The console warns you at 80% and 100% of your device cap, and new device activations pause at the cap plus a 10% cushion. Devices already activated always keep working - a limit is an upgrade prompt, never an outage. Upgrading takes effect immediately.

Yes - every new account starts with a 30-day free trial: up to 10 products and 1,000 active devices, no credit card required. When the trial ends, nothing you built is removed and existing activations keep validating; creating licenses and activating new devices resumes when you subscribe. Need more time? Write to support and we will extend it. The sandbox included with every account is a separate playground on top.

Sign up, then in the console open Settings → Upgrade. Checkout is a hosted Stripe payment page (we never see your card details), and the billing portal handles card changes, plan switches, invoices and cancellation. Prices are in USD; customers in the EU are shown and billed the EUR prices.

Annual billing (two months free - pay for 10, get 12) arrives shortly after launch. For now, every plan is billed monthly.

Yes. Every paid tier has a Buy now option: you pay on a hosted Stripe checkout, and your plan arrives as a license key by email — proof of purchase you can redeem whenever you are ready. Create your account (or sign in), open Settings, and enter the key under Activate plan. Buying this way starts billing immediately; if you would rather evaluate first, sign up and use the 30-day free trial.

If you would rather run your own licensing server with a one-time purchase, the Licensing SDK (Legacy) remains fully supported. Choose SoftActivate Licensing when you want no infrastructure to manage, subscriptions, and real-time analytics baked in. The comparison page goes into more detail.