Forgeon Partner Program: Build Behind the Builders

Some teams build tools.

Some teams build with those tools.

Forgeon sits in the middle — a PaaS built for founders — and the Forgeon Partner Program is for the people who stand beside them: agencies, studios, product consultancies, cloud specialists, and tooling vendors who want to power modern products without fighting infra every week.

If you’re helping clients ship SaaS, internal platforms, or data-heavy products, Forgeon gives you a clean, opinionated spine. The partner program gives you a way to turn that spine into a repeatable business.

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Why a Partner Program?

Forgeon exists so small teams — or one very stubborn founder — can ship like a company with an infra team.

But in the real world, founders also lean on:

• Agencies to design and build the first version
• Product consultancies to shape strategy and experiments
• Cloud / infra partners to harden architecture
• Tool vendors to fill very specific gaps

The Partner Program is the bridge between “we host your app” and
“we help you ship, grow, and stay sane”.

You bring the playbooks.
We bring:

• Runtime: deploy anything (Next.js, Nuxt, Go, Laravel, etc.)
• Mini-RDS: managed Postgres/MySQL-like experiences via MDX
• Edge: routing, certificates, and static delivery
• CI/runtime glue: builds, artifacts, logs, quotas, notifications

Together, we create founders — not tenants.

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Who the Forgeon Partner Program Is For

If any of these sound like you, you’re in the right place.

Agencies & Studios

You design and build:

• SaaS products for clients
• Marketing sites + app shells
• Internal tools that accidentally become external products

You want a platform where:

• Deploys are fast and boring
• Environments are easy—preview, staging, production
• You don’t spend half your retainer debugging misconfigured clouds

Product & Strategy Consultancies

You help companies:

• Validate ideas, run experiments, and ship v1
• Design pricing, funnels, and onboarding journeys
• Turn “we should do this” into “we shipped this”

You want a platform where:

• A new experiment is a new project, not a multi-week infra saga
• Metrics, logs, and runtime are predictable and observable
• You can focus on outcomes instead of YAML archaeology

Cloud & Infra Partners

You specialize in:

• Architecture, reliability, migration, and security
• Helping teams move away from brittle DIY infra
• Multi-region, performance, observability, and guardrails

You want a platform that:

• Has a clean separation of control plane vs runtime
• Treats certificates, DNS, Mini-RDS, and edge as first-class
• Lets you implement solid patterns once, then reuse across clients

Tooling & SaaS Vendors

You build:

• Developer tools
• Observability, security, or workflow products
• Databases, queues, or infra add-ons that plug into modern stacks

You want a platform where:

• Integration is clear, with stable APIs, events, and webhooks
• You can ship reference integrations and demo stacks
• Your product becomes part of the default playbook for Forgeon users

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Partner Tracks

We currently focus on three core tracks. You can fit neatly into one or blend across them.

1. Solution Partners

For agencies, studios, and consultancies.

You deliver outcomes on Forgeon:

• Design + build SaaS, internal tools, and platforms on Forgeon
• Migrate legacy apps onto cleaner runtimes
• Set up day-0 → day-60 playbooks for new products

What you get:

• Priority access to platform support for client work
• Architecture guidance for complex deals
• Co-marketing (case studies, joint content, launch stories)
• Early access to new features that impact client delivery

2. Technology Partners

For SaaS and tool vendors.

You integrate your product into the Forgeon ecosystem:

• Native integrations (logging, monitoring, security, payments, etc.)
• Example apps and templates that showcase your product with Forgeon
• Joint go-to-market plays for specific verticals or use cases

What you get:

• Technical support for integration and reference architectures
• Visibility in docs, templates, and “recommended stack” sections
• Co-marketing and joint announcements where there’s shared value

3. Launch & Community Partners

For educators, accelerators, communities, and content creators.

You teach people how to ship on Forgeon:

• Bootcamps, courses, and workshops using Forgeon
• Accelerators and pre-accelerators standardizing on Forgeon for demo day
• Content series (YouTube, blogs, streams) focused on shipping products

What you get:

• Creator-friendly quotas and environments for cohorts
• Co-branded templates and starter kits
• Support for events, workshops, and campaigns

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What Partners Get (In Practice)

We like specifics. Here’s what “Partner Program” actually means in day-to-day work.

1. A Composable Platform You Can Standardize On

• Deploy-service — Upload code, connect Git, or use GitHub App flows
• Runtime-service — Containers or static apps, with quotas & guardrails
• Mini-RDS (MDX) — Opinionated DB orchestration for product workloads
• Edge-sync — Domains, certificates, and static delivery

You don’t have to invent infra for every client. You reuse a known spine.

2. Support That Understands Client Work

We care about:

• “My client’s launch is tomorrow and this cert must be green.”
• “We need per-tenant environments for a B2B SaaS rollout.”
• “We’re migrating 10 apps off a messy VPS situation; help us design the new world.”

