Volt Platform — Terms of Service

Effective date: 2026-04-24 Last updated: 2026-04-24 Hosted at: https://volt.armored.app/legal/tos

These Terms of Service ("Terms") form a binding agreement between ArmoredGate LLC, a limited liability company ("ArmoredGate," "we," "us," or "our"), and the individual or legal entity that accesses or uses the Volt Platform ("you," "your," or "Customer"). By creating an account, installing, downloading, or otherwise using any component of the Volt Platform you agree to these Terms. If you are entering into these Terms on behalf of an organization you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, in which case "you" means that organization.

If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Volt Platform.

1. Definitions

1.1 "Volt Platform" means, collectively, the ArmoredGate-developed software, services, websites, command-line tools, APIs, and supporting infrastructure listed in §2, including any updates, patches, or successor versions.

1.2 "Subscription Service" means the paid, license-keyed components of the Volt Platform: VoltStudio Desktop (Monthly or Annual) and VoltMCP (Monthly or Annual).

1.3 "Open Components" means components of the Volt Platform distributed under the ArmoredGate Public Source License v2.0 ("AGPSL v2.0") or another ArmoredGate-published source-available license. Use of Open Components is governed by the applicable license file shipped with the source, not by these Terms, except where these Terms expressly say otherwise.

1.4 "Customer Content" means container images, manifests, configuration, secrets, telemetry, source code, build artifacts, and other data that you upload to, transmit through, or process using the Volt Platform.

1.5 "License Key" means the cryptographic activation token issued by ArmoredGate that authorizes use of a Subscription Service.

1.6 "Documentation" means the technical documentation we publish for the Volt Platform at https://docs.armoredgate.com or alongside the source.

2. The Volt Platform

The Volt Platform consists of the following components, each of which is governed by these Terms (and, where applicable, the EULA at https://volt.armored.app/legal/eula and the Privacy Notice at https://volt.armored.app/legal/privacy):

We may add, retire, rename, or restructure components on commercially reasonable notice. If we materially reduce a Subscription Service you have prepaid for, §10.4 (refunds) applies.

3. Accounts

3.1 Eligibility. You must be at least 18 years old and capable of forming a binding contract. You may not use the Volt Platform if you are barred from doing so under U.S. export control law (see §13).

3.2 Account security. You are responsible for the confidentiality of your account credentials and License Keys, and for all activity that occurs under them. Notify us immediately at security@armoredgate.com if you suspect unauthorized use.

3.3 One organization per account. Each customer account represents a single legal entity unless we agree otherwise in writing. License Keys are issued per-organization and may not be shared across separate legal entities (see EULA §3 — "Single-tenant per key").

4. Subscription Services and License Keys

4.1 SKUs. ArmoredGate currently offers four paid SKUs: VoltStudio Desktop Monthly, VoltStudio Desktop Annual, VoltMCP Monthly, and VoltMCP Annual. Pricing is published at the point of purchase and may be updated for renewals on the notice period in §10.3.

4.2 License grant. Subject to your continued compliance with these Terms, the EULA, and timely payment, ArmoredGate grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the Subscription Service identified on your active License Key during the paid term, solely for your internal business purposes. Detailed scope, restrictions, and key-issuance terms are set out in the EULA.

4.3 Activation and verification. The Subscription Service contacts ArmoredGate's licensing endpoint to validate your License Key. We log the validation event (timestamp, IP address, machine identifier hash, License Key fingerprint) for the purposes of preventing abuse and meeting our obligations to you. See the Privacy Notice for details.

4.4 Term and renewal. Monthly subscriptions auto-renew every calendar month; Annual subscriptions auto-renew every twelve (12) months, in each case until you cancel. You may cancel at any time from your account; cancellation takes effect at the end of the then-current billing period.

5. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to permit any third party to:

(a) reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble any closed-source component of the Volt Platform, except to the extent that this restriction is prohibited by applicable law;

(b) circumvent, disable, or tamper with the License Key validation, signature verification, or any security feature of the Volt Platform;

(c) resell, sublicense, time-share, or operate the Subscription Service as a managed service for third parties without a separate written agreement with ArmoredGate;

(d) use the Volt Platform to build, train, or improve a product that competes with ArmoredGate;

(e) use the Volt Platform to process, store, or distribute content that is unlawful, that infringes a third party's rights, or that contains malware not labelled and contained as such in a research context;

(f) attempt to access another customer's data or License Key, or interfere with the integrity, performance, or availability of any ArmoredGate service;

(g) publish benchmarks of the Subscription Service without our prior written consent (this restriction does not apply to benchmarks of the Open Components, which you may publish under the terms of their license); or

(h) use the Volt Platform in violation of export-control or sanctions law (see §13).

We may suspend access to the Subscription Service if we reasonably believe a violation of this §5 is in progress. We will notify you and, where the violation is curable, give you a reasonable opportunity to cure before terminating.

6. VoltHub publishing

VoltHub (hub.3kb.io) is the public image catalog distributed through the Bunny CDN pull zone volthub. Public read access is provided free of charge. To publish images:

(a) you must hold an active VoltStudio subscription and have completed publisher identity verification;

(b) you grant ArmoredGate a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, cache, mirror, distribute, and display the published image and its accompanying metadata for as long as you keep it published, plus a reasonable wind-down period after you delete it;

(c) you represent that you have the right to publish the image and that it complies with §5; and

(d) you accept that ArmoredGate may remove any image we believe in good faith violates these Terms, infringes a third party's rights, or creates a security risk to other users.

7. Customer Content

7.1 You own your Customer Content. ArmoredGate claims no ownership of Customer Content. You grant us only the limited license needed to provide the Volt Platform to you (for example: storing the License Key fingerprint, transmitting your build artifacts to VoltHub when you instruct us to, processing billing events).

7.2 No scanning. ArmoredGate does not scan, index, model-train on, or otherwise analyze the contents of your container images, source code, manifests, or build artifacts processed locally by VoltStudio, Voltainer, or VoltTray. Telemetry that reaches our servers is limited to license validation, crash reports you opt into, and explicit publish actions to VoltHub. See the Privacy Notice for the complete data-flow inventory.

7.3 Backups are your responsibility. The Volt Platform is a control-plane and runtime, not a backup service. You are solely responsible for backing up your Customer Content.

8. Intellectual property

8.1 Our IP. ArmoredGate and its licensors own all right, title, and interest in and to the Volt Platform (including the closed-source components, branding, documentation, and the cryptographic trust roots used by Voltainer's Circle of Trust). No rights are granted to you except as expressly set out in these Terms, the EULA, or the AGPSL v2.0 (where it applies).

8.2 Feedback. If you give us feedback about the Volt Platform, you grant ArmoredGate a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose without obligation to you.

8.3 Third-party open source. The Volt Platform incorporates third-party open-source software under licenses including, but not limited to, Apache License 2.0, BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, ISC, MPL 2.0, LGPL, and the GNU GPL family. A complete attribution notice is shipped in each release as THIRD_PARTY_NOTICES. ArmoredGate does not distribute any component of the Volt Platform under the MIT license.

9. Compliance posture

9.1 FIPS-140-3 — forward-looking. ArmoredGate is pursuing a FIPS-140-3 validation pathway for the Voltainer signing and verification module, anchored to a hardware GPG signing ceremony scheduled for the week of 2026-04-27. Until the validation certificate is issued and published, ArmoredGate makes no representation that any component of the Volt Platform is FIPS-140-3 validated, and you should not rely on such status. We will publish the certificate, module identifier, and effective date at https://volt.armored.app/compliance when validation completes.

9.2 No regulated-data certification. The Volt Platform is not certified for HIPAA, PCI-DSS Level 1 cardholder data storage, FedRAMP, ITAR, CJIS, or any other sectoral regime. You are responsible for assessing whether the Volt Platform fits your regulatory environment.

10. Fees, payment, taxes, and refunds

10.1 Payment processor. Subscription payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. Your payment method, billing address, and payment metadata are handled under Stripe's PCI-DSS Level 1 environment. ArmoredGate does not store your full payment instrument number.

10.2 Billing data. ArmoredGate stores billing-related metadata (customer identifier, invoice history, subscription state) in our Supabase project (US region). See the Privacy Notice for details.

10.3 Price changes. We may change Subscription Service pricing on at least thirty (30) days' notice before the change takes effect at your next renewal. Continued use after the change date constitutes acceptance.

