FAQ

This page answers the questions the rest of the docs don’t: licensing, pricing, trials, and where the project is headed.

What is the licensing for hev layer?

The standalone gateway is source-available under the Business Source License 1.1 in hev/layer. It is free to self-host at any scale and converts to Apache-2.0 on the change date in its LICENSE. The operator, function runtime, and dashboard require a commercial license.

Licensed installs use signed license keys for trial and commercial access. The key is supplied to Helm as license.token or through a referenced Kubernetes Secret.

See licensing for the install and lifecycle details.

How much will it cost?

Layer is licensed per operator deployment: one license per operator install, so a production, staging, and DR cluster each carry their own. Replicas within an install do not count.

Pricing is not final for the design-partner cut. Start with a trial license; commercial terms are handled directly with each design partner.

How do I start a trial?

Use the trial signup. Submit your work email and hev layer emails a signed trial key plus the current install instructions.

How do I know whether my license is healthy?

Call GET /v2/license on your gateway. The gateway reports licensed, grace, or floor from the key configured in the install. Operator and dashboard license surfaces use the same state model when their enforcement surfaces ship.

Who built hev layer?

Adam Hevenor. hev layer is a hev mind product.