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title: "Cerbos pricing"
description: "Cerbos pricing by monthly active principals, across the open-source PDP and Cerbos Hub packages."
canonical: "https://www.cerbos.dev/pricing"
source: "https://www.cerbos.dev/pricing"
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# Cerbos pricing

## Open source

Distributed policy decision points. Policy enforcement points via SDK and ORM integrations.

**Free forever** — Run anywhere: on-premise or cloud

Access to:

- YAML-based policy definition
- Audit logs
- CI/CD & IDE tooling
- Git, Disk, Cloud or DB-based storage
- Community support

## Proof of Concept

Ideal for when you want to try out Cerbos in your local environment

**$0/month** — Up to 100 monthly active principals*

Open source features, plus

- 1 workspace, 2 developers
- 2 Playgrounds
- 2 simultaneous PDPs
- Up to 5 custom tenants
- 5 policy builds per week
- 1 week of unified audit logs
- Enrichment & integrations via Cerbos Synapse
- In-browser/serverless authorization
- Managed CI/CD pipeline
- Community support

## Development

When you are ready to build with Cerbos Hub

**From $25/month** — First 100 monthly active principals* included

PoC features and more

- 3 workspaces, 5 developers
- Up to 5 Playgrounds
- Up to 10 simultaneous PDPs
- Up to 20 custom tenants
- 100 policy builds per week
- 3 months of unified audit logs
- Uptime SLA
- Live Chat support

## Production

Production-grade authorization management with no limits

**From $933/month** — First 5000 monthly active principals* included

DEVELOPMENT features and more

- Unlimited workspaces & developers
- Unlimited Playgrounds
- Unlimited simultaneous PDPs
- Unlimited custom tenants
- Unlimited policy builds per week†
- 1 year of unified audit logs
- Uptime SLA
- Live Chat support

## Enterprise

Support, training, and SLA for production-grade authorization at scale. Custom plans to suit your needs

**Let's chat** — Custom plans/pricing to suit your needs

Access to

- SSO support
- Self-hosted Cerbos Hub
- Custom audit log retention
- Custom training support
- Enterprise support SLA
- Phone support
- Quarterly training

## * What is a principal?

"Principal" is a term for a user or service. For most applications, the terms "user" and "principal" are interchangeable because the application is only used by humans. However, Cerbos can also authorize other applications, services, bots or any other non-human identities which access your system.

For example, If your application has 3000 monthly active users and 15 monthly non-human identities, you’ll have 3015 monthly active principals.

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† Fair usage policy applies.

## Got questions? We've got answers.

- **How does the pricing work?** — Cerbos pricing is based on the number of Monthly Active Principals requiring authorization decisions.
- On which marketplaces can I find Cerbos?
- Does Cerbos Hub run in the cloud?
- **What are Monthly Active Principals (MAPs)?** — It is the number of unique principals that are authorized during one calendar month.
- Can I go back to using the open source Cerbos PDP solution, if I have been using Cerbos Hub?
- Will I receive dedicated support if I am using Cerbos Hub?
- **Can I cancel my Cerbos Hub subscription at any point?** — Yes, you can cancel at any time.
- Where can I find the full terms of service?
- How do I find out more about creating a custom plan?