10.4 No refunds after activation. Unless required otherwise by applicable law, all fees are non-refundable once your License Key has been activated. Activation occurs the first time the Licensed Product successfully validates your License Key against the ArmoredGate licensing endpoint. The sole exception is where ArmoredGate materially reduces a Subscription Service mid-term, in which case a pro rata refund will be issued for the unused portion. Refund inquiries may be sent to billing@armoredgate.com; activation status is logged per Privacy Notice §2.3.

10.5 Taxes. Fees are stated exclusive of taxes. You are responsible for any sales, use, VAT, GST, or similar taxes, except for taxes on ArmoredGate's net income.

10.6 Late payment. We may suspend the Subscription Service if your payment method declines and you do not provide a working method within fifteen (15) days of notice.

11. Disclaimers

EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS, THE VOLT PLATFORM AND THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ARMOREDGATE DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. ARMOREDGATE DOES NOT WARRANT THAT THE VOLT PLATFORM WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE AGAINST EVERY POSSIBLE THREAT.

12. Limitation of liability

12.1 Cap. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ARMOREDGATE'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS, THE VOLT PLATFORM, OR THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE FEES YOU PAID TO ARMOREDGATE FOR THE SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE LIABILITY OR (B) ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (USD $100).

12.2 Excluded damages. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, LOST REVENUE, LOST DATA, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR LOSS OF GOODWILL, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

12.3 Carve-outs. The caps and exclusions in §12.1 and §12.2 do not apply to (a) your payment obligations, (b) your indemnification obligations, (c) breach of §5 (Acceptable use), (d) infringement of the other party's intellectual property, or (e) liabilities that cannot be limited under applicable law.

13. Export control and sanctions

You represent that you are not located in, and will not access the Volt Platform from, a country or region subject to comprehensive U.S. embargo (currently including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine), and that you are not on any U.S. Government denied- or restricted-party list. You will not export, re-export, or transfer the Volt Platform in violation of U.S. export-control law (including the Export Administration Regulations and Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations).

14. Term and termination

14.1 Term. These Terms apply from the date you first use the Volt Platform until terminated under this §14.

14.2 Termination by you. You may stop using the Volt Platform at any time. To end a Subscription Service cancel from your account; see §4.4 for renewal handling.

14.3 Termination by us. We may suspend or terminate your access if (a) you materially breach these Terms or the EULA and fail to cure within fifteen (15) days of notice, (b) your account is at least thirty (30) days delinquent on payment, (c) we are required to do so by law, or (d) we reasonably believe continued service creates a material security or legal risk to ArmoredGate or its other customers.

14.4 Effect. On termination, your right to use the Subscription Service ends, your active License Key is revoked, and you must stop using the closed-source components. Sections 5, 7.1, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14.4, 15, and 16 survive termination.

15. Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms, and any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Volt Platform, are governed by the laws of the State of Oklahoma, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The parties consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma for any dispute that is not subject to arbitration. The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

16. General

16.1 Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the EULA and the Privacy Notice, are the entire agreement between you and ArmoredGate regarding the Volt Platform and supersede any prior agreements on the same subject.

16.2 Order of precedence. If there is a conflict, the EULA controls for closed-source software use, the Privacy Notice controls for personal-data handling, and these Terms control for everything else.

16.3 Updates. We may update these Terms. If a change materially reduces your rights or expands your obligations, we will give you at least thirty (30) days' notice by email or in-app banner before the change takes effect. Your continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

16.4 Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent, except to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all your assets, provided the successor is not a competitor of ArmoredGate. We may assign these Terms freely.

16.5 Notices. Notices to you may be given by email to your account address or by in-product notice. Notices to ArmoredGate must be sent to legal@armoredgate.com with a copy by certified mail to: ArmoredGate LLC, 111 W 4th Street, #23, Okmulgee, OK 74447, United States.

16.6 Force majeure. Neither party is liable for failure or delay in performance caused by events outside its reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, civil disturbance, labor action, internet or power failure, or governmental action.

16.7 Severability and waiver. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect. A waiver is effective only if in writing.

16.8 Independent contractors. The parties are independent contractors. These Terms create no partnership, agency, or joint venture.

Contact

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