General
What exactly is a 'case' in FTS?
What exactly is a 'case' in FTS?
A case is a structured, reviewable unit of technical knowledge — typically one failure, one investigation, one workaround, or one root-cause finding. It has a title, body, evidence attachments, tags, a state (
Draft → In Review → Verified → Published → Deprecated), and a permanent audit log. See Core concepts.Is FTS a replacement for my CMMS / MES / ERP / ticketing tool?
Is FTS a replacement for my CMMS / MES / ERP / ticketing tool?
No. FTS lives next to those systems. It captures the tacit knowledge that transactional systems don’t: the “why”, the “what we tried”, and the “what actually worked”. Many customers link FTS cases to tickets in Jira, Redmine, or ServiceNow.
Which industries is FTS built for?
Which industries is FTS built for?
Teams doing complex, high-stakes, technical operations: manufacturing quality and reliability, automotive testing and homologation, energy and utilities, aerospace MRO, and industrial R&D. If your work involves failure reports, root-cause analyses, or field service escalations, FTS fits.
Does FTS work offline?
Does FTS work offline?
No. FTS is a web application and requires an internet connection. You can draft cases in a browser tab without a live save, and they will sync once you reconnect — but core functionality (search, review, evidence upload) needs the server.
Data, security and hosting
Where is my data stored?
Where is my data stored?
All customer data lives in the European Union. The primary database is hosted on Neon (EU region). Evidence files are stored in Cloudflare R2 with EU jurisdiction. We do not copy customer data to any non-EU region.
Is FTS GDPR-compliant?
Is FTS GDPR-compliant?
Yes. FTS is built by a European company, hosted on EU infrastructure, and signs a Data Processing Agreement (DPA) with every paying customer by default. You can request a copy of our DPA at any time via
privacy@ferrufino-tech-solutions.com.How is my workspace isolated from other customers?
How is my workspace isolated from other customers?
Every request is scoped to a workspace at the application layer. A user authenticated into Workspace A physically cannot issue a query that returns data from Workspace B, even if they know its ID. Database rows carry a workspace foreign key that is checked on every read and write.
What happens to my data if I cancel?
What happens to my data if I cancel?
You can export the full contents of your workspace (cases + evidence + metadata) as a zip archive at any time from Settings → Data export. After cancellation, your data is kept in a read-only state for 30 days, then permanently deleted. See Data export.
AI assistance
Does FTS use my data to train AI models?
Does FTS use my data to train AI models?
No. We use Anthropic Claude for AI features, and Anthropic does not train on customer API data by default. Your cases, evidence, and queries are never used to improve any public model.
What can the AI assistant actually do?
What can the AI assistant actually do?
It can draft a case from your rough notes, translate cases between languages, summarise long case threads, and answer questions against your workspace’s published cases. It only ever sees cases you have explicitly published. See AI assistance.
Can I turn AI off?
Can I turn AI off?
Yes. Workspace admins can disable all AI features in Settings → AI. Cases will still be fully searchable via the standard full-text and tag-based search.
Billing
What plans are available?
What plans are available?
Three plans: Starter (€99/month, up to 5 members, 1 workspace), Team (€299/month, up to 25 members, unlimited workspaces), and Enterprise (custom — volume pricing, SSO, audit exports, SLA). See Plans.
Can I try it before I pay?
Can I try it before I pay?
Yes. Every new organisation gets a 14-day free trial of the Team plan, no credit card required. You can downgrade, upgrade, or cancel at any time.
How do I change plan or cancel?
How do I change plan or cancel?
From Settings → Billing you get a direct link to the Stripe customer portal where you can upgrade, downgrade, update payment method, or cancel. Changes take effect at the end of the current billing period.
Still stuck?
Contact support
Reach us at support@ferrufino-tech-solutions.com or via the in-app help widget. We aim to respond within one business day.