Why Alloy

Three ways to run digital asset operations. One keeps you in control.

Every team moving digital assets ends up choosing between building, renting and running. Here is how the options differ.

Your options

Build it, rent it, or run Alloy.

Build it yourself

Full control, but your engineers own every integration and control.

  • Every provider, chain and exception is your code to maintain
  • Policy, audit and reconciliation built from scratch
  • Slow to change when a provider or regulation changes

Use a hosted platform

Fast to start, but it runs in someone else’s environment.

  • Keys, data or both often sit with the vendor
  • Harder to pass your own security and data reviews
  • Changing provider later can mean starting over

Run Alloy

A ready platform that runs in your own infrastructure.

  • Your keys stay in your HSM or chosen signing provider
  • One API across providers, with policy and evidence built in
  • Modular and right-sized: start with one workflow

Side by side

How the three approaches compare on the questions buyers ask most.
QuestionBuild it yourselfUse a hosted platformRun Alloy
Who holds the keys?YouOften the vendorYou
Where does it run?Your infrastructureThe vendor’s cloudYour infrastructure
Provider choiceWhatever you integrateUsually oneKeep, add or switch providers
Audit evidenceYou build itVendor reportsRecorded by default
AI agentsYou build the guardrailsVariesScoped keys inside your policies

See the difference on your own workflow.

Try Alloy in the sandbox, or talk to our team about what you run today.