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Self-Hosted
License required
For commercial projects
Directus is licensed under a BSL 1.1 for commercial usage.
Get a License- Host and maintain on your own
- No limits or gated features
- Commercial license only required for entities over $5 million in total finances
Professional Cloud
$99 per month
Billed annually
For development, staging, and low to medium-scale production projects.
Free 14-Day Trial- Extension Marketplace
- Multi-Tenant Infrastructure
- Global CDN
- Backups & 24/7 Monitoring
- Monthly or Annual Terms
Enterprise Cloud
Flexible pricing
For large scale projects with more robust security and support needs.
Meet with us- Everything in Professional plus...
- Dedicated Infrastructure
- Remote Database Access
- Premium Support & SLAs
- SSO, Including LDAP & SAML
| General | Professional | Enterprise |
| Pricing | $99/month | Custom |
| Configuration | Fixed | Configurable |
| API Requests / Month | 500,000 | Custom |
| API Bandwidth / Month | 100 GB | Custom |
| CDN Requests / Month | 3,500,000 | Custom |
| Database Size | 5 GB | Custom |
| Asset Size | 200 MB | Custom |
| Total Asset Storage | 50 GB | Custom |
| Usage Limits | Capped | Tailored |
| Infrastructure | Professional | Enterprise |
| Region Availability | 3 | 20+ |
| Database Server | Shared | Dedicated |
| Application Servers | Shared | Dedicated |
| Asset Storage | Shared | Dedicated |
| Cache Server | Shared | Dedicated |
| Networking | Shared | Dedicated |
| Custom Domain | Partial | Fully* |
| Failover Instance(s) | ||
| Automatic Updates | ||
| Uptime SLA |
| Support | Professional | Enterprise |
| Community Support | ||
| Directus Enterprise Support | ||
| Customer Success Manager |
| Platform | Professional | Enterprise |
| Data Validation | ||
| Insights Module | ||
| Flows Automation | ||
| Transactional Emails | ||
| Custom Extensions | ||
| Version Locking |
| Compliance & Security | Professional | Enterprise |
| Filter-Based Permissions | ||
| Data Processing Agreement (GDPR) | ||
| OAuth2 & OpenID (SSO) | ||
| SAML (SSO) | ||
| LDAP (SSO) |
| Connectivity | Professional | Enterprise |
| REST API | ||
| GraphQL API | ||
| Image & Asset API | ||
| JavaScript SDK | ||
| Webhooks | ||
| WebSockets | ||
| Direct Database Access |
Frequently Asked Questions
Below are the more common questions we get asked. To learn more, book a demo with our team.
Is Directus free to self-host?
A commercial license is only required for production projects within entities exceeding $5 million in total annual finances.
Inspired by Unity’s software license, we’ve defined total finances as the largest of your aggregate gross revenues, entire budget, and/or funding (no matter the source) — each calculated based on the most recent 12-month period.
If your total finances are under $5,000,000 USD, you are free to use Directus however you see fit. If you’re using Directus in a non-production instance, this change doesn’t affect you.
If your total finances are over $5,000,000 and you’re using Directus in production, you will have to purchase a commercial license.
To illustrate the various use cases:
- Individual developer making a non-commercial hobby project — No cost
- Small business with total finances under $5,000,000 — No cost
- Large enterprise non-production use — No cost
- Large enterprise production use — Commercial license required
- Small agency building projects for others — Depends on your client
Please refer to our software license for a detailed description of terms, or contact our team with any questions.
How do I purchase a commercial license?
Purchasing a license is super easy – grab some time to chat with our licensing team to discuss your needs and use case.
Why BSL 1.1?
There are many software licenses available for a wide variety of (specialty) use cases. We felt that BSL1.1 came the closest to keeping the spirit of Open Source intact while allowing us to make sure it’s financially sustainable.
We also noticed that many of our favorite projects, like Sentry, CockroachDB, and Couchbase all have successfully adopted BSL as their license.
Can you provide my company with a demo?
For a full demo of our Enterprise cloud offering and features, book some time with our enterprise team.
Where can I see my invoices?
You can access all of your team's invoices and transaction history directly through our Cloud Dashboard.
Can I hire your team for consulting or development?
Of course! Our talented team of designers and engineers are available for consulting, creative work, and custom development for both Directus Core (see our 80/20 Rule) and Directus Extensions. Contact our team to discuss.
Do you offer support for self-hosted projects?
Anyone can access our Community Support and knowledge base on GitHub Discussion. Premium support options are only available to Enterprise Cloud customers or paid agreements. Contact our team to discuss further.
How much do Enterprise Cloud projects cost?
Enterprise pricing is tailored to each project's specific requirements. Please contact our team to coordinate a customized proposal.
Do you offer non-profit or open-source discounts?
Yes, we do! Being open source ourselves, we're aware of how important it is to support open-source maintainers. If you are the maintainer of an open-source project (see policy below), contact us to discuss available discounts.
Your Directus Cloud owner account email must match a GitHub account that is the primary maintainer of an open source repository and must have existed for at least 6 months and/or have 100 stars.