DBFlow Pricing

This page is the reference pricing doc for the documentation section. For the full pricing page with purchase links, see /pricing.

Alpha / license notice: DBFlow is in active alpha. dbflowlabs/core and dbflowlabs/filament ship with MIT license files in their package repositories. Pro (dbflowlabs/filament-pro) and production domain entitlement are commercial. This page reflects planned commercial positioning for Pro — not legal advice.

Transparent, one-time licensing. No per-seat tax. No surprise renewals.

Edition Matrix

Core Edition — $0 (alpha)

The workflow runtime engine (dbflowlabs/core) and the standard Filament admin UI (dbflowlabs/filament).

Both open packages are available through Composer / Packagist. Pin exact alpha tags in production.

• Full DAG runtime (approvals, Symfony Expression transition conditions, actions)
• Standard Filament admin for tasks, instances, and definitions (dbflowlabs/filament)
• active_key concurrency guard on dbflow_workflow_instances
• Configurable user resolver (ConfigUserResolver and overrides)
• Unlimited local and staging environments
• Community support channels during alpha

Best for: Teams evaluating the full stack locally — runtime, admin UI, and workflow behavior — before adopting Pro production entitlement or the visual builder.

Pro Standard — To be announced

Unlocks the Visual Canvas Builder preview and planned production entitlement for a single public application.

• Everything in Core Edition
• LogicFlow canvas via dbflowlabs/filament-pro — Early Access / Preview
• 1 Production Domain Seat — self-managed via our passwordless Customer Portal
• Planned update window and email support
• License verification through DBFlow HQ
• Email support target after Pro opens

Best for: Solo founders and small teams shipping one production application with visual workflow authoring.

Pro Ultimate — To be announced

Multi-client delivery for agencies and consultancies that need multiple distinct production deployments.

• Everything in Pro Standard
• Multiple Production Domain Seats
• Planned update window and priority email support
• Commercial compliance certificate for agencies delivering to corporate clients
• Priority email support target after Pro opens
• Early access to runtime pre-releases

Best for: Software agencies and consultancies delivering separate standalone installations to individual clients — not multi-tenant SaaS on a single domain.

Entitlement Comparison

Billing & Activation

Pro checkout is planned through Lemon Squeezy. Payments are processed securely; DBFlow never stores card details.

Final Pro pricing will be announced when checkout opens.

After checkout opens and a purchase is completed:

1. Receive your DBFLOW-PRO-* license key via email.
2. Set DBFLOW_LICENSE_KEY in your production .env.
3. Register your production domain(s) in the Customer Portal — one seat on Standard, multiple seats on Ultimate.

Before You Buy Pro

Start on Core. Install dbflowlabs/core and dbflowlabs/filament, run workflows locally, and validate approvals, conditions, and hooks on staging before you adopt Pro. The full evaluation stack does not require a Pro license. For a quick first look without installing, try the live demo — then install Core locally to validate your stack before adopting Pro.

Once checkout opens, Pro license keys are issued after payment — all sales are final. Wrong tier after binding a production domain? Contact support for an upgrade path to Ultimate.

Refund Policy

Pro licenses are digital goods delivered on payment. All Pro payments are final.

We do not offer refunds for:

• Change of mind
• Choosing the wrong edition (Standard vs Ultimate) after a production domain is bound
• Unused or partially used license keys
• Incompatibility with your stack when Core evaluation was available beforehand

Contact [email protected] only for duplicate charges or delivery failures (for example, you paid but never received a license key). Where local consumer law requires a mandatory remedy, that law applies.

Edition Changes

FAQ

Does Core Edition require a license key? During alpha, the Core runtime and Filament Standard UI do not require a Pro license key in your application. Pro features and production domain binding gate on entitlement validation through DBFlow HQ.

What counts as a production domain? Any public hostname that is not localhost, 127.0.0.1, or a *.test / *.local development TLD.

A single master domain with dynamic subdomains for multi-tenant SaaS — for example, *.your-saas.com — counts as one production seat under the Standard license. Delivering separate standalone installations to individual clients, each on its own domain, requires the Ultimate package.

Is Core open source under MIT? dbflowlabs/core ships with an MIT LICENSE file in the package repository. Filament Pro and production domain entitlements are commercial. Refer to the license text in each package you install before redistribution or embedding.

Is the Pro visual builder generally available? No. dbflowlabs/filament-pro is Early Access / Preview. Canvas editing, compilation, and publication workflows are still evolving. Read Preview Limitations before adopting Pro in production.

Can I upgrade from Standard to Ultimate? Yes. Contact support with your existing license key for the available upgrade path. Downgrades and refunds for buying the wrong tier are not offered after a production domain is bound.

Is there a refund policy? No. Pro purchases are final once payment completes and your license key is issued. Plan your edition before binding production domains.

Need unlimited scale or a white-label source buyout? Contact [email protected] for custom commercial terms.