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Lifetime licenses have no recurring subscription, so the Lemon Squeezy
customer portal cannot generate a URL. The Manage Subscription button in
Settings already had the isLifetime guard, but the Billing button in the
profile dropdown did not, causing a confusing "No billing portal
available" error.
- Add !license.isLifetime guard to UserProfileDropdown (matches
LicenseSection pattern)
- Move lifetime detection into getBillingPortalUrl() so the service owns
all billing eligibility logic
- Change return type to { url } | { error } discriminated union for
clear error propagation
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---
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title: Licensing & Billing
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description: How Sencho licensing works, including trials, activation, and subscription management.
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---
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Sencho uses an open-core model. The **Community** tier is free forever with unlimited nodes. Paid tiers unlock advanced features: **Skipper** for solo operators and **Admiral** for teams.
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<Tip>
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*Our tier names are inspired by the meaning of Sencho (船長), because you're the captain of your container fleet.*
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</Tip>
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## Plans
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| Tier | Price | Accounts |
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| **Community** | Free | 1 admin |
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| **Skipper** | $5.99/month billed annually, $7.99/month, or $249 lifetime | 1 admin + 3 viewers |
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| **Admiral** | $41.99/month billed annually, $49.99/month, or $1,499 lifetime | Unlimited |
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Lifetime pricing is an early-adopter offer available for a limited time only.
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### Feature breakdown
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**Skipper** includes everything in Community, plus:
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- Fleet View with drill-down
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- Webhooks and stack labels
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- Atomic deployments and fleet-wide backups
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- Auto-update policies
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**Admiral** includes everything in Skipper, plus:
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- Unlimited admin and viewer accounts
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- Scoped RBAC (deployer, node-admin, auditor roles)
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- SSO, audit log, and host console
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- API tokens and private registries
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- Notification routing
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- Scheduled operations
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## Free trial
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Every new Sencho installation starts with a **14-day Skipper trial**. No license key or credit card is required. Skipper features like fleet management, webhooks, atomic deployments, and auto-update policies are unlocked during the trial so you can evaluate them with your real infrastructure. Admiral-exclusive features (SSO, audit log, host console, scoped RBAC, unlimited accounts) require an Admiral license.
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When the trial expires, Sencho automatically reverts to the Community tier. No data is lost.
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## Upgrading your plan
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You can upgrade directly from **Settings > License** in your Sencho dashboard. The upgrade cards shown depend on your current tier:
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- **Community users** see both **Skipper** and **Admiral** options with feature highlights and direct checkout links.
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- **Skipper users** see an **Admiral** upgrade card for when you need unlimited accounts and team features.
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- **Admiral users** are on the highest tier, so no upgrade cards are shown.
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Clicking an upgrade button opens the Lemon Squeezy checkout in a new tab. After completing the purchase, you will receive a license key by email.
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<Frame>
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<img src="/images/licensing/license-community.png" alt="License settings showing Skipper and Admiral upgrade cards for Community users" />
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</Frame>
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## Activating your license
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1. Go to **Settings > License** in your Sencho dashboard.
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2. Paste your key into the **License Key** field at the bottom of the page.
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3. Click **Activate**.
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Sencho validates the key against Lemon Squeezy and unlocks your tier's features immediately.
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## License validation
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Active licenses are re-validated every **72 hours** against the Lemon Squeezy API. If your instance goes offline, there is a **30-day grace period** before it degrades to the Community tier.
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## Managing your subscription
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Once your license is active, you can manage your subscription in two ways:
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- **From the License page:** Go to **Settings > License** and click **Manage Subscription**. This opens the Lemon Squeezy billing portal where you can update your payment method, view invoices, cancel, or switch plans.
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- **From the profile menu:** Click your profile icon in the top bar and select **Billing** for quick access to the same portal. This option is hidden for lifetime licenses.
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<Frame>
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<img src="/images/licensing/license-admiral-active.png" alt="License settings showing an active Admiral subscription with Manage Subscription button" />
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</Frame>
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### Lifetime licenses
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Lifetime licenses do not have a recurring subscription, so the **Manage Subscription** button is not shown. Instead, the license card displays **Duration: Lifetime** to confirm your license never expires. All other features (deactivation, multi-node enforcement, validation) work the same as subscription licenses.
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## Multi-node license enforcement
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If you manage multiple servers through Sencho's [multi-node feature](/features/multi-node), you only need a license on your **primary instance**. All remote nodes automatically inherit the primary's license tier for proxied requests. No per-node activation is required.
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For details on how this works, see [License enforcement across nodes](/features/multi-node#license-enforcement-across-nodes).
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## Deactivating a license
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To transfer your license to a different instance:
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1. Go to **Settings > License**.
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2. Click **Deactivate License**.
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3. On your new instance, activate the same license key.
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Deactivation reverts the current instance to the Community tier immediately.
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Having trouble with your license? See the [Troubleshooting](/operations/troubleshooting#license-tier-shows-the-wrong-name) page for solutions to common licensing issues.
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