# Purchasing a License > Part of the NocoDB documentation (Self-hosting). Index of all pages: https://nocodb.com/llms.txt. Any docs page is available as Markdown by adding `.md` to its URL. URL: https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/purchase-license Last updated: 2026-09-25 Purchase a Business or Scale plan license for your self-hosted NocoDB instance through NocoDB Cloud. NocoDB offers self-serve licensing for self-hosted deployments. **Business** and **Scale** plan licenses can be purchased directly through your NocoDB Cloud account and activated on your instance by pasting the license key. No manual provisioning or sales engagement required. Enterprise plans are tailored to your organization's requirements and provisioned by the NocoDB Sales team. ## Prerequisites License activation requires your NocoDB instance to use Postgres as its database. If you are running SQLite or MySQL, the license cannot be activated. Migrate to Postgres before proceeding. * A self-hosted NocoDB instance running on **Postgres**. * A [NocoDB Cloud](https://app.nocodb.com) account for purchasing and managing licenses. ## Purchasing a license ### 1. Navigate to Self-Hosted Licenses Log in to your [NocoDB Cloud](https://app.nocodb.com) account. Click your avatar in the bottom-left corner and select **Account Settings**. Account Settings menu From the account settings sidebar, open **Self-Hosted Licenses**. If you have no licenses yet, you will see the empty state: Self-Hosted Licenses empty state Click **Buy Your First License** to proceed to plan selection. If you already have licenses, click **Buy New License** from the list view. Self-Hosted Licenses list ### 2. Select a plan Choose your billing period and plan. Plan selection * **Billing period.** Toggle between **Monthly** and **Annually**. Annual billing is offered at a discount. * **Business.** Self-serve plan billed per editor, starting at **1 seat**. Includes SSO, table- and field-level permissions, teams, external-app sync, and single-provider AI. Click **Select Business** to proceed to checkout. * **Scale.** Self-serve plan for growing teams, billed per editor with a **3-seat minimum**. Everything in Business plus unlimited workspaces, audit logs, row-level security, team hierarchy, and multi-provider AI. Click **Select Scale** to proceed to checkout. * **Enterprise.** Tailored to your organization. Everything in Scale plus SCIM, airgapped installation, a staging environment, priority support, and invoice-based payments. Click **Contact Sales** to get in touch with the NocoDB team. For both self-serve plans, editor (and above) seats added to your instance after activation are billed automatically based on your actual usage. ### 3. Complete payment A Stripe embedded checkout form will appear. Enter your payment details and click **Subscribe**. ### 4. Copy your license key After successful payment, your license key is displayed on the confirmation screen. Payment success Click **Copy License Key** to copy it to your clipboard. You can also view all your licenses and retrieve the key later from the **Self-Hosted Licenses** list. Once you have the key, follow [License Activation](/docs/self-hosting/license-activation) to activate it on your instance. ## Manage billing The Stripe billing portal is available from two places: * **From your instance.** Once a license is active, the second card on the **Admin Panel → License** page changes to **Manage License**. Click it to open the billing portal. * **From NocoDB Cloud.** Go to **Account → Self-Hosted Licenses → Manage Billing**. The billing portal lets you: * View current subscriptions and next billing dates * Update or add payment methods * Update billing information * View invoice history * Cancel a subscription Manage billing, subscriptions view Manage billing, payment methods and invoices --- ## Related pages - [Self-Hosting](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting.md): Run NocoDB on your infrastructure with full control over your data. - [Environment Variables](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/environment-variables.md): Configure your self-hosted NocoDB instance: database, storage, authentication, caching, rate limiting, and more. - [Activating a License](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/license-activation.md): Activate your NocoDB self-hosted license. Standard, airgapped, and fully offline methods. - [White Label](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/white-label.md): Replace NocoDB branding with your own — product name, logos, favicon, brand color, email branding, and support contact — across your self-hosted instance. - [Troubleshooting](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/troubleshooting.md): Diagnose and fix common self-hosted NocoDB issues: startup, networking, SSL, database, attachments, and login. - [Migration Guide](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/migration-guide.md): Migrate a self-hosted NocoDB instance from a non-Postgres database to PostgreSQL so you can activate a paid license without losing data. - [License](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/license.md): Understanding NocoDB’s Sustainable Use License (SUL) and Fair-Code principles. - [FAQs](https://nocodb.com/docs/self-hosting/FAQs.md): Common questions about running NocoDB yourself: what the Community Edition includes, upgrading, and reporting your instance details.