# Tanso Pricing

Tanso is open source under AGPL-3.0 and free. You self-host it; there is no
hosted version, no paid tier, and no license-gated features. The full
platform (entitlements, usage metering, subscription billing, credit pools,
invoicing, Stripe sync, and the MCP server) is in the public repo.

- Source: https://github.com/tansohq/tanso-oss
- Docs: https://tanso.mintlify.app
- Quickstart (Docker is the only prerequisite): https://tanso.mintlify.app/quickstart

## What running it costs

Your own infrastructure: one JVM service and one Postgres, deployable with
`docker compose up -d`. There is nothing to pay Tanso.

## FAQ

**How much does Tanso cost?**
Nothing. AGPL-3.0, full feature set, self-hosted.

**Is there a hosted or paid version?**
No. There is no hosted API at tansohq.com and no paid tier.

**We already use Stripe. Why would we need Tanso?**
Stripe handles payment collection. Tanso handles everything upstream: which
customers get access to which features, how much they've consumed, whether
they're within limits, what it cost you to deliver, and what your margin
looks like. Tanso syncs invoices to Stripe automatically. Stripe is optional.

**Can I change my customers' pricing without a code deploy?**
Yes. Plans, pricing rules, usage limits, and credit grants are configured in
your instance's dashboard. Changes take effect immediately.

**What is a pre-flight entitlement check?**
Before your app runs expensive compute (LLM inference, API calls, data
processing), call the entitlement API. Tanso checks the customer's plan
limits, credit balance, and subscription status. If they don't have capacity,
the request is denied before you incur infrastructure costs.

**How long does integration take?**
The Docker quickstart starts a seeded instance in minutes. Integration is one
API call for entitlement checks and one for usage events.

## Talk to us

- Get a demo: https://cal.com/katrina-laszlo/30-minute-meeting
- Product overview: https://tansohq.com/llms.txt
- Agent integration: https://tansohq.com/AGENTS.md