Licensing
Every Bifröst call that does real work is counted as a message. How a tenant pays for those messages depends on its license type, and the license type depends on whether the tenant is served by a Bifröst Partner.
Two license types
| Prepaid | Subscription | |
|---|---|---|
| Who | Every tenant when Bifröst Foundation is installed, and every tenant without a Partner | A tenant that has accepted an invitation from a Bifröst Partner (a Customer) |
| How you pay | You buy message quota up front and use it until it runs out | Your Partner invoices you every month for the messages you used |
| Limits | The purchased quota, per pool, and optional monthly quotas you set yourself | Optional company and user monthly quotas you set yourself - there is no purchased quota |
| Rate limit | Production is not rate-limited. Sandbox usage on the Bifröst MCP server has the Free tier, which cannot be changed; see Rate limits | Production is not rate-limited. Sandbox usage on the Bifröst MCP server has the Free tier by default; you can choose a higher tier, which your Partner prices |
| Trial | Once per tenant; its size is in Run the setup wizard | Not needed - the trial was used while the tenant was on Prepaid |
A new installation always starts on Prepaid: the administrator approves the license agreement (EULA) and activates the trial in the Setup Wizard. A tenant only becomes a Subscription customer later, when a Partner invites it and it accepts.
See License types for the full rules, including sandboxes and on-premises installations.
How a tenant moves between license types
A tenant moves to the Subscription license when it accepts an invitation from a Bifröst Partner, and returns to Prepaid when that relationship ends. The license type applies to the whole tenant: when a tenant accepts an invitation, all of its companies move to Subscription, including companies created later.
A change to the tenant's Partner relationship takes effect when a license administrator chooses Sync on the Bifrost Setup page.
In this section
- License types - Prepaid, Subscription, sandbox and on-premises in detail
- Rate limits - the sandbox limit on the Bifröst MCP server, the tiers and how to raise it
- Terms of Use and Privacy
- Usage and billing - how your usage is reported and where you see it