Terms and Conditions

of Cryon UG (haftungsbeschränkt) for the use of Werkzeu.ge
Effective date: February 23, 2026

The short version before we start: Werkzeu.ge gives you tools to handle German bureaucracy, taxes, finances, and legal documents on your own. We are not a tax advisor, not a lawyer, and not a financial advisor. Our tools do not replace professional advice — they make you more independent, but not infallible. When in doubt, consult a professional.

Note: These Terms and Conditions are a courtesy translation of the German “Allgemeine Geschäftsbedingungen” (AGB). The German version is the legally binding version in case of any discrepancy. We use “you” as the informal equivalent of the German “du” used throughout.

§ 1 Scope of Application

(1) These Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) apply to all contracts relating to the use of the platform Werkzeu.ge (“Platform”), operated by

Cryon UG (haftungsbeschränkt)
Managing Director: Jonas Kutavicius
Leipzig, Germany
Email: info@werkzeu.ge
(hereinafter “Provider”, “we”, or “us”).

(2) These Terms apply equally to consumers (§ 13 BGB — German Civil Code) and businesses (§ 14 BGB), unless expressly differentiated at specific points.

(3) Deviating, conflicting, or supplementary terms of the user shall not become part of the contract unless we expressly agree to their applicability in writing (§ 305(1) BGB).

(4) The Platform is primarily directed at users residing or headquartered in the Federal Republic of Germany. The German version of these Terms shall prevail in case of doubt.

(5) We use the informal “you” throughout these Terms and the entire product. This does not diminish the legally binding character of these conditions.

§ 2 Subject Matter and Service Description

(1) The Platform provides web-based tools for bureaucracy, finance, legal matters, productivity, and communication (“Tools”). The Tools include, among others, tax calculators, document generators, PDF tools, financial calculators, templates, and community features.

(2) The Platform constitutes a digital product within the meaning of §§ 327 et seq. BGB. We owe the provision of digital services pursuant to § 327b BGB, not the transfer of a physical item.

(3) The Platform is provided as Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) over the internet. You receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable right to use the Platform for the duration of the contractual relationship.

(4) We reserve the right to expand, modify, or discontinue individual features of the Platform at any time, provided this is reasonable for you and no already-paid core feature is removed without replacement. Material reductions in the scope of paid tiers will be announced at least four weeks in advance by email.

§ 3 Usage Tiers

(1) The Platform offers four usage tiers:

• Guest — Selected tools without registration. No user account required. Free of charge.
• Free — Extended access after free registration. Desktop interface, community features, radio player.
• Plus — Paid subscription. Access to advanced tools for productivity, documents, finance, file storage. €14.95/month or €149.95/year (full price from August 1, 2026). During the beta phase, tiered founder prices apply (Platinum 75%, Gold 50%, Silver 25% discount).
• Pro — Paid subscription. Full access to all tools, team features, API access, automation, extended file storage. €24.95/month or €249.95/year (full price from August 1, 2026). During the beta phase, tiered founder prices apply (Platinum 75%, Gold 50%, Silver 25% discount).

(2) All stated prices are gross prices and include the statutory German value-added tax (currently 19% pursuant to § 12(1) UStG — German VAT Act).

(3) During the beta phase (until July 31, 2026), tiered founder prices apply: Platinum founders receive a 75% discount, Gold founders 50%, Silver founders 25% off the full price. The applicable discount remains permanently in effect as long as the subscription continues uninterrupted (“grandfather clause”). From August 1, 2026, full prices apply to new subscriptions.

(4) The exact scope of each tier is defined in the current service description on the Platform (“pricing page”). In case of doubt, the service description on the Platform takes precedence over general statements in these Terms.

§ 4 Registration and User Account

(1) Use beyond the “Guest” tier requires registration and the creation of a user account. You must provide truthful and complete information during registration.

(2) You are obligated to keep your access credentials (email address, password) confidential and not to grant third parties access to your account. You are liable for all activities under your account, unless you are not responsible for unauthorized use.

(3) You must notify us immediately of any unauthorized use of your account. We reserve the right to temporarily suspend accounts in case of suspected misuse.

(4) Multiple registrations by the same natural person are not permitted, unless a separate administrator account is required for Pro team accounts.

(5) We reserve the right to reject registrations without stating reasons. There is no entitlement to the conclusion of a usage contract.

§ 5 Formation of Contract

(1) Guest use: No contract formation in the strict sense is required. The use of Guest tools is based on these Terms as unilateral terms of use.

(2) Free registration: By registering, you submit an offer to enter into a free-of-charge usage contract. The contract is formed upon activation of your account (confirmation email).

