Priced like infrastructure.
Because it is infrastructure.
Self-host Community at no charge under the Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2) ↗. Pro starts at $6,000 per year and Enterprise at $15,000, with unlimited users. Commercial capacity is measured in serving units: each production node counts as one or more units under a published vCPU and memory ceiling. Every client SDK is Apache 2.0.
Pick a capacity band. Pick an edition.
The capacity band covers your everyday production fleet, measured in serving units. The edition determines the available capabilities: Pro is the working GIS; Enterprise adds governance features. Together they set one annual software-license price.
| Capacity band | Serving units | Pro | Enterprise |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | Up to 3 | $6,000 / yr | $15,000 / yr |
| Team | Up to 10 | $15,000 / yr | $24,000 / yr |
| Scale | Up to 25 | $30,000 / yr | $39,000 / yr |
| Beyond 25 units | Private offer — roughly $800–$1,000 per additional unit / year. Request a quote → | ||
// Enterprise is a flat governance add-on over any Pro pack — same bands, same serving units, one annual number.
What a serving unit is.
The ceiling rule. One serving unit is one production serving node up to 8 vCPU and 32 GiB RAM. Proportional larger nodes count as multiples — 16 vCPU / 64 GiB = 2 units, 32 / 128 = 4. Mixed shapes such as 12 vCPU / 32 GiB must be confirmed in the order until an exact rounding rule is published. This is capacity-band pricing, not a per-core license rate.
Non-production is excluded. Dev, test, staging, and cold-standby DR capacity does not count toward your paid band.
Users are unlimited. Units count servers, never people.
Annual software-license examples.
Three production deployment shapes using the published capacity bands. Cloud infrastructure and optional support or services are separate.
What the model keeps visible.
You buy a capacity band that covers your everyday fleet; your variable cost is your own cloud infrastructure, which you already know how to price.
Community, Pro, Enterprise — the split, laid out.
This table maps current public source and maturity-labeled work to the commercial editions. Each tier includes capabilities from the tier to its left. Unless a badge says otherwise, an entry is Source evaluation: runnable from public server trunk without an immutable release artifact. Preview is implemented but pre-GA and may require explicit opt-in; private beta is limited to selected evaluators; planned means unavailable today. See the status vocabulary and evidence.
| Capability | Community | Pro adds | Enterprise adds |
|---|---|---|---|
| Protocols & serving | Documented surfaces include GeoServices REST, OGC APIs, WMS/WFS/WCS/WMTS, OData, STAC, vector tiles, terrain, 3D Tiles, gRPC, and MCP. Coverage and write support vary by protocol; see Proof. | — | — |
| Esri client interop | Portal token issuance + read-only Portal sharing facade | — | — |
| Editing | Feature editing via open protocols — OGC API Features, WFS-T, OData, gRPC | Esri FeatureServer editing — applyEdits / add / update / delete | Source evaluation Branch versioning — named versions, reconcile/post, VersionManagementServerImplemented in public source under the Enterprise entitlement; no immutable public server artifact is published. |
| Data import | One-shot file import — GeoJSON, Shapefile, GeoPackage | — | Queryable ArcGIS FeatureServer/MapServer layer import; bounded GeoServer catalog apply for existing target PostGIS tables. The GeoServer path does not copy feature data. |
| Alerts | — | Preview Geofence enter/exit triggers + evaluation engine, webhook deliveryExperimental, disabled by default, and available only through customer opt-in. | Preview Dwell + attribute-threshold triggers; email, Slack, Teams, AWS SNS, Azure Event Grid, digest channels |
| Geocoding | — | Forward + reverse with provider failover | Batch geocoding |
| Spatial analytics | — | Clustering, spatial join, buffer aggregate, density binning, sun/shadow, slice, line-of-sight, viewshed | — |
| Rasters & imagery | Raster file import + serving | COG serving direct from S3/Azure, cloud storage config, temporal raster mosaic | — |
| Temporal | Time filtering + extent discovery (timeInfo, OGC TIME) | Date-bin histograms, time-series tiles, animation APIPlanned Temporal data versioning — as-of, diff, timeline, rollback — is not available today. Time filtering and analytics are available in public source. | — |
