BluSKY License Guidelines
To help calculate the number of people, visitors, vendors, or credentials use the chart based on square footage of building: Facility Size, People, Visitors, Vendors, BluPASS Credentials
| License | Basis for License | Notes |
| *Platform | # of people in database | Required license. Only active records, not deleted or expired. |
| *Intelligence | Calculated automatically - % of the specific licenses used | Required license |
| Reader | # of readers in system | Includes doors, turnstiles, DDE keypads, elevators, barcode/QR code readers, biometric devices (with the exception of the Person Reader) |
| Reader - Residential | # of residential readers in system (low usage readers) | Ex: All-in-one wireless locks on a residential door in a multi-family building |
| Person Reader | # of Person Readers | |
| Control Point | # of control points (without an associated card reader) | Ex: Doors with electric locks but no CR, or other controllable devices such as lights, fans, pumps, etc. |
| Alarm & Intrusion | # of inputs | Ex: Door contacts, request to exit, 3rd party system input, etc. (usually 2 inputs per door) |
| Alarm Integration | 3rd party Alarm System Integration with BluSKY | Ex: Alarm Panel, Fire System, or Building Automation System |
| Central Station | 3rd party central station integration with BluSKY | Enter qty of 1 for Central Station |
| Elevator Relay System | # of relay-based elevators cars | Must also include the # of readers in the elevators in the reader license |
| DDE Keypad | # of destination dispatch elevator keypads | Include destination dispatch elevator keypads in desks, lobby, freight and upper floors |
| DDE Support | # of destination dispatch elevator cars | |
| Camera - Cloud | # of cameras viewable in BluSKY | Must include all camera views (180 has 2 views, 360 has 4 views) |
| Video Streaming | # of cameras streaming over the internet | |
| Visitor & Vendor Processing | # of expected visitors in a month | This is the number of pre-authorized visitors plus visitors that actually arrive. This number is normally 2 times the number of visitors that actually arrive. |
| 3rd Party Watchlist Integration | 3rd party watchlist integration with BluSKY | Ex: Predator database, FBI database. Per watch list being integrated into BluSKY. |
| Vendor Management | # of vendor companies | This is a separate database from the Visitor database to allow for COI management, Vendor employees associated to each company, COI expiration notices, etc. |
| Intercom - Commercial | # of Intercom calls/month | Intercoms must be SIP-based |
| Intercom - Residential | # of residents (apartments) | Intercoms must be SIP-based |
| Life Safety Management | # of people in database | Assignment of Life Safety roles (Fire Warden, Deputy Fire Warden, Searcher, etc.) Printing of floor Life Safety org charts, Reporting, Mustering, etc. |
| Database Integration | # of people in database | 3rd party database integration with BluSKY, per database integration |
| Single Sign-On | # of people in database | Single Sign-On integration with BluSKY |
| Equinix Integration | per integration | Equinix Communication Channel to Azure |
| BluPASS | per visitor/vendor/employee one-day pass given a BluPASS Credential | Temporary digital credential, requires visitor or access control license(s) |
| BluHID | # of Bluetooth HID Credentials | Permanent HID digital credential |
| BluID | # of Bluetooth BluBØX Credentials | Permanent BluBØX digital credentials |
* Required Licenses
Notes:
- BluSKY is an on demand, pay-as-you-go, pay-for-what-you-use metered service
- BluSKY license costs are non-linear, so it's not possible to extrapolate costs up or down
- BluSKY licenses decrease in unit cost as the quantity per license increases
- BluSKY Platform and Intelligence licenses are required for any BluSKY system
- Use the BluB0X pricing tool to calculate accurate BluSKY license estimates
- BluSKY Licenses should be viewed as ESTIMATES of the cost
- Actual costs are based upon actual usage during a month
- BluSKY licenses tend to reach an annual steady state even though actual usage my vary month to month
- BluB0X uses the quantities that exist in BluSKY on the last day of the month plus usage during the month to determine monthly costs
- All BluSKY usage is available through the BluSKY interface and reports
- Usage on a site by site basis is sent to each BluB0X partner each month
- BluB0X billing is automated from the data within BluSKY to provide consistency and eliminate mistakes
- Multi-site, portfolio and enterprise discounts are available
- Pre-negotiated discounts are entered into our billing system and automatically applied each month