Subscriptions

While the basic functionalities of AxonIQ Console are free through the Developer plan, some features require a subscription. You can see the features of each plan within AxonIQ Console itself, as shown below.

Screenshot of the Subscription page in AxonIQ Console

Each environment can have a subscription to AxonIQ Professional, which unlocks all features that you will need in a production environment.

This page describes the features of each plan and how to manage your subscription.

Developer

The AxonIQ Developer plan is free and offers the following features:

  • An Axon Server instance with:

    • Multi-context support

    • Authentication of unlimited users

    • Authentication of applications

    • Up to 10 connections

  • Monitoring of Axon Framework applications

    • Advanced metrics, such as aggregate load times

    • Set up and see alerts in the Console UI

    • Visualize the message flow in your application

    • Thirty days of metric retention

  • Management of Axon Framework applications

    • Event processor actions, such as stop, start and replay

    • Dead-letter queue retries

Any environment without a subscription will be on the AxonIQ Developer plan automatically.

It is possible to run Axon Server without connecting it to AxonIQ Console. However, this will limit the features available to you to the free Axon Server features. You will, for example, not be able to use multi-context or authentication mechanisms.

Professional

Taking a subscription to AxonIQ Professional unlocks the following features:

  • Clustering of Axon Server, which provides high availability and scalability

  • Integration of AxonIQ Console with existing tools

  • Automatic scaling and balancing of event processors

The number of connections you can establish to Axon Server depends on the number of connections you choose. You can freely choose the number of connections you want to use, and adjust it up to two times a day.

Screenshot of the Professional plan popup

Clicking the "Start your Subscription" button, will take you to the payment page. This will require a credit card to be registered, which will be billed monthly. This is not required if another environment in the same workspace already has a subscription. In that case, the same credit card will be billed. See more in the Consolidated billing section.

You can freely change the number of connections up to two times a day. These changes follow the rules outlined in the Changes to your subscription section. You can do this by clicking the "Change Subscription" button in the "Subscription" section.

Alternatively, you can downgrade to AxonIQ Developer by clicking the "Downgrade" button.

Changes to your subscription

You can change or cancel your subscription at any time. Changes are limited to twice a day per environment.

Upgrades to your subscription, such as increasing the connections, will be charged immediately prorated for the rest of your subscription period. Downgrading your subscription, such as cancelling or reducing the number of connections, will go into effect immediately. You will receive a credit for the remaining days of the month, which will be used for future invoices. The current credit is bound to the workspace and can be found on the "Subscription" page of any environment in it.

Consolidated billing

The billing of a workspace is consolidated. While every environment has its own subscription, you will receive one invoice every month for all subscriptions in the workspace.

If you take a subscription to a second environment, its price will be prorated for the remaining days of the month in the original subscription, and charged immediately to the credit card. It will then automatically be charged monthly on the same day as the original subscription.

For example, you have a workspace with two environments. The first environment has a subscription that started on the first of the month, costing 40$ a month. On the fifteenth of the month, you take a subscription for the second environment, costing $100 per month. Immediately, the credit card is charged for about $50. Then, on the first of the next month, the credit card is charged $140.

If you cancel a subscription to one of the environments, you will be credited for the remaining days of the month. This credit is then used for any future invoices. Read more in the Changes to your subscription section.