| Styling | Smart geometry-aware defaults | Auto-cartographic styling suggestions | — |
| Static maps & print | Standard static maps | High-DPI + large dimensions + rich overlays; PDF output + layout templates | — |
| Real-time | — | Preview WebSocket / SSE feature streams with filters and replay cursorsExperimental, disabled by default, and available only through customer opt-in. | — |
| Caching & scale | In-memory caching | Output caching + Redis distributed cache for multi-node | — |
| Identity & SSO | Admin + scoped API keys, portal tokens | Source evaluation Single-provider OIDC SSO — Azure AD, Google, Okta, Auth0, or genericImplemented in public source under the Pro entitlement and off until configured; validate the exact identity path before production. | Source evaluation Multi-provider SSO + custom claim-to-role mappingImplemented in public source under Enterprise entitlements; no immutable public server artifact is published. |
| Field & mobile collection | Private beta Online field collection — form packages and connected submissionsAvailable only to selected evaluators; see current evidence and gaps. | Planned Disconnected operation — offline policy, offline sync, and advanced collection featuresOffline sync and device workflows are not available today. | — |
| Operations & GitOps | Env-var config, health probes, Prometheus + OpenTelemetry — available in source. | Private beta Single-environment deploy preflight, plan, and rollback control plane. | — |
| AI & agents | Source evaluation Server MCP discovery & query — agents can read, search, and analyze. The separate geospatial-mcp specification remains a Source preview. | Private beta Operator tools: spec plan/apply with dry runs, structured action records, and policy-gated deterministic low-risk actions. Risky and irreversible work remains approval-gated; post-action verification and coordinated fleet promotion remain planned. | Source evaluation Formal human-in-the-loop approval routing and policy-scoped agent permissions. Durable compliance-grade audit storage remains deployment-dependent. |
| Extensibility | — | — | Plugin / extension SDK — custom validators and edit hooks |
Health probes and telemetry are available platform capabilities. The single-environment operator loop is private beta: plan/PR defaults and structured action records exist, while deterministic execution requires an explicitly configured policy. Post-action verification, signed fleet promotion, and a tamper-evident compliance audit store remain planned. Honua does not claim unattended fleet self-healing.
How the layers are licensed.
| Axis | Legacy GIS | Honua |
|---|---|---|
| Engine license | Product-dependent server, core, or user licensing. | Elastic License 2.0 (ELv2) ↗ source-available · Community self-hosting at no charge · paid editions priced by capacity. |
| SDKs | License and distribution terms vary by product. | Permissive Apache-2.0 licensing. |
| Open standards | Standards coverage and client licensing vary by product. | Documented OGC, gRPC, and MCP surfaces without per-client Honua licensing. |
| Compute | Scaling behavior depends on the product and deployment model. | Runs in your cloud; autoscaling depends on the deployment shape and workload. |
| Commercial tier | Bundled SKUs with overlap and gating. | Pro and Enterprise capacity bands · the split is laid out above. |
| Support | Packaging varies by vendor or service provider. | Standard is included; Priority and Premium are priced separately. |
| Migration | Approach varies by product and client stack. | ArcGIS and GeoServer imports in server source evaluation; a public-prerelease JavaScript codemod; Python source-preview tooling; guided .NET and MAUI source-preview paths. |
Support, surge, and assisted services.
Priority — +$6,000/year; email support with a 48-hour response SLA.
Premium — starting at +$15,000/year; dedicated Slack, a 4-hour response SLA, architecture reviews, and migration assistance. Contract terms control.
Fixed-scope pilots — $10,000 (simple) · $17,500 (standard) · $25,000 (complex).
Up to 50% of pilot fees credit toward year-one software within 30 days of pilot readout.
Purchase direct today. Marketplaces are planned.
Direct annual agreements are available now; request a written quote for your edition, capacity band, and support needs. AWS and Azure Marketplace listings are planned but are not available today. If marketplace procurement is required, tell us so we can share status without treating the listing as a commitment.