Stagger Terms of Service

Last Updated: April 21, 2026 Effective Date: April 21, 2026

1. Introduction and acceptance

Welcome to Stagger. These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you and Stagger ("Stagger," "we," "us," or "our"), operator of the websites and services at stagger.dev, app.stagger.dev, mcp.stagger.dev, and docs.stagger.dev (together, the "Service").

By creating an account, clicking "I agree," or using the Service in any way, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you are using the Service on behalf of a company or other entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity, and "you" refers to both you personally and that entity.

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

Section 18 contains a binding arbitration clause and a class action waiver that affect how disputes are resolved. Please read it carefully.

2. Definitions

In these Terms:

• "Account" means your Stagger user account.
• "Content" means anything you submit to the Service, including prompts, brand kits, uploaded images, color palettes, style notes, and saved configurations.
• "Generated Output" or "Output" means code, components, and related artifacts the Service produces in response to your Content, typically TSX files using Framer Motion and Tailwind CSS.
• "Subscription" means a paid plan you purchase through Stripe.
• "Third-Party Services" means services provided by parties other than Stagger that the Service relies on or integrates with, including Anthropic, Clerk, Stripe, Vercel, and Cloudflare.

3. Eligibility

To use the Service, you must be at least 18 years old and have the legal capacity to enter into a contract. The Service is not intended for, and we do not knowingly accept users under 18. Your age is verified at signup through a required attestation, and we enforce this minimum in both our authentication configuration and our data handling. See the Privacy Policy for how we handle underage accounts if discovered.

You may not use the Service if you are subject to US economic sanctions or located in a jurisdiction subject to a US embargo, or if you are on any US government denied-party list. See Section 20.9 for the specific sanctioned and embargoed territories.

4. Account registration

You create an Account through our authentication provider, Clerk. You agree to provide accurate information, keep your credentials secure, and promptly notify us at security@stagger.dev of any unauthorized use of your Account. You are responsible for all activity under your Account.

You may have only one Account unless we agree otherwise in writing. Accounts are personal to you and may not be shared, sold, or transferred.

5. Subscription plans and billing

5.1 Plans

Stagger currently offers the following paid subscription tiers, billed in US dollars through Stripe:

Plan details, included features, and usage limits are described on stagger.dev/pricing and form part of these Terms. We may offer annual plans, promotional discounts, or custom pricing from time to time.

5.2 Payment processor

All payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. ("Stripe"). By subscribing you also agree to Stripe's terms and privacy policy. We do not receive or store your full payment card details. See Section 11 for more on Third-Party Services.

5.3 Automatic renewal and your affirmative consent

By subscribing to a paid plan, you acknowledge and agree that:

1. Your Subscription will automatically renew at the end of each billing period (each month for monthly plans, each year for annual plans if offered) for a new period of the same length, until you cancel.
2. The price you pay at each renewal is the then-current rate for your plan, which may be higher or lower than your initial rate, subject to Section 5.6.
3. You authorize us, through Stripe, to charge your payment method automatically on each renewal date without further action by you.
4. You can cancel at any time from your Account settings at app.stagger.dev/settings/billing, or by emailing support@stagger.dev. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. You will continue to have access to paid features until that date.
5. We will send you a reminder email at least 3 days and no more than 21 days before each automatic renewal for annual plans, and before any renewal that occurs after a free trial or promotional period, at the email on your Account.

5.4 Cancellation

You can cancel at any time from your Account settings using the same method you used to sign up. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing period. You will continue to have access to paid features until that date. No cancellation fee applies.

5.5 Refunds

Subscription fees are non-refundable except where (a) required by law, (b) we terminate for convenience under Section 14.2, or (c) we notify you of a material reduction in features and you cancel within the 30-day notice period in Section 13. We do not provide prorated refunds for partial billing periods, unused credits, or voluntary downgrades.

5.6 Price changes

We may change prices with at least 30 days' notice before the change takes effect for you. Notice will be sent to the email on your Account. For any price increase, your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes your affirmative consent to the new price. If you do not accept the change, your sole remedy is to cancel before the new price applies.

5.7 Taxes

Prices are exclusive of taxes. You are responsible for any sales, use, VAT, GST, or similar taxes, except taxes on our net income.

