Commercial & deploy models summary
The DataMiner software is available in two commercial models: Perpetual-Use Licenses or Usage-based services. This can be combined with your preferred deploy model.
| Deploy models | DataMiner nodes | Storage nodes | Commercial models available |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recommended: Hybrid | Self-Managed: Private/public cloud or on-premises | Storage as a Service (STaaS) | Perpetual-Use Licenses Usage-based services |
| Recommended: Managed Service | DataMiner as a Service (DaaS) | STaaS | Usage-based services |
| Not recommended (subject to additional engineering charges, security & availability risks): Self-Managed | Self-Managed: Private/public cloud or on-premises | Self-Managed: Private/public cloud or on-premises | Perpetual-Use Licenses Usage-based services |
Perpetual-Use Licenses
Perpetual-Use Licensing is based on the proven and flexible DataMiner Licensing Scheme, which has been available for several years. Licenses are available for DataMiner nodes (which are available in different capacity tiers to manage a set number of Managed Objects), for optional modules, and for connectors that interface DataMiner with different third-party products (the latter irrespective of the total number of elements managed with the connector, and with a fixed price regardless of whether the connector exists or still needs to be developed).
Perpetual-Use Licenses are a one-off expenditure.
Note
Perpetual-Use License deployments are typically further complemented by the optional DataMiner Support Services, which provide both technical support as well as unlimited access to all available DataMiner software upgrades and updates. For Perpetual-Use Licenses, the cost for DataMiner Support Services is an annual recurring fee, relative to the value of the deployed Perpetual-Use Licenses.
Usage-based services
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See also: Usage-based services
DataMiner's usage-based services offer a flexible and transparent software utilization offering. The utilization of the different services is measured in DataMiner credits, a single product and price. These credits, allocated to an organization, can be used across various services, adapting monthly to meet evolving needs and priorities.
By default, it operates on a Pay-per-Use model, where prepaid credits are deducted monthly based on actual service consumption.
In addition, you also have the option to subscribe to certain services by reserving a fixed number of units per month (Monthly Utilization Allowances or MUA), for the duration of 1 or 3 years, resulting in a well-defined and controlled expenditure and substantial savings on the number of credits consumed.
DataMiner Community Edition
The DataMiner Community Edition allows you to deploy a standalone, fully featured DataMiner System per organization. It can be deployed on self-managed infrastructure or as a service.
When you create a new organization and your first DataMiner System, two subscriptions are automatically added to your account: Community Edition and Hosted Community Edition. Together, these define the available allowances depending on whether the system is self‑managed or hosted.
| Subscription | Included Services | Expiration |
|---|---|---|
| Community Edition | - 25 standard managed objects - 5,000 light managed objects - 200,000 unmanaged objects - 5 connectors - 4,000 automation actions - 20 Shares |
Free. Renews every 12 months. |
| Hosted Community Edition | - 30,000 alarm updates - 30,000 information events - 40M trend data points - 10M element data updates (STaaS) - 1M metrics (DaaS) |
Free for 7 days, then 480 EUR or 660 USD per month (depending on the end‑user region), with two months free when subscribing for a year. |
Scaling up
If you need more capacity than the Community Edition allowances provide, you simply need to add credits to your organization. There is no need to create a new system. These credits can then be consumed as pay-per-use or in additional subscriptions.
DataMiner Perpetual-Use Licenses vs Usage-based services
The Perpetual-Use model offers perpetual ownership over a named license through a one-time purchase with an optional recurrent cost for support services as well as software updates and upgrades.
Usage-based services are charged based on the actual monthly usage of services, where credits can be used freely in any combination of services that can change anytime.
| Perpetual-use licensing | Usage-based services | |
|---|---|---|
| System capacity | Server-based licenses, each with fixed capacity tiers of managed objects: 5, 10, 25, 50, 100, 250, 500, 1000. | Volume-based, per managed object or monitored metric per month. Independent from the number of nodes deployed. |
| Failover | Server-based license. | Included. Users can deploy additional nodes for Failover without paying additional fees since billing is based on the active number of managed objects or monitored metrics in a month. |
| Optional functions | Licensed per node. | Not applicable. All optional functions are included. |
| Automation & orchestration | Based on the volume of concurrent services running. | Based on the automation volume. |
| Connectors | Single connector license fee for new and existing connectors. One connector license per different, interfaced product, per DataMiner System (DMS). | Charged per connector used per month. |
| Support services | Optional annual recurring fee, relative to the value of the deployed Perpetual-Use Licenses. | Included (see Support plans). |
| DataMiner Probes | Server-based licenses, each with fixed capacity tiers of managed objects. | N/A |
Note
DataMiner Probes (DMP) are not clustered with a DataMiner System, which means perpetual-licensed DMPs can be used to bring data from remote locations to a DataMiner System running as a usage-based service.
Important
The system must be connected to dataminer.services in order to enable metering for systems that are self-managed by the user (on-premises or private cloud). The system will stop working if disconnected for longer than 24 hours.