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  "canonical_url": "https://approximated.app/product/facts.json",
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    "legal_name": "Approximated, Inc.",
    "website": "https://approximated.app/",
    "product_overview": "https://approximated.app/product/"
  },
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  "last_reviewed": "2026-08-05",
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    },
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      "hybrid_self_hosted",
      "full_self_hosted"
    ],
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      "https://approximated.app/docs/#virtual-hosts-api",
      "https://approximated.app/self-hosted/"
    ]
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      },
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      "additional_bandwidth_price_per_gb": 0.05,
      "source": "https://approximated.app/#pricing"
    },
    "hybrid_self_hosted": {
      "scope": "Hybrid Self Hosted plan",
      "billing_period": "month",
      "base_price": 199.00,
      "virtual_host_unit_price": 0.10,
      "virtual_host_unit": "virtual host",
      "source": "https://approximated.app/self-hosted/"
    },
    "full_self_hosted": {
      "scope": "Full Self Hosted plan",
      "billing_period": "month",
      "starting_price": 4999.00,
      "qualifier": "Starting price; custom SLAs are available.",
      "source": "https://approximated.app/self-hosted/"
    }
  },
  "company": {
    "began": 2020,
    "founder": "Carter Bryden",
    "name_origin": "Automated Proxy",
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      "regions": "more than 20",
      "machines": "fleets of hundreds",
      "domain_history": "Millions of custom domains have served traffic through Approximated."
    },
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  },
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    "policy_last_updated": "2026-08-03",
    "request_level_records_max_days": 14,
    "request_level_records_include_client_ip_addresses": true,
    "security_event_and_ip_reputation_max_days": 90,
    "non_identifying_aggregated_traffic_statistics_max_months": 24,
    "deleted_production_data_backup_age_out_days": 60,
    "deletion_request_completion_days": 30,
    "deletion_request_exception": "Specific records may be retained where required by law.",
    "source": "https://approximated.app/data-retention/"
  },
  "subprocessors": {
    "list_last_updated": "2026-08-03",
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      {
        "name": "Fly.io, Inc.",
        "purpose": "Cloud infrastructure (traffic routing)",
        "location": "United States (global edge regions)"
      },
      {
        "name": "DigitalOcean, LLC",
        "purpose": "Cloud infrastructure (hosting and storage)",
        "location": "United States"
      },
      {
        "name": "Stripe, Inc.",
        "purpose": "Payment processing and subscription billing",
        "location": "United States"
      },
      {
        "name": "DNSimple Corporation",
        "purpose": "DNS hosting and management",
        "location": "United States"
      },
      {
        "name": "ActiveCampaign, LLC (Postmark)",
        "purpose": "Transactional email delivery",
        "location": "United States"
      },
      {
        "name": "Functional Software, Inc. (Sentry)",
        "purpose": "Application error monitoring",
        "location": "United States"
      },
      {
        "name": "CrowdSec SAS",
        "purpose": "Security threat intelligence (IP reputation data only)",
        "location": "France"
      }
    ],
    "website_analytics_note": "The public website also uses Plausible and Fathom; the source page states that these do not process customer data from the Services.",
    "source": "https://approximated.app/sub-processors/"
  },
  "service_level_agreement": {
    "scope": "Customers with an Enterprise plan during the applicable subscription term",
    "monthly_actual_availability_commitment_percent": 99.9,
    "measurement": "Measured by Approximated under the definitions and exclusions in the agreement.",
    "qualifier": "The commitment is not presented here as a term of every plan. Credit terms, exclusions, and request requirements remain part of the complete agreement.",
    "source": "https://approximated.app/service-level-agreement/"
  },
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    "documentation": "https://approximated.app/docs/",
    "openapi": "https://approximated.app/openapi.yaml",
    "pricing": "https://approximated.app/pricing/",
    "trust": "https://approximated.app/trust/",
    "privacy_policy": "https://approximated.app/privacy-policy/",
    "terms_of_use": "https://approximated.app/terms-of-use/",
    "status": "https://status.approximated.app/",
    "documentation_changelog": "https://approximated.app/changelog/",
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