5.8 Failed payments

If a payment fails, we may suspend or terminate your Subscription after reasonable attempts to collect. You remain liable for any unpaid fees.

5.9 EU and UK cooling-off right

If you are a consumer in the EU or UK, you have a statutory 14-day right to cancel your Subscription after purchase and receive a full refund. By starting to use the Service (including submitting your first prompt) before the end of the 14-day period, you expressly consent to immediate performance and acknowledge that you lose your right of withdrawal once the Service has been fully performed. If you cancel within 14 days without starting to use the Service, email support@stagger.dev for a full refund.

6. Free tier and trials

We may offer a free tier or promotional free trial. Free access may be limited in features, generations per month, or duration, and may be modified or discontinued at any time. Content you create on a free tier is subject to the same ownership terms in Section 8. If a free trial converts to a paid Subscription, we will notify you at least 3 days before the conversion and charge your payment method per Section 5.3.

7. User Content and licenses

7.1 Your ownership of Content

You retain all rights, title, and interest in the Content you submit, including prompts, brand kits, color palettes, style notes, and any images you upload.

7.2 License to us

To operate the Service, you grant Stagger a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, process, and transmit your Content solely to provide, secure, and support the Service for you, and for no other purpose. This license ends when you delete the Content or your Account, subject to the retention terms in the Privacy Policy.

7.3 Your warranties about Content

You represent and warrant that:

1. You own your Content or have all rights, licenses, and permissions needed to submit it.
2. Your Content does not infringe any third party's intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights.
3. Your Content does not violate any law, regulation, or third-party agreement.
4. For any logo, brand asset, or image you upload, you have the right to use that material and to have it processed by AI vision models.

7.4 Prohibited Content

You may not submit Content that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, hateful, sexually explicit involving minors, or that contains malware, credentials, payment data, health information subject to HIPAA, or personal data of others that you are not authorized to share.

7.5 DMCA notices

If you believe Content or Output on the Service infringes your copyright, send a DMCA notice to our designated agent at dmca@stagger.dev with the information required by 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3). Our registered DMCA agent details are filed with the US Copyright Office. We may remove allegedly infringing Content and terminate accounts of repeat infringers.

8. AI-generated content

8.1 Output ownership

Subject to these Terms, we assign to you all right, title, and interest we may have in the Generated Output produced for your Account. You own your Output. You may use, modify, distribute, sell, and sublicense it for any lawful purpose, commercial or non-commercial, on every plan including free. No attribution to Stagger is required.

8.2 No AI training on your data

We will not use your Content or Generated Output to train, fine-tune, or improve any AI model, ours or any third party's. This applies to all plans and all users. The only narrow exceptions, described in detail in the Privacy Policy, are:

1. Automated abuse and safety review of flagged prompts or uploads.
2. Compliance with valid legal process.

We do not permit our AI provider (Anthropic) to train on your data, and we use Anthropic's API under terms that prohibit such training. Prompts may be retained briefly by Anthropic for their own abuse monitoring (up to 30 days); see the Privacy Policy for details.

8.3 Nature of AI output; user responsibility

Generated Output is produced by machine learning models. It may be inaccurate, inefficient, insecure, or otherwise unsuitable for any particular purpose. You are solely responsible for reviewing, testing, and validating any Generated Output before using it in production, including security review, accessibility review, and license compliance.

8.4 Similar or identical outputs

Because AI models produce similar outputs for similar prompts, other users may receive Output that is similar or, in rare cases, substantially identical to yours. Stagger makes no representation that Output is unique.

8.5 No warranty of non-infringement; good-faith response

Generative AI may, in rare cases, reproduce copyrighted material or produce code resembling code from its training corpus. We do not warrant that Output is free of third-party rights. You are responsible for your use and distribution of Output.

If you receive a valid infringement notice regarding Generated Output you obtained from the Service, contact us at legal@stagger.dev and we will work with you in good faith to review the notice and, where appropriate, adjust our models or remove the Output from our systems. This commitment does not create an indemnification obligation and does not modify Section 16 or 17.