(3) Paid tiers (Plus/Pro): By clicking the “Subscribe now (paid)” button (or equivalent), you submit a binding offer to enter into a subscription contract (§ 312j(3) BGB). The contract is formed upon our order confirmation by email.

(4) The contract text is stored by us. You can access it at any time via your user account. These Terms are also permanently available on the Platform.

§ 6 Prices and Payment Terms

(1) The prices displayed on the Platform at the time of contract formation apply. All prices include the statutory value-added tax (currently 19%).

(2) Payment is processed exclusively through the offered payment service providers: PayPal and Klarna. No other payment methods are offered.

(3) The subscription amount is payable in advance at the beginning of each billing period (monthly or annually, depending on the selected interval).

(4) In case of payment default, the statutory provisions apply (§§ 286 et seq. BGB). After an unsuccessful reminder with a reasonable grace period, we are entitled to suspend access to paid features until the outstanding payment is settled. Your Free-tier access remains unaffected.

(5) You will receive an electronic invoice by email in PDF format for each payment. The invoice will separately state the value-added tax.

§ 7 Contract Duration and Termination

(1) Free accounts run for an indefinite period and may be terminated by either party at any time without notice.

(2) Paid subscriptions (Plus, Pro) have a minimum term of one billing period (one month for monthly billing, one year for annual billing). They are automatically renewed for the respective billing period unless cancelled before the end of the current period (§ 309 No. 9 BGB: renewal for monthly billing by a maximum of one month, for annual billing by a maximum of one year).

(3) Cancellation is possible at any time via:

• the account settings on the Platform (one-click cancellation pursuant to § 312k BGB), or
• email to info@werkzeu.ge.

(4) After cancellation of a paid subscription, your access remains until the end of the already-paid billing period. Afterwards, your account is automatically downgraded to the “Free” tier. Your data is initially preserved (see § 16(3) of these Terms).

(5) The right to extraordinary termination for good cause (§ 314 BGB) remains unaffected for both parties. Good cause for us exists in particular if you materially breach these Terms, for example by:

• repeated or serious violations of the Community Guidelines (§ 12),
• misuse of the Platform for unlawful purposes,
• sharing access credentials with third parties, or
• manipulation of billing mechanisms.

§ 8 Right of Withdrawal for Consumers

§ 9 Availability and Maintenance

(1) We endeavor to provide the Platform with an availability of at least 99% on an annual average (measured by the reachability of the main endpoint, excluding scheduled maintenance windows). We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability.

(2) Planned maintenance work is carried out — where possible — outside peak usage hours and announced at least 48 hours in advance on the Platform and/or by email.

(3) In cases of force majeure, third-party network failures, or security incidents, temporary unavailability or restrictions may occur. We are not liable for damages caused by such temporary unavailability, unless we are at fault.

§ 10 Disclaimer for Content and Calculations — No Professional Advice

§ 11 General Limitation of Liability

(1) We are liable without limitation for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health caused by a negligent or intentional breach of duty on our part or that of a legal representative or vicarious agent.

(2) We are liable without limitation for damages caused by intent or gross negligence on our part or that of a legal representative or vicarious agent.

(3) In cases of slight negligence, we are liable only for the breach of material contractual obligations (“cardinal obligations”). Cardinal obligations are those obligations whose fulfillment is essential for the proper performance of the contract and on whose compliance you may regularly rely. In these cases, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical of the contract.

(4) Liability under the Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz) remains unaffected.

(5) The above limitations of liability also apply in favor of our legal representatives and vicarious agents.

(6) For the loss of data, we are liable only up to the amount of the expense that would have been necessary for recovery from a proper data backup. We recommend that you additionally back up important documents and data locally.

§ 11a Automated Access and Scraping

(1) Automated extraction, scraping, crawling, or systematic downloading of source code, JavaScript bundles, stylesheets, or other technical components of the platform is prohibited beyond normal use in a web browser.

(2) Reverse engineering, decompilation, or disassembly of the software is only permitted within the mandatory legal exceptions under § 69e UrhG (German Copyright Act).

(3) Cryon UG reserves the right to suspend platform access and pursue civil claims in the event of violations.

(4) This provision does not apply to open-source components distributed under GPL or comparable copyleft licenses. An overview of open-source licenses used is available at werkzeu.ge/lizenzen.

§ 12 Community Guidelines and User Conduct

(1) Community features (forum, chat, groups) are available from the “Free” tier onwards. The following additional rules apply to community use.

