PostSharp comes in 6 distinct editions, each with a different set of features: PostSharp Essentials (free edition), PostSharp Ultimate (full edition), PostSharp Framework, PostSharp MVVM, PostSharp Caching, and PostSharp Logging .

Click here to discover which PostSharp edition is right for you.

Metalama comes in 2 editions: Metalama Essentials (free edition) and Metalama Professional.

We offer the following type of licenses:

• Business Licenses are floating, concurrent-user licenses, and are commercially available to companies and organizations.
• Personal Licenses are named-user licenses and are available to physical persons only. Personal Licenses are available for Metalama only.

Additionally, we offer the Evaluation License and Academic License, which do not allow for commercial use.

Metalama is included in your PostSharp Framework or PostSharp Ultimate subscription. Simply use the same license key you received with your active PostSharp subscription during the installation wizard.

Maintenance Subscriptions provide free updates, including bug-fixing and major releases, during the subscription duration. Note that bug-fixing releases will not be available without a maintenance subscription. The subscription also includes web-based support.

No, that option is not available. You can only purchase subscriptions for 12 months period.

Yes. You can build commercial products using Essentials, and redistribute them.

No, you don't need a license on your build server.

Normally no. will detect that it runs under a build server, and won't enforce licensing. In case that fails to detect the build server, you can install any license key on the build server.

To learn more about using PostSharp on a build server in the documentation.

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You can get an overview of all your subscriptions from the customer portal using your secret customer portal link. Contact us on hello@postsharp.net from your corporate email and we will provide you the access. For privacy reasons, we do not send the customer portal link to resellers. Resellers only get access to the subscriptions they purchased themselves.

All our licenses are perpetual. Each new license contains a so-called maintenance subscription, which determines which version of the product you are allowed to use. If you are allowed to use a version one day, it will work every day. Actually, the build date of the product release needs to be within the maintenance period. Note that Microsoft is releasing new versions of Visual Studio and .NET Core at a very fast pace, and not having an up-to-date license may hinder your ability to use the latest development tools.

Yes, the beneficiary of the license will always be a physical person, whom will be irrevocably assigned at the time of purchase.

Your company can purchase several individual licenses, however each is assigned to a specific person at the time of purchase.

Each individual license must be purchased in a separate order and irrevocably assigned to a specific person at the time of purchase.

Orders must be exclusively placed using our online shop. Requests for bulk orders of individual licenses, which would need to be processed by hand, will be denied.

No, this is not possible.

Everybody who builds code that has aspects needs a license. If the 100 developers build the code that uses the aspects created by the 5 senior developers, you will need a 100-user license.

Everybody who modifies and builds code that has aspects needs a license. If the 100 developers modify the code that uses the aspects created by the 5 senior developers, you will need a 100-user licenses.

Everybody who modifies and builds code that has aspects needs a license. In this case, only 5 developers modify the code that has aspects, so you only need to buy a 5-user license.

Business Licenses are floating licenses. Licenses are not explicitly assigned to a developer. There is no "sign in" and "sign out" process, so there is nothing you need to do when a developer leaves and another developer arrives.

Licensing is enforced using telemetry, a mechanism we call license audit. Everyday, we collect information that contains your license key, a hash of the name of the developer using the license, and a hash of the machine. We aggregate this information for each license key, every day.

If we notice that the total number of users exceeds the entitlements of your subscription, we will contact you to address the issue.

Companies with in-house license audit processes can ask to opt out from our license audit. Please contact us for more information.

It is possible to add more users to an existing subscription before its expiration date. In that case, the subscription end date will not be changed and the price of adding a new user will be discounted from the original price.

It is not possible to add more users to an Individual License as it is, by definition, individual.

No, we no longer offer site licensing.

Yes. Please contact us on hello@postsharp.net.

Merging and/or co-terming several subscriptions is not possible. You can either purchase a new subscription for the desired number of developers, and let the old subscriptions expire; or add more users to one subscription, and let the other ones expire.

Some amendments are routinely accepted for orders of a significant size. Other amendments need to be reviewed by our lawyers. Please contact us for more information.

No. will work even if fully disconnected from the network. However, license audit requires an internet connection once per week. Contact us if this is not acceptable for your organization and you need license keys without audit.

Yes. You can request a team evaluation here here.

This license key will work with both PostSharp and Metalama.

To renew your maintenance subscription, navigate to the Customer Portal. You will need the license key of the subscription you want to renew or your customer account secret link.

You may continue to use the software as normal but free upgrades, bug fixes and support will no longer be available to you.

No, that option is no longer available. You can only purchase a renewal subscription for 12 months period.

If you renew your subscription before the previous maintenance subscription period ends, the new subscription date will start just after the previous period ends. If you renew a subscription that has already expired, the new 1-year period will start on your order date.

Yes, you can do so by navigating to the Customer Portal. You will need the license key of the subscription you want to add the desired number of users to your customer account secret link. The end date of your subscription will not be affected if you add new users, but the price will be discounted to reflect the shorter period.

The software is delivered electronically. An email with your license key will be sent to you shortly after the purchase.

For online orders, all commonly used payment methods are accepted by our e-commerce partner Verifone Payments BV dba 2Checkout, such as bank wire transfers and credit cards.

For offline orders, payments via bank wire transfer or certified check are possible. We are not able to process credit cards for offline orders.

You can contact us directly. The purchase process is as follows:

1. You send us a quote request.
2. We reply with a quote.
3. You accept the quote and send us a purchase order.
4. We reply with a payment request (pro-forma invoice).
5. You pay via wire transfer or certified check.
6. After receipt of the payment, we send you the license key and the final tax invoice.

Yes. Learn more about our volume pricing here.

Yes. We offer free PostSharp Ultimate Academic licenses to students and teachers at accredited schools and training facilities. Apply Now.

We offer free classroom licenses to accredited educational facilities including community colleges, universities, and training companies for teaching in the classroom by professors, trainers, and students. Contact us.

Yes. We offer free PostSharp licenses to Microsoft MVPs, popular bloggers, user group leaders, and authors. Apply Now.

Yes. We offer free licenses to qualified freelancers. Apply Now.

Yes. We offer a one-time 1,000 USD discount on PostSharp to companies enrolled in the Microsoft for Startups program. Contact us.

We allow selected open-source projects to use and redistribute PostSharp for free, even Pro Edition features. Developers using the project will not be required to register or acquire a license as long as they use PostSharp in conjunction with the project. Contact us.

An additional discount may be offered for qualified non-profit organizations. Contact us for more details.

Yes. A redistribution license allows users of your package to use the aspects defined in your package without using paying for MetalamaPostSharp.

We are more than happy to promote packages that help us spread awareness about our products. A redistribution license is generally free of charge, expected that no legal costs are involved.

Please contact us and we will set up an online meeting to discuss your case.