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:
- 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)
- 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)
- Three Levels of Discounting
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:
- Estimate: use the BluB0X pricing tool to enter your expected device counts and visitor volumes. (BluINFO)
- Choose Your Term: month-to-month or prepay 1/3/5 years for deeper discounts.
- 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.