Licensing & Pricing¶
Commercial license removes the source disclosure obligation.
:material-rocket-launch: Free Pilot — Try Before You Buy¶
30 days. Full Pro features. No credit card.
Test Director-AI on your actual documents before committing.
- :material-database-search: Bring your own knowledge base — we run grounded scoring against your data
- :material-phone: Weekly 30-min call with the maintainer to review results
- :material-check-decagram: Honest assessment: if it doesn't fit your use case, we tell you
- :material-lock-open: No lock-in. No credit card. No strings.
Request Free Pilot :material-flask:
:material-tag-heart: Founding Member Program¶
Limited: 10 spots remaining
Founding Members get permanent pricing lock at 40–50% off standard rates, plus direct access to the maintainer. Once 10 spots fill, prices move to standard tier. No deadline — lock your rate today.
:material-currency-usd: Commercial License Tiers¶
For: Solo developers, internal tools, side projects.
- 1 production deployment
- Email support (48h response)
- Same-day updates
- All features included
Founding Member: CHF 29/mo (40% off, locked permanently)
For: Teams shipping LLM features to production.
- Unlimited deployments
- Slack priority support (4h response)
- 99.5% SLA
- All features included
Founding Member: CHF 99/mo (50% off, locked permanently)
For: One-time purchase, no subscription.
- Equivalent to Indie tier
- 12 months of updates included
- No recurring payments, ever
- All features included
For: Regulated industries, multi-tenant SaaS, high volume.
- Dedicated support engineer + private Slack/Teams channel
- Custom SLA (99.9%+ uptime)
- On-prem / air-gapped deployment support
- SOC2 / HIPAA compliance documentation
- Custom NLI model fine-tuning on your domain data
- Quarterly architecture review calls
- Roadmap input: vote on features that matter to you
:material-compare: What's the Difference?¶
All tiers — including AGPL free — get the same product. Every feature, every integration.
| :material-open-source-initiative: AGPL (Free) | :material-account: Indie | :material-account-group: Pro | :material-office-building: Enterprise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core scorer + streaming halt | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| NLI + RAG backends | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| VerifiedScorer (5-signal) | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| 6 framework integrations | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| REST / gRPC server | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| ONNX + Rust kernel | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| Multi-tenant + Policy + Audit | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: | :material-check: |
| Must disclose source code | Yes | No | No | No |
| Deployments | Unlimited | 1 prod | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Support | GitHub Issues | Email (48h) | Slack (4h) | Dedicated engineer |
| SLA | — | — | 99.5% | 99.9% |
| Custom fine-tuning | — | — | — | :material-check: |
Our philosophy
We don't gate features behind the commercial license. We gate the obligation to disclose source code. If your product is open-source or internal-only, AGPL is the right choice. If you're building proprietary software, the commercial license is for you.
:material-api: Usage-Based API (Coming Q2 2026)¶
For teams that prefer pay-per-use over fixed licensing:
| Volume | Per 1,000 checks | |
|---|---|---|
| First 5,000/month | Free | No credit card needed |
| 5,001 — 50,000 | CHF 2.50 | ~CHF 0.0025 per check |
| 50,001 — 500,000 | CHF 1.50 | Volume discount |
| 500,000+ | Custom | Contact us |
Self-hosted deployments use the license tiers above.
:material-open-source-initiative: Open Source — AGPL-3.0¶
The entire Director-AI package is licensed under AGPL-3.0-or-later.
You can: use it freely for research, personal projects, open-source software, and internal tools. Self-host without restrictions. Modify and redistribute under AGPL terms.
The obligation: if you expose Director-AI to users over a network (SaaS), you must release your source code under AGPL-3.0. A commercial license removes this obligation.
:material-frequently-asked-questions: FAQ¶
Can I use Director-AI in academic research?
Yes. AGPL-3.0 permits research use. If you publish code that includes Director-AI, release it under AGPL-3.0 or a compatible license.
Can I use it in my SaaS product?
Under AGPL-3.0, you must open-source the parts of your service that use Director-AI. If you prefer not to, purchase a commercial license.
Can I use the free version for internal tools?
Yes. Internal use within an organization is fine under AGPL. The copyleft trigger is distribution or network interaction with external users.
Do I need a license for evaluation or prototyping?
No. Evaluate freely under AGPL-3.0. Purchase a commercial license when you ship to production.
What about contributions?
Contributors retain copyright. By contributing, you agree to license your contribution under AGPL-3.0 per CONTRIBUTING.md.