Start free, scale when you're ready

Four editions, one spec. Start free with Community — self-hosted, or on limited ephemeral hosting — move to persistent managed hosting with Professional and Team, then add the Backstage and Kubernetes integrations with Enterprise. Your capability YAML, rulesets, and policies carry forward across every edition — no rewrite when you grow. Ikanos and Polychro stay 100% Apache 2.0 in all four.

Core (always Apache 2.0)

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Professional
Team
Enterprise
Capability spec + JSON Schema
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Ikanos — capability engine (Docker runtime)
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Polychro — spec linter (YAML/JSON/XML/Markdown/HTML)
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REST, MCP, Agent Skill exposure from one spec
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CLI (validate, run, control)
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Hosting

Community
Professional
Team
Enterprise
Self-hosted (Docker / Kubernetes)
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Managed hosting for development and demos
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Managed production hosting (always-warm, usage-based)
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Dedicated tenancy or deployment in your own infrastructure
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Tooling

Community
Professional
Team
Enterprise
Shipyard docs hub
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Crafter — capability builder for VS Code and AI IDEs
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Warden — Backstage scaffolding + cataloging
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Skipper — Kubernetes operator (CRDs + Helm)
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Governance + Compliance

Community
Professional
Team
Enterprise
Polychro rule packs
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Built-in + custom
Built-in + custom + federation
Compliance control-set mapping (NIST, SOC2, PCI, GDPR) — roadmap
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Domain-level dashboards + RBAC
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Support + SLA

Community
Professional
Team
Enterprise
Community support (GitHub Discussions)
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SLA
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Dedicated success engineer
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