Flexible Licensing
Monthly flexible licensing
Your licence count moves with your capacity. Scale up for a campaign period and back down afterwards — you don't pay for licences you aren't using.
- Reporting period
- Monthly
- Scale up and down
- Two-way
- Long-term licence commitment
- No lock-in
- Recorded as operating expense
- OPEX
Who benefits from flexible licensing?
Fixed licence costs are a hidden waste for organisations whose capacity is not fixed. E-commerce operations multiply their server count in certain periods and then return to normal. In project-based software companies, the number of environments varies with the project pipeline.
The perpetual model forces you to buy for peak capacity, leaving part of those licences idle for the rest of the year. Under the monthly model you pay for the capacity you actually used that month.
The model also makes starting new projects easier. When trying an idea does not require a server and licence investment, the cost of experimenting falls — and if the project does not work out, the licence drops off next month's list.
- Seasonal capacity increases create no permanent cost
- When a project ends, the licence leaves the list
- No upfront purchase sized to peak capacity
- Payments recorded as operating expense
- Capacity decisions stay reversible
Process
How it works
- 01
Capacity request
You tell us the servers and licences you need, and provisioning is scheduled the same day.
- 02
Provisioning
No separate procurement cycle is needed for the licence; deployment proceeds directly.
- 03
Monthly reporting
Usage is reported at period end, and your invoice reflects the items that were active that month.
- 04
Scaling down
When the need ends the item is removed from the list and no longer appears in the next period.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Is there a minimum commitment period?
There is no long-term lock-in on the licensing side; the model is built on monthly usage. General service agreement terms are shared in writing during the quotation stage.
Can I add temporary servers for a campaign period?
Yes — a common pattern among our e-commerce customers. Capacity is raised ahead of the peak and reduced when the period ends. Planning it in advance avoids rushing the provisioning.
Which products are included in this model?
Windows Server and SQL Server licences under Microsoft SPLA are provided on the monthly model. Licensing terms for third-party software you use depend on their own vendors; we clarify the boundary before deployment.
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