Simple, transparent pricing
Free forever for individuals, education, nonprofits, and small businesses. Larger organizations pay one flat, published price — never metered, never a sales call.
Community
Every feature, no limits. Free forever for individuals, education, nonprofits, evaluation, and small businesses.
Free/forever — self-hosted
- Every feature included — nothing gated
- Unlimited targets, nodes, users & environments
- Personal, education & nonprofit use — any size
- For-profit companies under 25 employees
- Evaluation / non-production — any size
- Community support (no SLA)
- No metering, no license key, no phone-home
Commercial License
Same product, every feature. Priced by employee count alone — nothing metered, nothing to disclose. Pick your band and buy.
Business
25–249 employees
$2,500per year, flat
Large
250–999 employees
$6,000per year, flat
Enterprise
1,000+ employees
$12,000per year, flat
Every commercial license includes
- Commercial-use right beyond the free line
- Unlimited targets, nodes, users & environments
- Ongoing security & feature updates
- One flat published price — never metered, never a sales call
- Price-locked — never raised on existing customers
Frequently asked questions
- Who can use Mantis for free?
- Individuals (personal, non-commercial projects), accredited educational institutions, registered nonprofits, and anyone doing non-production evaluation — at any scale. For-profit companies are also free while they have fewer than 25 employees. Every tier includes every feature; nothing is gated.
- When does a business have to pay?
- A for-profit organization needs a commercial license once it reaches 25 employees, counting full-time staff and independent contractors. Under 25, it's free. Nonprofits and educational institutions stay free regardless of size.
- How is company size measured?
- By employee count alone — full-time staff plus independent contractors across your organization. That is the whole test: no revenue figures, no private financials, nothing to disclose. Headcount is publicly checkable, so the band you fall into is unambiguous.
- Does the software meter or enforce this?
- No. Mantis never counts your targets, checks a license key, deletes data, or phones home. The commercial requirement lives in the license text, not in the code — the source is yours to read and run. We rely on honest organizations, and their own procurement and legal teams, to license correctly.
- What does the commercial license include — and not include?
- It grants the commercial-use right beyond the free line plus ongoing development and security updates. It is not a support contract: support is community and best-effort, with no SLA. We do not offer paid support, IP indemnification, or compliance attestations at this time.
- Is Mantis open source?
- Mantis is source-available under the Business Source License 1.1: you can read, modify, and self-host the full source today, and each release converts to a true open-source license (AGPLv3) on its Change Date. This qualifies as "Fair Source" — open to use and inspect now, fully open later.
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