Licensing
Hibernating Rhinos offers both Open Source and commercial editions of RavenDB.
Commercial editions can be used in closed source environment and are available under a subscription or perpetual pricing model. Prices are per instance. As long as the subscription is valid, new releases are included in it automatically.
What does this means?
You can use Raven for free, if your project is Open Source. If you want to use Raven in to build commercial software, you must buy a commercial license.
Pricing
| Cost | Support | ||
| Subscriptions | 25 USD / instance / month | 2 incidents / instance /year | Buy now! |
| 300 USD / instance / year | 2 incidents / instance /year | Buy now! | |
| One time payment | 599 USD / instance | 2 incidents / instance for the first 6 months. Additional support: 249 USD instance / year | Buy now! |
| OEM (embedded only) Allow royalty free distribution of RavenDB | 999 USD / developer / year Renewal: 549 USD / developer / year | 2 incidents / developer / year | Buy now! |
If you are a startup company, open source project, or would like to use RavenDB in a non-commercial closed source project, please contact us to request free licensing.
Would I be forced to release my OSS projects using Raven under the AGPL?
No, Raven's AGPL license contains an explicit exception for OSS projects. You can release your project under any OSI approved license. Note, however, that you can't change Raven's own licensing. Users of your project would still need to comply with Raven's licensing.