add an automation engine to connect your apps and save time.
An app for every need
An example open-source app for each capability, side by side with the SaaS bundles most SMBs evaluate. These are starting points, not limits: hundreds of other self-hostable apps run on Catena.
| Category | Catena | Microsoft 365 | Google Workspace | Other monthly SaaS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Files & sync | Nextcloud | OneDrive / SharePoint | Google Drive | Dropbox, Box |
| Office editing | Euro Office | Word / Excel / PowerPoint | Docs / Sheets / Slides | Zoho, Quip |
| Team chat & meetings | Rocket.Chat | Teams | Meet / Chat | Slack, Zoom |
| CRM | EspoCRM | Dynamics 365 | N/A | HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive |
| Bookings & scheduling | Easy!Appointments | Bookings | Appointment Schedules | Calendly, Acuity |
| Project management | OpenProject | Project / Planner | N/A | Jira, Linear, Asana |
| Workflow automation | n8n | Power Automate | AppScript | Zapier, Make |
| E-signature | DocuSeal | N/A | N/A | DocuSign, HelloSign |
| Invoicing | Invoice Ninja | Dynamics 365 Finance | N/A | FreshBooks, Wave, QuickBooks |
| Knowledge base | Outline | SharePoint Wiki | Sites | Notion, Confluence |
| Social scheduling | Postiz | N/A | N/A | Buffer, Hootsuite |
Community, Pro, or Enterprise
You host every edition. Community is free and self-hosted. Pro adds the automation that keeps it patched, backed up, and monitored. Enterprise adds dedicated support and per-app SLAs. Here is what each one includes.
| Community | Pro | Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $100 / month | Bespoke | |
| Connectivity | |||
| Admin tunnel (Tailscale) | Included | Included | Included |
| App tunnel + DDoS (Cloudflare) | Included | Included | Included |
| Apps | |||
| Reusable app templates | Included | Included | Included |
| Unlimited app deployment | Included | Included | Included |
| Identity and access | |||
| Single sign-on + RBAC | Included | Included | Included |
| Audit log panel | Not included | Included | Included |
| Signed monthly attestation | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Updates and security | |||
| Manual updates | Included | Included | Included |
| Version + CVE visibility | Included | Included | Included |
| Automatic updates | Not included | Included | Included |
| CVE remediation | Not included | Included | Included |
| Observability | |||
| Monitoring dashboard | Included | Included | Included |
| On-host alerts (Gatus + ntfy) | Included | Included | Included |
| Independent uptime monitoring (Healthchecks) | Not included | Included | Included |
| Centralized monitoring | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Data and backups | |||
| Manual backups | Included | Included | Included |
| Daily scheduled backup | Included | Included | Included |
| Sub-daily / configurable cadence | Not included | Included | Included |
| Offsite immutable backups | Not included | Included | Included |
| Support | |||
| Community support (GitHub issues) | Included | Included | Included |
| Helpdesk | Not included | Included | Included |
| On-call support | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Installation support | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Per-app SLA | Not included | Not included | Included |
| Get started | Talk to us |
On-host alerts cannot fire if the whole server is down. Independent uptime monitoring watches from outside, so it still catches a total outage.
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