Control your production system in real time
Govplane is the control plane for application governance.
Define, activate, and enforce runtime policies across environments — instantly and securely — without redeploying code.
for production systems
Yet governance logic — pricing rules, compliance restrictions, feature activation, tenant controls, emergency switches — is often scattered across services and embedded directly into code.
All policies in one place
Manage policies across multiple projects, environments, and tenants from a unified control plane.
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Real-time Policy Management
Deploy governance changes instantly — no service restarts, no redeployments, no downtime.
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Advanced Conditional Logic
Structured, JSON-based rule definitions with dynamic when conditions for precise runtime decision-making.
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Local Runtime Evaluation
All policy evaluations occur locally within your runtime environment.
Your application does not depend on a live connection to Govplane’s servers to make decisions.
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Collaborative Governance
Let all stakeholders to participate in the governance process. Add organization members with granular permissions for Owners, Admins, Editors, and Viewers.
Built for Risk-Aware Organizations
Enable product, compliance, and operations teams to act — without waiting for engineering release cycles.
Instant kill switches and runtime restrictions allow immediate mitigation without emergency deployments.
Enforce regulatory, regional, or contractual constraints dynamically.
As systems grow more distributed, governance becomes more complex. Govplane centralizes and standardizes control.
Instant kill switches and runtime restrictions allow immediate mitigation without emergency deployments.
Policy execution is deterministic, auditable, and version-controlled.Even under degraded conditions, your application behaves consistently and predictably.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does my application depend on Govplane’s servers during runtime?
No.
All policy evaluations occur locally within your runtime environment. Your application does not require a live connection to Govplane to make decisions.
If network connectivity is interrupted, your services continue to evaluate and enforce policies without disruption. Govplane is never in the critical execution path of your production traffic.
What environments is Govplane compatible with?
Govplane is designed exclusively for use in server environments.
We currently offer SDKs for Node.js, Java [Beta], PHP, and Python [Beta].
Node.js -> https://www.npmjs.com/package/@govplane/runtime-sdk
Java [Beta] -> https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.govplane/gp-runtime-sdk/overview
More information about the available SDKs can be found here
What happens if a policy evaluation fails?
Govplane is built with deterministic fail-safe behavior.
Each policy defines a default outcome in case evaluation cannot be completed. Organizations can configure whether the system should fail open or fail closed, depending on their operational or compliance requirements.
This ensures predictable behavior even under degraded conditions.
Can Govplane support multi-tenant or multi-environment architectures?
Yes.
Govplane is designed for distributed and multi-tenant systems.You can create multiple organisations, which in turn, if they have Pro or Enterprise plans, can have multiple associated projects. Policies and rules are scoped by project and each project has its own endpoint and access keys.
This allows precise governance without duplicating logic across services.
How does Govplane handle security and access control?
Govplane implements role-based access control (RBAC) aligned with enterprise governance models, as well as authentication mechanisms using passwords, one-time passwords, time-based passwords, and physical security keys
Organizations can assign granular permissions such as Owner, Admin, Editor, and Viewer, ensuring separation of responsibilities between engineering, operations, and compliance teams.
Runtime authentication mechanisms ensure secure service-to-service communication, through private access points and keys that only allow access to runtime bundles and can be easily managed and revoked at any time.
What is the performance impact of policy evaluation?
Govplane is designed for minimal latency overhead.
Policy evaluations occur locally within your runtime and are optimized for deterministic execution. There is no external API call in the critical request path, eliminating network latency from the decision flow.
In most implementations, evaluation adds negligible overhead compared to typical business logic execution. Governance becomes predictable and controlled — without sacrificing performance.
Can Govplane be deployed in private or controlled environments?
Yes.
Govplane offers enterprise deployment options, including private or dedicated environments for organizations with strict security, regulatory, or data residency requirements.
Because runtime evaluation occurs locally within your infrastructure, sensitive operational decisions remain under your control at all times.
Govplane cannot make changes to the system, nor adds access points to it. The only communication between your system and Govplane is through perdiodic calls made by the SDK to the private access point to obtain the runtime bundles.
Deployment models can be aligned with your compliance and security policies.
Why not build an internal governance or policy engine?
Many organizations initially build internal rule systems or feature management frameworks. Over time, these systems tend to:
- Accumulate technical debt
- Lack proper auditability
- Create architectural coupling
- Require ongoing maintenance
- Become critical but underfunded infrastructure
Govplane provides a purpose-built governance layer designed for scalability, traceability, and operational resilience — allowing your engineering teams to focus on product differentiation instead of maintaining internal control tooling.
Building governance infrastructure is possible.Maintaining it at enterprise scale is the real challenge.
Pricing built around your organization
Pricing scales with your projects and governance needs. Plans are organization-based, not per user.
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