Partners get priority access to:

• Architecture reviews for key clients
• Direct channels for higher-urgency production issues (within reason)
• Guidance on best practices, quotas, and guardrails at scale

3. Co-marketing and Storytelling

We don’t just want your logo. We want your stories:

• Case studies on how you shipped or migrated with Forgeon
• Co-authored blog posts and technical deep-dives
• Launch campaigns for shared verticals (SaaS, e-commerce, fintech, etc.)

If you’re doing interesting work on Forgeon, we’ll help you make noise about it in a way that feels honest and genuinely useful to builders.

4. Repeatable Playbooks

Over time, partners get access to:

• Project templates for common stacks (Next.js SaaS, multi-tenant apps, etc.)
• CI + runtime pipelines you can copy across clients
• “Day-0 → Day-30 → Day-365” patterns you don’t have to reinvent

Instead of building from scratch each time, you stack Forgeon + your playbook and keep pushing the quality bar higher.

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What We Expect From Partners

Partnership is not just “add a logo and a listing.”

We care about:

1. Founder-First Mindset

Forgeon is for people building something that matters to them — bootstrapped founders, small teams, and internal champions.

We expect partners to:

• Respect the founder’s constraints: time, money, emotional bandwidth
• Build with clarity and transparency around scope and tradeoffs
• Prefer shipping something real over pitching something huge

2. Secure, Sane Defaults

If you’re building on Forgeon:

• Handle secrets like they matter (because they do)
• Avoid “YOLO” database or runtime practices
• Treat privacy, reliability, and safety as part of the product, not a footnote

3. Clear Communication

We’re honest about what Forgeon can and cannot do today.

We expect partners to:

• Communicate realistically with clients about timelines and risks
• Escalate issues early when something in the platform is blocking them
• Share feedback directly so we can improve the rails you’re building on

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How the Program Works

The process mirrors the three-step flow on the partner page.

1. Apply

You share:

• Who you are (agency, consultancy, vendor, community, etc.)
• What kind of work you do today
• How you imagine using Forgeon for your clients or product

This happens through the Partner Application form in your dashboard or via the public partner landing page.

2. Qualify

We’ll review:

• Your existing work, references, or case studies
• Fit with Forgeon’s current and upcoming capabilities
• Whether there’s a clear way to build value together

Sometimes this is a simple async review. Sometimes it includes a call to dig into specifics.

3. Onboard

If there’s a clear fit, we’ll:

• Align on your initial partner track (Solution, Technology, Launch/Community)
• Set up your sandbox/workspaces for testing and demos
• Define one or two initial plays (e.g. “SaaS Starter on Forgeon” or “Migrate 3 client apps”)

From there, we iterate. If the relationship creates value for you and your clients, we deepen it.

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Example Plays You Can Run on Forgeon

Here are some very real situations where a partner + Forgeon is a strong combo.

“We need a SaaS live in 6–8 weeks.”

You can:

• Use a pre-built Forgeon SaaS template (Next.js + database + auth)
• Deploy via Git or upload, manage DB via Mini-RDS
• Help the client focus on product and pricing while infra stays predictable

“We’re sunsetting a legacy VPS.”

You can:

• Map services to Forgeon projects and runtimes
• Use environment variables and MDX to keep config clean
• Move iteratively, with feature flags and gradual DNS changes at the edge

“We want a standard stack for all our client work.”

You can:

• Define a Forgeon-based default stack for your studio
• Train your team on the same deploy + debug story
• Turn every new project into a slightly customized version of a proven baseline

“We built a devtool and want a reference integration.”

You can:

• Ship a Forgeon + YourTool template
• Co-create docs showing how to glue your product to Forgeon’s events, logs, or runtime
• Use Forgeon as a clean, modern backdrop for demo environments

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Where This Is Going

The partner program will evolve.

We’re exploring:

• Structured revenue-sharing models for Solution Partners on certain tiers
• Deeper integration opportunities for Technology Partners
• Dedicated support for accelerators and communities onboarding entire cohorts

The goal isn’t to create a giant directory. The goal is to have a small set of partners who can do extremely good work on Forgeon, confidently and repeatedly.

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Ready to Apply?

If this resonates, you’re probably exactly the kind of partner we had in mind.

• Already working with clients? Forgeon can be your new standard platform.
• Already building tools? Forgeon can be where they live and shine.
• Already teaching and mentoring? Forgeon can be the environment your students and founders grow up in.

Head to the Forgeon Partner page in the dashboard or on the website, fill out the application, and tell us:

Who are you, what are you building, and how can Forgeon help you multiply it?

We’ll read it. Carefully.
Because we’re not just adding partners.

We’re building the platform behind the builders.