8.6 Open source components in Output

Generated Output typically imports from open source libraries, including motion (formerly Framer Motion), React, and Tailwind CSS, each licensed under the MIT License or similar permissive terms. You are responsible for complying with the license terms of any open source library referenced in your Output, including retaining copyright notices where required. The Output itself, as assigned to you under Section 8.1, is not subject to any open source obligation imposed by Stagger.

8.7 Feedback

If you submit feedback, bug reports, or suggestions, you grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to use them without obligation to you. Feedback is treated separately from Content and is not subject to Section 8.2.

9. Acceptable use policy

You agree not to:

1. Use the Service to generate, distribute, or facilitate malware, phishing kits, credential harvesters, or code designed to attack, disrupt, or gain unauthorized access to any system.
2. Use the Service to generate content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or that sexually exploits minors.
3. Attempt to extract, reverse engineer, or duplicate our system prompts, model weights, training data, or other proprietary materials; attempt to circumvent safety measures, rate limits, or abuse classifiers; or manipulate AI models through prompt injection, jailbreaks, indirect injection via uploaded content, social engineering, or similar techniques to cause the Service to produce content that violates this Acceptable Use Policy or to reveal confidential information about the Service.
4. Use the Service to benchmark, compete with, or create a substantially similar product.
5. Resell, sublicense, or provide the Service to third parties as a standalone offering (reselling Generated Output is permitted under Section 8.1; reselling access to the Service is not).
6. Circumvent rate limits, usage quotas, authentication, or billing controls.
7. Scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the Service, or probe it for vulnerabilities except through a coordinated disclosure to security@stagger.dev.
8. Use automated means to create Accounts or generate Output at a scale not permitted by your plan.
9. Impersonate others, misrepresent your affiliation, or use the Service on behalf of a sanctioned party.
10. Violate any applicable law or the terms of any Third-Party Service.

We may investigate and enforce this section at our discretion, including by suspending or terminating Accounts.

10. Stagger's intellectual property

The Service, including its software, design, user interface, models, prompts, documentation, curated animation library (except Generated Output assigned to you), and the Stagger marks, are owned by Alex Kim or licensed to us, and are protected by intellectual property laws.

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and use the Service during your Subscription and in accordance with these Terms. No other rights are granted by implication.

The curated animation library contains examples and reference components. You may use them as inspiration and prompts. You may not copy the library itself or redistribute it as your own.

11. Third-party services

The Service depends on Third-Party Services, including:

• Anthropic (Claude AI models) for AI generation.
• Clerk for authentication.
• Stripe for payments.
• Vercel for hosting.
• Cloudflare for content delivery and security.
• Resend for transactional email.
• Sentry for error monitoring.
• PostHog for product analytics.

A current list with links to their privacy policies is maintained in our Privacy Policy. These providers operate under their own terms, and we are not responsible for their acts or omissions beyond our contractual rights against them. Outages, changes, or discontinuation of a Third-Party Service may affect the Service.

12. MCP server terms

The Service includes a Model Context Protocol ("MCP") server at mcp.stagger.dev that allows compatible tools ("MCP Clients"), such as Cursor, Claude Code, Zed, and Cline, to invoke Stagger on your behalf.

12.1 Authorization and scope

To use the MCP server, you must first authenticate through our OAuth flow and explicitly grant the MCP Client access to your Account. Authorization is scoped to specific capabilities (generation, library access, brand kit read, brand kit write) and can be revoked at any time from app.stagger.dev/settings/integrations. You authorize the MCP Client you connect to transmit prompts, selected code context, and configuration to Stagger under your Account. You are responsible for the configuration of your MCP Client and for any prompts it sends.

12.2 Third-party MCP Clients

The MCP Client itself is a Third-Party Service. Its terms and privacy policies, not ours, govern what happens on your local machine and within that client. We receive only what the MCP Client transmits to our MCP endpoint. We are not responsible for MCP Clients that transmit more information than you intended, that are misconfigured, or that contain security vulnerabilities.

12.3 Compromised or malicious MCP Clients

If your MCP Client credentials are lost, exposed, or used by an unauthorized party, you must immediately revoke access from your Account settings and notify us at security@stagger.dev. You are responsible for all activity under your MCP authorization until revocation takes effect. We may proactively revoke tokens that we detect exhibit anomalous or abusive patterns.

