Waiverly — Digital Waiver & E-Signature Kiosk (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) vs. renting SaaS
Self-hosted digital waivers with a minor/guardian gate and tamper-evident records.
The subscription math
Waiverly — Digital Waiver & E-Signature Kiosk (PHP + MySQL, Self-Hosted) — yours
$39.00
one-time · self-hosted · your data, your server
Available soon — get notified
Smartwaiver — rented
Basic $19/mo (monthly; Starter $55/mo, Business $155/mo, Premium $199/mo)
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Break-even:
3 months
of Smartwaiver equals the one-time price.
Assumption: Basic is the honest floor - volume gyms typically need Starter and up.
Savings calculator
SaaS figures use the cited plan price above (see the sources below);
per-seat plans scale by the seat count from the same cited price. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
Why owning beats renting here
- One payment. No per-month, per-seat, or per-location fees — the license is perpetual.
- Your data stays on your server. Customer records never live in someone else's cloud.
- No plan ceilings. Records, users, and usage are limited by your hosting, not a pricing tier.
- It keeps working if the vendor doesn't. Self-hosted software can't be sunset out from under you.
Fair trade-offs: you host it, you back it up, and updates are yours to apply — see the
product page for honest limitations.
Sources
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Smartwaiver — price checked 2026-07-05 —
source
“'Basic $19/mo' ... 'Starter $55/mo' ... 'Business $155/mo' ... 'Premium $199/mo'”
Competitor prices change — always confirm on the linked page. We only
print figures we could verify on the date shown.