Cloud storage, team chat, task management, and issue tracking — all in one place. Built on infrastructure we own and operate in Wisconsin. Personal accounts for individuals, organization accounts for teams. No mystery about where your data lives.
Nothing it doesn't.
File Management
S3-compatible cloud storage with a clean drag-and-drop interface. Upload files of any size, organize with folders, set granular permissions, and share with your team.
Team Chat
Real-time messaging with team channels, direct messages, file sharing in conversation, and audio or video calls — all without leaving the platform.
Task Management
Organize work into folders and lists. Set priorities, due dates, and assignments. Simple enough for a solo to-do list, structured enough for a team sprint.
Issue Tracking
Report bugs and request features with severity levels, status workflows, and assignment. Track what's open, in progress, and resolved.
You Know Where Your Data Lives
Your files sit on hardware we own in Wisconsin. Not in some unknown data center on the other side of the country. Your data stays local, and that matters.
You Know Who to Call
No support ticket queues. No chatbots. When you need help, you talk to the people who actually built and maintain the platform.
Simple, Predictable Pricing
No hidden costs. No confusing tiers that require a spreadsheet to decode. You'll know what you're paying before you start.
No Vendor Lock-In
Everything runs on the S3 standard. Your data is yours. If you ever want to move, you take it with you — no penalties, no proprietary formats.
Real Infrastructure
We're not reselling someone else's cloud. Stope runs on hardware we own and maintain. That means fewer middlemen and more control over your experience.
Proven in Production
Before Stope serves a single outside customer, it's already handling real workloads — media archives, large datasets, and daily file operations across our own businesses.
| Big Providers | Stope | |
|---|---|---|
| Where's my data? | Somewhere in a global network | Wisconsin. Not a mystery. |
| Who do I call? | A support ticket queue | Us. Directly. |
| Pricing | Complex tiers, hidden costs | Simple and transparent |
| Cloud storage | Yes (separate product) | Available, S3-compatible |
| Team chat | Separate product, separate cost | Available |
| Task management | Separate product, separate cost | Available |
| Issue tracking | Separate product, separate cost | Available |
| Org management | Varies by product | Available — roles, invites, permissions |
| Lock-in risk | High — proprietary tools | None — S3 standard, leave anytime |
| Who runs it? | A corporation | A team that knows your name |
Stope is a division of Oaks Lake Group LLC, based in Wisconsin. We built Stope because we needed reliable, high-performance storage for our own operations — large datasets, media archives, and everyday business files.
We realized that the same thing we needed for ourselves is exactly what a lot of other businesses need too: solid storage, simple pricing, and someone who actually picks up the phone.
No spam. Just a heads-up when we launch.