12.4 Multiple MCP Clients

You may connect multiple MCP Clients to one Account. Each connection is tracked separately and can be revoked individually. Usage from all connected Clients counts against your plan's limits.

12.5 Rate limiting

MCP requests are subject to per-Account, per-Client, and per-IP rate limits. Limits are described in the MCP documentation. Rate limits are in addition to, not separate from, the generation quotas in your Subscription plan.

12.6 Logging and audit

We log MCP request metadata (timestamp, Client identifier, endpoint called, response status, token count) for a rolling 12-month window for security, abuse detection, and billing. Prompt and Output content transmitted through MCP is treated identically to Content submitted through our web app, including the no-training commitment in Section 8.2 and the retention terms in the Privacy Policy.

13. Service modifications

We are constantly improving the Service. We may add, change, remove, or suspend features at any time. Where a change materially reduces functionality of a paid plan, we will give you at least 30 days' notice by email and, at your option, a prorated refund of any unused prepaid fees for that plan.

14. Termination

14.1 By you

You may terminate your Account at any time from Account settings or by emailing support@stagger.dev.

14.2 By us for convenience

We may terminate your Account for any reason with at least 30 days' notice by email. If we do so and you are on a paid plan, we will refund any unused prepaid fees on a prorated basis.

14.3 By us for cause

We may suspend or terminate your Account for material breach of these Terms. For breaches that do not involve immediate risk to the safety, security, or integrity of the Service, other users, or third parties, we will provide you with notice of the alleged breach and a 24-hour period to cure it before suspension or termination, where cure is reasonably possible.

For breaches that do involve immediate risk, we may suspend or terminate your Account immediately without notice and without refund. Immediate-risk breaches include, without limitation: generation or attempted generation of malware, CSAM, or content targeting identifiable individuals for harassment; attempts to compromise the Service, other users, or Third-Party Services; fraud or chargeback abuse; violation of sanctions or export controls; and repeat violations after a prior warning.

14.4 Effect of termination

On termination:

1. Your access to the Service ends.
2. Content and Output associated with your Account will be deleted in accordance with the Privacy Policy, typically within 30 days.
3. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination will survive, including Sections 7 (warranties), 8.5 (Output warranty disclaimer), 8.6 (open source), 10, 15, 16, 17, 18, and 20.

15. Warranty disclaimers

The Service and all Generated Output are provided "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," without warranty of any kind.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, uninterrupted or error-free operation, security, and quiet enjoyment.

We do not represent or warrant that:

1. The Service will meet your requirements or be available at any particular time.
2. Generated Output will be accurate, secure, functional, or suitable for production use.
3. Generated Output will be free of third-party intellectual property claims.
4. Defects will be corrected.
5. The Service is free of viruses or harmful components.

No advice or information obtained from the Service creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.

15.1 No service level agreement

We do not offer a service level agreement or uptime commitment. Where the Service is materially unavailable, your sole and exclusive remedy, if any, is a service credit at our reasonable discretion, which must be requested within 30 days of the incident. No monetary refund is owed for downtime.

16. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

16.1 Excluded damages

Neither party will be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, lost revenues, lost business opportunities, lost data, loss of goodwill, or cost of substitute services, even if advised of the possibility and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose.

16.2 Cap on direct damages

Our total cumulative liability to you for all claims arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service, whether in contract, tort, strict liability, or otherwise, will not exceed the greater of (a) the amounts you paid us for the Service in the 12 months immediately before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) one hundred US dollars ($100).

16.3 Carve-outs

The cap in Section 16.2 does not apply to:

1. Your payment obligations.
2. Your violation of the Acceptable Use Policy in Section 9.
3. Your indemnification obligations in Section 17.
4. Liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including gross negligence, willful misconduct, or fraud.

16.4 Allocation of risk

You acknowledge that these limitations are an essential basis of the bargain and that fees would be materially higher without them. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you. In such jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law.

17. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Alex Kim, Stagger, and our affiliates, contractors, and agents from and against all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:

1. Your Content, including any claim that your Content infringes third-party rights.
2. Your Generated Output and your use, modification, or distribution of it.
3. Your breach of these Terms, including the Acceptable Use Policy and your warranties in Section 7.3.
4. Your violation of any law or third-party right.
5. Your use of the Service in combination with products or services not provided by us.

