Multi-Tenant SaaS Development
Multi-tenant SaaS architecture with explicit company boundaries
Define how organizations, users and data fit together before building or extending a shared SaaS product. We scope tenant onboarding, access rules and the checks needed for your application's boundaries.
Company A
- People & roles
- This company's members and their permitted actions
- Records & workflows
- This company's records and operational work
- Boundary check
- Access to another company's records must follow an explicit permission rule.
Company B
- People & roles
- This company's members and their permitted actions
- Records & workflows
- This company's records and operational work
- Boundary check
- Access to another company's records must follow an explicit permission rule.
Illustrative model, not a security audit or a prescribed database layout. Membership, shared data and exceptions are defined and tested for your product.
Define what a tenant represents
Agree whether a tenant is a company, workspace or another business unit, and how users belong to it. This definition shapes the rest of the product.
Map roles and data access
Record which roles can access which records and actions. Identify shared data, administrative exceptions and the operations that must remain tenant-specific.
Plan onboarding and lifecycle
Scope how organizations are created, configured and supported. Domain setup, membership changes, suspension and removal need explicit behavior rather than hidden assumptions.
Choose an architecture for the requirements
Evaluate the data and access model against the application's constraints. Existing users, integrations and operational requirements affect the implementation plan.
Verify boundaries with concrete scenarios
Define permitted and denied actions for different users and tenants. Record which checks are automated, which need manual review and what remains outside the test scope.
Tenant workflows in our own products
Frequenta's documented onboarding creates a business account and connects its domain. Administrators manage staff access, and operators use a workspace for that company's visits and rewards.
GetDeliver's project documentation describes resolving a store from its domain, role-specific tools for administrators, kitchen staff and couriers, and a separate platform console for managing stores. This illustrates how customer-facing, staff and platform workflows can coexist in a multi-tenant product.
These examples do not replace a project's access review or isolation tests. The boundaries and failure cases for your product need to be defined and verified against its own requirements.
Scope and handoff
Multi-Tenant SaaS Foundation — from $1,500. Final scope depends on the existing application, tenant model, lifecycle requirements and validation work. Documentation and responsibilities are agreed before handoff.
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Questions about multi-tenant SaaS development
Is multi-tenancy just adding company IDs?
No. The scope must define how tenant context is established and used across the relevant data, actions and workflows. A field alone does not demonstrate correct access behavior.
Can you adapt an existing application?
We first review its data, identity and access model. Migration work and compatibility with existing users are assessed before committing to a transition plan.
Will every customer need a separate database?
That depends on the requirements and constraints. The architecture decision is scoped explicitly rather than treated as the default for every product.
Is security certification included?
No. Architecture and agreed access checks do not constitute a certification or independent security audit. Any such requirement needs its own scope and evidence.
Are billing and SSO included?
Only if defined in the agreed scope, with the provider and lifecycle requirements assessed. The example on this page is not proof of every enterprise feature.
How do you test tenant boundaries?
The project should define accounts, roles and records that allow both expected access and denied-access scenarios to be checked. Results are recorded after execution, with the remaining limits stated.
Define the boundaries of your product
Tell us how customers are organized, which roles they need and whether the product already has users and data.