Flat per-node licence. Lifetime or annual. First node free.
You licence a node, not its cores, queries or seats. Buy it once for as long as that hardware lives, or pay the same price spread over the hardware's expected working life, one year at a time. The lifetime licence is one payment and is not a subscription.
| Per node | Who it is for | Lifetime licence, one payment | Annual licence, per year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUD | USD | EUR | AUD | USD | EUR | ||
| First node | Anyone. One node on its own is the full engine, every data domain and every door, and needs no licence key. | Free | Free | ||||
| Second node onwards | Adding a second node is what needs a licence: one licence per added node, from one of the tiers below. A single node never needs a licence key. | A lifetime or an annual licence for each added node | |||||
| Enterprise | Companies and public bodies. | 19,534 | 13,919 | 12,063 | 3,907 | 2,784 | 2,413 |
| Startups, education, charities | Startups, schools, universities and charities, running nodes for their own work. | 1,953 | 1,392 | 1,206 | 391 | 278 | 241 |
| Hardware embedded · server | A hardware maker building a node into server hardware it ships. A separate licence for the hardware, not an organisation tier; it is priced the same as the startup tier. | 1,953 | 1,392 | 1,206 | 391 | 278 | 241 |
| Hardware embedded · non-server device | A hardware maker building a node into a device that is not a server. The lowest price, for devices only. | 195 | 139 | 121 | 39 | 28 | 24 |
| Support (optional) | Named support with a response commitment, help with clusters and integrations, and access to the engineers. | 20% of the lifetime list price per year, with either licence | |||||
| Updates | Every node, the free first node included, for as long as the node runs. | Free, from the Marketplace | |||||
Lifetime: one payment, for the working life of the hardware the node is first installed on, not transferable to another machine. Annual: the lifetime price divided by an expected five-year hardware working life, renewed each year the node runs, so five annual payments add up to the lifetime price; each amount is rounded to the whole unit. Flat per node, whatever its cores, memory or disks. List prices as at 16 September 2026, re-priced every quarter.
Questions people ask first
Is the free node crippled?
No. It is the same engine, with every data domain and every door. What you add by paying is more nodes.
What does support buy?
Named support with a response commitment, help with clusters and integrations, and access to the engineers. It is optional, at 20% of the lifetime list price a year, whichever licence the node holds.
Do updates cost anything?
No. Updates are free for every node, for as long as the node lives, delivered from the Marketplace.