We will promptly notify you of any claim subject to indemnification, give you reasonable cooperation, and allow you to control the defense, except that we may participate with our own counsel at our expense and must approve any settlement that imposes any obligation on us.

18. Governing law and dispute resolution

18.1 Governing law and forum

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and by applicable US federal law. For any matter not subject to arbitration under Section 18.3, the exclusive jurisdiction and venue is the state and federal courts located in New York County, New York, and the parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

18.2 Informal resolution

Before filing any formal claim, you agree to try to resolve the dispute informally by emailing legal@stagger.dev with a description of the claim and your contact information. We will attempt in good faith to resolve the matter within 60 days.

18.3 Binding arbitration

If informal resolution fails, any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by final and binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, in New York County, New York, before a single arbitrator. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this Section.

18.4 Class action waiver

All arbitrations and claims must proceed on an individual basis only. You and Stagger each waive the right to bring or participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action. An arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over a representative or class proceeding.

18.5 Exceptions

Either party may (a) bring an individual action in small claims court for claims within its jurisdiction, and (b) seek injunctive or other equitable relief in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York for actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of intellectual property or confidentiality rights.

18.6 Opt-out right

You may opt out of Sections 18.3 and 18.4 by emailing legal@stagger.dev with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in New York County, New York, and the parties consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts per Section 18.1.

18.7 Time bar

Any claim must be filed within one year after the cause of action accrued, except where a longer period is required by applicable law.

19. Modifications to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will give you at least 30 days' notice before they take effect, by email or an in-app notice. Non-material changes take effect when posted. Your continued use of the Service after the effective date means you accept the updated Terms. If you do not accept them, your sole remedy is to stop using the Service and cancel your Account.

20. Miscellaneous

20.1 Entire agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any order or plan you have accepted, are the entire agreement between you and Stagger regarding the Service and supersede all prior agreements on that subject.

20.2 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in effect, and the unenforceable provision will be reformed to the minimum extent needed to make it enforceable.

20.3 No waiver

A failure to enforce any right is not a waiver of that right.

20.4 Assignment

You may not assign these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms to an affiliate or in connection with a sale, merger, or other corporate transaction.

20.5 No third-party beneficiaries

These Terms do not create any third-party beneficiary rights.

20.6 Relationship

The parties are independent contractors. These Terms do not create any partnership, agency, joint venture, or employment relationship.

20.7 Force majeure

Neither party is liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond its reasonable control, including internet or Third-Party Service outages, natural disasters, labor disputes, and acts of government.

20.8 Notices

Legal notices to us must be sent to legal@stagger.dev with a copy by postal mail to: AKBUILDS, [street address], New York, NY [ZIP], USA. We will send notices to you by email on file or through the Service.

20.9 Export compliance and sanctions

You represent and warrant that you, your Account, and your use of the Service are not located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in any country or region subject to comprehensive US trade sanctions, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea, Donetsk, and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, and any other jurisdiction designated under OFAC or US export control law. You further represent that you are not on the US Department of the Treasury's Specially Designated Nationals List, the US Department of Commerce's Denied Persons or Entity List, or any equivalent list maintained by the EU, UK, or UN.

You agree not to export, re-export, or transfer the Service or Generated Output to any restricted destination or party in violation of applicable export controls, including the US Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations.

20.10 Government users

The Service is a "commercial item" as defined in 48 C.F.R. § 2.101. US federal government users acquire only the rights provided in these Terms.

21. Contact

• General and legal: legal@stagger.dev
• Support: support@stagger.dev
• Security and DMCA: security@stagger.dev
• Operator: Alex Kim

DISCLAIMER

This document is a template provided as a starting point and does not constitute legal advice. It has been drafted to reflect common SaaS practices and 2026 US and EU regulatory considerations, but it has not been reviewed for your specific facts. Privacy, consumer protection, tax, and contract law vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Before publishing or relying on these Terms, you should retain a licensed attorney in New York (and, for EU-specific provisions, European counsel) to review and tailor the document, confirm that the arbitration clause is enforceable against your user base, validate the liability caps in light of your insurance and assets, and ensure consistency with your actual product, sub-processor list, and billing configuration. Ongoing review is recommended at least annually and before every material product change.