The agreement, in plain terms.

Summary

By creating an account or using AlignCube, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, don't use the service.

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding agreement between you and AlignCube LLC ("AlignCube", "we", "us", "our"), a Colorado limited liability company, and govern your access to and use of AlignCube (aligncube.ai) and its web application (the "Service"). By accessing or using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms.

What AlignCube does

AlignCube is an AI-assisted software stack governance tool. It analyzes tool stacks you provide, generates recommendations using AI models, and helps you log and track decisions over time. AlignCube is a decision-support tool — not a replacement for professional financial, legal, or procurement advice.

Your account

• You must provide an accurate email address. Each authorized user has an individual login and is responsible for keeping their credentials secure.
• Organization accounts: an owner may invite organization members to a shared team. The owner is responsible for managing membership, and each member is responsible for activity under their own login and for having authority to submit any business data they enter.
• You are responsible for keeping your password secure and for all activity under your account.
• Notify us immediately at [email protected] if you suspect unauthorized access.
• You must be at least 18 years old to create an account.
• Availability: during this phase, AlignCube is offered only to organizations based in the United States. We do not currently onboard or contract with organizations headquartered outside the United States. You may still explore the browser-based preview, but paid accounts are limited to U.S.-based organizations for now.

Acceptable use

You may not use the Service to:

• Violate any applicable law or regulation
• Upload content that infringes third-party intellectual property rights
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, scrape, or extract our AI audit methodology
• Resell or redistribute the Service without written permission
• Interfere with or disrupt the Service or servers
• Create accounts for the purpose of abuse, spam, or circumventing usage limits

AI outputs — important disclaimer

AlignCube's recommendations, scores, savings figures, evidence summaries, and reports are generated by AI and are for informational purposes only. They do not constitute professional financial, tax, accounting, legal, compliance, security, insurance, or procurement advice.

AI outputs may be incomplete, outdated, or incorrect, may misstate vendor prices, contract terms, or savings, and must be independently verified before you act on them. Savings figures are estimates, not guarantees of any result. You are responsible for your own decisions; always apply your own judgment and, where appropriate, qualified professional advice. AlignCube is not responsible for business decisions made based on its outputs.

Service provided “as is”

The Service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, error-free, or free of data loss, or that AI models or third-party providers will be continuously available. Nothing in these Terms limits rights that cannot legally be waived.

Fair use and service limits

To keep the Service reliable and to control abuse and cost, we apply reasonable usage limits. Advisor is subject to a limit of up to 50 messages per day per account, plus service-protection and abuse limits that may change over time. We may throttle, suspend, or limit usage that is abusive, automated, or that materially exceeds normal use.

Payments and subscriptions

• Paid plans are billed via Stripe on a monthly or, where offered, annual cycle. You authorize us to charge the payment method on file.
• Subscriptions renew automatically. You may cancel at any time; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
• First-week refund: if you cancel within 7 days of your first Monitor charge, email [email protected] and we will refund that charge in full.
• Beyond the first-week refund, we do not offer refunds for partial billing periods. If you cancel mid-month, you retain access through the end of that period.
• Cancelling does not delete your data. Your account reverts to the Free tier and your audit history and decision log stay accessible and exportable. Permanent erasure is a separate action: Usage & Plan → Delete account.
• We may change pricing with 30 days' notice. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance of new pricing.

Your data

• You own your data. The tool stack information, audit results, and decision logs you create in AlignCube belong to you.
• You grant us a limited license to process your data solely to provide the Service.
• You can export your data at any time under Usage & Plan → Data Export. Account deletion removes active AlignCube data after billing closes, under Usage & Plan → Delete account; limited backups and records required for security, tax, or legal obligations follow the Privacy retention schedule.
• See our Privacy Policy for full details on how we handle your data.

Intellectual property

The AlignCube platform, brand, scoring methodology, and software are owned by AlignCube. You may not copy, modify, or create derivative works of the Service. Your data belongs to you; AlignCube's audit methodology and software belong to us.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, AlignCube shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of revenue, profits, data, or goodwill, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Service.

AlignCube's total liability to you for any claims arising from use of the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) US $399 or (b) the amount you paid us in the 12 months prior to the claim.

Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless AlignCube and its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, or expenses (including reasonable attorney's fees) arising from your use of the Service or your violation of these Terms.

AlignCube will defend you against any third-party claim that the Service itself (excluding your data and third-party tools it reports on) infringes that party's intellectual-property rights, and will pay resulting damages finally awarded, provided you promptly notify us and let us control the defense. This is your exclusive remedy for Service IP infringement.

Termination

Either party may terminate this agreement at any time. We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms. Cancelling a paid subscription is not termination — your account reverts to the Free tier and your audit history and decision log remain intact (see Payments and subscriptions). Deleting your account yourself (Usage & Plan → Delete account) removes your data from active AlignCube systems once any billing is safely closed; limited encrypted backups and legally required records then expire under the retention schedule in our Privacy Policy. If we terminate your account for a violation, you may request a data export within 30 days of termination before we remove your data from active systems on the same basis.

If we terminate this agreement for any reason other than your violation of these Terms — including a decision to wind down the Service — we will give you at least 30 days' advance notice, refund the unused portion of any prepaid subscription period pro-rata, and keep your self-serve data export available throughout that notice period and for 30 days after termination.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Colorado, United States, without regard to conflict of law principles. Disputes shall be resolved in the courts of Colorado.

General

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary (or severed if it cannot be), and the rest of these Terms remain in full effect.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and AlignCube regarding the Service and supersede any prior discussions, marketing statements, or proposals. No statement outside these documents creates a warranty or commitment unless we put it in a signed writing.

Assignment. You may not assign this agreement without our written consent. AlignCube may assign it in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all assets, with notice to you; your termination and data-export rights above survive any such assignment.

Force majeure. Neither party is liable for delay or failure to perform (other than payment obligations) caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including outages of upstream providers, natural disasters, or government action.

Notices. Legal notices to AlignCube must be sent to [email protected] or the postal address in the Contact section; we will send notices to your account email address.

Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms with 30 days' notice via email or in-app notice. Changes that expand your rights (such as adding a refund option) or clarify existing practice without reducing your rights may take effect immediately. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

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