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BluSKY Licensing: A Simple, Customer-Friendly Guide

What Is a BluSKY License?​

BluSKY is delivered as a cloud-based, pay-as-you-go service: you only pay for the features and devices you actually use each month. There’s no big upfront software purchase-just a monthly subscription bill based on your usage. (BluINFO, BluINFO)

How Licensing Is Structured​

  • 14 Primary Categories, 70 Licenses: BluSKY’s functionality is broken into 14 security areas (e.g. access control, video, visitors, alarms), covering 70 individual license types. (BluINFO)
  • Required “Core” Licenses: Every system needs the Platform license (base management features) and the Intelligence license (analytics, dashboards, rules). (BluINFO)
  • Optional & Special Licenses: Beyond core, you pick only the extras you need-visitor management, single sign-on, power monitoring, SIEM integration, etc. (BluINFO)

Common License Examples:​

  • Access Control Readers (per reader): Standard, Person Reader, Residential variants (BluINFO)

  • Camera Recording:

  • Local Recording (per camera)

  • Cloud Recording (live view & storage) (BluINFO)

  • Alarm & Intrusion (per input point) (BluINFO)

  • Visitor & Vendor Processing (per visitor/month or per vendor) (BluINFO)

  • Power Management (per device)

  • API Usage (per transaction)

  • Single Sign-On (per user)

  • Intelligence Umbrella: analytics, health monitoring, notifications (BluINFO)

Pricing Model: Fair, Flexible, Scalable:​

  1. Non-Linear Pricing
  • The more units you license, the lower your per-unit cost-so small sites don’t overpay and large enterprises get volume savings. (BluINFO)
  1. Monthly Usage Billing
  • Each month, BluSKY tallies your actual device counts (e.g. readers, cameras) plus usage (e.g. visitor volumes) to generate your bill. (BluINFO)
  1. Three Levels of Discounting
  • Quantity Discounts: built into the non-linear rate curves. (BluINFO)
  • Facility-Level Discounts: 10% off for tenant systems in a base building. (BluINFO)
  • Multi-Year Prepayment: additional savings when you commit and pay 1, 3, or 5 years up front. (BluINFO)

System Support (Mandatory):​

  • Software Support (minimum 25% of license spend): keeps BluSKY updated, monitored, and backed by 24×7 ticketing.
  • Higher Tiers (13-25% of license spend): add business-hours or full on-site hardware support, faster SLAs, penetration testing, etc. (BluINFO)

Why Customers Love It:​

  • Pay-for-What-You-Use: no wasted modules or unused seats.
  • Scalable: start small; grow without renegotiating.
  • Predictable: once usage stabilizes, monthly bills stay steady.
  • Flexible: turn features on/off as needs evolve.
  • Cost-Effective: volume, facility, and multi-year discounts lower total spend.
  • Cloud Benefits: automatic upgrades, high availability, minimal IT overhead.

Getting Started:​

  1. Estimate: use the BluB0X pricing tool to enter your expected device counts and visitor volumes. (BluINFO)
  2. Choose Your Term: month-to-month or prepay 1/3/5 years for deeper discounts.
  3. Deploy & Monitor: BluSKY’s usage reports keep you informed of what you’re using-and what you’re saving.

With BluSKY’s transparent, scalable licensing, you control costs while getting the exact security and analytics features your facility needs-nothing more, nothing less.