Seal Report | License and Pricing (original) (raw)

Seal Report follows a dual-licensing model to ensure its maintenance, quality, and support.
The available licensing options include the free

Community MIT license

and paid

Commercial Licenses

.

The main sponsor of the project, Ariacom, manages the licensing procedures.

Non-profit Usage
If you represent a non-profit organization, or if you are using Seal Report for educational purposes or training courses,
you can install and use Seal Report in your own production environment under the Community MIT license.

Small Businesses
For companies generating less than $1 million USD in annual gross revenue,
you can install and use Seal Report in your own production environment under the Community MIT license.

Larger Businesses
Companies with an annual gross revenue exceeding $1 million USD are required to purchase a Commercial License.
The type of license needed depends on the usage of Seal Report in your production environment.

Customer Deployment
Companies deploying Seal Report at their customer sites are required to purchase a Commercial License.
The type of license needed depends on the usage of Seal Report in the production environments.

Community MIT License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

Commercial Licenses

Seal Report Standard License

Use Seal Report on a single machine

Seal Report Enterprise License

Use Seal Report on an unlimited number of machines

Seal Report Redistributable License

Distribute Seal Report in your own applications

Note that a purchased license never expires and can be used without any additional cost.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Question:
I am using the Seal Report Library package from NuGet to compile software. The software is only used in my company on a single production machine. What license do I need ?
Answer:
If your company has an annual gross revenue exceeding $1 million USD, you are required to purchase a Standard License for one production environment.
If your company has an annual gross revenue less than $1 million USD, you can use the MIT Community License for free.

Question:
I am using Seal Report from the standard setup package provided on Github. The product is deployed and used at different customer sites. What license do I need ?
Answer:
If your customers' companies have an annual gross revenue exceeding $1 million USD, you must purchase either a Standard or Enterprise License by company or a Redistributable License for your company.

Question:
I am using Seal Report from the standard setup package provided on GitHub. The product is deployed on the cloud through a Microsoft Azure application. Do I need a license?
Answer:
If your company has an annual gross revenue exceeding $1 million USD, you are required to purchase either a Standard license if you have only one instance or an Enterprise License if you have several instances.
Otherwise, you can use the MIT Community License for free.

Question:
I have modified the source code and compiled Seal Report to integrate it into my project. The project is deployed on several sites of my company. What license do I need ?
Answer:
If your company has an annual gross revenue exceeding $1 million USD, you must purchase an Enterprise License for several production environments.
Otherwise, you can use the MIT Community License for free.

Question:
I have bought a license. What is next step ?
Answer:
After the license payment, you will receive a license file by email, which you should copy in your Seal Report production environment.

Question:
I have bought a Standard License on February 5, 2024. Will I have to buy a license in February 2025 ?
Answer:
If you are using a Seal Report version released before February 5, 2025, you can still use your perpetual license.
If later, you want to upgrade to a Seal Report version released after February 5, 2025, you will have to buy a new license.

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