Licensing & Activation¶
Plans¶
| Plan | Devices | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Free | 10 | $0 forever |
| Pro | 100 | $8.8/mo or $88/yr |
| Business | 1,000 | $68/mo or $688/yr |
| Scale | 10,000 | $168/mo or $1,680/yr |
| Enterprise | unlimited / air-gapped | contact sales |
Every plan includes every feature — tiers differ only in device count and support. Subscriptions include OTA updates, email ticket support and remote assistance.
Buying a license¶
Purchase at vconfig.ai/pricing. Payment (cards, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Alipay, WeChat Pay) is processed by our merchant of record, Lemon Squeezy. Your license key is shown after checkout and emailed to you.
Activating¶
- In vConfig, open Settings → License.
- Paste your license key and click Activate.
- The instance contacts
https://vconfig.aionce, receives a signed entitlement, and your device limit is raised immediately.
One license activates one production instance. Re-activating on a new server (migration) is allowed; the previous activation is released automatically after it stops sending heartbeats.
Heartbeats and offline grace¶
Activated instances renew their entitlement in the background about once a day. The payload contains only: license key, instance fingerprint (a one-way hash), version, and managed device count — never your configurations or credentials.
If vconfig.ai is unreachable, nothing breaks for 14 days. After the grace period the instance reverts to Free limits until connectivity returns.
Expiry and cancellation¶
When a subscription ends, your installation keeps running and reverts to the Free plan (10 devices): backups, monitoring and all data stay intact, but devices beyond the limit are paused from scheduled jobs and updates/support stop. Renewing re-enables everything instantly.
FAQ¶
Can I move my license to another server? Yes — activate on the new instance; the old one releases automatically.
Do test/standby instances need licenses? No. Cold-standby and test instances are free; only production counts.
What if I exceed my device cap? vConfig blocks adding devices beyond the cap and shows an upgrade prompt. Existing devices are never deleted.