(2) It is prohibited to:

• publish unlawful, insulting, discriminatory, racist, sexist, violence-glorifying, or pornographic content;
• publish personal data of third parties without their consent;
• distribute spam, advertising, or commercial offers without our prior approval;
• distribute malware, phishing links, or comparable harmful content;
• use the Platform for actions that violate applicable law, in particular the German Criminal Code (StGB), Network Enforcement Act (NetzDG), Digital Services Act (DDG), or Copyright Act (UrhG);
• systematically copy third-party content (scraping) or excessively burden the Platform through automated mass queries (bots).

(3) We reserve the right to remove content that violates these guidelines without prior notice and to temporarily or permanently suspend the relevant user account. In cases of serious violations, extraordinary termination pursuant to § 7(5) is possible.

(4) You are solely responsible for all content you post. We do not pre-screen (“moderate”) all content, but may do so in individual cases.

§ 13 User-Generated Content and Rights

(1) Rights to content you create or upload on the Platform (“User Content”) remain with you. However, you grant us a simple, non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right of use to the extent necessary for the operation of the Platform and the provision of our services (e.g., storage, display, technical processing, backup).

(2) For publicly posted community contributions (forum posts, comments), you additionally grant us the right to display these to other users within the Platform and to index them for search functionality.

(3) You warrant that you possess the necessary rights to all content you upload and that no third-party rights (in particular copyrights, trademark rights, or personal rights) are infringed.

(4) You indemnify us against all third-party claims arising from a violation of paragraph 3, including reasonable costs of legal defense.

§ 14 Intellectual Property of the Provider

(1) All rights to the Platform, its software, design, algorithms, trademarks, and content (to the extent not User Content) are held exclusively by the Provider or its licensors. No usage rights beyond the intended use are granted.

(2) The designations “werkzeu.ge”, “Werkzeuge”, “Aktenkatze”, “Aktenschrank”, “Fristenwächter”, “Amtsprofil”, and comparable product names are identifying marks of the Provider.

(3) It is prohibited to decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer, or otherwise extract the source code of the Platform or parts thereof, unless permitted by mandatory law (§ 69e UrhG — German Copyright Act).

§ 15 File Storage and Pro Team Features

(1) From the “Plus” tier onwards, file storage on the Platform is available to you. The storage volume is determined by the current service description on the Platform.

(2) Your stored files are hosted exclusively on servers in Germany (Hetzner Online GmbH, data centers in Falkenstein/Nuremberg). No transfer to third countries takes place.

(3) Pro team features (team management, shared workspaces) are available exclusively on the “Pro” tier. The team administrator is responsible for managing team members and their access rights.

§ 16 Data Protection

(1) We process your personal data in accordance with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the German Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG), and the German Digital Services Act (DDG).

(2) Details on data processing, your rights as a data subject, and our contact details as the data controller can be found in our separate Privacy Policy.

(3) After termination of the contractual relationship, we retain your data to the extent we are legally obligated to do so (e.g., commercial and tax law retention periods pursuant to § 257 HGB and § 147 AO). User content and files are deleted no later than 90 days after account closure, unless a statutory retention obligation applies. You may request a data export via account settings before deletion (Art. 20 GDPR).

§ 17 Changes to Terms

(1) We reserve the right to amend these Terms with effect for the future, where necessary or objectively justified due to changes in legislation, case law, market conditions, further development of the Platform, or the closing of subsequently identified regulatory gaps, provided such amendments do not unreasonably disadvantage you.

(2) We will notify you of changes at least 30 days before they take effect by email to the address registered in your account. The notification will inform you of the planned changes, the effective date, and your right to object.

(3) If you do not object to the amended Terms in text form (email suffices) within 30 days of receiving the notification of change, the amended Terms shall be deemed accepted by you. You will be separately informed of this legal consequence in the notification of change.

(4) In the event of an objection, both parties retain the right to ordinary termination.

§ 18 Online Dispute Resolution and Consumer Arbitration

(1) The European Commission provides a platform for online dispute resolution (ODR): https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/

(2) Our email address is: info@werkzeu.ge.

(3) We are neither willing nor obligated to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36(1) VSBG — German Consumer Dispute Resolution Act).

§ 19 Applicable Law and Jurisdiction

(1) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG).

(2) Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the state of your habitual residence remain unaffected (Art. 6(2) Rome I Regulation).

(3) If the user is a merchant within the meaning of the German Commercial Code (HGB), a legal entity under public law, or a special fund under public law, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from or in connection with this contract is Leipzig.

(4) For consumers, the statutory place of jurisdiction applies (§§ 12, 17 ZPO — German Code of Civil Procedure).

§ 20 Severability Clause

(1) Should individual provisions of these Terms be or become wholly or partially invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall not be affected.

(2) The invalid provision shall be replaced by the applicable statutory provision (§ 306(2) BGB).

(3) The same applies to any gaps in these Terms.